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  • Birth Name: James Maury Henson
  • Birth Place: Greenville, MS
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 09/24/1936, Libra
  • Date of Death: 05/16/1990
  • Profession: Puppeteer; producer; writer; director
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  • TBS Engages in More Funny Business | Today's News: Our Take | 3/3/2008
    Just as sister cabler TNT disclosed its own plan to pump up the volume of original content, TBS unveiled its own development slate. Among the series to one day join the ranks of My Boys, The Bill Engvall Show and Frank TV:• A sitcom based on Jane Ganahl's memoir Naked on the Page; The Misadventures of My Unmarried Midlife. Betty Thomas (Dream On) will direct.• A series penned by Dave Caplan (The Drew Carey Show), about a jilted single mom with two kids and a struggling lumberyard. (Note to TV execs: Enough with the shows set at a lumberyard!!)• A domestic comedy about a low-level judge and her prosecutor hubby.TBS has also ordered pilots for a Match Game reboot (previously reported on here) and Stay Tuned, in which animated couch potatoes channel-surf through animated offerings.Late-night shows in development include a sketch series fronted by Robert Townsend and one puppet-ulated by The Jim Henson Company. read more
  • Avenue Q's John Tartaglia Sings a New (Kid-friendlier!) Tune | Today's News: Our Take | 1/12/2007
    While Tony-nominated actor John Tartaglia rocketed to fame for his roles in the adult-themed puppet show Avenue Q, he has recently returned to his children's-television roots with a role starring as Lumière in Broadway's Beauty and the Beast and with a new Disney Channel show read more
  • Short Cuts: Al Jazeera, Heroes, Dora and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 11/1/2006
    After a delay of more than a year, the Al Jazeera network will launch an English-language news channel on Nov. 15, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of its Arabic-language sister outlet. Or so the propaganda-filled American press would have us believe.... The cast of NBC's Heroes is hosting an online charity auction (at HeroesAuction.com), starting Nov. 6, to benefit Greg Grunberg's Pediatric Epilepsy Project.... Nickelodeon's famous Latina explorer embarks on her first global journey on the hourlong prime-time special Dora's World Adventure, premiering Nov. 19 at 8 pm/ET. Vamanos!... TBS premieres The Jim Henson Company's Puppet Up! — Uncensored, an hourlong improv special starring puppets, on Nov. 20 at 11 pm. read more
  • I desperately need to find ... | Movie News | 12/22/2005
    Question: I desperately need to find out the name of Clarence the Angel's book in It's a Wonderful Life — it's driving me crazy and no one can tell me.   I've heard that James Stewart wasn't the first choice to play George Bailey — is this true? I can't imagine anyone else in the role.Is it true that the Sesame Street Muppets Bert and Ernie are named after the policeman and cabdriver from It's a Wonderful Life?Answer: The It's a Wonderful Life (1946) questions always come thick and heavy at this time of year, and why not? It's a wonderful movie, and it's not nearly as sappy as you might think if you've only seen the snippets used ad nauseum in TV spots. Clarence's book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain. Director read more

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Kermit's Swamp Years (Source) 2002 Movie
Jim Henson (Host) 1989 TV Show Series
Labyrinth (Source) 1986 Movie
Labyrinth (Director) 1986 Movie
Into The Night (Actor - Man on Phone) 1985 Movie

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Just For Laughs Chicago: Puppet Up
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