It may not be too much of an exaggeration to say that Jim Henson came up with the concept for an immersive video dome long before Sphere bubbled up in Las Vegas. In the mid-1960s he developed an ...

On a visit to Jim Henson ... Miss Piggy to his Kermit the Frog — it’s a comprehensive portrait ... “I was more moody,” Oz said in an interview — a good fit for Bert. Henson was goofy Ernie.

“Jim created out of innocence,” says Frank Oz, the Piggy to his Kermit, the Bert to his Ernie, who estimates that they spent half their time off-script. “He was so internal and quiet that ...

But there’s nothing shocking, nothing earthshaking about this portrait of the man who gave us Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie, “Fraggle Rock,” “Dark Crystal” and ...

Some of the same ground has been covered in Muppet Guys Talking, the 2017 documentary directed by Frank Oz, Henson’s longtime collaborator (the Bert to Jim’s Ernie), as well as Street Gang ...

As warm, fuzzy, and deeply felt as a hug from Fozzie Bear, Ron Howard’s new documentary takes the measure of Jim Henson, the man behind the Muppets (and Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, The Dark ...

Jim Henson was 1/1, a true innovator. Go ahead, try and pick a favorite Muppet. Dare you. Fozzie, Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Animal, Kermit, Grover, Bert and/or Ernie – it’s impossible.

FILE-A portrait of American puppeteer and film & television director Jim Henson (1936 - 1990) as he poses with one of his creations, Kermit the Frog, New York, New York, January 4, 1988.

Along with creating the Muppets and Fraggle Rock, Henson made iconic Sesame Street characters like Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Cookie Monster, and Big Bird.

Museum collections and a new documentary on Jim Henson ... Bert and Ernie, ... Additional items in the Smithsonian’s collections include puppet heads from Henson’s The Dark Crystal, a portrait ...