The trouble with writing a biography about a figure as boundlessly creative as Jim Henson – say, Brian Jay Jones’ Jim Henson: The Biography from 2013 – is that the book can go only so far in ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson never played with puppets as a kid ... was made from his mother's old, green winter coat. The fabric made his face very soft and maluable which Ron Howard said was ...

And that’s why Jim Henson ... when it sang about how hard being green could be). Director Ron Howard tackled the job, hoping to provide some insight into Henson’s work via a biography of ...

In fact at every stage of my life from childhood to old age, Jim Henson has had an influence ... gave an introspective and very fine “Bein’ Green,’” one of the best songs in all of ...

Ron Howard’s Jim Henson Idea Man led all comers in the documentary categories as the nominations for the 67 th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, racking up eight altogether, three more than ...

Kermit might have sung that it’s not easy being green, but watching “Jim Henson: Idea Man,” it’s very easy appreciating the mind that gave us the Muppets and more, while still ...

Jim Henson steps in front of the camera, wearing a Steve Jobs–style black turtleneck, a detail that seems to foreshadow the early death we now know awaited him. At the time of the interview ...