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Jones, Brian Jay.
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Henson, Jim.
Muppet show (Television program)
Sesame Street (Television program)
Puppeteers -- United States -- Biography.
Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Jones, Brian Jay.
Henson, Jim.
Muppet show (Television program)
Sesame Street (Television program)
Puppeteers -- United States -- Biography.
Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Jim Henson [sound recording] : the biography / Brian Jay Jones.
by
Jones, Brian Jay.
Random House Audio, p2013.
Call #:
COMPACT
DISC
791
.53092
H526j
Subjects
Henson, Jim.
Muppet show (Television program)
Sesame Street (Television program)
Puppeteers -- United States -- Biography.
Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780804128643
Format:
[sound recording] :
Edition:
Unabridged.
Description:
17
compact
discs (21:30 hrs.) : digital ; 12 cm.
Performers:
Read by Kirby Heyborne.
Summary:
"He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters he created: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part of his remarkable story. This biography covers the full arc of Henson's all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi; through the years of burgeoning fame in Washington D.C., New York, and London; to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Brian Jay Jones explores the creation of the Muppets, Henson's contributions to Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live, and his nearly ten-year campaign to bring The Muppet Show to television. Jones provides the imaginative context for Henson's non-Muppet projects, including the richly imagined worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth--as well as fascinating misfires like Henson's dream of opening an inflatable psychedelic nightclub or staging an elaborate all-puppet Broadway show. An uncommonly intimate portrait, Jim Henson captures all the facets of this American original: the master craftsman who revolutionized the presentation of puppets on television, the savvy businessman whose dealmaking prowess won him a reputation as "the new Walt Disney," and the creative team leader whose collaborative ethos earned him the undying loyalty of everyone who worked for him. Here also is insight into Henson's intensely private personal life: his Christian Science upbringing; his love of fast cars, high-stakes gambling, and expensive art; and his weakness for women. Though an optimist by nature, Henson was haunted by the notion that he would not have time to do all the things he wanted to do in life--a fear that his heartbreaking final hours would prove all too well founded."--Publisher.
Genre:
Biographies.
Adult books on CD.
Other authors:
Heyborne, Kirby.
Random House Audio Publishing.
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