Celebrated, Mississippi-born puppeteer Jim Henson died in 1990, but his name is still alive through the Muppets.

Before finding fame on "Sesame Street," Jim Henson's Muppets were making commercials for a variety of food products. From coffee and milk, to bread and meats, early Muppets that you may not recognize ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson may not be the household name that Mississippi natives Oprah or Elvis are, but the Leland product ...

Born in the small town of Leland, Jim Henson went on to be one of the state's great influencers as creator of the Muppets and ...

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Jim Henson may have created some of the most wholesome characters in television history, but his real-life love story was less than picture-perfect. Biographer Brian Jay Jones revealed on “Nostalgia ...

Still, there were never any truly hard feelings between Jim and Jane Henson, biographer Brian Jay Jones shares Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty; Janette Pellegrini/WireImage Jim ...

A one-episode reboot of "The Muppet Show" airs on February 4. Jim Henson, the show's late creator, always hoped they'd live on. We'll hear excerpts from a Morning Edition interview Henson gave in 1986 ...

Although The Muppet Show was set in a New York theater, the series was actually shot in Britain since no American production companies bought into the idea. But Sir Lew Grade was willing to give Jim ...

It’s not uncommon for movie props to sell for a considerable amount of money. Be it via direct sale or auction, pieces of film history often go for high prices as collectors seek to own costumes and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In October something incredible took place on the historic Fox lot – a new installment of “The Muppet Show” was filmed. Legendary ...

Still, there were never any truly hard feelings between Jim and Jane Henson, biographer Brian Jay Jones shares Jim Henson first met wife Jane as students at the University of Maryland in the 1950s The ...