JIM HENSON Jim Henson was born on September 24, 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. He moved to Maryland in fifth grade and throughout his childhood had a strong interest in both art and television. His grandmother was very supportive of his interests and constantly encouraged him to use his imagination. In 1954 Jim started in television performing puppets on a local channel’s Saturday morning program. The next year, while studying at the University of Maryland, he was given a five-minute show called
Jim Henson Jim Henson once said, “Follow your enthusiasm. It’s something I’ve always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy doing” (qtd. in Fionaurora). Jim did just that. He loved puppetry and made many others love it too. The creator and a performer of the Muppets, Henson is known worldwide for his creations, which include shows like Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, and characters such as Grover, Elmo, Big Bird, the Swedish Chef, Bert and Ernie
In a quote from Henson himself in regards to his work, he perfectly encapsulates the importance of his art. He uses his Muppets to relate to humanity, and to spread the message that we never lose that childlike sense of wonder, and that in itself is how the universe bleeds perfection. "As I [Jim Henson] try to zero in on what is important for the Muppets, I think it is a sense of naïveté...Even the most worldly
Sneers, Jeers, and Leers: The Skeksis On February 6th of 1978, Jim and Cheryl Henson write the story outline of a new project while snowed in at the Howard Johnson’s at Kennedy International Airport. (Henson). Inspired by the work of Brian Froud, who he hired on, Henson imagines the world of the Dark Crystal. Jen, last of the race known as the Gelflings, is given the task of finding the shard of the Dark Crystal, a gem that provided, balance to the universe. After the crystal was broken, the UrSkeks
on the floppy brim and waited.” (pp. 47-8) Two impatient brides-to-be, puttin’ on the blue dress – but what different wedding nights and marriages await them. From the moment Janie and Tea Cake meet in Chapter 10, they delight in each other’s company and conversation. By Chapter 12, Janie joyfully acknowledges him as her partner and her teacher. His “lessons” consist not of imparting new information, but of reinstructing Janie “all over again” in something that she formerly possessed: “de maiden
first apperence of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. He spent the 1960's as the host of many childrens TV programs playing characters such as, Commander Retro, and Bozo the Clown and many more. When Scott was playing Bozo the Clown, he made apperences at many Mcdonalds resturants. when the show was cancelled, Mcdonalds and Scott could not use the Bozo name anymore. So Scott created an origanal character at Mcdonalds request named "Ronald McDonald", he was a huge hit for the company and for the public
Déjà vu, each require characters to travel through time to solve a mystery. Frequency was released by New Line Cinema, directed by Gregory Hoblit, is set in Brooklyn, New York in the 20th and 21th century in the future. Déjà vu was produced by a company called Touchstone Pictures, it was directed by Tony Scott, and released November 22, 2006. Even though the movies were six years apart they had different and similar qualities. The movie Frequency is about a father and son and the movie Déjà vu is
We asked this unique group, what brought them to The Villages and eventually together. The together part was obvious. These young 82-year-olds were all born in 1936. “This all started around 1996 when a bunch of us belonged to the Village Tennis Club and discovered we were the same age. We joked that we should celebrate and did so every five years for our 65th-70th-75th and when we hit 80 we had been joined by several others from the 18 Hole Golf group and decided at this age, we should do a lunch
Valerie Steele (1998) claimed that “Object-based research provides unique insights into the historic and aesthetic developments of fashion”. Reflecting Steele’s opinion this essay is researching the historical, economic, social and aesthetic aspect of an object, focusing on important stages of its development, popularization and association. This rubber duck (Fig.1) is simplified figure of a real ducky, painted in light green colour and it posed in swimming position with slightly suggested feathers
The Government Should Support Public Television (PBS) The slogan goes, “If PBS doesn’t do it, who will?” This catch-phrase, which PBS uses in spots to advertise its programming between shows, states the most basic reason that the Public Broadcasting Service is necessary: Many of the shows on PBS would not be successful via commercial broadcast television, and therefore, a viewer-supported, partially-subsidized network of stations is necessary to provide programming that otherwise would not make
and the few friends I had were better off financially so they got to take two to five books with them while I just settled with being able to read them on the spot. At the time, I was obsessed with The Muppets, and my parents working for the Jim Henson company at the time just fueled it more. My makeshift room was filled with various Muppets objects, and when I went to that book fair I saw something that I wanted very badly. In the cover, it had Kermit the Frog sitting on a stool with the title Before
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