It has always been difficult to get Big Bird to be very pretty. Big Bird in England is much more gorgeous. Jim Henson Read Quote
Well, Detroit Institute is kind of a key – probably the largest permanent collection of puppets in the US. Jim Henson Read Quote
At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design. Jim Henson Read Quote
Yeah, I did some small parts in high school and the first year of college and then fairly soon thereafter I settled into the backstage scenery, and then at the University of Maryland I was doing posters for their productions. Jim Henson Read Quote
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. Jim Henson Read Quote
Yeah, I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends – a few months after I started working. Jim Henson Read Quote
There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday. Jim Henson Read Quote
If you’re doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you’re talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there’s enormous range there, and no real easy generalities. Jim Henson Read Quote
