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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "BOOKPAGE" For the first time ever--a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson 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 born of his fertile imagination: 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 extraordinary biography--written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family--covers the full arc of Henson s all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in America, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Henson s family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives, 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. 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 Christia
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "BOOKPAGE" For the first time ever--a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century s most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson 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 born of his fertile imagination: 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 extraordinary biography--written with the generous cooperation of the Henson family--covers the full arc of Henson s all-too-brief life: from his childhood in Leland, Mississippi, through the years of burgeoning fame in America, to the decade of international celebrity that preceded his untimely death at age fifty-three. Drawing on hundreds of hours of new interviews with Henson s family, friends, and closest collaborators, as well as unprecedented access to private family and company archives, 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. 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 Christia
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