By Brian Jay Jones
Jim Henson used to be a expertise like no different. the long-lasting characters he created – Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, omit Piggy, substantial poultry – made Jim Henson a loved ones identify. yet they have been only a a part of his extraordinary story.
Now, during this striking biography, written with the beneficiant cooperation of the Henson kinfolk, Jim’s existence is given complete rein: his brilliant mind's eye, profitable experience of humour, and infectious enthusiasm. For the first actual time, the Henson archive has been opened to an self reliant biographer, giving Brian Jay Jones extraordinary entry to non-public papers. Drawing in this treasure trove of fabric, in addition to specific interviews with Henson’s relations, associates and closest collaborators, this can be simply the main finished ebook ever written a couple of guy who's a hero to thousands.
learn all in regards to the evolution of the Muppets, Henson’s contributions to Sesame highway and his long crusade to deliver The Muppet exhibit to tv, in addition to Henson’s non-Muppets tasks – the richly imagined worlds of The darkish Crystal and Labyrinth, and engaging misfires like Henson’s dream of beginning an inflatable psychedelic nightclub.
Jim should be long gone, yet he and his legacy will not be forgotten. In Jim Henson, we've the final word social gathering and exam of an unforgettable, irreplaceable, incomparable man.
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