Jim Henson on Kermit the Frog Disney Hollywood Studios Theme Park Attraction Video

Attraction video shown at the Disney MGM Studios Theme Park in Walt Disney World, circa 1991.

ABOUT
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, voice actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets (1955–) and Fraggle Rock (1983–1987). He was born in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in Leland, Mississippi and Hyattsville, Maryland.

Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, a five-minute comedy puppet show that appeared on television. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics, after which he produced coffee advertisements and developed some experimental films. He founded Muppets, Inc. in 1958, which became The Jim Henson Company.

Henson joined the children's educational television program Sesame Street where he helped to develop characters for the series. He also appeared on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. He produced The Muppet Show in 1976, after scrapping plans for a Broadway show. He gained attention for his creations, particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and Ernie, and he was involved with Sesame Street for over 20 years. During the later years of his life, he also founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in The Storyteller and The Jim Henson Hour.

Henson died suddenly in May 1990 at age 53 from toxic shock syndrome, an unexpected event that was widely lamented in the media and entertainment industry. In the weeks following his death, he was celebrated with a wave of tributes. He was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991 and was selected to be one of the Disney Legends in 2011.

Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character and Jim Henson's best-known creation. Introduced in 1955, Kermit serves as the straight man protagonist of numerous Muppet productions, most notably Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, as well as in other television series, films, specials, and public service announcements through the years. Henson originally performed Kermit until his death in 1990; Steve Whitmire performed Kermit from that time up until his dismissal from the role in 2016. Kermit is currently performed by Matt Vogel. He was also voiced by Frank Welker in Muppet Babies and occasionally in other animation projects, and is voiced by Matt Danner in the 2018 reboot of Muppet Babies.

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[SouthJerseySam]

Damn, I had no idea about this, this is awesome. Especially how it uses both the last episode of The Jim Henson Hour (aired in America that is) and The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years with the closing of The Rainbow Connection.