| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
17 audio discs (1277 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Performer |
Read by Kirby Heyborne. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
| Summary |
"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" -- from publisher's web site. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Henson, Jim.
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Puppeteers -- United States -- Biography.
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Television producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Muppet show (Television program)
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Sesame Street (Television program)
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Heyborne, Kirby.
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| ISBN |
9780804128667 Library ed. $55.00 |
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0804128669 Library ed. $55.00 |
| Music No. |
RHA 4260 Random House Audio |
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