Jim Henson
Inspirations from NYC: Part 2 - Heaven for Muppet Junkies
The massive campaign to promote the new muppet movie made New York a heavenly place for muppet junkies like my family. Beyond the ads everywhere, we found a Jim Henson exhibition at the Museum of Moving Images in Queens.
The Museum of Moving Images is a must see for any pop culture junky. It features costumes, props and stories from the greatest movies and tv shows in history.
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World exhibit opened me up to his work beyond muppets. I mean there was plenty of muppets happening (bert & ernie, rolph, fraggles, etc.), but it was his earlier work in film and commercials, and the process documentation that I found most fascinating.
If you’ve seen any of my bolg, you know that I’m a total muppet junkie. Seeing the sketches of character development (like big bird above) and storyboards of hilarious short films (watch Time Piece) and commercials broadened my admiration of Jim Henson’s genius.
