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Coming Soon: Jim Henson: Idea Man

Posted on April 11, 2024 | Comments Off

Well, there you go. The Ron Howard helmed documentary we’ve been waiting for since . . . what, 2022? finally arrives on Disney+ on May 31, and it’s got a title: Jim Henson: Idea Man. Vanity Fair has a pretty good sneak preview you can see here, and I’m hoping we’ll get a video trailer sometime here soon.

And for those who have kindly asked: no, I had no involvement in this project, apart from clearing a smidge of audio for their use (it’s not me talking, but the voice of someone I interviewed, so you’ll get to hear their voice in the documentary, which I love. I’m just hoping they can use some of the newfangled Peter Jackson audio wizardry that they used in Get Back to clear it up a bit). Anyway, this will be as shiny and new and exciting to me as it is to you, which, as a fan, is a great feeling. May 31 can’t get here fast enough.

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A New Jim Henson Documentary Debuts in September

Posted on August 12, 2015 | Comments Off

Months and months and MONTHS ago, I was interviewed on camera by a crack team of documentarians for a new PBS series called In Their Own Words — the first three episodes of which would feature Queen Elizabeth, Muhammad Ali, and (ta dah!) Jim Henson. Back then, they weren’t quite sure when the series would premiere, but now here it is, all queued up and ready to go on a PBS station near you this September — with the Jim Henson episode slotted for September 15. (Looking over the schedule, it appears there’s also one part of a two-part documentary on Walt Disney airing that evening, so it’s a good night to get your fill of creative geniuses.)

Will I be on camera? I don’t really know; looking at the preview, they got tons of terrific people to talk with them — Frank Oz, Brian and Cheryl Henson, Michael Frith, Neil Patrick Harris — so what are ya looking for ME for anyway? Click on the photo of Jim below and have a look: