Muppet Central News - EM.TV officially says Henson will be sold". muppetcentral.com. March 13, 2001 . Retrieved August 17, 2019. Haring, Bruce (August 29, 2022). "Apple TV+ Sets Kids & Family Fall Slate Spotlighting Animated Series, Live Action Lineup". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 30, 2022. A brief digital puppetry series based on the franchise, titled simply Frances, was released by the Jim Henson Company and HIT Entertainment from 2005-2006.

Muppet Central News - Viacom is next in line for Henson". muppetcentral.com. January 31, 2001 . Retrieved August 17, 2019. Several episodes featured extended full-episode mini-movies, such as the comedic film noir " Dog City"; the more dramatic " Monster Maker" and " Living with Dinosaurs"; and a behind the scenes special, entitled " Secrets of the Muppets". Laurie Don joined The Jim Henson Company as Vice President of Financial Operations in 2004. Based in Los Angeles, Ms. Don is responsible for the worldwide financial activities of the Company, including Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™ and the Henson Recording Studios in addition to production, distribution and licensing. Additionally, she advises senior management on key financial and operational issues. Lisa’s feature credits include Sony Pictures Animation’s The Star and Disney’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, as well as MirrorMask, The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz, Good Boy!, and Henson Alternative’s The Happytime Murders. She is currently developing the highly anticipated sequel to the classic fantasy film Labyrinth, and a television adaptation of Webtoon’s Lore Olympus.Post production was undertaken at the London Creature Shop under the VFX Supervision of Stephen Coren and Animation Director, Mak Wilson. This entailed motion capture clean-up, additional animation and lighting, texturing and rendering. Rabben asked Karen Falk, the head of the Jim Henson archive, if she knew of any Jewish stories relating to Oz or Juhl. Falk mentioned the Hitler marionette, and connected Rabben to Oz. He offered the marionette for an exhibition — as well as a decades-old home-video recording of himself interviewing his father about the family’s WWII refugee experience. They were very much contradictory characters — love and friendship, but also tension,” Rabben said. “It shows relationships have conflict, but you work through it. You find love and joy through difference and coexistence.” A rare look at artistic resistance to the Nazis Mike and Frances Oznowicz a puppet fair in 1956. (Courtesy of the San Francisco Bay Area Puppeteers Guild and Children’s Fairyland Archives)

In February 2004, the company sold the rights to The Muppets to The Walt Disney Company, now controlling the Muppets through its subsidiary The Muppets Studio. In 1976, producer Lew Grade approached Henson to produce a weekly series in Grade's native United Kingdom. This series became The Muppet Show, produced by Associated Television (ATV) for the ITV network. The success of The Muppet Show led to the Muppets becoming an enduring media franchise. Another company controlled by Grade, ITC Entertainment, originally owned The Muppet Show, among other Henson productions, but Henson acquired the rights to these productions in the 1980s. During this time, Henson formed Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a special effects studio partially responsible for the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth; and television series The StoryTeller, Farscape, and Dinosaurs. Master puppeteer and filmmaker Frank Oz’s characters are beloved across the globe. Many of them — including Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear — originated through his collaboration with the late Jim Henson on TV programs such as “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show.” Another Oz character has also become a cultural icon: Yoda, Oz’s contribution to George Lucas’s “Star Wars” franchise. Shout! Factory Inks Worldwide Distribution Deal with the Jim Henson Company; 'Farscape' and 'The Storyteller' Among Titles Set for Release". August 9, 2022. We’re having, I've got to say, so much fun; because we can improvise... What’s great about puppets are that they are spontaneous, and what we’re trying to do in our 3-D animation, is to really be spontaneous. So we’re really working the material in front of the camera. And we have big projectors, so they can see what [the computer] sees. We’re doing performed animation, and it’s a lot of fun. [3] ”Gritten, David (August 19, 1990). "The Next Muppetmeister?". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 18, 2010. Oz’s “Sesame Street” characters particularly resonate for CJM senior curator Heidi Rabben, who grew up watching them regularly, like many others in America. The 2 videos, named Frances& Meet Albert! from Lions Gate Entertainment, debut. Season 2 debuts, also. In most shows, the hour was divided into two parts. The first half hour would feature a modernized variation of The Muppet Show, titled MuppeTelevision. Hosted by a mix of old and new Muppet characters, the shows featured celebrity guests, musical numbers and comedy sketches. Framing Device: Each episode is framed on Frances and Gloria having a little skit together, and Frances then talking to the viewer about an experience she once had.

In "A Cupcake for Frances," Frances's mother holds a piano recital at the house for all her students, including Frances. She and Frances bake cupcakes for all the students while Albert comes over to practice his piece one last time. Frances becomes jealous of all the attention her mother is giving to Albert, and in revenge she eats the cupcake meant for him. However, her parents soon note the missing cupcake and she makes up lies about it being taken by a "cupcake monster." The guilt she feels for lying to her parents overwhelms her, and she ultimately decides to make up for it by giving Albert her cupcake. She admits the truth to her mother, who is proud of her for doing the right thing. Having exonerated herself, Frances feels much better. Petski, Denise (October 25, 2019). "Disney+ Teams With Jim Henson Co. On New Puppet Talk Show". Deadline . Retrieved October 30, 2019. The trailers for the Rubbadubbers products have been discontinued from now on, and it has been replaced with Animal Jam. On August 9, 2022, the company signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Shout! Factory which would allow Shout! to distribute thirteen series and specials from the Henson catalog on home entertainment and streaming platforms across all territories. [35] Staff [ edit ] Henson Family [ edit ]

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Frances's first movie ever, The Frances Movie, debuts. Also, her 35th anniversary starts along with another patch of DVDs (lots of them!) & her Frances's Magical Christmas movie. She also has a seventh season! Fisher-Price makes a line for her 35th anniversary. In addition to creating children’s media, Stanford has co-authored the children’s book series Jim Henson’s Enchanted Sisters, a collection of fantastical comedy-adventure stories published by Bloomsbury. She has written numerous articles on kids and family entertainment for publications such as TBI, PBS Parents, Cynopsis Kids, NAPS, and Mother Magazine. She is a proud mom to two sons (ages 11 and 24!), holds a Bachelor of Arts degrees in Film and Theater from Wesleyan University, is on the board of directors for the Independent Shakespeare Company, proud of her Jewish heritage and on the Advisory Board for the Creative Community for Peace, and is on an endless quest to enrich the lives of children and families around the globe. In the interim, EM.TV sold the rights to the Sesame Street Muppets to Sesame Workshop in early January 2001, [4] following a December 2000 announcement. Henson sold The Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House properties to Disney in 2004, but retains the remainder of its program library and assets. In 1980, at last, ABC premiered “Emmet Otter” on broadcast television, but it still never had the impact of the classic Christmas specials like “ Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “The Year Without A Santa Claus.” It didn’t even find a big audience in the golden age of VHS, and each new release had a different edit. Not one matched the definitive HBO version, which turned off the diehards. In 2004, the Walt Disney Company bought the Muppets, but Henson Associates still had the rights to “Emmet Otter”, so the World’s Most Famous Frog was cut right out of Frogtown Hollow. Kermit was excised from “Emmet Otter ” and wouldn’t return until a 2015 airing on ABC Family. Muppet Central News - Sesame Workshop gains character control from EM.TV". muppetcentral.com. December 4, 2000 . Retrieved August 17, 2019.

Muppet Central News - Hensons began pursuit of company two weeks ago". muppetcentral.com. May 8, 2003 . Retrieved August 17, 2019. Several episodes of this children's animated series about a young badger named Frances and her family. Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The books, beginning with the first, follow the formula X for Frances.Swansburg, John (December 6, 2013). "Muppet Man". The New York Times . Retrieved September 28, 2015. Knapp, JD (July 1, 2017). "STX Sets Dates for 'Molly's Game' and 'Happytime Murders' ". Variety . Retrieved July 10, 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Don was Controller at Lucas Digital, LTD (Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound), heading up Production Finance, Financial Planning, General Accounting, Payroll, and Business Systems. Her previous experience also includes Controller at Tele-TV and Director, Financial Controls at Warner Bros. Studio Facilities. The Walt Disney Company And The Jim Henson Company Sign Agreement For Disney To Buy The Muppets And Bear In The Big Blue House". The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company. February 17, 2004.