( 2008 ) directed by John Crowley and starring Michael Caine, score composed by Joby Talbot ; It's a Boy Girl Thing ( 2006 ) directed by Nick Hurran, score composed by Christian Henson and has featured on TV soundtrack and themes tunes, most recently for Psychoville, composed by Joby Talbot and episodes of Wallander, composed by Ruth Barrett.

Avery writes on his web site that " The admiration and respect which I hold for Robert Peary, Matthew Henson and the four Inuit men who ventured North in 1909, has grown enormously since we set out from Cape Columbia.

In 1999, the reruns moved to Odyssey Network ( which was co-owned by Henson's company ), featuring new introductions by Brian Henson, until Odyssey shut down Henson's half of the channel in 2001 ; the show has not been seen on American television since.

* John Henson, one of the hosts of ABC's Wipeout, has vitiligo that has caused a white patch of hair on the right side of his head.

HIT Entertainment has tried unsuccessfully to locate the missing episodes, including extensive enquiries with The Jim Henson Company both in the UK and the US.

Oz has performed as a Muppeteer in over 75 movies including Labyrinth, video releases, and television specials, as well as countless other public appearances, episodes of Sesame Street, and other Jim Henson series.

Josiah Henson and other abolitionists in the 1830s has been restored.

However, in The Blue Lamp, Dixon has a wife named Em ( Gladys Henson ) and it is mentioned that their only son, Bert, was killed in the Second World War – hence Dixon adopts a paternal aspect towards PC Andy Mitchell ( Jimmy Hanley ), a young policeman on his first day.

Common has had romantic relationships with singer Erykah Badu, actress Taraji P. Henson, and tennis player Serena Williams, but as of September 2011 maintained that he was single.

In March 2011, Henson announced that Craig Duncan, who has previously worked on Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing and the Colin McRae Rally series, was hired on as Senior Studio Director.

"' He wanted it to be a sitcom with a pretty standard structure, with the biggest differences being that it's a family of dinosaurs and their society has this strange toxic life style ,' said son Brian Henson.

She mentioned that Henson had been strongly encouraging her to get back to work, and pursue her career that she has greatly missed since settling down.

" Back to Scratch " was originally inspired " by problems facing a family member ", but Church admitted in a press release that the song now has resonance to her own personal life following her recent split from Gavin Henson.

She has also said she wants four to six children, whereas Henson wanted eight.

The book has been adapted into a film by director Nicolas Roeg starring Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson, released in 1990 ( the year both Roald Dahl and Jim Henson died ) and distributed by Warner Bros. the film the boy is named Lucas ( but mainly called " Luke ") Eveshim, the grandmother Helga Eveshim, and The Grand High Witch Evangeline Ernst.

He has arms so long that additional puppeteers are required to guide them ; this design enabled Henson to work the Dr. Teeth puppet while another performer acted as Dr. Teeth's ' hands ' in order to play the keyboard.

Of these two, only Clifford has remained a major character, having also appeared in The Muppets at Walt Disney World ; The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson ; an appearance on The Arsenio Hall Show ; the albums Muppet Beach Party and Kermit Unpigged ; and the feature films Muppets from Space and The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz.

# Episode Dated October 14, 1976-Jim Henson promotes The Muppet Show which has started production and also shows some clips from the show.

Drew Massey is a puppeteer for The Jim Henson Company for the Muppets and has performed in many TV shows, movies, and TV commercials.

Brian Henson has stated on many occasions that he would like to bring the Farscape saga to the big screen, but there has been no development on that front for years.

The skill of Bradshaw has been featured in television programs made by Jim Henson.

Henson has played in a variety of positions including fly-half, fullback and inside centre.

Since September 2010, Henson has participated in three reality television series, 71 Degrees North, Strictly Come Dancing and The Bachelor.

He also appeared as Jareth, the Goblin King, in the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth, for which he wrote five songs.

He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Company, the Jim Henson Foundation, and Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

Emmet Otter's Jug-band Christmas ( 1971 ), a children's storybook by Russell Hoban later adapted into a television special by Jim Henson, also contains similar plot themes.

Denver was also a guest star on The Muppet Show, the beginning of the lifelong friendship between Denver and Jim Henson that spawned two television specials with The Muppets.

" Oscar also appeared in the Jim Henson holiday special, A Muppet Family Christmas, when the Sesame Street Gang comes to the Grizzly Farm House for the holidays, in the film he befriends Rizzo the Rat ( whose name parodies that of the Midnight Cowboy character Ratso Rizzo ) who asks the Grouch if he could stay in his trash can for the night.

Films produced by current Disney subsidiary The Jim Henson Company have also aired on Disney Channel in the past, although most of them are not presently owned by Disney, including The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Buddy, The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets From Space, The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

He also worked with the puppets on several of Henson's films ( both produced and directed by Henson ), including Labyrinth, starring David Bowie.

* I Feel Pretty ( April 30, 1967 ) – The story of an ugly girl named Amanda ( performed by Jim Henson ) who tries to become beautiful and tries to change her looks using a self-help book in order to gain the affection of Conrad Love ( also performed by Jim Henson ).

Mert from the La Choy commercials and Fred from the Kern's Bakery commercials appear as Amanda's friends where they were performed by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl ( who also voices the narrator ) while Frank Oz does the puppeteering.

Another factor is his children-a son with his girlfriend Yvette ( Taraji P. Henson ) and a daughter with a girl named Peanut, who also lives with her mother.

Henson and Oz also frequently worked in film, including directing and puppeteer work in the 1982 film The Dark Crystal and the 1986 film Labyrinth.

Innovatory puppeteers such as Tony Sarg, Waldo Lanchester, John Wright, Bil Baird, Joan Baixas, Sergei Obratsov, Philipe Genty, Peter Schumann, Dattatreya Aralikatte, Jim Henson, Dadi Pudumjee, and Julie Taymor have also continued to develop the forms and content of puppetry, so that the phrase ' puppet theatre ' is no longer limited to traditional forms of marionettes, glove, or rod puppets.

The film also features an end credit stating that " Jim Henson acknowledges his debt to the works of Maurice Sendak ".

Members of Henson's family also worked on the production, including son Brian Henson and daughter Cheryl Henson.

Although he may be best known today as the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand, he became a national television personality starting in 1957, rising to fame for his 1961 country crossover hit " Big Bad John " and his television series, The Jimmy Dean Show, which also gave puppeteer Jim Henson his first national media exposure.

Danson also appeared as Sam Malone in guest-starring roles on other sitcoms, such as Frasier ( a Cheers spin-off ), The Jim Henson Hour, and The Simpsons.

With the Muppets she also did Saturday Night Live, The Muppet Show, The Jim Henson Hour, Dog City, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

In February 2011, Ginuwine co-starred in the Gospel Music Channel's debut of John Ruffin's stage play The Ideal Hustband which also stars Darrin Dewitt Henson, Jackée Harry, Clifton Powell, Shirley Murdock, Shanti Lowry and Erica Hubbard.

Henson also became an active Methodist preacher, and spoke as an abolitionist on routes between Tennessee and Ontario.

In this sketch, " Mr Smiley " ( as Grover calls him ) is also voiced by Jim Henson, but with a different voice to his game show personality.

Jim Henson and the other Muppeteers also created their own Muppetesque laugh track for their new Muppet Show, which sounded realistic and convincing by critics, fans, and even the guest stars they invited during its five-year run.

When Jerry Nelson left the Muppets citing health reasons, Muppeteer Steve Whitmire ( also a puppeteer for Sesame Street ) took over adding yet another new role to his credits ; his first two were that of Kermit the Frog ( Jim Henson ) and Beaker ( Richard Hunt ).