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

Jim Henson produced two iconic fantasy films in the 80s, that being the solemn and grave The Dark Crystal and the more whimsical and lofty Labyrinth.

There was a reference that Jim Henson tried to sneak into Heaven only for him and Kermit the Frog to end up in a flat rectangle prison ( similar to General Zod in Superman II ) as Kermit begs for them to be released.

James Maury " Jim " Henson ( September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990 ) was an American puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.

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.

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" Accompanied by Singing Grass, he worked with the Hudson's Bay Company, as well as the renowned frontiersman Jim Bridger, trapping beaver along the Yellowstone, Powder, and Big Horn rivers.

False Witness: The Real Story of Jim Garrison's Investigation and Oliver Stone's Film JFK, New York: M. Evans & Company, 1998, ISBN 0-87131-920-9.

Exceptions include characters appearing on Sesame Street ( as they were previously sold to Sesame Workshop, although they have always had creative rights, only reimbursing The Jim Henson Company to create and provide their Muppet characters for their use ) and the Fraggles of Fraggle Rock ( which are still owned by the Jim Henson Company ).

The legal trademark on the term " Muppet " is currently held by The Muppets Studio, a wholly owned division of the Walt Disney Company, although Sesame Workshop and the Jim Henson Company continue to occasionally use the term on their characters with certain permissions from Disney.

* 1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, and producer, founded The Jim Henson Company ( d. 1990 )

* Liberally adapted by playwright Wallace Shawn, the work was brought back to Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company in March 2006 with Alan Cumming playing Macheath, Nellie McKay as Polly, Cyndi Lauper as Jenny, Jim Dale as Mr Peachum, Ana Gasteyer as Mrs Peachum, Carlos Leon as Filch, Adam Alexi-Malle as Jacob and Brian Charles Rooney as a male Lucy.

In 1978, a stake of the ski area was purchased by Ron Allred and his partner Jim Wells to form the Telluride Company.

* James ( Jim ) F. Albaugh-Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company

The Jim Henson Company was largely responsible for the various alien makeup and prosthetics, and two regular characters ( the animatronic puppets Rygel and Pilot ) are entirely Creature Shop creations.

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.

In 2007, the Jim Henson Company announced plans to produce a feature film based on The Doubtful Guest to be directed by Brad Peyton.

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.

On August 10, 2009, Lionsgate Home Entertainment announced that they had reached a deal with The Jim Henson Company to acquire the rights to release Fraggle Rock on DVD.

* The Jim Henson Company, formerly known as ha!

In 1952 Sloss merged with the U. S. Pipe and Foundry Company, a subsidiary of Jim Walter Industries since 1969.

, members of the North Hanover Township Committee ( with committee assignments listed in parentheses ) are Mayor Jim Durr ( Liaison to County Land Use Office and Small Cities Grant Matters ), Deputy Mayor Mike Moscatiello ( Sub-Standard Housing Commissioner, Military Liaison and Liaison to Administration ), Deb Butler ( Recreation Commissioner and Liaison to Municipal Drug Alliance ), Lou Delorenzo ( Public Works Commissioner, Landfill Commissioner / Recycling Commissioner and Mobile Home Commissioner ) and Bill Tilton ( Police Commissioner, Liaison to Jacobstown Fire Company and COAH Liaison ).

* 1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player

* 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician

* 1946 – Jim Kiick, American football player

* 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American wrestler

* 1956 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler

* 1988 – Jim Jordan, American actor ( b. 1896 )

* 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1942 – Jim Lonborg, American baseball player

* 1933 – Jim Lange, American game show host

* 1856 – Diamond Jim Brady, American financier ( d. 1917 )

* 1950 – Jim Beaver, American actor and scriptwriter

* 1970 – Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball coach

* 1959 – Jim McMahon, American football player

* 1965 – Jim Bullinger, American baseball player

* 1964 – Jim Ellison, American singer and musician ( Material Issue ) ( d. 1996 )

* 1969 – Jim Thornton, American television and radio announcer

* Kafi Benz ( b. 1941 ), American entrepreneur who is a preservationist, writer, and artist ; studio director for sculptor Jim Gary ; and the founder of Friends of Seagate Inc. and Kafi Benz Productions

In 2011, Selig also demanded that the Astros move to the American League West as a condition of the sale of the franchise to businessman Jim Crane ; the team will switch leagues in 2013.

* Requiring the Houston Astros to move to the American League ( 2013 ), as a condition of the sale of the team to Jim Crane, resulting in an odd number of teams in each league and interleague play throughout the season

* James Barrier, or Buffalo Jim ( 1953 – 2008 ), an American wrestling promoter

* 1944 – Jim Leyland, American baseball manager

* 1943 – Jim Morrison, American singer ( The Doors ) ( d. 1971 )

* 1932 – Jim Hurtubise, American racecar driver ( d. 1989 )

* 1947 – Jim Messina, American musician ( Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina )

* 1947 – Jim Plunkett, American football player