Tag Archives: Jim Henson

40 Years of Sesame Street

By tone | Published: November 5, 2009
For 40 years kids have grown up with Sesame Street. You could say that the show was a baby sitter to many of us. The show grew up with us and we graduated to the Muppet Show with it. Jim Henson’s creations took a life of their own, the talented puppeteer and his entourage gave [...]
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Jim Henson’s Wilkins Coffee

By tone | Published: June 16, 2009
Here is an oddity blast from the past from the mind of Jim Henson. This is the breeding ground of ideas way before Sesame Street and the Muppet Show ever came to germinate. Who needs power drinks, Wilkins Coffee really delivers a wallop. What were they thinking? Have we sanitized our commercials to a degree [...]
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