Handmade Video



Handmade Video is an experimental project produced by Jim Henson Productions on May 7, 1990.

Jim Henson introduces a demonstration of what he calls a "whole new and different kind of television" that he expects will evolve in the coming years. He recalls his own beginnings in television and the cumbersome weight and size of using studio cameras. He suspects that with the advent of "handycams," television will be created by those who grew up watching MTV with access to more affordable equipment.

What follows is a video featuring three young men on a road trip attempting to loosely simulate the ideas of Jack Kerouac in what they call a hi-tech version of Route 66. The video features Sean Masterson, Dana Gould and Jordan Brady.