User:Toughpigs/Jim Henson's Red Book

Collected from Jim Henson's Red Book:

April 1962: Mad Mad World TV Pilot VTR

April 3, 1965: Film for Pak-Nit

May 6, 1965: First screening of "Time Piece" - Museum of Modern Art

March 21, 1966: Deliver final prints to IBM of 4 short films, starring Rowlf. IBM ecstatic.

March 25, 1966: Tape our last Jimmy Dean Show

March 6, 1967: Filming LINIT

April 21, 1968: Sunday, 4 P.M. Air Youth '68.

March 3, 1969: Got to Hershey Pa. To VTR 3 Short shows on Puppetry with Don, Danny and Frank.

March 22, 1969: Shoot "Wizard of Id" pilot

April 30, 1969: Shoot Select-A-Vision. Slide film for RCA w/ Chuck Olsen.

April 1970: Record 1st Sesame Street cast album.

March 1971: To and From Toronto re - "Frog Prince"

May 2, 1971: Kermit reviews 11 Frog books in NY Times Book Review.

March 1, 1972: Al Gottesman starts with us.

March 27, 1972: Screen Bremen in NYC

April 5, 1972: Do Art Directors club in NYC.

April 26, 1972: Air "Muppet Musicians of Bremen".

March 7, 1973: Decide to go with Azenberg and Wolsk.

March 23, 1973: Shooting for Fisher-Price viewer

April 6, 1973: Frank and I go to Kennedy Child Center. Meet with Mike Eisner ABC - go ahead.

March 9, 1974: Went to Boston with Cheryl - filmed Kermit for bridges in the ACT Children's films

March 15, 1974: Meeting with Marty Starger - Pres. of ABC. Also Bernie and Garry M. about show.

March 8, 1975: Final Edit - The Muppet Show

March 18, 1975: In LA Carson Show - Dr. Teeth - talk with Dave Lazer

March 19, 1975: AIR the Muppet Show ABC. Watch it with Dad and Bob in Albequerque.

March 20, 1976: Jane, Lisa, Cheryl and I Albequerque, Hawaii, Tokyo

April 24, 1976: Sat Night Live - I write.

April 19/20, 1977: Finish Emmet O final mix.

April 29, 1977: Company meeting Tavern on the Green.

May 3, 1977: Interview - Reader's Digest

March 24, 1978: Begin Jerry Juhl on Muppet Movie

March 31, 1978: Fly to NY for one night - staff meeting (Concorde)

April 11, 1978: Liberace (MS)

March 26-28, 1979: Shoot more Meeting Films - Frank produces

March 30, 1979: Cheryl's high school Pippin opens.

April 2, 1979: The Tonight Show - hosted by the Muppets - guests Vincent Price - Bernadette Peters - Leo Sayer and a Vet

April 1, 1980: James Coburn (MS)

April 14, 1980: Academy Awards. Lisa comes out and goes with me. Kerm and Piggy do the rules - Kerm sings "Rainbow Connection" but we don't win the Oscar.

April 17, 1980: To Today Show - pipes - say hi to Willard Scott. See building for Muppet Stuff! Meet Bessemer Trust people.

April 19, 1980: Meet with Jon Stone and Maurice Sendak - talk about idea. Go to Boston - see Brian.

April 25, 1980: Jay Tarses and Tom Patchett come over to begin MM2 (Caper) (re-write).

April 28, 1980: Senor Wences (MS).

March 5, 1981: Dudley Moore and Lily Tomlin in for special.

April 15, 1981: Begin shooting The Dark Crystal - Mystic Valley first, Dying Emperor, Crystal Chamber.

March 29, 1982: Oscars in LA

April 5-9, 1982: Back in London working on D.C.

March 2, 1983: To Australia - first time. Sydney.

March 13, 1983: Award Dinner from Nat'l Council for children and TV. Brian with me in LA.

March 28, 1983: Dennis Lee - Brian F. and I begin talking about Labyrinth in London

May 7, 1983: 1st Masked Ball - second ave. Gothic House

March 10, 1984: Concept Muppet Babies

March 17, 1984: Kermit gives speech in Atlanta - Nat'l Wildlife

April 4, 1984: BMW stolen - turns up several weeks later

April 8, 1984: F.A.O. Schwarz opens Muppet Boutique.

April 23, 1984: Heather comes to London with me - UK puppet festival.

April 27, 1984: Talk with Muriel Peters about Java.

May 4, 1985: To NY for Muppet Monsters meeting.

May 5, 1985: To Amsterdam (Filming Labyrinth) - Forest - Wild Things, Shaft of Hands.

April 10, 1986: Kennedy Center - award

March 1987: Casting in LA for Puppetman

May 1987: Cheryl work in UK on Storyteller.

May 1, 1987: Brian and Kevin doing 2 week workshop in London

March 11, 1988: Judging Design Contest 1st time

March 12, 1988: Julie Taymor's Juan Darien

March 14, 1988: Alex R. begins working with us.

April, 1988: Working w/ Kirk Thatcher on computer generated character - Later Waldo

April 12, 1988: Witches begins filming in Norway.

April 13, 1988: Sotheby's flag auction - Cheryl made - I sketched. Spring - writers Strike - until about July.

April 22, 1988: In Cornwall for filming of The Witches with Alex Rockwell.