The Story of Jim Henson (Dell Publishing)

Written by	Stephanie St. Pierre
Published	1991
Publisher	Dell Publishing
Series	A Dell Yearling Biography
ISBN	0440404533

The Story of Jim Henson, Creator of the Muppets is a 106-page biography of Jim Henson. It was written by Stephanie St. Pierre, a childhood friend of Henson's oldest daughter, Lisa Henson. Although the book was in production before Jim Henson died, it wasn't finished and released until 1991, a year after his death.

Contents

• Author's Note
• A River of Rainbows
• Down by the Creek
• Puppets and Television
• On the Air
• Partners
• A Creative Family
• How They Got to Sesame Street
• HA! HI! HO!
• A Frog with a Dream
• Superstars
• Fantastic Worlds
• New Directions
• It's a Good Life
• Highlights in the Life of Jim Henson

Errata

• Page 24 incorrectly refers to The Junior Morning Show as The Junior Good Morning Show.

• A photo caption incorrectly refers to Junior Gorg as a fraggle [sic].

• Page 35 references the erroneous claim that Kermit the Frog was named after one of Jim Henson's childhood friends.

• Page 52 says that the reindeer from the Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall appearance were built by Kermit Love. They were actually built by Don Sahlin.

• Both page 54 and the timeline incorrectly site the premiere date of Sesame Street as November 11, 1969 as opposed to November 10.

• Page 60 claims Cher and Chastity Bono taped a segment for Sesame Street, when in fact the two worked with Henson on Cher in 1975.

• Page 69 incorrectly lists Orson Welles and Lily Tomlin as guest stars on The Muppet Show. While Welles made a cameo in The Muppet Movie and Tomlin was a guest in The Muppets Go to the Movies (among other Henson productions), neither appeared as a guest on the show.

• On page 76, The Muppet Show: On Tour! is referred to as The Muppet Show Revue.

• On page 85, it's incorrectly stated that The Muppets Take Manhattan came out on June 1984, instead of July 1984.

• The timeline incorrectly lists 1961 as when the Muppets appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Muppets would not make their first appearance on the show until 1966.

See also

• Jim Henson biographies