Who owns the muppets franchise

We are honored that the Henson family has agreed to pass on to us the stewardship of these cherished assets. Eisner said. There was no prejudice. I mean, Jim was just about the most liberal, accepting person I ever knew. To be sure, a handful of influential female puppeteers have worked on Henson projects and with the Muppets over the years, including Fran Brill and Louise Gold both hired by Jim Henson himself.

These days, however, only two women still actively perform with the Muppets: Buescher and Dinnean. Miss Piggy is a wonderful drag role. She will be played by a series of gentlemen through history. But in order to be one of the central performers, you need to have five or six classic characters.

But because they want a little more representation. Jim Henson always saw the Muppets as an ensemble and encouraged the development of hundreds of characters. There are an estimated 3, individual Muppets characters in existence, across all Disney and Jim Henson Co. Yolanda the Rat and Beverly Plume might not be considered marginal if Disney took a more holistic approach to the world. But from the start, Disney, not illogically, focused on the Muppets that could generate the most money.

And so it was very hard for new, female-performed characters to penetrate. Sibling and fellow co-owner John Henson sat on the board until his death in February The Certificate of Incorporation was granted November 20 of that year.

Not until the corporation filed its first annual report in did the names of Jim Henson and Jane Nebel appear in the city's archives. Following the Hensons' move to New York, a confusing array names were used for the company, including "Uppity Muppets Corp. New York ," "Henson Associates, Inc. An approximate timeline for names of the company is as follows:.

Lionsgate held the video rights to the Jim Henson Company library from , and currently Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment holds the video rights. However, video releases from these companies have not had special labels for the releases. This logo also replaced the ending "Henson Associates" and "Jim Henson Productions" logo cards in other productions. On The Muppet Show , it replaced the ending shot of Zoot , which originally had an in-credit notice over it saying "From ITC Entertainment," and was altered in the mid-'80s to feature the s Henson Associates logo fly out from his sax in a bubble.

In the Time-Life video and DVD releases, Zoot's scenes were included in the first two episodes shown, but were replaced by this logo in the last episode in each release. During the s, Fraggle Rock , Muppet Babies , and other productions used a number of animated logo sequences for Henson Associates, and later Jim Henson Productions.

A logo for Henson Associates featured the company's HA! It had different animations depending on the show, usually either the "HA! One of the final logos made during the time when the company had its former title had "Jim Henson Productions" written in black letters and on a white background with a green "j" and "h," with an illustrated Kermit head appearing in place of the "i" in the word "Jim".

However, there was a Henson Associates copyright notice underneath. One of the earliest Jim Henson Productions logo sequences had an animated arm of Kermit putting up a sign that read "Jim Henson Productions", and after hanging the sign, the sign slid, causing all of the letters to fall off. Video Games. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? The Muppets franchise.

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