![]() ![]() ![]() Within a few months, Henson had his own show called Sam and Friends. He also landed a job as a puppeteer for another television station, WRC-TV, an NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C. ![]() In 1955, Henson entered the University of Maryland where he studied theater arts. Henson and a friend put together several puppets and worked there for a short time. During the summer of 1954, a local television station, WTOP in Washington, D.C., needed a puppeteer for one of their children's programs. Henson became involved in a local puppetry club. He was a fan of early puppet television shows Kukla, Fran and Ollieand Life with Snarky Parker, and their creators Burr Tillstrom and Bil and Cora Baird, respectively. While in high school, Henson became intrigued by television and its possibilities. When Henson was about ten years old, his family moved to suburban Maryland when his father's job took him to Washington, D.C. His father worked for the federal government as an agronomist. Henson was born on Septemin Greenville, Mississippi, and grew up in the nearby town of Leland. Henson'screations also appeared in their own program, The Muppet Show, as well as a number of other television programs and films. His characters were a key component of Sesame Street, the children's educational television program seen worldwide. Influential children's entertainer Jim Henson (1936-1990) is best known for inventing the Muppets, asofter versions of puppets. ![]()
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