The Muppets
Sign in to saveAlso known as Disney's The Muppets, Muppets, Jim Henson's Muppets
puppet characters created by Jim Henson
Key facts
- Created by
- Jim Henson
- Original work
- Sam and Friends (1955–1961)
- Owners
- The Jim Henson Company (1955–2004), The Muppets Studio ( Disney ) (2004–present)
- Years
- 1955–present
- Book s
- Books and comics
- Film s
- Film list
- Television series
- Television list
- Web series
- Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora
- Animated series
- Muppet Babies Dog City Muppet Babies
- Video game s
- Video game list
- Soundtrack s
- Discography
- Theme park attraction s
- Muppet*Vision 3D The Muppets Present...Great Moments in American History Muppet Mobile Lab Rock 'n' Roller Coaster
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Muppets are an American ensemble cast of puppet characters known for an absurdist, slapstick, burlesque, and self-referential style of musical variety-sketch comedy. Created by Jim Henson in 1955, the eponymous media franchise encompasses films, television, music, and other media associated with the characters. Owned by the Jim Henson Company for nearly five decades, the Muppets were acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2004, which established the Muppets Studio division to oversee the characters.
The Muppets originated in the short-form television series Sam and Friends, which aired on WRC-TV and in syndication from 1955 to 1961. Following appearances on late-night talk shows and in advertising during the 1960s, the Muppets began appearing on Sesame Street (1969–present) during their formative years in the early to mid-1970s and attained celebrity status and international recognition through The Muppet Show (1976–1981), their flagship sketch comedy television series that received four Primetime Emmy Award wins and 21 nominations during its five-year run.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Muppets” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.