Events in Film & TV
Film & TV History
1958-11-20 American puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson establish Muppets, Inc. (now known as The Jim Henson Company)
- 1976-09-05 Jim Henson's "The Muppet Show" premieres on television with Mia Farrow as the guest star
- 2015-08-04 Muppets Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog announce the end to their relationship on Twitter
- 2017-07-17 The Muppets Studio in firing the voice of Kermit the Frog, Steve Whitmire, blame his “unacceptable business conduct”
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1904-08-15 Bill Baird, American puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie, Muppet Show), born in Grand Island, Nebraska (d. 1987)
Jim Henson (1936-1990)
1936-09-24 American puppeteer, artist, screenwriter and filmmaker, best known as the creator of 'the Muppets" (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show), born in Greenville, Mississippi
- 1944-05-25 Frank Oz, American muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show), born in Hereford, England
- 1957-11-23 Mark Radice, American session and touring musician (Donovan; Aerosmith; Cheap Trick), singer, songwriter, and producer (The Muppets; Sesame Street), born in Newark, New Jersey
- 1959-03-09 Lonny Price, American actor (Muppets Take Manhattan), born in NYC, New York
Deaths in Film & TV
Jim Henson (1936-1990)
1990-05-16 American puppeteer, artist, screenwriter and filmmaker, and creator of 'the Muppets" (Sesame Street; The Muppet Show), dies of toxic shock syndrome caused by pneumonia at 53