When the Swedish Chef made his television debut in 1975, he didn't just join the Muppet cast; he redefined what those characters could look like. Most Muppets relied on felt hands and controlled ...
Looking back 50 years later, The Muppet Show feels like something that shouldn’t have worked—and somehow worked perfectly. A felt frog hosting a weekly variety show? A backstage held together by chaos ...
Kermit the Frog, the most famous creation of the late puppeteer and producer Jim Henson, has a lineage almost as old as TV itself. Kermit first appeared as a character on a local TV show in Washington ...