Episode 3 Preview | Jim Henson
Preview: Season 1 Episode 3 | 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow Henson’s career from his early television work to his sudden death.
Follow Jim Henson’s career, from his early television work with the Muppets in the 1950s to his commercial work and network appearances, his breakthrough with Sesame Street and “The Muppet Show,” his fantasy films and his sudden death in 1990.
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Episode 3 Preview | Jim Henson
Preview: Season 1 Episode 3 | 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Follow Jim Henson’s career, from his early television work with the Muppets in the 1950s to his commercial work and network appearances, his breakthrough with Sesame Street and “The Muppet Show,” his fantasy films and his sudden death in 1990.
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Examine Jim Henson's childhood in rural Mississippi and the birth of his TV dreams. (3m 25s)
Those closest to Jim Henson recount the events leading up to his shocking, sudden death. (3m 39s)
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