The Muppets unofficially began in 1955, when a young Jim Henson created the humble program “Sam and Friends” for a local TV station. Most of these droopy, felt puppets faded into obscurity, but it was ...

"It's time to raise the curtain." When Disney bought the Muppets in the early 2000s, it seemed like the perfect home for Jim Henson’s characters after his death in the 1990s. However, more than 20 ...

A dozen years have passed since the Muppets last appeared on the big screen. Their founder, Jim Henson, died in 1990. Most Muppet characters, with the exception of the “Sesame Street’’ stable, were ...

It’s been over two decades since The Muppets were acquired by Walt Disney Studios, and the ‘House of Mouse’ has done very ...