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Jim Henson: Characters
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Henson's horizons expanded in a number of ways after The Muppet Show. He created new television programs. In 1983, Fraggle Rock was introduced, featuring completely new Muppet characters. Airing on HBO in the United States, the program featured three species living below ground, the Fraggles, the Gords, and the Dozers. The show primarily followed five Fraggles, including Gobo and Mokey, and promoted harmony in living. Fraggle Rock aired for four season in the United States, Canada and several other countries.
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Sam and Friends, Henson's first network program, aired for several years. The Muppets amassed a loyal following by appearing in commercials and performing in popular venues such as The Ed Sullivan Show. However, it was the character of Rowlf the Dog (a regular on The Jimmy Dean Show) which propelled the popular fascination with Henson's creations.
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Now, all these decades later, Henson's 10 characters from "Sam and Friends" are on the third floor of the American History Museum through Labor Day. These Henson originals are behind glass, but even in their static positions, they exude the personality you'd expect with these names: Mushmellon, Harry the Hipster, Mouldy Hay and Chicken Liver.
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Oz and Henson had a unique performing relationship because their major characters usually interacted. "Watching Jim's Ernie teasing Frank Oz's Bert and driving him to distraction was to witness unadulterated glee," said Caroly Wilcox, a longtime Muppeteer, designer and builder [source: Finch]. Henson said that Oz was "probably the person most responsible for the Muppets being funny" [source: Finch].
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Creator of the Muppets, and the leading force behind their long creative run, Henson brought an engaging cast of characters, innovative ideas, and a pitch-perfect sense of timing and humor to many millions of people. He is ... widely acknowledged for the ongoing vision of faith, friendship, love of magic, and unconditional love which informed nearly all of his work.
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