The mice would venture from their aquariums to dash along the coils and on to the desks of creatives working inside The Jim Henson Company workshop in New York City in the 1970s. This is one ...

Jim Henson didn’t set out to become a famous puppeteer or create characters beloved by children—and adults—worldwide. He made puppets simply because he wanted to work in television.

I have two favorite parts of this story. The first is the phone call between Ted Koppel and Jim Henson. If you weren’t there, I should let you know that 1987 was a fairly primitive time.

Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, thought in images, as this clip from his early 1960s piece "Cat and Mouse" exemplifies. Henson's prolific mind is celebrated in the new Smithsonian traveling ...