Jim Henson Movies

  • 1969
    This Way to Sesame Street

    This Way to Sesame Street

    This Way to Sesame Street

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    A commercial television preview of the new children's educational series, Sesame Street.

    This Way to Sesame Street
  • 1968
    Youth '68

    Youth '68

    Youth '68

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    This documentary interviews young people on war, religion, music, sex, and other topics. Part of NBC's Experiment in Television.

    Youth '68
  • 1988
    Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

    Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

    Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

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    Rowlf the Dog and the kids have fun doing all kinds of activities, including singing and dancing. It features interactive sing-alongs including "The...

    Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
  • 1998
    The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

    The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

    The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street

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    Kermit is being awarded the Frog of the Year Award, presented by Grover. Grover first recites a long poem about frogs, which introduces various...

    The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
  • 1970
    Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

    Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

    Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

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    Rare footage from the Sesame Street season 18 cast and crew wrap party. 1986 When the Sesame Street cast and crew finish taping a season, they...

    Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
  • 1989
    50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

    50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

    50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

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    A special highlighting fifty years in the history of television. Includes tributes to Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Walter Cronkite, Jackie Gleason,...

    50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
  • 1983
    Muppet Breakthrough

    Muppet Breakthrough

    Muppet Breakthrough

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    Muppet Meeting Films: "What's This Meeting All About?", "The B.I.G. Plan", "Who Needs a Break?", "The Sky's the Limit"

    Muppet Breakthrough
  • 1971
    The King of Eight

    The King of Eight

    The King of Eight

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    The King of Eight is a 1970 short film produced for Sesame Street by Jim Henson, using stop-motion animation. The 70-second short film focuses on the...

    The King of Eight
  • 1965
    The Reindeer

    The Reindeer

    The Reindeer

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    Dasher tells the other reindeer that there's no snow and thus they can't deliver any presents. Prancer, Dancer, Donder and Bitzen keep breaking into...

    The Reindeer
  • 1967
    Ripples

    Ripples

    Ripples

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    Ripples uses images cut together to visualize the mind's eye of an architect as he considers his next project.

    Ripples
  • 1978
    Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

    Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

    Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

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    Everyone on Sesame Street is preparing for Christmas: Bert and Ernie exchange gifts in a "The Gift of the Magi" fashion, Cookie Monster wants to get...

    Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
  • 1988
    The Storyteller: The True Bride

    The Storyteller: The True Bride

    The Storyteller: The True Bride

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    A white lion comes to the aid of a girl being held under the cruel care of a troll.

    The Storyteller: The True Bride
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

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    This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the...

    Drums West
  • 1978
    The Vent Event

    The Vent Event

    The Vent Event

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    Steve Allen hosts famous ventriloquists and puppets including Edgar Bergan, Charlie McCarthy, Shari Lewis, Lamb Chop, and The Muppets.

    The Vent Event
  • 1988
    The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant

    The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant

    The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant

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    On the whole, giants are benign creatures, harmless to none, unless of course the giant hasn't a heart. A curious prince is fooled into freeing one...

    The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
  • 1967
    Bufferin: Memories

    Bufferin: Memories

    Bufferin: Memories

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    Memories is a one-minute film created by Jim Henson as a commercial for Bufferin in 1967.

    Bufferin: Memories
  • 1976
    The Muppet Show Pitch Reel

    The Muppet Show Pitch Reel

    The Muppet Show Pitch Reel

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    The presentation by Jim Henson that started it all.

    The Muppet Show Pitch Reel
  • 2014
    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

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    Go behind the scenes to witness the magic of the Muppets in this compilation of rare footage of the variety of puppetry created by Jim Henson....

    Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
  • 1970
    The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

    The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

    The Storyteller: Sapsorrow

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    A beautiful princess seeking to escape an arranged marriage, flees to a distant kingdom and disguises herself as a loathsome hag. But then she falls...

    The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
  • 1988
    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear

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    Fozzie Bear teaches the viewers -- as well as his young friends P.J. and Kai-Lee -- to tell funny jokes and perform impressions and magic tricks. At...

    Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear