The Muppet Show: 9 Reasons Jim Henson’s Legacy Still Rules
The Muppet Show still holds up because Jim Henson built a chaotic, funny, brilliantly human variety show that played just as well for adults as kids.
The Muppet Show still holds up because Jim Henson built a chaotic, funny, brilliantly human variety show that played just as well for adults as kids.
Fraggle Rock debuted on HBO on January 10, 1983, and within minutes, millions of kids across North America were hooked. Created by Jim Henson — the genius behind the Muppets, Sesame Street, and The Dark Crystal — this show wasn’t just another puppet program. It was a deeply layered, musically rich, thematically ambitious series disguised…