The Muppets' sprawling cast of colorful characters includes more than just Kermit, Piggy and the gang John Russell is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined the PEOPLE team in 2024. His work has ...

Guests can now join the Muppets when riding the Disney Skyliner at Walt Disney World Resort thanks to new Muppets 70th anniversary decals on one of the gondolas. The yellow gondola is decorated ...

The Muppets will soon have a new home in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. To make room for the new dedicated Monsters, Inc. land announced over the summer, the park will shutter the existing Muppet ...

Henson debuted his unique brand of puppetry in 1955 while he was still a college student. He coined the term “Muppet” as a portmanteau of “marionette” and “puppet.” The Muppets made ...

The new Disney+ documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man” conjures the life and mind of the visionary who created the Muppets and changed not only an art form, but also the parameters of storytelling.

Now, almost 70 years after introducing the world to the Muppets, Henson’s work continues to endure. Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Big Bird and many more of his characters, from “The Muppet ...