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.

Always moving forward, Henson was. What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: Idea Man exists in the same Muppet-bio headspace as 2021 doc Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street – and by extension ...

“Jim Henson: Idea Man” threads a difficult needle, celebrating the creative genius of the Muppets mastermind without sidestepping or whitewashing the thornier aspects of his personal ...

But perhaps the most delightful part of Jim Henson: Idea Man is an archived clip of the tongue-and-cheek pitch video Henson put together for what would eventually become The Muppet Show.

At the time of the interview, the creator of the multinational, multimedia Muppets franchise must have been in his late 40s, yet his appearance was that of a man already flirting with old age.

"It was this journey that I could so relate to — this excitement for creativity," Howard says of Jim Henson's story.