At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations. Mr. Henson later hired Mr. Lazer to help run his company.

Knox News joined Milford at the Cattywampus studio in the 1400 Building on Sixth Avenue, where Milford showed off various ...

In a parody of The Apprentice, the reality television show that solidified Trump’s fame in 2005, Grump heads to Sesame Street ...

Disney’s Muppets Studio has denied that a revival of Jim Henson’s classic variety series The Muppet Show is in the works. “The Muppets Studio is not in production at this time on any new Muppets ...

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After the cancelation of 'Muppets Mayhem,' and a brief appearance in a Super Bowl commercial, when will we see The Muppets ...

He coined the term “Muppet” as a portmanteau of “marionette” and “puppet.” The Muppets made their first appearance in the show Sam and Friends in 1955 for local TV station WRC-TV in ...

Bill Prady is a veteran writer and co-creator/executive producer of “The Big Bang Theory.” Here he shares a memory from early in his career, when he was a staff writer for the Jim Henson Co. during a ...

But among the various puppet forms, from that tissue to a marionette to the Muppet, the giant puppet represents its own niche. The creations are made from recycled brown paper bags (if you want to ...

The comedian, who starred in "Ted Lasso" and co-created "Shrinking," explains how “The Second Best Night of Your Life” came to be a puppet-filled ode to American stand-up specials.