Even second-tier characters like the Swedish Chef, Sam Eagle and the members of ... abc/getty Before The Muppet Show premiered in 1976, Jim Henson and co. produced two pilots for ABC.

Sam Eagle is pictured in a circle framed by ... In a statement, Disney indicated they are “exploring ways to preserve” Muppet ...

Muppet*Vision 3D closes permanently to guests this weekend. Among the slew of Disney World attraction closures recently (or ...

“Dial-a-Muppet” sketches ... they kept the puppets up and “alive.” Jim had Rowlf the dog on his arm and Frank was puppeteering Sam Eagle. Rowlf looked around. “You know,” he began ...

In Jim Henson Idea Man ... with a trove of archival footage (such as the Muppets appearing on the unreleased Orson Welles Show; “Picture Rasputin as an Eagle Scout,” Welles says while ...

It’s been 30 years since the Muppets ... Jim Henson in the late 1950s, over the decades we’ve all grown to know and love the iconic characters from Gonzo and Fozzie Bear to Beaker, Sam Eagle ...

Eagle-eyed fans still spotted a telltale ... both in the parks and when it comes to the Muppets. In 1989, Jim Henson entered into an agreement to sell his company to the Walt Disney Company ...

Jim Henson’s Muppets mesh so well with Christmas ... Fozzie dealing with being dumped by his girlfriend, Sam Eagle trying to stage a situation where he and Janice would be under the mistletoe ...

He found the movie with “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth,” a fantasy-sci-fi saga that featured not only the work of the Muppets creator, but of rock icon David Bowie. “In some way, I always imagine ...