In June 1965, 28-year-old Jim Henson started a written log of his activities in what became known as “The Red Book.” He noted down what had happened up until that point (deemed “Ancient History”) and then recorded anything that he felt was worth recording as single line journal entries until the end of 1988.

Selected curated entries courtesy of The Jim Henson Company Archives.

Category Archives: Appearances

9/18/1966 – ‘1st Ed Sullivan Show – “Rock + Roll Monsters”.’

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Administrator

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Topics: 09-September '66, 1966, Appearances | Tagged Ed Sullivan Show, Frank Oz, Java, Jerry Nelson, Mahna Mahna

9/7/1979 – ‘Fly to LA for the Emmys – we don’t win but Frank and I do a very successful Piggy and Kermit bit introducing the rules.’

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Administrator

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Topics: 09-September '79, 1979, Appearances | Tagged Emmy Awards, Frank Oz, Kermit, Miss Piggy

7/25-26/1968 – ‘Attend Seminar in Cambridge – re Children’s TV Workshop.’

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Administrator

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Topics: 07-July '68, 1968, Appearances, Sesame Street, Tales of The Tinkerdee, Youth 68 | Tagged Cambridge, Children's Television Workshop, Harvard, Hey Cinderella, Jerry Juhl, Joan Ganz Cooney, Jon Stone, Kermit, Lloyd Morrisett, Maurice Sendak, Rowlf, Tom Whedon

6/26/1984 – ‘Frank and I do entire Merv Griffin Show.’

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Administrator

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Topics: 06-June '84, 1984, Appearances, Muppet Babies, Muppets Take Manhattan | Tagged Animal, Betts FitzGerald, Cheerios, Down Memory Lane, Emmy Awards, Entertainment Tonight, Fozzie, Frank Oz, Fritos, Isabel Miller, Kermit, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Miss Piggy, New York, Oral-B, Roberta Jimenez, Rowlf, You and I George

6/16/1971 – ‘Opening night Nancy Sinatra – Hilton International’

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Administrator

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Topics: 06-June '71, 1971, Appearances | Tagged Big Boss Man, Billy Strange, Buggy Mugger, Fortuosity, Frank Oz, Frank Sinatra, Hugh Lambert, Jerry Nelson, Joe Delaney, John Lovelady, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mahna Mahna, Movin' with Nancy, Nancy Sinatra, Sugar Ray Robinson, The Muppets, When the Frogs go Marching In

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