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: Sesame Street

9/10-12/1970 – ‘In Denver doing Computer Animation for Sesame #’s 10 and 4 – Second season of Sesame Street.’

Posted on September 12, 2014 by admin

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Topics: 09-September '70, 1970, Sesame Street | Tagged Denver, Jerry Juhl, Maurice Sendak, Scanmate

8/20/1975 – ‘Received Silver Mermaid award for Frog Prince.’

Posted on August 22, 2014 by admin

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Topics: 08-August '75, 1975, Honors, Muppet Show, Muppet Specials, Sesame Street | Tagged Denmark, First Fairytale Film Festival, Hey Cinderella, Kermit, Odense, Tales from Muppetland, Tales of the Tinkerdee, The Frog Prince

8/13/1974 – ‘Get final OK from ABC regarding deal – pilot – after school consultant and film development.’

Posted on August 15, 2014 by admin

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Topics: 08-August '74, 1974, Muppet Show, Muppet Specials, Sesame Street | Tagged ABC, Barbara Eden, Carol Burnett, Elliott Gould, Herb Alpert, Herb Alpert Show, Jon Stone, Marshall Brickman, Martin Starger, Norman Stiles, Squire Rushnell, The Cher Show

8/–/1961 – ‘Jerry joined us.’

Posted on August 12, 2014 by admin

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Topics: 08-August '61, 1961, Cube, Fraggle Rock, Muppet Show, Sesame Street | Tagged Asilomar, Burr Tillstrom, Detroit, Don Sahlin, Frank Oz, Jane Henson, Jerry Juhl, Puppeteers of America Festival, Washington

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

Posted on July 28, 2014 by admin

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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

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