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.

Tag Archives: Return to Oz

11/3/1963 – ‘Brian is born’

Posted on November 4, 2014 by admin

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Topics: 11-November '63, 1963, Family | Tagged Bear in The Big Blue House, Brian Henson, Dinosaur Train, Dinosaurs, Farscape, Gulliver’s Travels, Hoggle, Jimmy Dean Show, Kevin Clash, Labyrinth, Little Shop of Horrors, Mother Goose, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets, Muppets Tonight, Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Return to Oz, Rowlf, Shari Weiser, Sid the Science Kid, Storyteller, Stuffed and Unstrung, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Witches, Wilson & Ditch: Digging America

7/16/1984 – ‘Dreamchild begins shooting.’

Posted on July 17, 2014 by admin

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Topics: 07-July '84, 1984, Dark Crystal, Labyrinth | Tagged Coral Browne, Creature Shop, Dennis Potter, Dreamchild, Lewis Carroll, Lyle Conway, Return to Oz

2/–/1984 – ‘Brian H. to London to work on OZ.’

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

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Topics: Muppets Take Manhattan | Tagged Brian Henson, Dark Crystal, Dinosaurs, Dreamchild, Farscape, Faz Fazakas, Fraggle Rock, Frank Oz, Jack Pumpkinhead, Labyrinth, London, Lyle Conway, Muppets Tonight, Return to Oz, Santa Claus: The Movie, Scooter, Walter Murch

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