by Brian Jay Jones
5 Stars, Buy it Gift, for Kindle I rarely cry reading books, especially biographies or memoirs. This one did it to me though. Honestly, a good portion of the book got really boring and bogged down in details. Especially when going on and on and on about the Dark Crystal and the Labrynth. Also, ...
Like many other people my age, I grew up with The Muppets. I spent a good part of my young childhood watching Sesame Street and so many other Muppet related shows and movies. I have so many fond memories of all those terrific shows and movies that came from the genius of Jim Henson. But like all but...
My children grew up watching Sesame Street, The Muppet Show and Fraggle Rock. Call the parent police if you must, but occasionally those shows were wonderful “babysitters” allowing me to get chores done and meals prepared. We once took my daughters to a presentation of a behind the scenes look at ...
If you're going to read this book, you need to be prepared to cry for about an hour at the end.I listened to it on audiobook, which meant I cried through the last hour or so, while I was doing the dishes.Just so you're prepared, Jim Henson dies at the end.The book leading up to that point is mostly ...
Backstage at the Muppet Theater, Fozzie is reading a book. “Hey Kermit, can you come here for a second?” “Sure. Hey you’ve got the new Jim Henson biography, how is it.” Oh it’s great, but it says there are pictures, but it’s all blank.” “Well this is what an advance uncorrected proof, they put the p...
This was not a particularly well-written biography. However, Jim Henson is so interesting that helped atone for the biographer's writing style. The text was also filled with quotes from Jim and those who knew him, and I enjoyed those sections a lot. I grew up with Sesame Street and the Muppets, s...
bookshelves: fraudio, published-2013, nonfiction, biography, under-500-ratings, autumn-2013, skim-through Read on October 26, 2013 Warning: [Kermit is not real, he is Henson's hand with green glove on! (hide spoiler)]At just over 600 pages this is too long. The beginning was boring and factual t...
I'm amazed it took this long for a biography to be written about Jim Henson. This is a beautifully researched book. As a life long Muppet fan, I learned a lot of history and fun bits about one my favorite things in the world. It dragged (for me) a little but I think that was more about my tolerance ...
I'm amazed it took this long for a biography to be written about Jim Henson. This is a beautifully researched book. As a life long Muppet fan, I learned a lot of history and fun bits about one my favorite things in the world. It dragged (for me) a little but I think that was more about my tolerance ...
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