Henson Associates (commonly abbreviated ha!), is the former name of The Jim Henson Company, which held from 1976 to 1988. It was also the studio banner for "Henson movies", since for much of its history the company focused in film production. see List of notable Henson feature films. The Jim Henson Company is a company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of notable feature films, produced by Henson Associates, Jim Henson Productions, and their successor label Jim Henson Pictures. ...
HENSON: Well, it was before we got married and before we were at all romantically connected actually, because I was engaged to another girl and she was engaged to another guy.
HENSON: Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price.
HENSON: But, it's just a little promotion tape that we made a couple of months ago, which has brief interviews with Gary (Kurtz) and Frank and myself and Brian (Froud), and a few little scenes of the film, but it gives you a more complete picture of it than the trailer certainly, but originally...
The Jim Henson Company used to have a international television distribution arm,Henson International Television,however,its use was shortlived only to be sold to members of TJHC (The Jim Henson Company) and renamed HIT Entertainment.
Nine months before Jim Henson's death on May 16, 1990, he was negotiating the sale of his company to The Walt Disney Company for a reported $150 million.
In March 15, 2005, The Jim Henson Company announced that they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company with a number of events, starting with screenings of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth on April 23 at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
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