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Encyclopedia > Muppets Holding Company

The Muppets Holding Company, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company, formed in 2004 through the acquiring of The Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House characters from The Jim Henson Company. Image File history File links Jim_Henson's_Muppets. ... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters, and the company created by Jim Henson. ... Bear in the Big Blue House is a television program for young children produced for the Disney Channel by The Jim Henson Company. ... The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. ...



Please note that from late 2006, the company's name became "The Muppets Studio LLC" (see www.muppets.com)



Since the mid-1980s, Jim Henson had been in talks with Disney CEO Michael Eisner to sell Disney the Muppets. He and other Muppet performers had secretly filmed tutorials for Disney animators, entertainers and Imagineers on the matter of how to properly operate a Muppet, and many Muppet producers were already preparing for the transfer. On August 28, 1989, the two announced a deal for Disney to buy Henson Associates and all of its characters, excluding those featured on "Sesame Street." The deal fell through several months after Jim Henson's untimely death in 1990, largely due to clashes between the Henson family and Disney attorneys. Following several legal battles, the theme park attraction, Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D, opened at the Disney-MGM Studios in May 1991. For the company founded by Henson, see The Jim Henson Company. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Walt Disney Creative Entertainment is a theatrical and technical performance company, part of Disney Theatrical, a fully-owned subsidary of The Walt Disney Company. ... Walt Disney Imagineering, was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED: Walter Elias Disney) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disneys personal assets. ... Jim Hensons MuppetVision 3D is an attraction found at Disney-MGM Studios, part of Walt Disney World located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and at Disneys California Adventure park in Anaheim, California. ... Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA. It opened on May 1, 1989. ...


Disney CEO Michael Eisner remained interested in Henson for many years. It was only until 2003 that negotiations were finally re-opened after the Henson family bought The Jim Henson Company back from EM.TV, to whom they had sold the company in 2000. Michael Eisner officially announced the purchase of the Muppets characters from The Jim Henson Co. in February 2004, and the first Muppets movie under complete Disney control (several Muppets movies had been made before with the help of Walt Disney Pictures), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, went into production immediately and aired on ABC in May 2005. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Walt Disney Pictures is an American movie studio, with off-shoot studios in Japan and other sites in the United States. ... Promotional poster The Muppets Wizard of Oz, an original made-for-television movie, aired May 20, 2005 as a special Friday night edition of ABCs The Wonderful World of Disney. ...


When Eisner stepped down and new Disney CEO Robert Iger succeeded him, one of the first things Iger did the day after becoming CEO was remove the head of the Muppets Holding Company and several senior staff, who Eisner had personally hand-picked himself when the Muppets became Disney property in April 2004, and who had travelled with the Muppets from Jim Henson to Walt Disney through the purchase. Many see this as a demonstration of Iger's power to the public and to Eisner. The Company has also been holding open auditions across North America for Muppet performers working in Disney theme parks, the Disney Cruise Line and television and motion picture projects. The Muppets Holding Company operates as a division of Disney Consumer Products. Robert Iger Robert A. Iger (born February 10, 1951 in Oceanside, New York) is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Disney Cruise Line is a cruise line owned by the Walt Disney Company. ...


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The Jim Henson Company - Muppet Wiki - a Wikia wiki (1728 words)
In 1990, Jim Henson was in negotiations to sell the company to the Walt Disney Company, but Jim Henson died during the week that he was supposed to sign the contract, and his family decided to keep the company private.
On The Muppet Show, it replaced the ending shot of Zoot, which originally had an in-credit notice over it saying "From ITC Entertainment," and was altered in the mid-'80s to feature the 1980s Henson Associates logo fly out from his sax in a bubble.
Since the aquisition of The Muppets by The Walt Disney Company in 2004, the colours of the logo were changed to a red signature, with a grey underline and 'The Jim Henson Company' in grey underneath.
Muppet Central News - Fact or Fiction: The Muppet Show DVD season sets (1025 words)
There were two pilot episodes produced for The Muppet Show (“The Muppets Valentine Show” and “The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence”).
An official announcement of the season 1 DVD features, release date, retail price, and more should be released by The Muppet Holding Company and Disney Home Entertainment later this year.
All Muppets, Bear characters and photos are copyright of the Muppets Holding Company.
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