The newly released Disney+ documentary, “Jim Henson: Idea Man”, directed by Ron Howard, is a well put together dive into the behind the scenes of Henson’s life. But for someone who grew up with The Muppets and especially for someone who lives with a self-professed Henson/Muppets/Fraggles connoisseur (my daughter), many of the clips they incorporated into the documentary have been seen before. Many times.
Some of the stuff was new, to me, anyway, such as the interview with Orson Welles, and it was nice to see interviews of Jim and his late wife Jane from years ago. It was essential for Howard to include interviews with as many people that Jim worked with as possible (and he did) because many of them (Frank Oz especially), were there from nearly day one. Working interviews in with Rita Moreno (the first guest star on “The Muppet Show”) and Jennifer Connelly from “Labyrinth” was a nice touch as was showing clips from “Sesame Street”.
But I feel the most important part of this documentary were the interviews with Henson’s children. Many Muppets fans are grateful for their continued contributions to what their father created and left behind. They could have all chosen other fields but instead decided to walk in their father’s footsteps to continue providing Henson entertainment for future generations to enjoy.
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