{"id":316,"date":"2014-09-24T13:45:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T17:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/?p=316"},"modified":"2014-10-10T11:40:12","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:40:12","slug":"creativity-breadcrumb-13-happy-78th-birthday-to-jim-henson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/09\/24\/creativity-breadcrumb-13-happy-78th-birthday-to-jim-henson\/","title":{"rendered":"CREATIVITY BREADCRUMB 13: HAPPY 78TH BIRTHDAY TO JIM HENSON!"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_316'] = [\n{id: 318, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/09\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/09\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/09\/24\/creativity-breadcrumb-13-happy-78th-birthday-to-jim-henson\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>116691540_jimhenson_357847c<\/h1><p class=\"galleria-info-description\">Kermit the Frog and his creator Jim Henson<\/p><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/2014\/09\/24\/creativity-breadcrumb-13-happy-78th-birthday-to-jim-henson\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<div id=\"attachment_318\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_316\" data-imgid=\"318\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/09\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-318\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/09\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit to Benno Friedman\/Corbis\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/09\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/creativearts\/files\/2014\/09\/116691540_jimhenson_357847c.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit to Benno Friedman\/Corbis<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>food for creative making, doing, and thinking<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On this day in 1936, the man who would grow up to create none other than <a href=\"http:\/\/muppets.disney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Muppets<\/a>\u00a0was born. On the show, beloved puppeteer Jim Henson helped viewers everywhere get to know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6AWhwuPkTcg\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Gonzo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RhRkAzaDuyg\" target=\"_blank\">The Swedish Chef<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cDxaSo-jpQM\" target=\"_blank\">Musical Chickens<\/a>. His greatest brainchild, though, was easily the fan-favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/muppet.wikia.com\/wiki\/Kermit_the_Frog\" target=\"_blank\">Kermit the Frog<\/a>. Thank you, Mr. Henson, for sharing your beautiful mind with the world. We are all better for it.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this moving tribute to Mr. Henson by the Muppets themselves:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Just One Person - The Muppets Tribute to Jim Henson\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SRSptCfn5WY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now check out the man himself in one of his last interviews on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/3PapmiW4YiA<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps the substance of Jim Henson&#8217;s genius was the ability to see wonder far off in crazy directions and get people to follow him there.&#8221;\u00a0&#8211; Roberta Moran, Dover Plains NY<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What was remarkable was that a man best known for his quiet gentleness left such a resounding echo in the world upon leaving it.&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<em>People<\/em> Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>food for creative making, doing, and thinking On this day in 1936, the man who would grow up to create none other than The Muppets\u00a0was born. 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