Jim Henson was an entertainer.
Jim Henson . Henson became famous in the 1960s when he joined the children 's educational television program Sesame Street , and there helped develop characters for the series . In 1976 , after scrapping plans for a Broadway show , he produced The Muppet Show . He also had frequent roles in Muppets films such as The Muppet Movie , The Great Muppet Caper , and The Muppets Take Manhattan , and created advanced puppets for projects like Fraggle Rock , The Dark Crystal , and Labyrinth .