Childhood & TV Dreams
Clip: Season 1 Episode 3 | 3m 25s
Examine Jim Henson's childhood in rural Mississippi and the birth of his TV dreams.
Jim Henson grew up in rural Mississippi and had a boyhood passion for drawing and building and an admiration for ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. When Jim’s dad was reassigned from Mississippi to Maryland in 1948, 12-year old Jim became attracted to the new medium of television — kindling his desire to work in the industry.
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Childhood & TV Dreams
Clip: Season 1 Episode 3 | 3m 25s
Jim Henson grew up in rural Mississippi and had a boyhood passion for drawing and building and an admiration for ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. When Jim’s dad was reassigned from Mississippi to Maryland in 1948, 12-year old Jim became attracted to the new medium of television — kindling his desire to work in the industry.
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Preview: S1 Ep3 | 29s | Follow Henson’s career from his early television work to his sudden death. (29s)
Clip: S1 Ep3 | 3m 39s | Those closest to Jim Henson recount the events leading up to his shocking, sudden death. (3m 39s)
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