Jim Henson Idea Man: The Best Documentary for People Who Don't Normally Like Documentaries

“I think that television is such a huge influence on children. I think it’s the next most important influence to the family, or the church or the school. As an industry, we don’t generally face up to that responsibility, and I think we need to be a great deal more responsible to what we put on the medium.”
-Jim Henson
This is my VERY BIASED review of Jim Henson Idea Man! The film is just some good old fashioned film making that I was privileged to be a part of during my time at Disney!
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It’s funny, it’s charming, it’s touching, it’s heart-warming - just like Henson himself.
My HENSON Recommendations:
1) Labyrinth
2) Adam Savage’s Tested series visiting the Henson workshop
3) Dark Crystal
4) Defunctland’s Henson series
This video is dedicated to all my Disney coworkers who made working on this film a wonderful experience.

[@mmmPeanutBrittle]

Go girl 🎉

[@ricetriangle738]

KERMITTED TO THE GRIND, KEEP IT UP

[@ljhawesstudios]

Nice, I think I’ll give it a watch. I like the muppets 😎 good vid btw

[@DanJackson1977]

Btw, theres another excellent Henson doc on KZbin... on the DefunctLand channel... and its in 5 parts. Very well made..

[@jadedcreativity]

Yes - I also enjoyed Defunctland's wonderful deep dive on Henson! It's a completely different style of documentary that feels more traditional in its organizing principles, and of course it's a completely different format as a series, so I feel like it brings something completely different (and great) to the table! 😊

[@dillonohlemiller401]

Something else that I picked up on. John Henson’s death is never mentioned. They interviewed 4 out of the 5 Henson kids. If you weren’t aware that he died, you’d be asking “what happened to the 5th kid?” He died in 2014, but they never even mention it in the epilogue where they say what happened to everyone. Very weird