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Disney.Archives.Interview.With.Jim.Henson.Frank.Oz.And.Michael.Frith.1990.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

+ Release Notes +

+ Title [ Disney Archives: Interview with Jim Henson...

+ Release Date [ 2010-12-20     + Source [ Bootleg VHS
+ Retail Date [ 1990-??-??     + iMDB [ n/a
+ Runtime [ 38 mins        + Size [ 351MB / 25x15MB
+ Genre [ Interview
/Documentary

+ Encoding Info +-

+ Audio [ 92kb/s VBR Mono -V2
+ Video [ 512 x 384 @ 1188kb/s 29.97fps

PLOT

Jim Henson, Frank Oz and Michael Frith are
interviewed by Disney prior to the planned merger
of the Jim Henson Company and the Walt Disney
Company.

RIP NOTES

Little is known about this interview, and we have
hardly been able to find any references to it online,
not even from the most dependable of sources. What
we do know however, from a historical context, is
that in 1990, Disney and Henson were finalizing a
merger. Jim wanted to spend more time on his creative
projects and less time managing a company, and Disney
had certainly been showing a keen interest for some
time. Quite a change from almost a decade before,
when Disney had been in financial trouble, unable
to live up to their earlier success, and Jim and
his life-long agent Bernie Brillstein were in
discussions to buy Disney! This would really have
turned around the then long-lived misconception that
Disney owned The Muppets (which since 2004 is actually
true), but eventually fell through for several
reasons, among them that Jim was not willing to
surrender control of Sesame Street to Disney.

In 1989-90, under new management of Michael Eisner,
the deal looked very much set to happen, though the
other way around. Many collaborations were produced
and planned, and it was widely believed that had Jim
not died in the middle of negotiations, the deal would
have gone through, and the Henson company would cease
to exist in any of its many incarnations. It's hard
to say what effect this would have had on either
company, but suffice to say it would have impacted
Muppets, Fraggles and the rest of the Muppet universe
in a very big way.

This interview, which appears to have been an
internal production copyrighted in 1990, must have
been only months before Jim's death, and in the
middle of their negotiations. Its exact purpose is
unclear, but one might speculate it was perhaps
made to introduce key Henson staff to internals at
Disney. Jim and Frank should be familiar names by
now, and Michael K. Frith was at the time their
creative director after a long career of designing
Muppets and other creatures. Where Don Sahlin both
designed and built Muppets, Michael was always
content letting others do the building. After
leaving Henson in 1996, he's stayed with puppetry,
and like Craig Shemin married a Muppeteer (Kathryn
Mullen, performer of Mokey Fraggle, Kira in The
Dark Crystal and many others).
Enjoy!


For the month of December we've decided to
do something special. The FLAiR 2010 advent
calendar will be celebrating the life and
career of Jim Henson, from humble beginnings
until his untimely death 20 years ago.

Every day until Christmas we will be bringing
you new titles from the archives, including
specials, interviews, documentaries, clips
and behind the scenes footage, from every
type of source available to us. Our goal
is to provide real insight into the vast
output of one of the greatest story-
tellers of the 20th century, and the
many talented performers and enablers
that allowed true Muppet magic to grow.

Sit back and join us as we go looking
for the rainbow connection, and remember
to check back daily. We'll be listing them
here as we go!

FLAiR's Christmas Countdown 2010

01. Tales.Of.The.Tinkerdee.1968.READNFO.XviD-FLAiR

02. The.Muppets.On.Puppets.1968.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

03. Hey.Cinderella.1969.TV.LASERDISC.XviD-FLAiR

04. The.Great.Santa.Claus.Switch.1970.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

05. Tales.From.Muppetland.The.Frog.Prince.1971.TV.PROPER.LASERDISC.XviD-FLAiR

06. Tales.From.Muppetland.The.Muppet.Musicians.Of.Bremen.1972.TV.LASERDISC.XviD-FLAiR

07. Emmet.Otters.Jug-Band.Christmas.1977.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Behind.The.Scenes.In.Frogtown.Hollow.2005.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

08. The.Muppets.Go.Hollywood.1979.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

09. John.Denver.And.The.Muppets.A.Christmas.Together.1979.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

10. Of.Muppets.And.Men.The.Making.Of.The.Muppet.Show.1981.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

11. The.Muppets.Go.To.The.Movies.1981.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

12. The.Fantastic.Miss.Piggy.Show.1982.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Miss.Piggys.Hollywood.1989.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

13. Rocky.Mountain.Holiday.With.John.Denver.And.The.Muppets.1983.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

14. Fraggle.Songs.Volume.One.1983.PROPER.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Doozer.Music.1984.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

Down.At.Fraggle.Rock.Behind.The.Scenes.1987.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

Fraggles.Look.For.Jobs.1987.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

15. The.Muppets.A.Celebration.Of.30.Years.1986.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

16. The.Christmas.Toy.1986.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XViD-FLAiR

A.Muppet.Family.Christmas.1987.TV.iNTERNAL.DVDRip.XViD-FLAiR

17. The.Tale.Of.The.Bunny.Picnic.1986.TV.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

18. Dog.City.1989.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

The.Song.Of.The.Cloud.Forest.1989.TV.DVDRip.XviD-FLAiR

19. An.Evening.With.Jim.Henson.And.Frank.Oz.1993.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

20. Disney.Archives.Interview.With.Jim.Henson.Frank.Oz.And.Michael.Frith.1990.VHSRip.XviD-FLAiR

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