The Muppets - Jim Henson Presents Silly and similar items

SUPER ULTRA MEGA RARE Jim Henson Muppets Vinyl from 1986! Cover is VG (shelf wear, seams unglued three inches top and bottom) Record is VG Labels are very clean Visually Graded Tracklist Side 1 1 The Muppet Show Theme 0:22 2 Upidee 2:02 3 Lydia The Tatooed Lady 2:02 4 Pachalafaka 1:53 5 I'm My Own Grandpa 2:11 6 The Rhyming Song 2:02 Side 2 1 Dog Walk 2:10 2 Memory Lane 1:34 3 There's A New Sound 1:47 4 Who? 1:28 5 Sea Chantey 2:15 6 Borneo 2:45 7 Closing Theme 0:11 James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, composer, filmmaker and screenwriter, who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets characters and Fraggle Rock (1983–1987); and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986). He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland. Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park. He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics, after which he produced coffee advertisements and developed experimental films. In 1958, he co-founded Muppets, Inc., which became The Jim Henson Company. In 1969, Henson joined the children's educational television program Sesame Street (1969–present) where he helped to develop Muppet characters for the series. He and his creative team also appeared on the first season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975–present). He produced The Muppet Show (1976–1981) during this period. He won fame for his characters, particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog and Ernie. During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in The StoryTeller (1987–1988) and The Jim Henson Hour (1989). On May 16, 1990, Henson died in New York City at the age of 53 from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. He posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, and was named a Disney Legend in 2011.