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Puppeteering, we learn through the film, was really a means to an end – a way for Henson to enter the nascent medium of television. His parents invested in the purchase of one of the first TV sets available in 1950 – at Jim’s insistence. As a teenager he responded to an ad for a Washington, DC TV station in search of a puppeteer. Thus began a journey that led to the creation of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Cookie Monster, Fozzie Bear, Bert and Ernie, the Swedish chef, Beaker (the high-strung lab assistant whose anxiety is expressed through chirps of “mee-mee-mee-mee-mee”), and so many others.

Jim Henson Idea Man is a soup-to-nuts biographical documentary, covering the entire range of the protagonist’s life and career: upbringing in Mississippi; marriage to Jane Nebel, his artistic partner and wife, who sometimes puppeted Kermit in the early days; collaboration with the Children’s Television Workshop on Sesame Street, which introduced millions to the Muppets; the syndicated The Muppet Show and subsequent movies; and Henson’s other big screen endeavors, like Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Some of the same ground has been covered in Muppet Guys Talking, the 2017 documentary directed by Frank Oz, Henson’s longtime collaborator (the Bert to Jim’s Ernie), as well as Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, a 2021 doc directed by Marilyn Agrelo. But Howard brings fresh energy to the subject through the skillful use of animations based on Henson’s impressive drawings and wonderful archival rarities that go beyond what has been seen in previous treatments of Henson’s life.

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