Jim Henson

To support herself, Brooks opened a dance studio, and wrote books. At 78 years of age Brooks died from a heart attack on August 8, 1985. While Brooks built a name for herself in the film industry, she was also famous for her distinct personality.

Making its debut 1982, The Dark Crystal, created and directed by puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz, was a fantasy film that involved intricate puppeteers and animatronics. Aside from The Muppets and Sesame Street, which involves more comedic skits to relay their message to its viewers, The Dark Crystal was a different kind of muppet movie because it used fantasy, fiction and action to tell its story. With this change in Jim Henson’s usual way of story telling, the fantasy aspect of the movie becomes associated with the narrative patterns and functions of Propp. As the story line progresses throughout the film, some of the 31

Jesse James Lipford was born March 4, 1933, to Mrs. Mariah Lipford and the late Mr. James Lipford in Coldwater, Mississippi. There he grew up as a farmer. He began his formal education at Coldwater Elementary School. During these years he was stricken with polio, which prolonged his primary school days. Some said he would not walk, but he said, “I’m going to run,” and run he did.

Jim Bowie was born in Logan County, Kentucky in 1796. Jim was the ninth kid out of ten and was born into a very weak; thy family. His family lived on a two hundred acre plot with lots of livestock and several slaves. Bowie was a well educated men and set off on his own. While traveling he built a strong reputation as a fighter and became famous for his fighting knife.

James Christian Kimmel known as “Jimmy Kimmel”, was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Mill Basin on November 13, 1967. He was the oldest of his three siblings, his mother was Joan Kimmel who was a homemaker. His dad was James John Kimmel who was an IBM executive at American Express. He was raised as a Catholic, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when he was nine years old, and graduated from Ed W. Clark High School in 1985. After finishing high school he attended the University of Nevada, received an honorary degree in 2013, Las Vegas for a year then Arizona State University for two years.

Frederick Jones was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 7,1893. When he was a young child his mother deserted him. His father had trouble raising him, so by the time Frederick was seven his father sent him to go live with a priest in Kentucky. Around two years later, his father died. By the age of eleven, with a small quantity of education, Frederick ran away to fend for himself. He returned to Cincinnati and found work doing unusual jobs, including being a janitor in a garage where he developed a knack for automobile mechanics.

James Rezin bowie was born on April 10th, 1796 in Terrapin Creek, KY (now spring creek). His father was Rezin Bowie and his mother was Elve Bowie.

Jim Bowie was born in Elliot springs,Tennessee. He was quite a daredevil when he was a boy. He rode alligators for fun all the while learning the most efficient and safe way to ride them. His father, John Bowie, served in the 5th regiment of the South Carolina Cavalry. The Bowie clan moved around until finally settling on a plantation in Louisiana near the city of Opelousas.

Jim Henson once said, “Follow your enthusiasm. It’s something I’ve always believed in. Find those parts of your life you enjoy the most. Do what you enjoy doing” (qtd. in Fionaurora). Jim did just that. He loved puppetry and made many others love it too. The creator and a performer of the Muppets, Henson is known worldwide for his creations, which include shows like Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, and characters such as Grover, Elmo, Big Bird, the Swedish Chef, Bert and Ernie, and Miss Piggy to name a few. Jim’s most famous character was Kermit the Frog. Kermit remains the Muppet with which Henson is most closely associated. Through television and feature films, Henson developed the art of puppetry to new heights

Shigeru Miyamoto had a pleasant childhood. He was born to Lijake Miyamoto and Hinako Aruha on 15th, 1952. Miyamoto grew up in Kyoto, Japan, where he didn't have any toys or TV. Instead, he made his own toys out of wood and string along with cartoon flip books. At age seven or eight, he was fascinated by a nearby cave and kept returning to visit

James Meredith was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi on June 25,1933, James Howard Meredith lived on a farm with his nine siblings. They were largely separated from racism at the time. His experience with the institutionalized occurred, while riding a train from Chicago with his brother. Meredith vowed from that point he would dedicate his life, ensuring that there was equal treatment for African-Americans. James joined the Air Force before enrolling into Jackson State University.

The short film starred Kermit the not yet frog as a Jester who would entrance the audience to listen to his tales from Tinkerdee. Later still in 1962, The Henson group moved to New York, where they are stationed to this day. After moving to New York, Henson had big plans, to accomplish them; however he wold need another puppeteer. “… he moved his company Muppets, Inc., to New York, Where he joined with the puppeteer, Frank Oz (1944- ; real name Frank Oznowicz)—the voice of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Cookie Monster, and others…” ("Henson, Jim.”).

Patrick Ness 's A Monster Calls and Jim Henson 's Labyrinth follows a protagonist and his/her struggle with a monster. In A Monster Calls Connor, the protagonist of the book, finds his monster to take the shape of cancer in his dying mother. In Labyrinth Sarah, the protagonist of the movie, has her monster take the shape of a goblin king. During the protagonists ' journey they learn to accept a truth about life. In A Monster Calls and Labyrinth, Ness and Henson use their protagonist to illustrate how denial, isolation, and family dysfunction affect relationships and maturity.

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri. He was separated from his parents at a young age and spent majority of his childhood with his grandmother in Kansas. Once his grandmother passed away, he moved in with family friends. . This unstable early life shaped the mind of Langston into a poetic frame.

Tokyo Disneyland was opened to the public on April 15, 1983. This amusement park was owned and operated by an unrelated Japanese corporation. The Walt Disney Company received royalties, paid in Yen, on certain revenues generated by Tokyo Disneyland. This new overseas business venture was bringing some concern about the foreign exchange risk to Disney. The management team at the Disney has been considering hedging future Yen inflows from Disney Tokyo since 1985. Mr. Anderson, the director of finance at The Walt Disney Company, focused his attention on a possible 15 billion ten-year term loan with an interest rate of 7.5% paid semiannually. On the other hand, Goldman Sachs, who had been working with