For decades, shows like Sesame Street practically raised many kids. Today, not even Elmo is safe from the nation's culture wars and shifting media landscape.

The character is also popularly used in internet memes. On Sesame Street, Kermit was a news reporter who gave a serious perspective to the hilarious events around him. Other characters on the show ...

Jim Henson, a University of Maryland alumnus and legendary puppeteer, created the Muppets, which includes an ensemble of puppet characters like Kermit and Miss Piggy, in 1955. “I just know the ...

Henson is one of the most famous puppeteers in history, creating Kermit and the rest of the Muppets as well as the iconic characters of Sesame Street. It will certainly be interesting to hear what ...

Before he became the central character of The Muppet Show, Kermit the Frog debuted on Sesame Street as an original cast member. Most people believed that Kermit was the alter ego of creator Jim ...

Jim Henson was brought onboard to create characters ... on the show: Kermit the Frog! He appeared on the show when it first premiered in 1969, often as a reporter in the Sesame Street News Flash ...

The latest exhibit inside Atlanta's Center for Puppetry Arts highlights the pioneering puppeteers and designers who helped ...

"The audience sees themselves in these characters, and 'Sesame Street' can address these really ... Cynthia Erivo dueted with Kermit as part of the "Wicked" press tour and Michelle Obama was ...