Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 00:40:25 -0800
From: patrick.hall-AT-sasknet.sk.ca (patrick hall)
Subject: Jim Henson works


We would like to purchase video copies of any or all of the series made
        by Jim Henson (or his associates) that were adaptations of traditional
        fairy tales.  I don't know if they all follow the same formula, but
the
        twoI saw on the French language network of the CBC had the English
actor                   John Hurt as a storyteller and a big shaggy dog
(puppet) as the listener.

        It started out with the story being told to the dog and then would fade
       to live action with a mix of actors and puppets and wonderful scenery .
        There are supposedly eleven or twelve separate episodes  They were
        probably made in Henson's English studios.  Would appreciate a list of
        anything else that is available from the Henson canon - old and new.
        Books and video.

        There was a retrospective of his life and work on PBS the other
night that included some tantalizing snippets from stuff he did before
Sesame Street
and later stuff that didn't involve the Muppets. I was particularly charmed
by a black and white television skit where Kermit eats a series of worms.

        Please send your replies to puptcript rather than this address, as I
 pick it up at my working address and really don't want a flood of stuff coming
 into my home computer. Many thanks.




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