Jim Henson Home Entertainment

Jim Henson Home Entertainment is the home video distribution division label of The Jim Henson Company. Originally created in 1991, by Buena Vista Home Video as Jim Henson Video, the label was formed as part of a distribution deal between The Walt Disney Company and Jim Henson Productions, which materialized after the latter backed out of Disney's proposed acquisition in 1990.^[1] The deal granted Disney the distribution rights to all of Henson's productions.

Some of the titles released under Disney's Buena Vista label included:

^₪ — Since 2004, these titles have been re-released under multiple format issues by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, without Henson's involvement.

Issued by Columbia Tristar Home Video:

References

↑ STEVENSON, Richard W. (19 December 1991). "COMPANY NEWS; In Thaw, Henson and Disney Strike Deal on Home Videos". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

External links

Jim Henson Home Entertainment at the Internet Movie Database

The Jim Henson Company

Henson Family

Jim Henson
Brian Henson
Jane Henson
Lisa Henson
John Henson
Cheryl Henson
Heather Henson

Major works

The Muppets† Sesame Street‡

TV series	Fraggle Rock (1983-1987) Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987–1988) Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories (1987–1990) The Storyteller (1988–1991) The Jim Henson Hour (1989) The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989) Dinosaurs (1991–1994) Dog City (1992–1993) CityKids (1993–1994) Secret Life of Toys (1994) Jim Henson's Animal Show (1994–1997) Aliens in the Family (1996) The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996–1998) Bear in the Big Blue House † (1997–1999; 2002–2007) Brats of the Lost Nebula (1998) Construction Site (1999) Farscape (1998–2002) Mopatop's Shop (1999–2000) The Fearing Mind (2000) The Hoobs (2000–2002) Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola (2001) Animal Jam (2002) Five Minutes More (2006) Jim Henson's Pajanimals (2008-2009; 2010-2013) Sid the Science Kid (2008–2013) Dinosaur Train (2009–present) Me and My Monsters (2010–2011) That Puppet Game Show (2013–2014) Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge (2014)

TV specials	The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) The Christmas Toy (1986) Monster Maker (1989) The Song of the Cloud Forest (1989) Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995)

Theatrical films	The Dark Crystal (1982) Labyrinth (1986) The Witches (1990) Buddy (1997) Rat (2000) Good Boy! (2003) Five Children and It (2004) MirrorMask (2005) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

Other projects	Time Piece (1965, short film) The Cube (1969, teleplay) Gulliver's Travels (1996, miniseries) The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing! (2008, web series) Unstable Fables (2008, DTV film) Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001, miniseries) Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004, miniseries)

Henson Alternative	Puppet Up! (2006–present) Late Night Liars (2010) Simian Undercover Detective Squad (2011) Neil's Puppet Dreams (2012–2013) No, You Shut Up! (2013–present) Good Morning Today (2013–present)

Divisions

† Sold to The Walt Disney Company in 2004, ‡ Muppet characters only; sold to Sesame Workshop in 2000

Jim Henson Home Entertainment

See also

References

External links