In June 1965, 28-year-old Jim Henson started a written log of his activities in what became known as “The Red Book.” He noted down what had happened up until that point (deemed “Ancient History”) and then recorded anything that he felt was worth recording as single line journal entries until the end of 1988.

Selected curated entries courtesy of The Jim Henson Company Archives.

Category Archives: 02-February ’78

2/6/1978 – ‘Try to fly to London – SNOWED in with Cheryl (at Howard Johnson at Kennedy Airport – did outline for Dark Crystal – just called The Crystal – concept of Skeksis/oo-urs etc.)’

Posted on February 6, 2011 by admin

Cheryl Henson describes this time with her dad: The international success of The Muppet Show gave my father the opportunity to realize projects that he had only dreamed of. In 1978 he was busier than he had ever been. Flying … Continue reading →