Was that just training for the inevitable job of running The Jim Henson Company?
My father did always hope that his kids would take over the family business. He encouraged each of us to pursue different sides of the business. It was almost as if he was purposefully grooming a team. One of us was led toward learning to build the puppets, one to perform. I was always the producer. But it wasn’t always my plan to step into my dad’s shoes. There just came a time when there were business challenges at Henson and I felt it was time. I also had a child by then and so joining the Company took on a new significance to me. Have your experiences as a parent informed your approach to producing children’s programming? I’m sure that is true — you end up watching so much TV with your kids. As a parent you start to form your opinions about the entertainment in a way you might not if you didn’t have kids. If not a parent — hard to have the same personal connection to the programming. So many of us at The Jim Henson Company are parents — I think that is why we are all so committed t
