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| Jim Henson: The Biography Author: Brian Jay Jones Publisher: RandomHouse/Ballantine
ISBN: 034556112
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This particular book was an interesting read. Being a full biography, it started with the beginning of Jim's life in the southern United States (I believe Mississippi, to be exact). It also told the entirety of his career, which, apparently started about twenty years before Saturday Night Live went on the air, which surprised me.
The biggest thing I got out of the book was the list of different characters that he created, as well as their origin stories (spoilers all around!). Kermit did not originally start as a frog, per say, and a lot of the other Muppet characters started as props for different advertising products (Rowlf's original intent was for Purina commercials, etc).
What I found especially funny were the different reactions that people had to Jim's characters when they met for the first time. The Saturday Night Live chapter was especially hilarious because of how negative the reactions of actors such as John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd were. At any rate, I would highly recommend this to anyone without hesitation. There are a lot of good stories in it, and if you grew up with the Muppets like I did, then there is a lot of appreciation for the backstory of each character, as well as Jim, himself.
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