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Photographer Angus Shamal has taken a number of behind the scenes photos from some of the most unmistakable films around. Here's just a sampling of the most incredible ones. For more, check out his site.

Dr. Teeth is the leader of the Electric Mayhem, the house band on The Muppet Show. Originally performed by Jim Henson, Dr. Teeth is the group's lead singer and keyboardist. He made his debut on the talk show circuit ahead of his appearance on The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence; one on the March 18, 1975 broadcast of The Tonight Show and another for The Mike Douglas Show, taped on February 5th. Dr. Teeth is green-skinned and red-haired with, as his name suggests, a large grinning mouth of…

“Jim Henson with The Muppets of 1970”

Jim Henson, 1971

Lindsay Broom, from Swansea, has suffered from a rare form of automatonophobia - a phobia of puppets - since she was five years old.

A gallery of pictures of Jim Henson surrounded by a group of Muppets. This was a theme for promotional pictures that lasted throughout his entire career.

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Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990) was the creator of the Muppets, founder of The Jim Henson Company, and the performer behind many of his company's most famous characters, including Kermit the Frog, Ernie, and Rowlf the Dog. James Maury Henson was born in Greenville, Mississippi on September 24, 1936. The Henson family lived in Stoneville, an adjacent unincorporated community where Henson's father worked as a USDA agronomist. Henson attended elementary school in the neighboring…

Jim Henson was one of the world’s best-loved entertainers, and his sudden and untimely end at the age of just 53 sent a shock wave through the

This Ron Howard documentary doesn’t ignore the Muppet mastermind’s faults, but the tribute has a lot to teach creators everywhere.