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We know Jim wanted to avoid having the "kiddy entertainer" stigma put on him, and he even found himself living that nightmare between the time SST became successful and before TMS became just as successful (even calling up Joan Ganz Cooney and telling he she ruined his life because of SST's success).
At the same time, because Jim knew children made up such a large percentage of his audience, he did create a few projects specifically aimed at kids as well, such as Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies, that home video series of the late 80s, among other things.
In more recent times, however, it seems like most of what JHC puts out is kiddy projects; sure, they do things like the Henson Alternative, but we've had Bear in the Big Blue House, Animal Jam, Sid the Science Kid, Dinosaur Train, and now Pajanimals... I'm just curious how Jim would feel about so much kiddy stuff being released under his name/company right now.
We know Jim wanted to avoid having the "kiddy entertainer" stigma put on him, and he even found himself living that nightmare between the time SST became successful and before TMS became just as successful (even calling up Joan Ganz Cooney and telling he she ruined his life because of SST's success).
At the same time, because Jim knew children made up such a large percentage of his audience, he did create a few projects specifically aimed at kids as well, such as Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies, that home video series of the late 80s, among other things.
In more recent times, however, it seems like most of what JHC puts out is kiddy projects; sure, they do things like the Henson Alternative, but we've had Bear in the Big Blue House, Animal Jam, Sid the Science Kid, Dinosaur Train, and now Pajanimals... I'm just curious how Jim would feel about so much kiddy stuff being released under his name/company right now.