Hi, I'm Janice. I'm from Toronto, but now live near Boston. I've been a Muppet fan since I first saw Jim Henson. And bsides, he even had a character named Janice. Many of the movies, and the Fraggles were filmed in Toronto, and my neighbour, Fred, even got to work the arms of the Swedish Chef many times with Jim Henson puppeting(?) the head.
On Mother's Day last week, I went to an awesome exhibit called Jim Henson's World in Lexington, MA, and got to listen to (and meet) Heather Henson who had a great talk about her Dad. If you're in the area over the next month, get out to the exhibit. It's great! You can see Kermit, Ernie and Bert, but you also can see much of the artwork that Jim created over his life. What a talent!