Henson Family to Buy Back Muppets (Hooray!)

www.yahoo.com ^ | May 7, 2003 | Reuters

[conservativeinbflo.]

Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) - Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and their Muppet friends are back home.

Ailing German media group EM.TV & Merchandising AG said on Wednesday it agreed to sell Jim Henson Company, the maker of the Muppets, to the children of their inventor, the late Jim Henson.

Putting an end to a protracted auction that has been going on for years, EM.TV said it would sell its wholly owned subsidiary completely for $89 million. It bought Henson for $680 million at the peak of the stock market bubble in 2000.

[conservativeinbflo.]

Hooray!! Okay, hardly breaking news, but it's nice to see the Henson family get their father's creations back. I grew up with Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. Let's hope Henson's kids can carry on his genius.

[humblegunner]

They should skip that darn Bert..

He's evil.

[conservativeinbflo.]

ha ha... i know, it's just like the rumors that circulated claiming that Bert & Ernie were gay lovers. What next? Jeepers!

[FreepLady]

Does this mean they are going to get rid of that HIV positive muppet?

[fourdeuce82d]

What did Kermit say at Jim henson's funeral?

Not a damn thing.

[Arthur McGowan]

Sesame Street? Muppet Show? I remember "Sam and Friends"--on WRC in Washington, which was being done when Jim Henson was still in high school.