FINALE

It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights. It's time to get things started with THE GREAT HENSON CAPER! 12 episodes. Three months. The life and works of one of the 20th century's greatest artists - Jim Henson. The series is written by the author of The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha, Ethan Warren and produced by Blake Howard.

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Episode twelve features accounts of Henson selling The Muppets to Disney, the development of Muppet-Vision 3D, as well as the tragic death and legacy of Jim Henson.

EPISODE GUESTS:

  • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHER OF GEORGE LUCAS: A LIFE and JIM HENSON: THE BIOGRAPHY - BRIAN JAY JONES

  • ACTOR, COMEDIAN, PODCASTER BEHIND DEAD EYES AND THE GEORGE LUCAS TALK SHOW - CONNOR RATLIFF

  • NEW JERSEY BASED WRITER AT OUTLETS LIKE BRIGHT WALL DARK ROOM, REVERSE SHOT AND MUBI NOTEBOOK - FRANK FALISI

  • COMEDIAN AND FORMER HEAD WRITER OF THE DAILY SHOW, AND CO-HOST OF THE FLOP HOUSE PODCAST - ELLIOTT KALAN

  • FILMMAKER AND PODCAST PRODUCER - ADAM VOLERICH

  • CREATOR/CO-HOST OF THE FLOP HOUSE PODCAST AND FORMER WRITER AT THE DAILY SHOW - DAN MCCOY

  • AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR, FILM CRITIC AND HOST OF THE TERRIFIC AND INSIGHTFUL WATCH WITH JEN PODCAST, JEN JOHANS

  • CREATOR/CO-HOST OF THE FLOP HOUSE PODCAST AND FORMER WRITER AT THE DAILY SHOW - DAN MCCOY

  • CO-HOST OF WE LOVE TO WATCH - AARON ARMSTRONG

  • DIRECTS VIDEOS. MADE A MOVIE ABOUT A COCONUT. TRYING REALLY HARD TO SELL OUT - PATRICK WILLEMS

VOICE CAST:

Ethan Warren

A former editor for the online film journal Bright Wall/Dark Room since 2018. As of 2020, I’m working on my first book, The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson: American Apocrypha, under contract with Wallflower books. Ethan is a Boston Society of Film Critics member and a graduate of the master’s program in creative writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Ethan lives on Boston's south shore with his wife, Caitlin, and their children.

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