A 1979 story on one of Jim Henson's beloved Muppets ... Miss Piggy burst into celebrity as the star of The Muppet Show, a huge TV hit that is aired in 106 countries and seen every week by 260 ...
The Muppet Show ran on ITV in the UK and in syndication ... but it was really groundbreaking in 1979. Part of what makes The Muppet Movie so special is that it was a desperate gamble that paid ...
Henson, who died in 1990 aged 53 from septic shock, lived on Downshire Hill in Hampstead, north London, from 1979. English Heritage ... to London to make The Muppet Show, and then chose to stay ...