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　　Jim Henson

　　Jim Henson was an eminent American puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets. He ever performed in various television programs and films. Because of his distinguished achievements, he was nominated for Oscar best film director, won Emmy Award as a television producer, and posthumously received the Disney Legends Award. Moreover, he founded The Jim Henson Company, The Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop, reaching commercial success as well.

　　The appearance of The Muppets derived from Henson’s innovative thoughts as well as his continuous pursuit for perfectness of art. It all started from his freshmen year at the University of Maryland, College Park when he was asked to create Sam and Friends, a five-minute puppet show for a TV program. Believing that television puppets needed to have life and sensitivity, Henson overthrew the popular way of making puppets from carved wood, but made characters from flexible, fabric-covered foam rubber so that the puppets made were able to express a wider array of emotions at a time.

　　A marionette's arms were usually manipulated by strings, but Henson used rods to move his Muppets' arms. In this way, he managed to have greater control of puppets’ expression. Additionally, Henson used precise mouth movements to match the dialogue in order that the Muppet characters could "speak" more creatively rather than perform random mouth movements as previous puppets.

　　His creative way enabled him to become famous soon. He was selected to participate in programs such as Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, etc., all of which turned to hits.

　　吉姆·汉森

　　吉姆·汉森是美国著名木偶师，布偶创始人。他曾在各大电视节目和电影中表演，卓越的成就使他获得各种奖项，包括奥斯卡最佳电影导演提名，艾美电视制片人奖，以及迪斯尼成就奖(死后)。同时，他创立了吉姆·汉森公司，吉姆·汉森基金会以及吉姆·汉森商店，在商业上也取得了巨大成功。

　　布偶的出现取决于汉森的创造力以及他对艺术完美的不懈追求。这源自于他在马里兰大学的第一学年，那时候他应一个电视节目的要求编撰一个五分钟的木偶秀《山姆和他的朋友们》。他坚定地认为电视木偶应该更具有生命力，因此他抛弃了当时的流行做法——从木头中刻画木偶，而是从有弹性的纤维覆盖的海绵橡胶中制作角色，这么一来，这些木偶能够表达更多的情感。

　　通常木偶是由绳子操纵的，但汉森采用连杆来更好地控制木偶的表情。除此之外，汉森尽力使他的木偶角色们在说话的时候有精确的嘴形，这样他的布偶就能够更逼真地说话了，而不像之前的木偶只能偶尔动一下嘴而已。

　　他的创意很快就使他成名了。他被挑选参加许多电视节目，包括《芝麻街》、《布偶秀》等，而这些节目也因着汉森的缘故很快风靡美国。