Though Oz and company don’t actually perform their characters in Muppet Guys Talking, they go deep on the origin stories of beloved Muppets like Grover (modeled on Oz’s dog Fred), Gonzo (inspired by ...

As a longtime Muppet puppeteer, Bill Barretta is used to crouching out of the camera shot, pressed against a colleague's armpit as he manipulates the character perched atop his hand. But in the ...

Frank Oz’s new documentary, Muppet Guys Talking, gathers five of the original Muppet performers for a funny, revealing conversation about their work with Jim Henson’s creations. In part, Oz made the ...

Lars Backman says he is the real-life model for "The Muppets," Swedish Chef. RATTVIK, Sweden, Aug. 6, 2009 — -- ABBA, Alfred Nobel, Bjorn Borg, Greta Garbo -- Sweden has many famous faces. But ...

In the streaming era, Disney has continued to experiment with the brand. Muppets Now debuted on Disney+ in 2020 as a ...