Jim Henson - Apple Celebrities @ The Apple Collection

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and friends went on to gain phenomenal success in The Muppet Show (1976-81), which reached an estimated 235 million viewers in more than 100 countries, appearing also in a string of films and on a Grammy-winning album (1979). The recipient of numerous Emmy awards, he continued to make television programs combining live action and increasingly sophisticated puppetry, including Fraggle Rock (from 1983) and The Storyteller (from 1987).