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- From: sdavido@opie.bgsu.edu
- Subject: Re: Disney & Muppets
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.003316.1@opie.bgsu.edu>
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- Organization: Bowling Green State University
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 04:33:16 GMT
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- > Uh, guys, Henson did sell the Muppets to Disney. That's why MCC is a Disney
- > film, and the muppets can be seen at Disney World.
- > Henson wanted Disney to own the Muppets.
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- I don't know what Henson wanted, but I do remember a muppet court case soon
- after he died.
- It seems that the deal was set to go through, almost. JHP was already renting
- space in the Disney Florida lot, but Disney rents a lot of their studio space
- out. When Henson died, Disney went along with promotion of Muppet happenings
- in DisneyWorld and Disney Land. JHP, and presumably Brian Henson, took them to
- court over it all, saying that the deals had not yet been signed, and it didn't
- matter what Disney wanted or expected, they had better wait until the deals
- were completed.
- In the end Disney settled and signed JHP, but it was touchy for a while there.
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- -Solomon
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