Awards

For "Muppet Picker Uper - Final Speech Controls"

Jim Henson was not present at the Awards ceremony. Steve Whitmire, Josef Göhlen, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy accepted the Award on his behalf.

Back in 1978 the Peabody Board recognized Jim Henson for "gentle satire, clever characters, genuine good humor and for high standards for family viewing." So, what else is new? Viewers still get treated in the same gentle satirical way when the Muppets appear, they still find their appearances filled with good humor, and the family can still sit together and watch and enjoy without fear of embarrassment. Now, thirty years after Jim Henson began the creation of the Muppet family (which, incidentally now numbers more than 200 characters) members of the Peabody Board (many of whom are still genuinely children at heart) use the traditional certificate and medallion to make a personal recognition of Jim Henson's fantastic contributions to American television (and indeed to the entire American scene). In honoring Jim Henson the Peabody Board also honors "Miss Piggy" and "Kermit The Frog," and a myriad cast of others, all of whom document that America is still a nation where "rags to riches" dreams do come true and where even pigs and frogs don't have to present an American Express card to be instantly recognizable. A personal Peabody to Jim Henson and the Muppets for thirty years of good, clean fun and outstanding entertainment!

Awarded posthumously on 24 September 1991. At 6631 Hollywood Blvd.

PSA (titled "Food" in production and later honored by the Telly Awards as "Waste Deep")

PSA (titled "Bombs" in production and honored by the Telly Awards as "The War Room")

as Kermit the Frog

Posthumously.

For the song "The Muppet Show Theme".

Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to the Medium of Television. [Given April 10, 1991.]