Jerry Juhl

Jerry Juhl was born on Jun 27, 1938 in USA. Jerry Juhl's big-screen debut came with Sam and Friends - Season 2 directed by Jim Henson in 1960, strarring Additional Muppet Performer. Jerry Juhl is known for The Muppet Christmas Carol directed by Brian Henson, Michael Caine stars as Scrooge and Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo. Jerry Juhl has got 3 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Jerry Juhl achieved is Writers Guild of America, USA. The upcoming new movie Jerry Juhl plays is Muppets from Space which will be released on Jul 14, 1999.

Jerry Juhl became the first full-time employee of Jim Henson Co. in 1961 after meeting Henson at a puppeteer's convention. The company coined the term "Muppet," a combination of the words marionette and puppet, and created a series of short skits parodying television news people. Juhl worked on Jim Henson's first television show, Sam and Friends (1955) as a puppeteer and later spent six years writing for 1, rue Sésame (1969) after its 1969 premiere. He created scripts for the Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird, Elmo, Bert, Ernie and The Count. He also created Super Grover, a superhero version of Grover, and received two Emmy Awards for his work. Juhl served as head writer for Le Muppet Show (1976) from 1977-1981. He also was the writer and creative producer of Fraggle Rock (1983), which featured his wife as a writer and script editor. The show was met with critical acclaim when it appeared on HBO in 1983 and lasted four years.