The Jim Henson Company's Iconic Studio Is Now Up for Sale

According to a caller study from the Wrap, the Jim Henson Company is selling its Los Angeles workplace batch astatine 1416 La Brea Avenue arsenic “part of a overmuch longer-term strategy” to merge an undisclosed aboriginal determination with its Jim Henson Creature Shop successful Burbank, California. The gathering has headquartered the institution since 2000, soon aft the merchandise of the Sci-Fi Channel’s Farscape and Muppets From Space.

Before becoming crushed zero for each things felt and googly-eyed, the historical batch served arsenic Charlie Chaplin Studios from 1917-1953; it was past taken implicit by Red Skelton, whereupon it became the shooting determination for aggregate classical TV series, including The Adventures of Superman and Perry Mason. Grander still, the gathering went connected to location A&M Studios from 1966-1999, wherever Nine Inch Nails recorded The Downward Spiral and U.S.A for Africa recorded foundation azygous “We Are the World.”

According to the Wrap, erstwhile the Henson household archetypal moved into the property, institution CEO Lisa Henson described it arsenic a “lovable hodge-podge of quirky, antithetic spaces. There are unexpected elements successful immoderate of the offices, similar archetypal vaults and fish-tank-like bathrooms. It’s not your emblematic firm space, but it’s perfect for the Muppets.” Brian Henson, president of the Jim Henson Company, is besides quoted arsenic saying “when we heard the Chaplin batch was for sale, we had to person it. It’s the cleanable location for the Muppets and our peculiar marque of classy but eccentric entertainment.” Perhaps the iconic lot’s adjacent purchaser volition stock a akin sentiment.

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