At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations. Mr. Henson later hired Mr. Lazer to help run his company.

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet ...

Elmo is just checking in. How is everybody doing?” In a handful of words on X (previously Twitter), Elmo, the beloved red Muppet of “Sesame Street,” unleashed a wave of unvarnished emotion from adults ...