Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!um-math!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!hpftc!zardoz!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!rewing From: rewing@Apple.COM (Richard Ewing) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Kermit and Disney... Message-ID: <34447@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 30 Aug 89 20:42:49 GMT References: <8908282018.aa06527@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 27 Indeed, Henson Associates was purchased by Disney at the tune of over 150 million. Its a pretty good match, really. Disney gets the incredible market appeal of the Muppets, 5 feature films, old Muppet show programs, Muppet babies, etc. For henson, he gets his characters even more marketing appeal, and confidence that the Muppet characters will outlive him (after all, Mickey lives, doesn't he?). Jim Henson also gets a nice retirement nest egg, not that he really needs it. He still owns the Muppet characters per se, and any new ones that he creates. Disney on the other hand gets to market and present the characters in whatever medium they see fit, so the deal actually works out. Since henson gave permission to Columbia for use of the Kermit name, I doubt if we'll see that go away by Disney lawyers. And another note, Disney doesn't get any of the characters created for the Children's television Workshop, who owns such notables as Big Bird, Ernie and Bert, and Mr. Snoffalupagus to name a few. __________________________________________________________________________ |Disclaimer: Segmentation Fault: Core Dumped. | | | |Internet: REWING@APPLE.COM-----------------------Rick Ewing | |ApplelinkPE & MacNet Soon!------------------Apple Computer, Inc. | |Applelink: EWING--------------------100 Ashford Center North, Suite 100 | |Compu$erve: [76474,1732]--------------------Atlanta, GA 30338 | |GENIE: R.EWING1--------------------------TalkNet: (404) 393-9358 | |USENET: {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!rewing | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^