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The Jim Henson Company

The animated series about diapered Muppets never explained why Kermit and company had been left inside a nursery and with no trace of their parents.

Jake Rossen




Columbia Pictures/Sony

The animated series aired from 1986 to 1991 and helped keep interest in the 'Ghostbusters' franchise alive between feature films.

Jake Rossen




Ralph Keating via Flickr // CC BY-NC 2.0

The author of 'The Giving Tree' and 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' was friends with Hugh Hefner and wrote some of his books while staying at the Playboy Mansion.

Emily Petsko