NPR's been on air for 50 years. And we've been looking back at 1971, our birth year - the news, the music, the TV shows - like this kids show that launched 50 years ago today. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE ...

Danny Seagren, the Jim Henson-trained puppeteer who performed on the kids show The Electric Company as a silent Spider-Man in the first live-action depiction of the Marvel superhero, has died. He was ...

The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the ...

Jim Henson trained him to be a puppeteer, and he also worked on ‘Sesame Street’ and appeared as Big Bird on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show.’ By Mike Barnes Senior Editor A professionally trained dancer, ...