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Occupation
  
Television Writer

Name
  
Jim Lewis


Role
  
Novelist

Movies
  
Kids, Computer Chess

Books
  
Why the tree loves the ax, Sister: A Novel, Why the Tree Loves the Axe, Real Gone, Short Tales by a Tall Pilot

Similar People
  
Cary Woods, Justin Pierce, Larry Clark, Harmony Korine, Andrew Bujalski

Jim Lewis (born 1955) is an American writer known for his work with The Jim Henson Company and The Muppets. Lewis first worked with the Muppets as the editor of Muppet Magazine. The book Before You Leap, which was credited to Kermit the Frog, was written by Lewis. The Disney Channel program Studio DC: Almost Live was produced by him. Jim Lewis grew up in Boonton, New Jersey and attended Boonton High School.

He also wrote Sumo of the Opera for Big Idea's VeggieTales.

Writing credits

  • Wow, You're a Cartoonist! (1988)
  • Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988)
  • The Jim Henson Hour - Miss Piggy's Hollywood (with Bill Prady) (1989)
  • Muppet Sing Alongs (1993)
  • The Animal Show (1994-1996)
  • Muppet Time (1994)
  • Muppet Classic Theater (with Bill Prady) (1994)
  • Muppets Tonight (1996)
  • Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola (2001)
  • Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
  • The Muppet Show Live (2001)
  • It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
  • The Muppets Present...Great Moments in American History(2016)
  • References

    Jim Lewis (writer) Wikipedia