Jerry Juhl

(1938 - 2005)

Jerome Ravn Juhl (July 27, 1938 – September 26, 2005) was an American television and film writer, best known for his work with Jim Henson, beginning with the sketch comedy program Sam and Friends. As other puppeteers joined Henson's team, Juhl focused increasingly on writing , writing for The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock and The Jim Henson Hour. He was involved in some capacity with all of the Muppet films from The Muppet Movie in 1979 to Muppets from Space in 1999.