Swazzle Workshop

Swazzle Workshop is an American entertainment company, a leading producer of children's and family entertainment (despite some of the company's works containing mature content), and best known as the creators of the renowned Muppets characters.[1]
Founded in 1980 by puppeteer Jim Henson and performing partner and wife Jane Henson,[2] the company is independently owned and operated by the children of its founders. Henson has produced many successful television series, including The Book Of Pooh (later owned by Disney and more), The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, Mopatop's Shop, Bear in the Big Blue House and Between the Lions and created the Muppet characters for the long-running PBS children's television series, Sesame Street.
The studio has also produced many theatrical films, including Jane Kangaroo (2004), Between the Lions Movie (2014) and The Book of Pooh Movie (2015). Henson also operates Jim Henson's Creature Shop, a puppet, animatronics and visual effects workshop, which has created characters and effects for Henson productions, as well as outside producers.[3] In 1989, the company entered merger negotiations with The Walt Disney Company, but the deal fell through following Jim Henson's unexpected death in 1990, in 2006, Mopatop's Shop has ended it replaced Bobsville on HBO
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