Mike Baron
Mike Baron( born July 1, 1949) is an American comic book writer.
He is the creator of" Badger" and the co-creator of" Nexus" with Steve Rude.
Bill Lawrence (TV producer)
William Van Duzer Lawrence IV( born December 26, 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director.
He is the creator of the series" Scrubs", co-creator of" Cougar Town" and co-creator of" Spin City".
He was also co-creator of the short- lived animated series" Clone High", in which he voiced the leader of the shadowy figures, and is the co-creator of" Ground Floor", which ran on TBS.
He has written for many other shows including," The Nanny" and" Boy Meets World".
The name of Lawrence's production company, Doozer, is wordplay on his middle name.
Peter Waldner
Peter Waldner is the creator of the syndicated comic strip" Flight Deck".
Ted Key
Ted Key( born Theodore Keyser; August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008), was an American cartoonist and writer.
He is best known as the creator of the cartoon panel" Hazel", which was later the basis for a television series of the same name, and also the creator of" Peabody's Improbable History".
Eric Powell (comics)
Eric Powell( March 3, 1975) is an American comic book writer/ artist, best known as the creator of" The Goon".
The Land of Gorch
The Land of Gorch was a recurring skit that appeared in season one of the American comedy television program "Saturday Night Live," featuring Jim Henson's Muppets.
Prior to his work for children on "Sesame Street", Henson had created puppetry work, including his show "Sam and Friends", for adult audiences.
His characters appeared regularly on the late-night comedy television programs, and "The Ed Sullivan Show".
After "Sesame Street", Henson feared he would become typecast into working on children's television series.
His talent agent Bernie Brillstein, who represented Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Lorne Michaels helped him transition to "Saturday Night Live".
The premise of "The Land of Gorch" featured Muppet characters, who were members of a royal family, in a faraway locale.
They behaved boorishly and made frequent references to drug abuse, sexual activity, and consumption of alcohol.
Characters included King Ploobis, Queen Peuta, their son Wiss, and servants Scred and Vazh.
These characters often consulted their oracle Mighty Favog for advice.
The writers of "Saturday Night Live" clashed with Henson's vision for the program.
Michael O'Donoghue, Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, and Tom Davis often tried to avoid writing the weekly sketches.
Henson felt they were trying to write for situational comedy rather than staying within his intended story.
Frank Oz eventually agreed the partnership between Henson's team and the show's writers was imperfect, and was thankful they moved on to "The Muppet Show".
Commentators agreed the reception for "The Land of Gorch" was universally negative; "The A.V. Club" said it was an in-joke that nobody wanted to keep the sketches on "Saturday Night LiveSan Francisco Chronicle" called the characters the opposite of Kermit the Frog and
compared them to trolls. "
DVD Talk" called the feature the worst mistake in the first season of "Saturday Night Live".
Academic Michael J. Bernsten wrote in his essay "The Muppetry of Nightmares" that the idea failed because the characters were irredeemable and unfunny.
Nonetheless, "The Land of Gorch" had a significant impact on later Henson works, including both the 1982 feature film "The Dark Crystal" and the 1991 television show "Dinosaurs".
Mel Kampmann
Mel Kampman( died 12 July 2016) was the creator of Action News.
Dylan Avery
Dylan Avery( born November 1, 1983) is an American filmmaker and the creator of the" Loose Change" films.
Ron Randall
Ron Randall( born November 22, 1956) is an American comic book artist best known as the creator of the character Trekker.
Jim Henson
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, filmmaker, and screenwriter who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets (1955–present) and "Fraggle Rock" (1983–1987); and as the director of "The Dark Crystal" (1982) and "Labyrinth" (1986).
He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland.
Henson began developing puppets in high school.
He created "Sam and Friends", a short-form comedy television program, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park.
He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics, after which he produced coffee advertisements and developed experimental films.
In 1958, he co-founded Muppets, Inc., which became The Jim Henson Company.
In 1969, Henson joined the children's educational television program "Sesame Street" where he helped to develop characters for the series.
He and his creative team also appeared on the sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live".
He produced "The Muppet Show" during this period, premiering the series in 1976.
He won fame for his characters, particularly Kermit
the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and Ernie.
During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in "The Storyteller" and "The Jim Henson Hour".
On May 16, 1990, Henson died from toxic shock syndrome in New York City at the age of 53.
His remains were cremated and the ashes were scattered near Taos, New Mexico.
In the weeks following his death, he was celebrated with a wave of tributes.
He was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991 and was selected to be one of the Disney Legends in 2011.

Question: Where did the creator of The Land Of Gorch study?
Answer: University of Maryland, College Park