Danielle Obinger

Muppets Coordinator

“I like to think of myself as an air traffic controller - know where everything is, keep all the planes in the air and don't let anything crash! The most important thing is to keep the information flowing between Disney and the puppet artists, costumers, and prop makers.”

I started working with the Muppets at The Jim Henson Company in 1980. I was hired to build costumes for The Great Muppet Caper. I soon became the Photo Stylist and later the Photo Librarian (while continuing to do the occasional photo shoot). Iconic Muppet images I helped to create include: The Kermitage Collection, Got Milk? ads (both Kermit and Cookie Monster), and the Miss Piggy's Baked Lay's Potato Chip print ads (photographer: Richard Avedon) and thousands of other photos.”