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5 unusual facts about Jon Stone


Jon Stone

Stone was married to former actress Beverley Owen, who was best remembered as the original 'Marilyn' on The Munsters first 13-episode 1964 season.

He wrote the pilot script, and was one of the three original producers of the program; he later served as an executive producer for many years.

Jon Stone (April 13, 1931 – March 13, 1997) is best known for writing and producing Sesame Street, and is credited with helping develop characters such as Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird.

Stone's earliest association with Jim Henson came in 1965, working on fairy tale projects, along with writer Tom Whedon, such as a proposed Snow White series.

Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce

As early as 1989, writer and director Jon Stone expressed his intention of writing a script about it, stating, "My two projects for this year are drugs and divorce. Divorce is a difficult one. Perhaps we could do it with puppets. I am also writing a script on drugs and peer pressure".



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