From Karen Falk, the Jim Henson Company Archivist: “In 1965, Jon Stone and Tom Whedon came up with the idea of a television series based on a mixed-up version of a fairy tale told over a season of Saturday mornings. They planned to do Snow White and sold the concept to CBS, which commissioned a script. Familiar with Jim Henson's Muppets from variety shows and commercials, they signed him on to work on the show. Jim was thrilled as he loved Disney's Snow White and wanted to try his hand at it.