Jim Henson/YMMV


 * Crazy Awesome: For an early-1960s commercial, he built a full-size dragon Muppet that could breathe real fire.
 * He was also the first man to employ the internet to write a TV show. Considering how often it's used in businesses today, the fact that Fraggle Rock started in 1983 and having to communicate with three different countries makes this a Crowning Moment of Awesome in and of itself.
 * Creator Worship
 * Too Cool to Live
 * Visual Effects of Awesome: He not only made and codified modern puppetry, he also produced it exceptionally well. From the lively and colorful Muppets, to the entire worlds of The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, to smaller-but-no-less-critical milestones like the animatronic Ninja Turtles, which helped make the Creature Shop famous even after Jim's death.
 * What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?: Raised a Christian Scientist, Henson generally avoided the use of medicine and drugs. But looking at some of the stuff he came up with, you have to wonder.