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Encyclopedia > Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D
The Muppets' films and television specials

Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D is an attraction found at Disney-MGM Studios, part of Walt Disney World located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and at Disney's California Adventure park in Anaheim, California. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (795x804, 202 KB)Muppet Vision Sign at Disneys California Adventure File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Muppet Movie, opening scene. ... The Muppet Movie is the first of a series of popular live-action musical feature films starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... The Great Muppet Caper is the second of a series of popular live-action musical feature films, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... The Muppets Take Manhattan is the third of a series of popular live-action musical feature films starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... A Muppet Family Christmas is a made for TV movie produced in 1987, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... The Muppets at Walt Disney World is a television special starring Jim Hensons Muppets at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. ... The Muppet Christmas Carol was the fourth feature film to star The Muppets, and the first produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. ... Muppet Treasure Island was the fifth feature film to star The Muppets, and the second produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. ... Muppets From Space was the sixth feature film to star The Muppets, and the first since the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson to have an original Muppet-focussed plot. ... Its a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a television movie produced by Jim Henson Television in 2002, starring Jim Hensons Muppets. ... Promotional poster The Muppets Wizard of Oz, an original made-for-television movie, airs May 20th, 2005 as a special Friday night edition of ABCs The Wonderful World of Disney. ... The 100-foot-tall (30m) Sorcerers apprentice hat, the symbol of Disney-MGM Studios Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA. It opened on May 1, 1989. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, two water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses... Lake Buena Vista is a city located in Orange County, Florida. ... Disneys California Adventure is a Disney theme park in Anaheim, California, adjacent to Disneyland and part of the larger Disneyland Resort. ... This temporary page is being used to expand and convert the article Anaheim, California over to the new format agreed to at WikiProject Cities. ...

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Premise

The show is built around a 3-D film featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Audio-animatronic Muppet characters also appear in the theater while the film is running and appear to interact with their on-screen colleagues. Because audience interaction is encouraged at several points, the show is sometimes referred to as Jim Henson's MuppetVision 4D (although interaction, or lack thereof, does not affect the content of the attraction). John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... Audio-Animatronics or just animatronics is a form of robotics created by Disneys Imagineers for several shows and attractions at Disney theme parks, and subsequently expanded on and used by other companies. ...


Queue

Before being seated in the theater where the film is shown, the queue winds through "Muppet Labs", home of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker. The audience passes several office doors featuring outlandish job descriptions, then enters a large room filled with Muppet "props" and boxes with silly labels. Muppets greet the visitors from television screens suspended from the ceiling, interacting with one another at times. The audience is repeatedly reminded to take a pair of "safety" (3D) glasses from several containers around the room before entering the theater, which is modeled after the theater depicted on The Muppet Show. Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is a character from The Muppet Show, performed by Dave Goelz. ... Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is a character from The Muppet Show, performed by Dave Goelz. ... The Muppet Show opening. ...


The Show

MuppetVision 3D introduced Waldo C. Graphic, the world's first computer-generated Muppet, who also appears in The Jim Henson Hour. Waldo is "created" by Dr. Honeydew and Beaker during a demonstration of three-dimensional imagery, but proves uncontrollable and wreaks havoc throughout the remainder of the film, especially when the ending patriotic number by Sam the American Eagle is reduced to shambles. Waldo C. Graphic is a puppet character who appeared in the movie Jim Hensons MuppetVision 3D and the television series The Jim Henson Hour. ... The Jim Henson Hour was a television show that aired on NBC in 1989. ...


Aside from the Muppets on-screen, there are also a number of in-theater Muppets, mostly animatronic, that interact with the show. Statler & Waldorf heckle from a balcony near the screen, an orchestra of penguins rises into sight to perform, and the Swedish Chef "operates" the film projector from the booth above and behind the audience. Bean Bunny leaves the film at one point after being blamed for ruining several scenes (mainly Miss Piggy's), and is chased around the theater by Sweetums, who is a live full-bodied Muppet. At the end of the show Swedish Chef tries to destroy the now out of control Waldo, who has destroyed the film and is all alone on a blank screen, by firing a gun at him. After missing several times (shooting holes in the screen and even the theater wall), the Swedish Chef resorts to using a large cannon. This "blows-up" the entire theater. Audio-Animatronics or just animatronics is a form of robotics created by Disneys Imagineers for several shows and attractions at Disney theme parks, and subsequently expanded on and used by other companies. ... Statler & Waldorf are Muppets, a fictional pair of grumpy old men who first appeared in the television series The Muppet Show heckling the rest of the cast from their balcony seats. ... The Swedish Chef, making chocolate moose The Swedish Chef is a Muppet who appeared in the long-running The Muppet Show and was operated by Jim Henson and Frank Oz simultaneously. ... Bean Bunny is a puppet character, one of The Muppets. ... Miss Piggy being moved on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Miss Piggy is a Muppet character primarily played by Frank Oz. ... The inexplicably named Sweetums is a grotesque, hairy Muppet who towers above mere humans. ...


Attraction facts

Disney-MGM Studios attraction facts

  • Grand Opening: May 16, 1991
  • Capacity: 584
  • Sponsor: Kodak
  • Show Length: 17:30
  • Ride System: 3D-Movie Theater

May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Disney's California Adventure attraction facts

  • Grand Opening: Disney's California Adventure: February 8, 2001 (Opened with Disney's California Adventure)
  • Show Length: 17:30
  • Ride System: 3D-Movie Theater

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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