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The Jim Henson Hour was a television show that aired on NBC in 1989. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
The show began its run in early April, but the first show Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting aired solo. The show premiered the following week. Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting is a special aired in 1989 on NBC. It was made to celebrate the 20th season of the popular childrens show, Sesame Street. This special, unlike most Sesame Street specials, was not made by Childrens Television Workshop but by Jim Henson Productions...
At the beginning of each show, Jim Henson would come out with the white lion from The Storyteller to introduce the show. Most of the episodes were split into two half-hour parts; a few were one-hour specials. Jim Henson James Maury Henson, commonly known as Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), was one of the most important puppeteers in modern American television history. ...
The Storyteller is a television series devised and produced by Jim Henson, and first aired in 1988. ...
In the two-part shows, the first half was MuppeTelevison, a variation on The Muppet Show in which the Muppets are running a cable television network instead of performing a vaudeville show in a theater. The Muppet Show is a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand operated puppets, typically with huge eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ...
The Muppet Movie, closing scene. ...
The main MuppeTelevision cast included:
Fozzie Bear appeared in a couple of the episodes -- visiting the set of The Today Show in one episode, and in a horror film sketch in another. Miss Piggy appeared once on MuppeTelevision talking to Kermit on the phone, setting up the episode's second half -- a half-hour special called Miss Piggy's Hollywood, in which Piggy and Gonzo tried to interview unwilling celebrities. Kermit has a TV star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. ...
Gonzo, Gonzo the Great, or The Great Gonzo is a puppet character, one of Jim Hensons Muppets. ...
Link Hogthrob was a pig-like Muppet on The Muppet Show. ...
Waldo C. Graphic is a puppet character who appeared in the movie Jim Hensons MuppetVision 3D and the television series The Jim Henson Hour. ...
Fozzie Bear Fozzie Bear was originally created by Jim Henson as a member of The Muppets. ...
Today (commonly referred to as The Today Show) is a morning news and talk show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. ...
Miss Piggy being moved on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Miss Piggy on The Muppet Show, as the Queen of Hearts Miss Piggy is a Muppet character primarily played by Frank Oz. ...
The house band for MuppeTelevision was called Solid Foam, taking the place of the Muppet Show's Electric Mayhem. The band included: The Electric Mayhem is the name of a Muppet rock band that appeared on The Muppet Show. ...
- Digit, keyboard
- Flash, saxophone and vocals (later replaced by Zoot)
- Clifford, bass guitar and vocals
- Beard, guitar and vocals
- The Female Drummer of the Solid Foam, drums (later replaced by Animal)
The show acknowledged its own low ratings in many episodes, parodying what people would "rather" watch -- violent movies, stupid stunts, etcetera. Look up flash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Zoot can refer to: a muppet musician from Jim Hensons The Muppet Show. ...
Clifford is a Muppet character performed by Kevin Clash. ...
A man with a full beard A beard is the hair that grows on a mans chin, cheeks, neck, and the area above the upper lip (the opposite is a clean-shaven face). ...
The Electric Mayhem is the name of a Muppet rock band that appeared on The Muppet Show. ...
Continuing in the Muppet Show tradition, every episode had a guest star. The guest stars on the show included:
The second half of the show was either an episode of The Storyteller or a half-hour special. The second half was more serious at times (Lighthouse Island) but sometimes it was funny (Miss Piggy's Hollywood). Several episodes were one-hour specials like "Dog City" or "Monster Maker." Louie Anderson (born March 24, 1953) is an American stand-up comedian, who created the cartoon series Life with Louie and hosted the game show Family Feud. ...
Ted Danson in the TV sitcom Becker Ted Danson (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor, most notable for his television work. ...
The Nylons are an a cappella group founded in 1979 in Canada, best known for their covers of The Turtles Happy Together, Steams Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye, and The Tokens version of the traditional The Lion Sleeps Tonight. These songs appeared on the bands most...
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Jane Pauley Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950, in Indianapolis) is an American television news anchor and journalist. ...
Bobby McFerrin (born New York City, March 11, 1950) is a jazz-influenced a cappella vocal performer and conductor. ...
Marc Weiner (born May 17, 1955) is a comedian, clown, puppeteer, and television producer. ...
William Smokey Robinson, Jr. ...
Buster Poindexter, is a musician, better known for its collaborations with the Saturday Night Live band. ...
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The Storyteller is a television series devised and produced by Jim Henson, and first aired in 1988. ...
The show had 13 episodes, 1 of which aired solo, 9 episodes aired and 3 remained unaired. There were four hour-long shows: Monster Maker, Living With Dinosaurs, Secrets of the Muppets and Dog City. After the thirteen episodes, the show was cancelled. Jim Hensons Dog City title screen Dog City is a television series that aired on FOX from 1992 to 1994. ...
In 1992, children's cable network Nickelodeon aired Secrets of the Muppets, one of the lost episodes. They followed with another unaired episode, Living with Dinosaurs, in 1993. Nickelodeon may refer to: Nickelodeon (TV channel) Nickelodeon movie theater Nickelodeon jukebox Nickelodeon (movie) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The final episode -- MuppeTelevision's "Food" episode, and the Storyteller episode "The Three Ravens" -- aired in the UK in 1990. It is the only episode of The Jim Henson Hour that was never aired in the US.
After the Jim Henson Hour, the Muppets would not have another prime-time TV show until Muppets Tonight, 7 years later. Muppets Tonight was a television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring the Muppets. ...
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