The Jim Henson Hour

The Jim Henson Hour

Ended First aired 14/Apr/1989 United States English 2 season(s) 14 episode(s)
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An hour-long anthology series hosted by Jim Henson and generally included two segments. The first, MuppeTelevision, features comedy skits starring the Muppets, as well as frequent guest appearances by popular entertainers. The second often rebroadcasts original productions, primarily The StoryTeller.
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Season 1 · Season 1
12 episode(s) · Air date: 14/Apr/1989
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S1E12
Food
Air date: — · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MupppeTelevision). Kermit has trouble keeping the show running because the entire staff is waiting for their lunch to be delivered. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The Three Ravens): When the queen dies, a witch ensnares the king with a magical spell. She curses the king's three sons by turning them into ravens. The king's daughter escapes and is warned by her brothers that she must not speak for three years, three months, three weeks, and three days in order to break the curse. After marrying a prince and discovering her stepmother has remarried to the prince's father, can the princess break the curse?

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Part 1 (MupppeTelevision). Kermit has trouble keeping the show running because the entire staff is waiting for their lunch to be delivered. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The Three Ravens): When the queen dies, a witch ensnares the king with a magical spell. She curses the king's three sons by turning them into ravens. The king's daughter escapes and is warned by her brothers that she must not speak for three years, three months, three weeks, and three days in order to break the curse. After marrying a prince and discovering her stepmother has remarried to the prince's father, can the princess break the curse?

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S1E11
Living with Dinosaurs
Air date: 07/Aug/1993 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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A socially awkward boy struggles with a new school, an unemployed stepfather, a pregnant mother, and asthma. The boy finds comfort in his favorite stuffed toy, a dinosaur named Dog.

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A socially awkward boy struggles with a new school, an unemployed stepfather, a pregnant mother, and asthma. The boy finds comfort in his favorite stuffed toy, a dinosaur named Dog.

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S1E10
Secrets of the Muppets
Air date: 29/Nov/1992 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Henson takes viewers on a behind the scenes look at the making of the series and many other Henson productions. Back at the control room, the Muppets panic that their secrets are being revealed.

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Henson takes viewers on a behind the scenes look at the making of the series and many other Henson productions. Back at the control room, the Muppets panic that their secrets are being revealed.

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S1E9
Garbage
Air date: 30/Jul/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): The Muppet studio is overwhelmed with animated garbage bags and Kermit can't find a way to get rid of them. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: Sapsorrow): A princess flees when she's forced to marry her father. She poses as a ragged servant in another kingdom, and falls in love with a haughty prince.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): The Muppet studio is overwhelmed with animated garbage bags and Kermit can't find a way to get rid of them. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: Sapsorrow): A princess flees when she's forced to marry her father. She poses as a ragged servant in another kingdom, and falls in love with a haughty prince.

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S1E8
Videotape
Air date: 23/Jul/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): In order to be in two places at once, Gonzo prerecords himself. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The True Bride): A girl is freed from a troll's enslavement thanks to the mysterious white Thought Lion. When she falls in love, she's kept apart from her beloved by the troll's daughter.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): In order to be in two places at once, Gonzo prerecords himself. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The True Bride): A girl is freed from a troll's enslavement thanks to the mysterious white Thought Lion. When she falls in love, she's kept apart from her beloved by the troll's daughter.

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S1E7
Fitness
Air date: 16/Jul/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit wants the show to be all about health and fitness but doesn't have much luck with all the Muppets getting sick. Part 2 (The Song of the Cloud Forest): A golden toad named Milton worries that he may be the last of his species alive and may never find a mate. He eventually meets another golden toad named Ruth and has an encounter with the Uprights (the forest animals' term for humans) seeking to capture one of them.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit wants the show to be all about health and fitness but doesn't have much luck with all the Muppets getting sick. Part 2 (The Song of the Cloud Forest): A golden toad named Milton worries that he may be the last of his species alive and may never find a mate. He eventually meets another golden toad named Ruth and has an encounter with the Uprights (the forest animals' term for humans) seeking to capture one of them.

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S1E6
Monster Maker
Air date: 09/Jul/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Teenage Matt Banting wants to work with famed eccentric creature/special effects man Chancey Bellow. He gets more than he bargained for when one of the creatures, the giant dragon-like Ultragorgon, takes Matt under his wing. Matt is forced to confront his inner monsters while working out his issues with his father.

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Teenage Matt Banting wants to work with famed eccentric creature/special effects man Chancey Bellow. He gets more than he bargained for when one of the creatures, the giant dragon-like Ultragorgon, takes Matt under his wing. Matt is forced to confront his inner monsters while working out his issues with his father.

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S1E5
First Show
Air date: 14/May/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision). Kermit struggles to keep ratings up while Digit experiences various malfunctions. Part 2 (Miss Piggy's Hollywood): Miss Piggy hosts a tour of Hollywood, with help from Gonzo. However, Piggy quickly learns that Hollywood is not quite what she thought it would be. Meanwhile, Fozzie's audition at The Comedy Store is heckled by Statler and Waldorf.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision). Kermit struggles to keep ratings up while Digit experiences various malfunctions. Part 2 (Miss Piggy's Hollywood): Miss Piggy hosts a tour of Hollywood, with help from Gonzo. However, Piggy quickly learns that Hollywood is not quite what she thought it would be. Meanwhile, Fozzie's audition at The Comedy Store is heckled by Statler and Waldorf.

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S1E4
Dog City
Air date: 05/May/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit announces 'Muppet Night at the Movies' as they try to find a film to broadcast on the All Dog Network (ADN). Part 2 (Dog City): Rowlf the Dog hosts a 1930s gangster-type story in which a dog named Ace Yu travels to Dog City to investigate his uncle's murder. While there, he meets a homeless dog named Collien, and gets in trouble with a gangster named Bugsy Them.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit announces 'Muppet Night at the Movies' as they try to find a film to broadcast on the All Dog Network (ADN). Part 2 (Dog City): Rowlf the Dog hosts a 1930s gangster-type story in which a dog named Ace Yu travels to Dog City to investigate his uncle's murder. While there, he meets a homeless dog named Collien, and gets in trouble with a gangster named Bugsy Them.

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S1E3
Power
Air date: 28/Apr/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Gonzo and Leon convince Kermit to take a vacation so they can run the show. Part 2 (The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death): A soldier returns from 20 years of war with only three biscuits in his sack. Soon he must outwit devils, save a kingdom, and try to outwit death. From an early Russian folk tale.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Gonzo and Leon convince Kermit to take a vacation so they can run the show. Part 2 (The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death): A soldier returns from 20 years of war with only three biscuits in his sack. Soon he must outwit devils, save a kingdom, and try to outwit death. From an early Russian folk tale.

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S1E2
Oceans
Air date: 21/Apr/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit tries to run the show with several disruptive water-related issues. Part 2 (Lighthouse Island): Zeb Norman visits a strange small town in search of a gift for his fiancée. He finds a pair of silver slippers in a local curio shop run by a witch who drags him to Hog Island to obtain a mysterious pearl once stolen from her rival.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit tries to run the show with several disruptive water-related issues. Part 2 (Lighthouse Island): Zeb Norman visits a strange small town in search of a gift for his fiancée. He finds a pair of silver slippers in a local curio shop run by a witch who drags him to Hog Island to obtain a mysterious pearl once stolen from her rival.

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S1E1
Outer Space
Air date: 14/Apr/1989 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 45 min
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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit cancels the boring parts of the show when Digit discovers he can tune in cable channels from other worlds. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The Heartless Giant): An imprisoned giant who terrorized the land tricks young prince Leo into freeing him. After rampaging the kingdom, Leo's older brothers attempt to recapture the giant but are never heard of again. Leo must use his gifts of kindness to save his brothers and free the kingdom from the giant's wrath.

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Part 1 (MuppeTelevision): Kermit cancels the boring parts of the show when Digit discovers he can tune in cable channels from other worlds. Part 2 (The StoryTeller: The Heartless Giant): An imprisoned giant who terrorized the land tricks young prince Leo into freeing him. After rampaging the kingdom, Leo's older brothers attempt to recapture the giant but are never heard of again. Leo must use his gifts of kindness to save his brothers and free the kingdom from the giant's wrath.

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Season 0 · Specials
2 episode(s) · Air date: 25/Sep/1987
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S0E2
InnerTube Pilot
Air date: — · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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The show is similar in format to the MuppeTelevision segments of The Jim Henson Hour. Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy make brief appearances in the show, but the focus is on the new characters. According to writer David Misch, the pilot was not meant to resemble The Muppet Show; Kermit was merely given a role when it became hard for Henson to sell the series. In the Jim Henson Hour pitch, clips from Inner Tube are presented as "Lead Free TV." Jim Henson describes it as "the Muppet Show from the future," and explains that it is one of the four types of programs in The Jim Henson Hour's proposed rotating schedule. It was planned to have a weekly guest star (John Candy was originally planned to guest star in this pilot, but in the end no guest star appeared). Several scenes from this can be seen in the television special The World of Jim Henson.

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The show is similar in format to the MuppeTelevision segments of The Jim Henson Hour. Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy make brief appearances in the show, but the focus is on the new characters. According to writer David Misch, the pilot was not meant to resemble The Muppet Show; Kermit was merely given a role when it became hard for Henson to sell the series. In the Jim Henson Hour pitch, clips from Inner Tube are presented as "Lead Free TV." Jim Henson describes it as "the Muppet Show from the future," and explains that it is one of the four types of programs in The Jim Henson Hour's proposed rotating schedule. It was planned to have a weekly guest star (John Candy was originally planned to guest star in this pilot, but in the end no guest star appeared). Several scenes from this can be seen in the television special The World of Jim Henson.

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Pitch Reel
Air date: 25/Sep/1987 · Time: 20:00 · Runtime: 13 min
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Surrounded by all sorts of Muppet and Creature Shop creatures from previous productions, Henson explains the early concept of The Jim Henson Hour. The original plan was to have a rotating schedule of four different kinds of episodes; one for each week of the month. The first would be an episode of The Storyteller. The second was for Lead Free TV, featuring the characters from the unaired InnerTube pilot. Henson describes Lead Free TV as 'the Muppet Show from the future', full of special effects, rock music, fast-paced comedy and human guest stars. The third, a Picture Book Special, in the vein of Emmet Otter, The Christmas Toy, and The Tale of the Bunny Picnic.

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Surrounded by all sorts of Muppet and Creature Shop creatures from previous productions, Henson explains the early concept of The Jim Henson Hour. The original plan was to have a rotating schedule of four different kinds of episodes; one for each week of the month. The first would be an episode of The Storyteller. The second was for Lead Free TV, featuring the characters from the unaired InnerTube pilot. Henson describes Lead Free TV as 'the Muppet Show from the future', full of special effects, rock music, fast-paced comedy and human guest stars. The third, a Picture Book Special, in the vein of Emmet Otter, The Christmas Toy, and The Tale of the Bunny Picnic.

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Jim Henson
Jim Henson
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Dave Goelz
Dave Goelz
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Steve Whitmire
Steve Whitmire
Self / Various
Kevin Clash
Kevin Clash
Self / Various
Fran Brill
Fran Brill
Self / Various
Jerry Nelson
Jerry Nelson
Self / Various
John Hurt
John Hurt
The Storyteller (archive footage)
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Elliott Spiers
Prince Leo (archive footage)
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Nicholas Selby
The King (archive footage)
Peter Marinker
Peter Marinker
The Wolf (archive audio)
Frederick Warder
Frederick Warder
The Giant (archive audio)
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Robert Tygner
Wolf / Bird / Salmon (archive audio)
Mak Wilson
Mak Wilson
Wolf / Bird / Salmon (archive audio)
Gemma Jones
Gemma Jones
The Queen (archive footage)
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Andrew Wilson
Brad
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Jennifer Lee
Bootsie
Louie Anderson
Louie Anderson
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Chris Makepeace
Chris Makepeace
Zeb Norman

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Michael Stevenson
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Giles Foster
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Jim Henson
Jim Henson
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John Blanchard
Director
Paul Weiland
Paul Weiland
Director
Peter Harris
Peter Harris
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Wayne Moss
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Duncan Kenworthy
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Jerry Juhl
Jerry Juhl
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Lawrence S. Mirkin
Producer
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Martin G. Baker
Producer
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Ritamarie Peruggi
Producer

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