The original plan was for the show to have a rotating schedule of four different kinds of episodes, one for each week of the month. A young man must assist an eccentric older woman in retrieving a powerful jewel, in order to get a pair of shoes for his fiancee. Jerry Juhl said the lion was selected for no reason at all "except that it was kind of wonderful and gave Henson something to talk to without folding his arms. I'm addicted to media consumption. The episode brought in the show's lowest ratings. No hour-long StoryTeller episodes were ever produced. Lindbergh tries to fix the roof, but only makes things worse. [The series] was really coming together nicely and I'm sure that we would have made it even better in subsequent seasons. "A Madcap Mix of Jim Henson's Muppetry" by Matt Roush (USA Today). Milne. The short-lived series aired over the course of four months in 1989. The Jim Henson Hour #2a: Oceans I've been thinking about this for days now, trying to frame this post correctly. Many of the specials featured on the series, such as all of The StoryTeller episodes, "Dog City," "Song of the Cloud Forest," "Monster Maker," and "Lighthouse Island" have received home video release on DVD, digital download, video-on-demand, or other formats. Tartikoff liked the idea enough that he asked Henson to prepare a formal proposal and pitch reel—which NBC paid for—that Tartikoff could share with other network executives.[1]. [13] Henson also considered adapting Madeleine L'Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time and the works of A. These included Monster Maker and Living With Dinosaurs, as well as Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting and arguably Secrets of the Muppets and Dog City. According to Henson biographer Brian Jay Jones, Henson was skeptical about appearing on camera and originally wanted Kermit the Frog to host the series; however NBC wanted Henson to host. Staged outtake from "Fitness" (Half-hour version), Clockwise from left: Bean Bunny, Jim Henson, Gonzo, Beard, Lindbergh, Leon, Vicki, and Kermit, The edited title for reruns of MuppeTelevision. In December 1987, NBC picked up the series for a half season order (13 episodes) and originally planned to begin airing the series in January 1989 (it was later delayed until April). Internationally, "Miss Piggy's Hollywood" was released on a Portuguese DVD (entitled A Fantástica Miss Piggy) and "Dog City" and "Monster Maker" were released in Japan on laserdisc by KSS Films. In July 1988, Henson was put in the hands of a coach and stylist to help him get comfortable in front of the camera. In the same time slot a week before the series debuted, the special Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting aired with the same closing credits font and closing logo as the series proper, and was referred to by critic John J. O'Connor as "really sort of the first installment of The Jim Henson Hour."[6]. Muppet Show director Peter Harris was selected as director for the series; other notable directors considered included Sam Raimi and Brad Bird.[3]. Jim Henson with the Thought Lion hosts an hour of television. Then Kermit speaks the first groaner pun of the show ("I think that went swimmingly"), which until now I didn't realize I really wanted as part of the Muppety DNA. Don't think too hard about why the fish has to use a bathtub, because his friends the seahorses somehow play dual saxophones down there too. In the pitch reel, and an accompanying written proposal, Henson outlined his original vision for the series. "I don't think so," Henson responded. "[5], In April 1989, NBC began airing The Jim Henson Hour on Friday nights. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. English The Jim Henson Hour was an hour-long prime-time anthology series produced by Jim Henson as a showcase for a variety of Jim Henson Productions ' television work. In most shows, the hour was divided into two parts. Ads for the rest of the episodes were presumably edited along with the show itself, since they use effects seen in the series—a page peel ("Power") and box-shaped monitors spinning in space ("Secrets of the Muppets"). The second week would feature Lead-Free TV, Henson's concept for "The Muppet Show from the future." The first week would feature an hour-long episode of The StoryTeller. Henson filmed a pitch reel on September 25, 1987 on a set designed to resembled an idealized version of the Muppet Workshop. In May, with the series' fifth episode, NBC moved the show to Sunday night. Bean Bunny has taken the satellite dish from the roof. : A man with a fish in his head, Ted stars in an environnmental fable, narrated by. Ted Danson guest stars in an episode themed around the world's oceans and conservation. A. It was more like a grab bag of the brilliant thing he'd done. The title, meanwhile, is changed to The Jim Henson Show. None of the MuppetTelevision episodes have received home video release, though two songs from the episodes appeared on the home video It's Not Easy Being Green. Bean Bunny has taken the satellite dish... MuppeTelevision. The second half-hour featured more serious and sometimes darker content, such as installments of The StoryTeller and Lighthouse Island. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. ", In addition to the abandoned hour-long StoryTeller episodes, Lead-Free TV and picture-book specials, Henson had many ideas for potential episodes or features that were never produced. Lighthouse Island. Jim Henson shows off a small puppet of a Whale - or a whale of a puppet. "Jim Henson: Miss Piggy went to market and $150 million came home". NBC cancelled the series after the episode, burning off remaining episodes by airing them over the summer and leaving three episodes unaired. 8/22/1987 - Meet with Brandon Tartikoff/ Propose The Jim Henson Hour. Ubu, Xandra, Digit, Kermit, Leon, Lindbergh, and Jim Henson. Though we had six Emmy nominations from it, the ratings were quite bad. The third week would feature a picture-book special in the vein of Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, The Christmas Toy and The Tale of the Bunny Picnic. April 13, 1989. "[10], Frank Oz spoke of the series saying, "Whatever Jim did, even some of the things that failed, there was always amazing stuff in it, but The Jim Henson Hour just didn't have the usual Jim focus. At the beginning of each episode, Jim Henson would enter a computer-generated set (alongside the Thought Lion from The StoryTeller) and introduce the evening's show. Footage from, An outtake was staged featuring the Thought Lion nearly attacking Henson. NOTE: In 'The Jim Henson Show' edit, the Thought Lion gives Jim a note reading "get on with it" instead of the original Jim talking about Lighthouse Island. Henson's idea for Lead-Free TV evolved into "MuppeTelevision"—a segment featuring existing and new Muppets characters lead by Kermit the Frog in a futuristic television control room. Jim Henson talks about the second half hour, Lighthouse Island . The Jim Henson Hour was modeled after the old Walt Disney Presents anthology series (later under different titles, including Disneyland and Wonderful World of Color), in which every week Walt Disney would show off the latest innovations and creations of his production company. [2] However, NBC insisted on some format changes to Henson's original proposal; the executives did not like Henson's proposal of a weekly rotation of episode types. During its time on NBC, only a total of nine episodes aired. https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_102:_Oceans?oldid=1325871, Merlin, M.D. This was shot at the same time as the alternate half-hour intro to, A promotional photo of Henson with the show's main cast shows an unknown pink reporter bird character, who appears on the monitors with, A promotional booklet for what was then called "The Jim Henson Show" shows, An NBC TV advertisement for the first episode shows two shots from "Living With Dinosaurs", which is not from the episode (it featured. These ideas included: The Saga of Fraggle Rock, a Fraggle Rock origin story; Inside John, a variation on Henson's Limbo concept, in which the various parts of a seventeen-year-old boy's brain try to wrest control of him throughout a typical day; and ASTRO G.N.E.W.T.S., a special that would have blended puppets with animation, computer graphics, and video effects. This is a serviceable musical number, with a huge crowd of fish, octopi, clams, jellyfish, and even humans scuba diving. Muppettelevision is being flooded. But I still would like, occasionally, to see Big Mean Carl eat someone. "That was with NBC, and they cancelled us after the fifth show was on the air, so that was a bit of a frustration. Kermit  tries to put it back, but falls off, busting a hole in the roof. The idea for The Jim Henson Hour was first made by Henson to NBC head Brandon Tartikoff on August 22, 1987.

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