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.
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.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 1
Outer Space
45m8.0 / 10
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Wayne Moss, Jim HensonWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars John Hurt, Elliott Spiers, Nicholas Selby, Peter Marinker, Frederick Warder, David Greenaway, Robert Tygner, Mak Wilson
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter HarrisWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars Chris Makepeace, Carolyn Dunn, Helen Burns, John Dunsworth, Marty Reno, Bruce Armstrong, Maggie Moore, Ted Danson
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.
Episode credits
Directed by John BlanchardWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars John Hurt, Andrew Wilson, Jennifer Lee, Bob Peck, John Franklyn-Robbins, Alistair Fullarton, Jan Chappell, David Fleeshman
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Jim HensonWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark Saltzman
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter HarrisWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars Frank Oz, Bobby McFerrin, George Wendt, Kathleen Wirt, Dudley Moore, Bob Hope, Justine Bateman, Marc Weiner
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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Directed by Giles FosterWritten by Matthew JacobsGuest stars Kieran O'Brien, Harry Dean Stanton, George Costigan, Amanda Dickinson, Alison Steadman, Grant Bardsley, Bill Moody, Matthew Scurfield
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter HarrisWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars Camille Bonora, Carmen Cuesta, Dan Redican, Linda Cash, Chris Langham, Smokey Robinson
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter Harris, Peter SmithWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars John Hurt, Jane Horrocks, Sean Bean, Michael Kilgarriff, Alun Armstrong, Sandra Voe, David Johansen
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.
Episode credits
Directed by Peter HarrisWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars John Hurt
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.
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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Directed by Paul WeilandWritten by Anthony Minghella
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?
Episode credits
Directed by Peter HarrisWritten by Jerry Juhl, Bill Prady, Chris Langham, Tim Burns, Barbara Samuels, Mark SaltzmanGuest stars John Hurt
