The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show is a British comedy television show starring Jim Henson's Muppetspuppeteer. The program takes place in a theatre where the most diverse, mostly uneducated foreign acts are performed by artists. The performances range from slapstick humor to absurd events and parodies. The program was hosted by Kermit the frog. Many world famous singers and actors were to guest over the years.

The series ran from 1976 to 1981, all were there in 1974 and 1975 already made two pilot episodes . The series has 120 episodes. In the Netherlands the program was broadcast by KRO . The series has a large number of spin-offs brought with it, including several films and a comic book series.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == From 1969, the Muppets, Jim Henson's creations were given by the program more and more the Sesame Street children's entertainment ' stamp ' printed, something he feared beforehand. Henson himself has the Muppets always especially seen as entertainment for an older audience and wanted not only himself and his creations would be associated with children's programmes. Therefore he also began planning for a program for adult audiences. In 1974 and 1975 he made to two specials: The Muppets Valentine Show and The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. Neither managed to Henson's idea for to the Muppet Show produced by a major television network. CBS, however, came with the idea that Henson could produce the series itself and could let broadcast once a week in the evening between 7: 30 and 8: 00. This time period was by the Federal Communications Commission opened up for programs that are not of one of the large television networks of that time were.
 * Design 2
 * 3 Characters
 * 4 guest appearances
 * 5 Prices
 * 6 spin-offs
 * 7 external links

Lew Grade, head of the British commercial television station ATV, offered Henson a deal to produce the series in the ATV studios in Elstree. The series by ITC Entertainment could be sold to Studios outside the United Kingdom.

For the recordings of the series took out Henson puppeteers at there who have previously had worked for him, including Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Eren Ozkerand John Lovelady, but also in the course of the series attracted new people to, as Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold and Kathy Mullen. Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns were two writers of the series. ==Design[ Edit] == The series is set in an old vaudeville theater whose glory days are over. In episode 6 reports that the theatre "The Benny guest Kermit Vivian Memorial Theatre" hot, but typically just talked about "The Muppet Theatre". According to the book The Phantom of The Muppet Theatre is the theatre built in 1802 by an actor named John Stone, most likely a nod to Sesame Street-Director Jon Stone. The theatre is owned by J.P. Grosse, the uncle of Scooter. The theatre has several locations in the series play a role, such as the changing rooms, the storage room and the lobby. Most parts of the program are, however, on the scene.

The program consists of a series of sketches and other performances. Between these performances by one gets to see what is going on behind the scenes of the theatre set. Some regular sections are:

It is not seldom that two sketches into each other, or that characters/events return unexpectedly from one sketch in another sketch. ==Characters<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Many of Henson's creations at least once had a role in the series. Single fixed roles were that of Kermit the frog, Fozzie bear, Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf, the Swedish Chef, Uncle Deadly, Dr. Teeth, Sam the Eagle and Gonzo. ==Guest Appearances<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In each episode entered a famous guest on. no single star played in more than one episode with it, already had John Denver in addition to his performance in an episode also a role in two specials. In a single episode played there instead of one celebrity a well-known duo or trio with it.
 * Gong-or trumpet intro – at the end of the intro song is trying to usher in the program always Gonzo with strokes on a gong or a trumpet solo (season 1) (series 2 to 5), where he must play the last note of the song. This, however, goes wrong every time. The way his trumpet solo failed in each episode is different. Only in episode 47 (with John Cleese) he succeeds to play successfully in the nut, to his own surprise.
 * At the Dance – a fixed sketch in the first season, but from season 2 used less frequently. It is a dance performed, often with quick oneliner-jokes.
 * Bear on Patrol – Fozzie as a sketch about police officer, with Link Halpin as his incompetent Commissioner.
 * Fozzie's Act – Fozzie is trying to perform a stand-up comedy act, but his jokes are generally of questionable quality. This sketch was used less and less as Fozzie got a greater role in scenes that are behind the scenes of the theatre play.
 * Muppet Labs – a sketch about the latest inventions of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. His Assistant Beaker is invariably the victim of the flaws that the invention turns out to have.
 * Muppet News Flash – a news reader tries to read the latest news, but is often is victim of an accident in connection with the just read news story.
 * Pigs in Space – a parody of science fiction series such as Star Trek. Central to the spaceship USS Swinetrek. Fixed characters are Captain Link Halpin, First Mate Piggy and Dr. Julius Strangepork.
 * Swedish Chef – a parody of cooking show's. The Swedish Chef tries to prepare a dish with great enthusiasm every time.
 * Veterinarian's Hospital – a parody of the soap opera General Hospital and other hospital series. Dr. Bob and sisters Piggy and Janice try every time to help a patient in the operating room, but soon lapsed into making gentle jokes and frequently makes jokes.
 * Wayne and Wanda – a sketch which is typically initiated by Sam the Eagle as being "responsible entertainment". The two try any action a song to sing, which invariably ends in disaster. They are a slapstick-tribute to Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.

<p lang="en" len="59" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Stars who have made their appearance in the series are: ==Prices<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Muppet Show was nominated for 21 Emmy Awards, four of which were won. The first was in 1978. When the program won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The program was also nominated for a BAFTA Award11 times, 2 of which were won.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1978 the series won a Peabody Award.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [3] ==Spin-offs<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The series brought on several feature films, starting with The Muppet Movie. This was the first time the Muppets to see together with real people were in locations other than the theatre. After the first film was followed by The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets from Space, The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz, and The Muppets 'Muppets Most Wanted .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The program The Jim Henson Hour contains many characters who also appear in The Muppet Show. In the animated series Muppet Babies are the Muppets infants who are at the same nursery and coincide in their fantasy. In the 90 's came Muppets Tonight, a sequel to The Muppet Show set in a television studio.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Broadway musical Avenue Q is loosely based on the Muppets and Sesame Street.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" len="167" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2009 the Muppets got their own comic book series, written and drawn by Roger Langridge and published by [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DBoom!_Studios%26action%3Dedit%26redlink%3D1 Boom! Studios].