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When we come back, the Muppets return to
television on the Jim Henson Hour,
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including a guest appearance by yours
truly in mind.
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Good morning, America.
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Watch your language, Fozzie.
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The Muppet Show ran on television from
1976 to 1981.
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In 1989, the Muppets were back on TV in
the Jim Henson Hour.
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Henson talked to me about the new show
that April in one of his last television
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interviews.
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Well, there's some good news in TV land.
The Muppets are coming back to
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primetime on NBC.
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It's the Jim Henson Hour, and it
premieres tonight at 8 o 'clock Eastern
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o 'clock Central, and Jim Henson in
person is here to tell us about it. And
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it's on at 8 o 'clock in primetime, this
can't be just a children's show.
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No, it's really, it's a family show.
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I think of most of the stuff that we've
ever done is really for families.
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There are parts of it that are a little
more adult than we've done. What exactly
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are you doing? I mean, if I were to
describe it, I would probably use the
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anthology. And I'm told that...
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We're not supposed to use that word.
That's right. We don't call it that. But
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it's sort of a mixed bag of things.
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Part of the show, the first half hour,
is very often a variety show, sort of
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like the Muppet Show brought into the
80s. It's kind of a high -tech version
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the Muppet Show.
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And then the second half hour is often a
story.
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And we're using, oh, like one of the
things we're using is Storyteller.
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The Storyteller is a show we've done
four of those for NBC.
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John Hurt is the storyteller, and we do
medieval folktales.
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So that's one of the shows. Another kind
of thing we're doing is Dog City.
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It's a show, it's all dogs and they
populate a city and it's a crime story.
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dogs and bad dogs. Yes, yes. Bugsy on
the left is a bad dog. No question about
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that. And then another one we have,
we're doing a few dramas.
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We do a thing called Monster Maker about
a 14 -year -old boy who wants to become
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a monster maker for the movies.
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And that thing there is called the Ultra
Gorg, and it's the largest Muppet we
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ever made. It's about 30 feet wide, and
it took around 17 people to operate.
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You also invite some guest stars, and I
know with an idea toward the baby boomer
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parents of today, because one of them is
Smokey Robinson.
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We went up with a crew, and we shot a
little behind the scenes of the
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for a day when they were taping a
segment with Smokey Robinson, and here's
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it went.
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Tom Hunter stays the same, right? I
don't think so. I'll keep my head up.
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Can I see the three of you, please?
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Visuals up, please.
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Can I see Digit to show me position?
Where are you, roughly, Dave?
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Can you get out of this shot, Dave?
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Yeah, coming.
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I just swiped the mirrors around.
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Okay,
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we're just doing the backup singers,
everyone.
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Jim, I need just you and Vicki doing
your timing, if you'd be so kind.
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Okay, everybody, follow me into the
control room. Nothing like a jog around
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parking lot to put mind and body in
perfect harmony.
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And now we're ready for the opening
number.
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, if you're
ready back there, here's Smokey
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Robinson and the House Band.
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And now, ladies and gentlemen, if you're
ready back there, here's Smokey
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Robinson and Solid Foam.
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It's so hard to live without the love
she gave to me.
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And look who's co -tapping along with us
this morning.
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Kermit the Frog has joined us. Hi, Jane.
You know, Kermit, I was going to
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introduce you as Kermit the Star, but I
couldn't help but notice that Jim's
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going to name this show after himself,
The Jim Henson Hour.
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Yes. Is there any trouble amongst the
Muppets that he has...
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stolen the thunder, shall we say? Well,
you know, we talked about doing the
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Kermit the Frog show, you see, and I
actually thought that was a better title
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for the show, but they're doing some
stuff that's not Muppets, so they
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not to do that. Yeah. I don't know why.
Jim is playing himself in the role of,
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well, sort of like Alfred Hitchcock
presents, though, once again, he might
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embarrassed by that. How would you,
Kermit, critique Jim's performance on
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as himself?
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Well, I think he's sort of stiff and not
terribly entertaining.
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I mean, you know, some of us Muppets are
funny and witty, but, you know, the guy
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is kind of stiff.
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When he's sitting on camera mouthing the
words, are you really the voice?
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Am I the voice for the man?
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Well, now you're getting very
surrealistic.
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I don't understand this.
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How could that be?
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Well,
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I don't know.
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Perhaps. You two get together and...
I've never understood the concept of
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ego in the first place. I understand.
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Kermit, it's always a pleasure to see
you, and I look forward to seeing you in
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prime time on NBC.
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Hey, you know what? What? I don't know
if the audience knows this, but Jane is
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actually going to be on this show.
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How about that? You did a brief
appearance.
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It was so much fun. And Lord Scott is
going to be on the show, too? Yeah, as
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ourselves. Yes, yes.
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More or less. Terrific. And you were
great. Great?
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Yes, wonderful.
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You're going to use that in a blurb?
Yes, exactly.
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Jane Pauley is great. Great. She should
have a career on television.
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They should rename the show the Jane
Pauley. Well, never mind that.
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Kermit, it's good to see you, Jim.
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Take care. We'll be back after this.
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Kermit may or may not be an astute judge
of talent, you can judge for yourself.
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Here's that clip from the Jim Henson
Hour with cameos by me and Willard.
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Welcome back to today. It's time for the
weather.
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With Fozzie Bear... Help! Help! Help!
Willard!
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Is that camera on?
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It certainly is.
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Ah!
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Good morning, America!
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Watch your language, Fozzie. Now, what
were you saying?
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Oh, uh, nothing. Nothing, except, uh...
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I am your new weather bear. See, I got
my pointy stick and everything.
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That's very professional, but isn't that
Willard's job?
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No, no.
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Funny you should ask.
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Willard could not make it. He told me to
take over.
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Wait a minute.
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Where is Willard? Hi, I'm your new
weather bear.
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And holy cow.
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Oh, well, I guess as you can plainly
see, there's all this.
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white stuff over here.
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Oh, cute little pennants up here.
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There's a giant owl over here by
Nebraska.
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Now, all you people in Nebraska, you
stay in your homes until we can find a
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to get the owl out of there.
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Yeah, well, now, over here, we have a
man with a
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fruitcake.
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Oh, Fozzie.
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Fonzie, I'm afraid you're just not cut
out to be a weather bear. I know.
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But now, hold it. Listen, I found some
great stuff in my closet that I think
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are going to love. What? Take a look at
this. A big nose with glasses.
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Oh, yeah. Is that correct? Oh, yeah.
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And a slightly used whoopee cushion.
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Oh, my old friend. But wait a minute. I
saved the best for last, baby.
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This is it. A hilarious banana peel.
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Now, that's funny.
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Waka waka. Waka waka.
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