
The band included:Įlectric Mayhem regulars Zoot and Animal did eventually creep into Solid Foam in the episode "Food." Only Clifford would sustain any existence outside of MuppeTelevision. The house band for MuppeTelevision was called Solid Foam, taking the place of the psychedelic Electric Mayhem band that had appeared in most previous Muppet projects. Miss Piggy did get her own thirty-minute special in one show, called Miss Piggy's Hollywood, in which she and Gonzo tried to interview unwilling celebrities.
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Also appearing as a series regular was Bean Bunny, who had previously starred in the HBO TV special The Tale of the Bunny Picnic.įozzie Bear and Miss Piggy appeared only intermittently, as their performer Frank Oz was busy with a directorial career. Regulars included past favorites Kermit the Frog, The Great Gonzo and Link Hogthrob in addition to new characters Digit, Leon the Lizard, Lindbergh the Kiwi, Vicki, Clifford, Waldo C. The Muppets broadcast their network's programming from a unique control room called "Muppet Central". It was an updated version of the classic series The Muppet Show, the new twist being that the Muppets were now running an entire cable television network rather than a single variety show. MuppeTelevision regularly occupied the first half of The Jim Henson Hour. Henson's series officially premiered a week later. The first episode produced - Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting- was aired as a stand-alone special. Occasionally, a light-hearted story or more Muppet antics would close out the hour in the second half. That would often lead into more serious and sometimes darker content, such as a rerun of The Storyteller. These shows would always start with a modernized variation of The Muppet Show, titled MuppeTelevision. Ordinarily, however, the hour was split into two thirty-minute segments. Other shows like "Secrets of the Muppets" went behind the scenes at Henson studios, showing how the Muppets are built and operated.
