The Jim Henson Hour - Season 1

The Jim Henson Hour - Season 1

Season 1

Network
DatesApr 14, 1989 - Jul 30, 1989

Episodes

Outer Space
Season 1Episode 160 min

Outer Space

Kermit cancels the boring parts of the show when Digit discovers he can tune in cable channels from other worlds.
Apr 14, 1989
Oceans
Season 1Episode 260 min

Oceans

Ted Danson guest stars in an episode themed around the world's oceans and conservation.
Apr 21, 1989
Power
Season 1Episode 360 min

Power

Part 1 (Muppetelevision): Gonzo and Leon convince Kermit to take a vacation so that they can have a chance at running the show. Willard Scott, Jane Pauley, and The Nylons guest star. Part 2 (The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death): A soldier returns from 20 years of war with only t three biscuits in his sack. Soon he must outwit devils, save a kingdom, and try to outwit death. From an early Russian folk tale.
Apr 28, 1989
Dog City
Season 1Episode 460 min

Dog City

Part 1 (Muppetelevision): Kermit announces that it is "Muppet Night at the Movies" as they try to find the 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.
May 5, 1989
First Show
Season 1Episode 560 min

First Show

Part 1 (Muppetelevision). Kermit struggles to keep the ratings up. Meanwhile, Digit experiences several 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 auditions at The Comedy Store and is heckled by Statler and Waldorf.
May 14, 1989
Monster Maker
Season 1Episode 660 min

Monster Maker

A young boy wants to work with a famous but eccentric creature/fx(special effects)man, but gets more than he bargained when one of the creatures, The Ultra-Gorgon(giant animatronic puppet), takes him under his wing. Literally. He is forced to confront the creations in his own imagination.Aired in 1989.Appr. 45 min. long.
Jul 9, 1989
Fitness
Season 1Episode 760 min

Fitness

Part 1 (Muppetelevision): Kermit wants the show to be all about being healthy and fit but does not have much luck with all the Muppets getting sick. Part 2 (The Song of the Cloud Forest): In this original story set in the rainforest, 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 a golden toad.
Jul 16, 1989
Videotape
Season 1Episode 860 min

Videotape

This show began with SOLID FOAM showing their new music video, ""The Music Keeps Rolling Along,"" by Mark Radice (http://songwritersdirectory.com/artistpage.cfm?writerid=140)
Jul 23, 1989
Garbage
Season 1Episode 960 min

Garbage

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 then falls in love with a haughty prince.
Jul 30, 1989
Secrets of the Muppets
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Secrets of the Muppets

Special guest star, Bill Cosby takes us on the tour on Sesame Street as the show celebrates it's 20th anniversary. Features interview with the cast and kids who were now grown up who were in the Muppet/Kid moment (including a girl in the "ABCDEF Cookie Monster sketch"). It even shows International adaptation of the show and features music artists, Ray Charles and Placido Domingo. The episode was dedicated to longtime Sesame Street composer, Joe Raposo (who died on February of 1989).

Living with Dinosaurs
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Living with Dinosaurs

A socially awkward boy named Dom tries to deal 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.
Food/The Three Ravens
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Food/The Three Ravens

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