The Jim Henson Hour Appreciation Thread

Thanks to this thread, I had a really weird dream of a Muppet sequel to the movie where they find a newly rebuilt (and more hot than cyber zombie) Digit. Thanks a lot, LOL.

Still, I admire what JHH tried to do. It has an important part, IMHO, in the evolution of humor from the early days to things like Dinosaurs and Farscape.

I'd love to see Digit in the next Muppet movie. He was sort of like TJHH's Scooter in many ways, acting as Kermit's right-hand man.

When I first saw the Jim Henson Hour, I was disappointed that the only familiar Muppets I recognized were Kermit, Gonzo, and Link. But as I watched more episodes, I fell in love with the show. I especially liked how in the beginnings where it showed Muppet characters in the 9 main screens and it showed who performed who. Like Dave Goelz as Digit, Steve Whitmire as Bean, and Jim Henson as Kermit would appear in the center square. But sometimes it would show Jim Henson as Rowlf or Link in another square.

Besides the guest stars, MuppeTelevision would have other human characters too. Like Chris Langham playing multiple parts, or Muppeteers Camille Bonora and Dan Redican playing live action people. And of course, there are the live action couple playing the dolls, Brad and Bootsie. With the live action girl who plays with them.

When I didn't see any more Jim Henson Hour episodes, I wondered if it would come back. But then they aired The Muppets at Walt Disneyworld, and JHH characters Bean and Clifford had become regular characters. And Waldo appeared in The Muppetvision 3-D show in Disneyworld. And Digit made a surprise appearance in the Muppet Party Cruise video game.

I'm watching this show on youtube now (it's a pity it isn't available elsewhere, except for a few specials like Dog City that were released on DVD), I have yet to see about 5-6 episodes out of 12, but I'm really enjoying it. Love the experimental nature of the show, love the creature gimmicks (that lion! wow!!! the best-looking lion ever!) and the new characters (Digit is probably my favorite of them), love the humour, the guest stars and the stories in the specials.
It's definitely not on the same level as the classic Muppet Show, but way better than The Muppets Tonight (which is also not bad, by the way, it has its moments).

Considering all that it's really sad the Jim Henson Hour was cancelled due to low ratings and is now mostly forgotten

I thought there were maybe 1 or 2 solid episodes of MT. The only one I really loved was the Rick Moranis episode, because he seemed like such a perfect host. I believe JHH was by far the better of the two; both the Muppet Central segments and the weekly specials were more often than not fantastic. Plus JHH had the benefit of Henson's actual involvement.

I loved The Jim Henson Hour! You can see reruns of them on youtube now (including the lost episodes that only aired in the UK!), I like how they poked fun at the fact that the show had low ratings. The new characters like Leon and Clifford also worked well with the classic Muppet characters.

That Lion is wonderful. So life like and just amazing to watch. I think I read where Brian Henson worked him but I am not sure.