|
|
N
E W S |
|
|
New Collectibles • 12/26 - The Complete History of Sesame Street • 11/4 - Fraggle Rock Complete Series DVD Boxset • 11/1 - Elmo Live Talking Plush • 10/28 - It's Hard Out Here For a Shrimp • 9/30 - Abby in Wonderland DVD • 9/9 - Henson's Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare DVD • 9/2 - Jim Henson's Doodle Dreams • 8/12 - Furry, Fun and Healthy Too DVD • 7/22 - Sesame Street Count on Sports DVD • 6/24 - Elmo's World Summer Vacation DVD • 5/20 - The Muppet Show Season 3 DVD |
|
Classic Rowlf and Jimmy Dean come to DVD Time-Life has released the first volume of "The Best of the Jimmy Dean Show" with more volumes coming later this year Courtesy
of Time-Life
As you may know, The Jimmy Dean Show was an hour-long variety show hosted by country music star Jimmy Dean which ran from 1963 to 1966 on ABC. And you may also recall that it was on The Jimmy Dean Show that Jim Henson got his first national television exposure with the character Rowlf the Dog. Rowlf was a regular on the show, appearing in every show alongside Jimmy in a special 7-15 minute comedy sketch. Jimmy Dean's show was a success for ABC and Jim Henson's budding career. Dean stated in his autobiography that the sketches with Rowlf were the most popular part of the show, and it has even been said that Rowlf drew over two-thousand fan letters a week (which was more than even Jimmy Dean). Rowlf was brought to life through the puppeteering, writing and craftsmanship of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Juhl, Jerry Nelson and Don Sahlin. The sketches of Rowlf and Jimmy Dean are comedy gold and real Muppet treasures. Sadly copies of these bits have been elusive and sparsely seen, however thanks to Time-Life that's changing.
In fact the disc holds almost 20-minutes of Rowlf and Jimmy material. You can see Rowlf sing and dance; praise the one any only Lassie; sling puns; ham it up; and even showcase an admirable impersonation of Winston Churchill. This is the first DVD release of The Jimmy Dean Show and the first commercial release of this rare Muppet material.
|
Last
week Time-Life quietly released their 
|
home | news | collectibles | articles | forum | guides | radio | cards | help Fan site Muppet Central created by Phillip Chapman. Multimedia design by James V. Carroll. Updates by Muppet Central Staff. All Muppets, Bear characters and photos are copyright of the Muppets Holding Company. Sesame Street characters and photos are copyright of Sesame Workshop. Fraggle Rock, Creature Shop and similar likenesses are copyright of The Jim Henson Company. |