| Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters | |
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| Format | Animated series |
| Created by | Jim Henson |
| Written by | Gordon Johnson |
| Directed by | Halle Stanford |
| Starring | Camille Bonora Jim Henson Richard Hunt Frank Oz David Rudman |
| Voices of | Greg Berg Bob Bergen Richard Hunt Hal Rayle Frank Welker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Lisa Henson |
| Location(s) | Manhattan, New York City |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Henson Associates Marvel Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS PBS |
| Original run | September 14, 1985 – September 28, 1985 |
Little Muppet Monsters is a short-lived saturday morning animated television series, airing only three episodes on CBS in 1985. The first season of Muppet Babies did so well in the ratings, that CBS decided to expand the series from a half-hour to an hour, pairing Muppet Babies with Little Muppet Monsters. They called the hour-long package Muppets, Babies and Monsters.
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The show was anchored by three young Muppet monsters: Tug (performed by Richard Hunt), Boo (performed by David Rudman) and Molly (performed by Camille Bonora).
Storyboard director Scott Shaw discussed the show in MuppetZine issue #3 (Winter 1993). "The concept of this second half-hour was neither simple nor particularly well-developed," he said. "A trio of new (live-action) Muppet Monster Kids, working from the basement of the adult Muppets' home, create their own television station which broadcasts only to the TV sets in the house upstairs. Their 'shows' were such regular segments as "Pigs in Space: The Animated Series", "Kermit the Frog, Private Eye", "Muppet Sport Shorts" with Animal, and "Fozzie's Comedy Corner", among others.
Although thirteen episodes were produced (some of which were incomplete at the time of cancellation), only three of them ever aired; Henson Associates and CBS agreed that the concept had never been properly thought out and just wasn't up to Henson's high standards. It was Jim Henson himself who pulled the show from the Saturday morning lineup.
"The now-vacant second half-hour was filled with repeats of the first season's Muppet Babies episodes, and the ratings stayed strong."
The three episodes have never been re-run. In fact it is unknown if the show will ever come to syndication unlike its other counterparts.
Despite its quick cancellation, the instrumental version of the theme music for Muppet Babies and Monsters would be used over the closing credits of Muppet Babies for the duration of that show's run.
In 1990, segments of the animated "Pigs in Space" and "Kermit the Frog, Private Eye" from the second episode of Little Muppet Monsters titled "Space Cowboys" was re-shown in the final episode of Muppet Babies titled "Eight Flags Over the Nursery".
This video program video by Hi-Tops Video, a division of Heron Communications, Incorporated but had 3 releases.
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