TV series · 1989
The Jim Henson Hour
First aired 14 April 1989 Family / Comedy TMDB ↗
An hour-long anthology series hosted by Jim Henson and generally included two segments. The first, MuppeTelevision, features comedy skits starring the Muppets, as well as frequent guest appearances by popular entertainers. The second often rebroadcasts original productions, primarily The StoryTeller.
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Jerry Nelson
as Self / Various
Jim Henson
as Self / Various
Dave Goelz
as Self / Various
Fran Brill
as Self / Various
Steve Whitmire
as Self / Various
Kevin Clash
as Self / Various
Everyone else (68) ↓
Bob Hope
as Self
John Franklyn-Robbins
as The Tzar (archive footage)
Nicholas Selby
as The King (archive footage)
Harry Dean Stanton
as Chancey Bellow
Willard Scott
as Self
Dudley Moore
as Self
Sandra Voe
as The Trollop (archive audio)
Michael Kilgarriff
as The Thought Lion (archive audio)
John Hurt
as The Storyteller (archive footage)
Smokey Robinson
as Self
Michael Gambon
as Ultragorgon (voice)
Peter Marinker
as The Wolf (archive audio)
Gemma Jones
as The Queen (archive footage)
Frank Oz
as Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear (voice)
John Dunsworth
as Sam
Bob Peck
as The Soldier (archive footage)
Jan Chappell
as Soldier's Wife (archive footage)
Tony Ashton
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)
Alison Steadman
as Perriwinkle
Alun Armstrong
as The Troll (archive audio)
Ted Danson
as Self
Matthew Scurfield
as Vaughn
George Wendt
as Self
Chris Langham
as Exerciser
Bobby McFerrin
as Self
Bill Moody
as Reg
David Johansen
as Self
Jane Pauley
as Self
Louie Anderson
as Self
David Fleeshman
as Innkeeper (archive footage)
Jonathan Coy
as Teacher
Marc Weiner
as Self
Camille Bonora
as Ruth / Blanch (voice)
Sean Bean
as The Prince (archive footage)
Carolyn Dunn
as Rosalie
Brian Henson
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)
Jane Horrocks
as Anja (archive footage)
Chris Makepeace
as Zeb Norman
Justine Bateman
as Self
Grant Bardsley
as Ben
Kieran O'Brien
as Matt Banting
Elliott Spiers
as Prince Leo (archive footage)
Frederick Warder
as The Giant (archive audio)
Robert Tygner
as Wolf / Bird / Salmon (archive audio)
Mak Wilson
as Wolf / Bird / Salmon (archive audio)
Helen Burns
as Clara Buford
Marty Reno
as Jake
Bruce Armstrong
as Carl
Maggie Moore
as Fortune Teller
Alistair Fullarton
as Death (archive footage)
Erica Fairfield
as Amanda
Kathleen Wirt
as Self
Don Draper
as Self
Charles Dougherty
as Self
George Costigan
as Father
Amanda Dickinson
as Mother
Michael Bayliss
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)
Sue Dacre
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)
Martin Carroll
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)
Marcus Clarke
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)
Christopher Leith
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)
Carmen Cuesta
as Quetzel (voice)
Dan Redican
as Farmer
Linda Cash
as Farmer's Wife
Jennifer Lee
as Bootsie
Andrew Wilson
as Brad
David Greenaway
as Wolf / Bird / Salmon (archive audio)
David Greenaway
as Ultragorgon (puppeteer)