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The Jim Henson Hour
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Episode 113 min1987-09-25
Pitch Reel
Surrounded by all sorts of Muppet and Creature Shop creatures from previous productions, Henson explains the early concept of The Jim Henson Hour. The original plan was to have a rotating schedule of four different kinds of episodes; one for each week of the month. The first would be an episode of The Storyteller. The second was for Lead Free TV, featuring the characters from the unaired InnerTube pilot. Henson describes Lead Free TV as 'the Muppet Show from the future', full of special effects, rock music, fast-paced comedy and human guest stars. The third, a Picture Book Special, in the vein of Emmet Otter, The Christmas Toy, and The Tale of the Bunny Picnic.
Episode 260 min
InnerTube Pilot
The show is similar in format to the MuppeTelevision segments of The Jim Henson Hour. Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy make brief appearances in the show, but the focus is on the new characters. According to writer David Misch, the pilot was not meant to resemble The Muppet Show; Kermit was merely given a role when it became hard for Henson to sell the series. In the Jim Henson Hour pitch, clips from Inner Tube are presented as "Lead Free TV." Jim Henson describes it as "the Muppet Show from the future," and explains that it is one of the four types of programs in The Jim Henson Hour's proposed rotating schedule. It was planned to have a weekly guest star (John Candy was originally planned to guest star in this pilot, but in the end no guest star appeared). Several scenes from this can be seen in the television special The World of Jim Henson.
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