The Mr. Potato Head Show

Production

The Mr. Potato Head Show was developed by Dan Clark and Doug Langdale. The puppets for the characters were created by The Chiodo Brothers. Mark Bryan Wilson served as the show's puppet master and William Traetta served as the show's assistant puppet master.

Plot

Mr. Potato Head puts on a show with the help of his Kitchen Crew and presents each show to the TV Guys so that they can air them on television. Mr. Potato Head and his Kitchen Crew also have some misadventures during the productions of each show.

Kitchen Crew

Supporting characters

Other characters

Episodes

1. Aliens Dig Baloney – Baloney tries to cover up the death of Mr. Potato Head's favorite plant as a pair of aliens arrive on Earth seeking a new ruler for their interstellar empire. Meanwhile, Dr. Fruitcake creates the Ham Monster for Mr. Potato Head's monster show which proves to be too dangerous for him to control. (October 3, 1998)
2. Royal Pain – Queenie finds out that she is descended from an Egyptian Pharaoh named King Yaminhotep upon going onto an ancestral website called "Ancestors "R" Us." As Mr. Potato Head tries to make a show for two-year-olds, he uses a rebuilt Ham Monster as his test audience. (October 10, 1998)
3. The Thing in the Microwave – Queenie goes on a diet, but her cravings result in her unleashing an ancient evil from a bag of popcorn. Meanwhile, Mr. Potato Head makes a superhero show where he plays Spudman. (September 12, 1998)
4. Secret Agent Mania – Upon finding out that Donkey Waddlefoot's show stole his submarine show, Mr. Potato Head informs the TV Guys about it as he is told to do a spy show. Mr. Potato Head does this as well as trying to find out how Donkey Waddlefoot found the footage to make his own episodes. (September 19, 1998)
5. Cheap Shots – When the TV guys give PH a cookie jar full of money for his efforts, PH goes money-crazy. Just how low will he go in slashing his show's budget? (September 26, 1998)
6. Potato Verite – PH walks in on Queenie supposedly making a deal with his nemesis Donkey Waddlefoot. Thinking that she's going to leave, he puts on a variety show to appease her so she can do a lot of singing. Meanwhile, Queenie thinks PH wants to marry her! (November 7, 1998)
7. Forsake Me Not – The TV guys have PH do a reality show similar to Big Brother where he follows everyone around with a camera. But when his show turns out to be as boring as two dead frogs in a bucket, he pits his friends against each other to liven it up! (December 19, 1998)
8. Equal Writes – The TV guys have PH fire his writer, resulting in them sending Bullyboy to supervise his show. Can the Kitchen crew overcome the threat of Bullyboy, or will they wind up being crushed into sticky paste? (December 5, 1998)
9. Robotato – PH goes on vacation, so he has Dr. Fruitcake create a robotic duplicate of him to take over the show while he's gone. But does the Robotato actually replace the real thing? (February 9, 1999)
10. Pillow – Queenie gets depressed, so she resorts to using Baloney's 'happy pillow' to make her feel better, but everyone also wants the pillow so that they can be happy! Meanwhile, a flower lady supposedly casts a "curse" on Mr. Potato Head! (February 16, 1999)
11. Smart Attack – When Potato Bug accidentally kills PH's prized plant, she seeks help from Dr. Fruitcake to make her smarter. But is her advanced intelligence really for the better? The Aliens seem to think so! (October 31, 1998)
12. Not With a Bang (1) – The TV Guys' boss orders the cancellation of Mr. Potato Head's show causing Mr. Potato Head and his Kitchen Crew to go their separate ways. (November 14, 1998)
13. Not With a Bang (2) – The alien invasion is in full swing as the Kitchen Crew unites to combat the aliens and get their show back on the air. (November 21, 1998)

Cast

Puppeteers

Assistant puppeteers