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The Muppets Valentine Show

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Genre
  
Television special

Written by
  
Jerry Juhl Jerry Ross

Initial release
  
30 January 1974

First episode date
  
30 January 1974

Screenplay
  
Jerry Juhl, Jerry Ross

Created by
  
Jim Henson

Directed by
  
Jim Henson

Director
  
Jim Henson

Program creator
  
Jim Henson

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Starring
  
The Muppet puppeteers: Frank Oz Jerry Nelson Richard Hunt John Lovelady Dave Goelz Nancy McGeorge Jane Henson Jim Henson

Theme music composer
  
Keith Textor (Music arranger and conductor) Alan Scott (Music coordinator)

Cast
  
Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Mia Farrow

Similar
  
The Muppet Show: Se, The Great Santa Claus Sw, The Muppets Go to the, The Tale of the Bunny Picnic, Hey - Cinderella!

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The Muppets Valentine Show aired on ABC on January 30, 1974. It was one of two pilots produced during the planning stages for The Muppet Show. The other pilot was The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, which aired in 1975. In this half-hour Valentine's Day special featuring the Muppets and special guest star Mia Farrow, host Wally has writer's block—he can't think of material for the show that represents the true meaning of love. He asks the other Muppets and Mia for assistance, with mixed results.

Contents

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Sketches

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  • The Muppets perform the opening number, "Love is a Simple Thing."
  • Wally, George the Janitor, Mildred and Brewster discuss love.
  • Kermit the Frog tells the story of his doomed love affair with Miss Mousey, singing "Froggy Went A Courtin'"
  • Mia Farrow enters, and meets the Muppets.
  • Mia and Thog perform a duet, "Real Live Girl".
  • Mia sings "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms" to Rufus.
  • Kermit reports live from the planet Koozebane, where aliens are about to perform the Galley-oh-Hoop-Hoop.
  • Mia discovers that George loves his mop.
  • Mia and the Muppets sing "We Got Love".
  • Video releases

    The Muppets Valentine Show was released on DVD in 2007, as an extra feature on The Muppet Show: Season Two box set. On the box and on the DVD menus, it is referred to as The Muppets Valentine Special.

    The cast of Muppeteers closely matches the lineup of the first season of The Muppet Show, with the exception of Eren Ozker, who joined the Muppets in 1976.

    Muppet performers

  • Jim Henson as Wally, Kermit, Rowlf, Guy Smiley and Ernie
  • Frank Oz as George the Janitor, Rufus, Male Koozebanian Creature, Frogs, Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert
  • Jerry Nelson as Droop, Thog, Miss Mousey, Herry Monster, Count von Count, Frogs and Female Koozebanian Creature
  • Richard Hunt as Mildred Huxtetter, Gladys the Cow and Big Mouse
  • John Lovelady as Crazy Donald and Frogs
  • Dave Goelz as Brewster and Crumpet
  • Carol Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
  • Additional Muppets performed by Jane Henson and Nancy McGeorge.

    Edits

  • When this special aired on Nickelodeon and the Odyssey Network, "Those Endearing Young Charms" was cut.
  • Also cut from the Nickelodeon broadcast was the scene in which Wally and Mia Farrow comment on the Koozebane sketch.
  • Credits

  • The Muppets Valentine Show
  • Producer: Diana Birkenfield
  • Writers: Jerry Juhl and Jerry Ross
  • Director: Jim Henson
  • Art Director: Tom H. John
  • Music Arranger and Conductor: Keith Textor
  • Music Coordinator: Alan Scott
  • Miss Farrow's Costumes: Donald Brooks
  • Muppet Performers: Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, John Lovelady, Dave Goelz, Nancy McGeorge, Jane Henson, Jim Henson
  • Puppet Builders: Bonnie Lewis, Donald Sahlin, Caroly Wilcox, Franz Fazakas, John Lovelady, Dave Goelz, Kermit Love
  • Assistant to the Producer: Audrey Peart Dickman
  • "Real Live Girl" Choreography: Christopher Lyall
  • Assistant Art Director: Bill Mickley
  • Production Assistants: Eric Jenkins, Rollie Krewson, Cindy Chock
  • Associate Director: Paul E. Davis
  • Technical Director: David Fee
  • Lighting Director: Everett Melosh
  • Audio: Jack Kelly
  • Video: Robert Shultis and Rudy Piccarillo
  • Production Coordinator: Mario Veccchi
  • Graphic Arts: Hy Bley
  • Music Recording: Jǿrgen Jǿrgensen
  • Unit Manager: Morgan Barber
  • Studio: ABC Television Center in New York
  • Executive Producer: Jim Henson
  • Muppets, Inc.
  • References

    The Muppets Valentine Show Wikipedia