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Plot Summary:
The Jim Henson Hour is a short-lived television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. Only nine of the twelve episodes produced managed to air on NBC before the low-rated program was cancelled. Two later aired on Nickelodeon in 1992 and 1993, and the final episode never aired in the US, but it did air in the UK in 1990.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 524
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anthology, exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (1989)
Plot Summary:
Bill Cosby takes us on the tour to Sesame Street as the show goes on it's 20th Anniversary. It had interviews of the cast and crews of the show and memories of the show. It also features a multi-language version of some classic Sesame Street songs, Such as "Rubber Ducky".
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, educational, semi serious
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The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
Plot Summary:
Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984-85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's recent purchase of the network. From 1997 until 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Subsequently, ABC continued the series as an occasional special presentation.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: anthology, teen, exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious
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Greg the Bunny (2002)
Plot Summary:
Greg the Bunny is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Fox TV in 2002. It starred Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, originally invented by the team of Sean S. Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. Milano and Chinoy wrote and co-produced the Fox show. The show was spun off from The Greg the Bunny Show, a series of short segments that aired on the Independent Film Channel, which were based on the Public-access television cable TV show Junktape. A show spin-off, called Warren the Ape, premiered on June 14, 2010 on MTV.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, offbeat
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The Muppet Show (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Muppet Show is a comedy-variety television series produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring The Muppets. After two pilot episodes produced in 1974 and 1975 failed to get the attention of America's network heads, Lew Grade approached Henson to produce the programme for his ATV Associated Television franchise in the UK. The show premiered on 5 September 1976, and five series were produced until 15 March 1981 at ATV's Elstree Studio just north of London, lasting 120 episodes. The series shows a vaudeville or music hall-style song-and-dance variety show, as well as glimpses behind the scenes of such a show. Kermit the Frog stars as a showrunner who tries to keep control of the antics of the other Muppet characters, as well as keep the guest stars happy. The show was known for outrageous physical slapstick, sometimes absurdist comedy, and humorous parodies. Each episode also featured a human guest star. As the show's popularity rose, many celebrities were eager to perform with the Muppets on television and in film. Many of the puppeteers also worked on Sesame Street. Muppet performers over the course of the show include Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Fran Brill, Eren Ozker, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Brian Muehl, Bob Payne, and John Lovelady. Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns were two of the show writers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, funny, light, retro, sketch comedy, slapstick, not serious
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007)
Plot Summary:
Join Sesame Street's curious red monster as he explores the things that make him happy: friends, singing, and dancing.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light
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Shining Time Station (1989)
Plot Summary:
Shining Time Station is an American children's television series co-created by Britt Allcroft and Rick Siggelkow. The series was produced by The Britt Allcroft Company and Quality Family Entertainment in New York for New York City PBS Station WNET, and was filmed first in New York City and then in Toronto. It incorporated sequences from the British TV show Thomas & Friends. The series aired on PBS from January 1989 to June 1993, but aired re-runs until 1997. It aired on Fox Family from 1998 to 1999. It also aired on Nick Jr. in 2000 and on Canadian TV networks such as APTN and SCN. Elements from the show were incorporated into the Thomas the Tank Engine film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anthology, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious
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Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007)
Plot Summary:
Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American children's television show that airs on the Nick Jr. cable network in the United States and the Nick Jr. networks in the United Kingdom & Ireland, Italy, France and Australia as well as Treehouse TV network in Canada and RTE2 on RTÉjr in Ireland. The show stars five costumed toys-come-to-life and their friend DJ Lance Rock, who explore a single topic in each episode through songs and short storylines in the half-hour program while teaching children life and social skills. It also encourages viewers to move along with and dance with the characters in the program. The show is noted for its indie-culture guest stars and bands, and for drawing visual inspiration from 8-bit video games and H. R. Pufnstuff. Created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, the show is produced by The Magic Store Productions and Wild Brain. The series premiered August 20, 2007 on Nickelodeon as part of its Nick Jr. block, and began broadcasting in reruns on February 23, 2008 on the Nick Jr. TV Channel. On April 30, 2008 the television show received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, feel good, surreal, exciting, weird
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The Hoobs (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Hoobs is a BAFTA-winning television programme created and produced by The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK, Canada, USA, British Virgin Islands
Duration:
Plot tags: educational, feel good, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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Jack's Big Music Show (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jack takes a break everyday from his busy kid schedule to visit his favorite place in the world—his backyard clubhouse. Here he can do what he loves best—create and enjoy music, sing, dance and have a ball with his friend Mary, his faithful dog Mel and all of his neighborhood pals who stop by. Anything can happen in Jack’s clubhouse.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, feel good
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Muppets Tonight (1996)
Plot Summary:
Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater. It ran on ABC from 1996 to 1998 and reruns ran on Disney Channel from 1997 to 2002. As of 2013, it is the last television series to star The Muppets characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious
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Yonderland (2013)
Plot Summary:
A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, light, humorous, sincere, feel good, semi serious
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Sesame Street (1969)
Plot Summary:
Sesame Street is a long-running American children's television series created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The program is known for its educational content, and creativity communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short films, humor, and cultural references. The series premiered on stations on November 10, 1969 to positive reviews, some controversy, and high ratings.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: educational, retro, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sketch comedy, hispanic, vintage, weird, 2d animation
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Kirby Buckets (2014)
Plot Summary:
This single-camera animation/live-action hybrid comedy revolves around Kirby Buckets, a kid who dreams of being the biggest animator in the world. His drawings take shape as he and his best friends, Fish and Eli, go on outrageous adventures.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, stylized, semi serious, absurd, odd, nostalgic
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The Muppets (2015)
Plot Summary:
The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time ever, a series will explore the Muppets’ personal lives and relationships, both at home and at work, as well as romances, breakups, achievements, disappointments, wants and desires. This is a more adult Muppet show, for “kids” of all ages.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, sitcom, erotic
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The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972)
Plot Summary:
Based on Carlo Collodi's classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 321 min
Plot tags: light, fairy tale, humorous, controversial
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Fraggle Rock (1983)
Plot Summary:
The Fraggles are a fun-loving community of creatures who live in a subterranean fantasy land where they love to play, sing and dance their cares away, sharing their world with the tiny Doozers and the giant Gorgs. The series teaches empathy and tolerance and encourages children to understand people different from themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, humorous, semi serious, nostalgic
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz follows a young woman named Dorothy Gale who dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, the person who both Dorothy and the citizens of Oz believe can help make her dream come true.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, fantasy adventure, exciting, crying, campy, cult film
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The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Plot Summary:
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: avant garde, fantasy adventure, exciting, feel good, humorous, stylized, not serious, funny, light, clever
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Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
Plot Summary:
At 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious, fantasy adventure
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31 Minutos (2002)
Plot Summary:
31 minutos is a Chilean television show which takes the form of a mock news broadcast, and is fronted by puppets who present various items. The program was devised by Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano and is produced by their own company, APLAPLAC. It was first aired in March 2003 on the TVN channel in Chile. 31 minutos has achieved considerable success in Chilean television, captivating adult viewers as well as children. The sarcastic and carefree humor along with the producers' reputation in Chile of being the essential part of the extinct cult show Plan Z earned the series immediate acceptance among the public and helped boost its popularity, being considered a spiritual successor of sorts of that earlier show. When the first season had its debut, it occupied the morning time slot on Saturdays. But its orientation toward children was somewhat questioned because of the enthusiastic response from adult audiences; therefore the second season was moved to the time slot after the night time news at 10:00 pm on Fridays. Its almost explosive commercial success is reflected in the range and quantity of products spawned by the show, including an audio CD with the songs from its first season. In 2004, Nickelodeon started airing the first season across Latin America, being particularly popular in Brazil and Argentina, and a second CD was released with music from the second season. In 2005, a third album was released, with the third season's music and some extras.
IMDB Rating: 9.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Chile
Duration: 31 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
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When Gonzo forgets to mail three letters to Santa, he convinces Kermit and the gang to help him deliver the notes to the North Pole. Along the way, they discover that Christmas is the time to be with those you care about most, as they dash home to make a friends Christmas wish come true.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious, christmas special
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Geppetto (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, fairy tale, mysterious, exciting
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Dinosaurs (1991)
Plot Summary:
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, retro, epic, bad ending, game show, not serious
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
Plot Summary:
Elmo loves his fuzzy, blue blanket, and would never let anything happen to it. However, a tug-of-war with his friend Zoe sends his blanket to a faraway land, and Elmo in hot pursuit. Facing life without his cherished blanket, Elmo musters all of his determination and courage and heads off on an action-packed rescue mission that plunges him into Grouchland-a place full of grouchy creatures, stinky garbage and the villainous Huxley. Along the way, Elmo learns an important lesson about sharing, realizing that he was selfish with his friend and responsible for what happened.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: feel good, funny, mysterious, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, scary, fairy tale, light, clever
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Muppets from Space (1999)
Plot Summary:
When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. It's hard to believe Gonzo's story at first, but Kermit and friends soon find themselves on an epic journey into outer space filled with plenty of intergalactic misadventures.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, not serious, exciting, slasher, fantasy adventure, funny, parody
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The Electric Company (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Electric Company is an American television series for young children aged 4–8 on PBS, derived from the 1971 series. The series premiered as a four-episode mini-marathon on PBS on January 19, 2009, then became a weekly series with an episode shown each Friday. On September 7, 2009, it became a daily series. Like the original, this version is produced by Sesame Workshop. The series is sometimes referred to as The New Electric Company to distinguish it from the 1970s series. It airs on PBS Kids Go!.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 389
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, educational
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Some Assembly Required (2014)
Plot Summary:
When fourteen-year-old Jarvis Raines gets a chemistry set from his Aunt Marlene for Christmas, he assumes it's just another boring gift. Boy is he wrong! The contents create a chemical reaction that destroys his houseso much for a Merry Christmas! After getting not even an apology from the manufacturer, Knickknack Toys, Jarvis takes them to court, wins, and ends up owning the company!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, fun
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The Christmas Toy (1986)
Plot Summary:
The Christmas Toy is a 1986 Emmy Award nominated television film produced by The Jim Henson Company, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets. Rugby the Tiger who remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he's going to be unwrapped again this year.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: mysterious, feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, christmas special
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, christmas special, witty, stylized, feel good, not serious, spoof, fantasy adventure, exciting, parody
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The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Plot Summary:
A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and future.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: funny, christmas special, humorous, talky, feel good, not serious, exciting, sentimental, light, slasher