Herb Alpert and the TJB

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Date
1974
Summary
Musical television special, hosted by and featuring Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. Miss Piggy (then just Piggy) appears for the first time on television as an aspiring singer whose agent tries to get her a record deal with Alpert. Other highlights from the show include: skits with Alpert and the Muppets; Alpert and the Tijuana Brass perform Spanish flea with Muppet dancers; guest, Lani Hall performs two songs including a duet with Alpert; and a Muppet interpretation of the music of Herb Alpert and the Tijauna Brass.
Contributors
Hall, Lani; Henson, Jim; Alpert, Herb; Farrell, Marty; Hemion, Dwight; Oz, Frank
Publishers
Tijuana Brass; Smith-Hemion Productions
Genre
Television specials
Subjects
American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Piggy, Miss (Fictitious character); Muppets (Fictitious characters)
Locations
North America; United States of America
Collection
The Jim Henson video collection at the University of Maryland
Unit
Special Collections in Performing Arts
Language
English
Terms of Use
Access restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
045 minutes; color
Notes
Creation/Production Credits
Muppet performer, Frank Oz.
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: umd:1139; Catalog Key: alephsys003334417; Catalog Key: HENSON 060; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/408

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