Muppet show: Paul Simon
- Date
1980
- Summary
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Paul Simon plays a wandering minstrel in a medieval village and is joined by the Muppets in a satirical performance of "Scarborough Fair". In other highlights: the Muppet Band performs Simon's song "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover"; Simon sings "It's Been a Long, Long Day"; and, with the Muppets on backup, Simon closes the show with "Loves Me Like a Rock".
- Contributors
Fazakas, Faz; Sahlin, Donald G; Hendrickson, Calista; Smith, Polly; Simon, Paul, 1941-; Henson, Jim; Juhl, Jerry; Casson, Philip; Oz, Frank; Nelson, Jerry, 1934-; Hunt, Richard, d. 1992; Goelz, Dave; Gold, Louise, 1956-; Whitmire, Steve, 1959-; Mullen, Kathryn; Prell, Karen; Van Gilder, Amy; Wilcox, Caroly; Kaestle, Mari; Rosenthal, Jan; Payne, Bob, 1957-; Krewson, Rollie; Davis, Barbara S; Henson, Cheryl; Gootnick, Jane; Miller, Tim, 1958-; Christie, Edward G; Fredrick, Nomi; Jameson, Larry; Frith, Michael K
- Publishers
Incorporated Television Company; Henson Associates; CBS Inc; Jim Henson Television
- Genres
Television programs; Television comedies; Puppet television programs
- Subjects
American Culture; Performing Arts, Music; Muppets (Fictitious characters); Kermit the Frog (Fictitious character); Fozzie Bear (Fictitious character); Piggy, Miss (Fictitious character)
- 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
027 minutes; color
- Notes
Creation/Production Credits
Muppet performers, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Jim Henson ; Muppet designers, Amy Van Gilder, Caroly Wilcox, Mari Kaestle, Jan Rosenthal, Robert Payne, Rollin Krewson, Barbara Davis, Cheryl Henson, Jane Gootnick, Tim Miller, Dave Goelz, Ed Christie, Nomi Fredrick, Larry Jameson, Faz Fazakas, Don Sahlin ; Muppet costumes, Calista Hendrickson, Polly Smith ; Muppet design consultant Michael K. Frith ; creative consultant, Frank Oz.
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: umd:1041; Catalog Key: alephsys003283328; Catalog Key: HENSON 011; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/359
Access Restrictions
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