Movies and TV shows like The Jim Henson Hour
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The Jim Henson Hour (1989)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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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.
Style:
exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, anthology
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
muppets, puppet, dinosaur, heroes, friendship, friends, legends and myths, toys, showbiz, escapades, ambition, disorder, workplace, buddies, workplace situations, danger, chroma key, family, puppets
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, semi serious and exciting films and TV series with plots about friends, friendship, disorder, puppet, escapades, youth and muppets mostly in Family, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Jim Henson Hour: Kermit's Swamp Years (2002), The Muppet Show (1976), Muppets Tonight (1996), Fraggle Rock (1983), The Christmas Toy (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
exciting, not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
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frog, muppets, escapades, friendship, heroes, best friends, confined, young heroes, rescue, homecoming, friends who live together, store ...
Place:
usa
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
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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 ...
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humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
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puppet, muppets, pig, media satire, goofy hero, bear, friends, showbiz, fame, performer's life, workplace, eagle ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, ...
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not serious, exciting, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
muppets, puppetry, celebrity culture, tv show, guest, chaos and mayhem, showbiz, media satire, fame, dancer, disorder, friends ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, muppets, best friends, chaos and mayhem, puppetry, disorder, buddies, race against time, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, frog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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 ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, retro
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
muppets, friendship, puppetry, pop culture, friends, disorder, escapades, underground, construction worker, surrealism, exploration, dog ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
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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 ...
Style:
feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious, christmas special
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing
Plot:
christmas, toy comes to life, muppets, paralysis, toys, puppetry, holiday, youth, best friends, disorder, friends, family relations ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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. ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
muppets, alien, space, space travel, friendship, unlikely friendships, secrets, mad scientist, heroic mission, benign alien, rescue, fish out of water ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
767
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
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When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father.
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, preschoolers, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
youth, puppet, pinocchio, family relations, mischievous children, young heroes, friendship, parents and children, surrogate father, child in peril, escapades, miraculous event ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 30 min.
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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 ...
Style:
feel good, stylized, semi serious, humorous, anthology
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
stranger on a train, drugs, friends, teaching the ways of the world, escapades, social relations, friendship, morality, midget, train station, magic, train conductor ...
Time:
90s, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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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 ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, surreal, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
toys, friendship, puppet, friends, monster, androids and robots, robot, imagination, african american protagonist, dancer, radio dj, rock ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 321 min.
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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.
Style:
light, fairy tale, humorous, controversial
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
carabinieri, pinocchio, father son relationship, puppet, young heroes, fairy, escapades, cons and scams, friends, performance, friendship, chase ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
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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.
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exciting, light, humorous, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers
Plot:
fantasy world, escapades, bored housewife, magic, female protagonist, life philosophy, help, disorder, supernatural, elf, monk, knight ...
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79%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
humorous, witty, stylized, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
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A female dentist is cast into limbo after her death in an accident and is given the assignment to act as the Tooth Fairy as her action to be admitted into heaven.
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feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, stylized ...
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kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
afterlife, youth, dentist, hopes, supernatural, family life, friendship, legends and myths, young heroes, heroes, family relations, childhood ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
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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 ...
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funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous, satirical ...
Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: Chile
Duration: 31 min.
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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 ...
Style:
light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
puppet, friendship, humour, news anchor, ecology, empathy, workplace, rock music
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
373
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Join paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson as he takes kids on a Jurassic journey to the land where lizards were as long as three school buses and terrifying T-Rex’s ruled.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, friendship, parents and children, animal life, suburbs, escapades, youth, family relations, society, mischievous children, friends, sinking ship ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Sigmund and the Sea Monsters was an American children's television series that ran from 1973 to 1975, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft and aired on Saturday mornings. There were 29 episodes spanning two seasons.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, weird
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
monster, sea monster, friendship, ocean, imaginary kingdom, suburbs, fish out of water, adolescence vs adulthood, school, suburban life, media satire, youth ...
Place:
san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, educational
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
muppets, friends, personal safety, best friends, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, youth, showbiz, friendship, puppet, children, memories ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1969, 60s ...
Place:
sesame street, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
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Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, captivating, parody ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, heroic mission, legends and myths, good versus evil, arthurian legend, friendship, escapades, rivalry, fish out of water, disorder, heroes, disney ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
england, europe, usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, exciting, campy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
muppets, friendship, young heroes, escapades, rescue, puppet, puppetry, wizard of oz, fantasy world, halloween, imaginary kingdom, fish out of water ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Beakman's World is an educational children's television show. The program is based on the Universal Press Syndicate syndicated comic strip You Can with Beakman and Jax created by Jok Church. The series premiered September 18, 1992 on The ...
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educational, exciting, semi serious, humorous, educational film ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
experiment, science, scientist, disorder, heroes, mad scientist, goofy hero, escapades, inventions and discoveries, experimenting, laboratory, rat ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Australia, Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Me and My Monsters the story of the Carlson family who have recently relocated from Australia to the UK to discover there are three out of control hilarious monsters living in their basement.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
monster, family relations, friendship, family life, parents and children, disorder, youth, boy, puppet, friends, siblings relations, child's point of view ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all-new movie that takes them halfway across the world to the ruins of ancient Egypt. With the help of some exotic new friends, this epic adventure is a treasure trove of pure Buddy fun. In a ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
dog, youth, friendship, young heroes, legends and myths, rivalry, heroes, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, pets, friends, treasure hunt ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Genre: Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, not serious, feel good, exciting
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friends, dog, silly humor, disorder, goofy hero, escapades, treasure hunt, heroes, riddles and clues, puppet, scooby doo, cartoon dog ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
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Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, feel good, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
dinosaur, puppet, eccentric family, mischievous children, everyday life, workplace situations, parents and children, boss and employee, society, disorder, stupidity, tolerance ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A scientist's kids are sucked into a TV screen and wind up in the Stone Age with cavemen and dinosaurs.
Style:
feel good, humorous, stylized, semi serious, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Mortified was an Australian children's television series, co-produced by the Australian Children's Television Foundation and Enjoy Entertainment for the Nine Network Australia, Disney Australia and the BBC. The series premiered on 30 June ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
family relations, eccentric family, teenage life, friendship, popularity, lifestyle, youth, obsession, family life, parents and children, school, fashion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A group of youngsters trying to save their playground from an unscrupulous developer who wants to build a factory there.
Style:
humorous, feel good, semi serious
Audience:
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Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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