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Muppets Tonight (1996)
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Muppets Tonight (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: exciting, feel good, humorous, not serious
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: muppets, weirdo, sesame street, sketch, puppetry, success, musician, friends, showbiz, escapades, chaos, media, ambition, fame, guest, nothing goes right, disorder, workplace, buddies, artists and showbiz, performer's life, celebrity culture, chaos and mayhem, media satire, dog ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, not serious, feel good and exciting films and TV series with plots about friends, disorder, friendship, puppet, muppets, buddies and artists and showbiz mostly in Comedy, Family and Music genres. Some movies like Muppets Tonight: The Muppet Show (1976), Muppets from Space (1999), The Muppets (2015), The Jim Henson Hour (1987), All That (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Muppet Show (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, funny ...
Audience: family outing, kids, adult, preschool
Plot: puppet, muppets, pig, media satire, bear, friends, fame, showbiz, performer's life, workplace, variety show, eagle ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
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100%
Muppets from Space (1999)
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, family outing, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, space travel, benign alien, space, friendship, unlikely friendships, secrets, mad scientist, puppet, heroic mission, rescue, fish out of water ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (2008)
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, humorous, feel good, not serious, christmas special
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: christmas, santa claus, puppetry, muppets, best friend, chaos and mayhem, disorder, buddies, race against time, friendship, holiday, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Muppets (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: 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, ...
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: muppets, puppet, eccentric family, lifestyle, family relations, family life, kids and family, relationships, humour, satire, sesame street, weirdo ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Jim Henson Hour (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: anthology, exciting, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: puppet, muppets, sesame street, heroes, escapades, ambition, danger, buddies, workplace, disorder, toys, friends ...
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57%
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All That (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A combination sketch comedy/musical performance show in the tradition of "Saturday Night Live," this program starred a teenage cast and was targeted at younger viewers.
Style: sketch comedy, sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: sketch, media, music, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, singer, guest, celebrity culture, comedian, musician, young boy, teenager ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Muppets Mayhem (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The Electric Mayhem Band goes on an epic musical journey to finally record their first studio album. With the help of a driven young music executive, Nora, the old-school Muppet band comes face to face with the current day music scene as they try to ...
Style: funny, humorous, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: muppets, puppetry, ambition, music band, music, satire, musician, music business, music industry, band
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
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, christmas special, witty, stylized, not serious ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, kids, preschool
Plot: muppets, christmas, puppetry, holiday, goofy hero, friendship, puppet, xmas, christmas season, alternate reality, god, parents ...
Time: year 2016, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: In this one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the ...
Style: christmas special, not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, puppet, muppets, holiday, xmas, new year, christmas season, weirdo, blizzard, sesame street, puppetry, guest ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Thanksgiving special starring Lady Gaga performing songs from Artpop and Muppet sketches.
Style: feel good, humorous, not serious
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: muppets, thanksgiving, music, christmas, puppetry, puppet, show tunes, studio
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the ...
Style: humorous, fantasy adventure, slasher, exciting, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, puppet, puppetry, pig, amnesia, children, sesame street, wedding, rat, dog, musician, weirdo ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: new york, usa, maine, delaware, pittsburgh ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Greg the Bunny (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, offbeat
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: puppet, actor's life, nothing goes right, showbiz, workplace, artists and showbiz, imaginary, buddies, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, media satire, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Tenacious D (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth is a TV series that ran on HBO in 1997, 1999 and 2000. It featured the fictional accounts of the real band Tenacious D, which is composed of members Jack Black and Kyle Gass. All of the episodes of the show ...
Style: cult classic, not serious, realistic, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot: entertainment, heavy metal, profanity, partner, singer, disorder, friends, artists and showbiz, music band, nothing goes right, buddies, desire for fame ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Yo Gabba Gabba! (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: 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: not serious, humorous, feel good, surreal, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot: toys, friendship, puppet, imaginary, friends, androids and robots, monster, imagination, african american protagonist, robot, disorder, music ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Super Dave (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Super Dave is a Canadian/American variety show starring and hosted by the fictional character Super Dave Osborne. It ran from 1987 to 1991 on Showtime in the US and the Global Television Network in Canada. Super Dave was spun off from the sketch ...
Style: parody, sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stuntman, weirdo, sketch, satire, silly humor, danger, disorder, chaos and mayhem, goofy hero, media, escapades, showbiz ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kermit the Frog is persuaded by agent Dom DeLuise to pursue a career in Hollywood. Along the way, Kermit picks up Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and a motley crew of other Muppets with similar aspirations. Meanwhile, Kermit must elude the grasp of ...
Style: funny, humorous, uplifting, grindhouse, avant garde ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, road trip, puppet, mad scientist, children, friendship, puppetry, hollywood, eternal love, pig, chaos, good versus evil ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century
Place: california, georgia, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Kirby Buckets (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, stylized, absurd ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: ambition, follow your dream, nothing goes right, buddies, friends, contests and competitions, escapades, disorder, hopes, youth, siblings relations, absurd humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Cousin Skeeter (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Cousin Skeeter is an American children's television show, which ran on Nickelodeon from 1998 to 2001. It starred Robert Ri'chard as Bobby, a young boy whose life changed when his strange cousin Skeeter came to live with his family. With ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, family comedy
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: black, urban, carnival, partner, studying, friends, family relations, disorder, friendship, buddies, nothing goes right, youth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Monkees (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 1966 to March 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock 'n roll singers. The show introduced a number of ...
Style: sitcom, retro, slapstick, fast, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: rock and roll, children, musician, aspiring singer, rock band, partner, disorder, friends, artists and showbiz, music band, desire for fame, performer's life ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Square One Television (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Square One Television is an American children's television program produced by the Children's Television Workshop to teach mathematics and abstract mathematical concepts to young viewers. Created and broadcast by PBS in the United States ...
Style: educational
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: muppets, sesame street, sketch, variety show, mathematics, educational program, sergeant, child
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
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: feel good, humorous, not serious, exciting, fantasy adventure
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: frog, muppets, escapades, puppet, best friend, confined, rescue, danger, young heroes, friendship, heroes, homecoming ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: 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, ...
Style: avant garde, fantasy adventure, not serious, exciting, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, puppet, heist, caper, children, puppetry, gay, robbery, hotel, adventurer, bicycle, sesame street ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (1989)
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: educational, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: sesame street, muppets, puppet, friendship, showbiz, personal safety, friends, artists and showbiz, youth, lifestyle, best friend, memories ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Pee-wee's Playhouse is an American children's television program starring Paul Reubens as the childlike Pee-wee Herman. The show was developed from Reubens' popular stage show and the one-off TV special The Pee-wee Herman Show, ...
Style: humorous, absurd, mysterious, surreal, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: weirdo, magical, djinn, sketch, friendship, dance, surrealism, silly humor, disorder, friends, imaginary, misfit ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Perfect Strangers (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Perfect Strangers is an American sitcom that ran for eight seasons from March 25, 1986, to August 6, 1993, on the ABC television network. Created by Dale McRaven, the series chronicles the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, game show, slapstick, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: friendship, odd couple, team, racist, weirdo, roommate, cousin cousin relationship, newspaper, greek, fish out of water, problem solving, partner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: chicago, fictional island, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is an American sketch comedy television series, created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, which premiered February 11, 2007 on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim comedy block and ran until May ...
Style: sketch comedy, surreal, humorous, parody, not serious ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: sketch, prank, celebrity impersonation, farce, siblings relations, media, workplace, artists and showbiz, partner, media satire, goofy hero, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Hee Haw (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan ...
Style: game show, sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, sexy ...
Plot: sketch, variety show, hillbilly, artists and showbiz, music, country, comedian, country music, celebrity guests
Time: 80s, 70s, 60s, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Chris Isaak Show (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Chris Isaak Show is a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems. The series was produced for ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, stylized ...
Plot: showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, celebrity culture, performer's life, music band, artists and showbiz, rock star, rock, music, friends, bare breasts ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental, humorous
Audience: girls' night
Plot: variety show, jazz, music, artists and showbiz, performer's life, concert, strong female presence, interview, vaudeville, celebrity guests, show tunes, variety
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on CBS from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam and Mary Tyler Moore. It ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, slapstick, retro, not serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: marriage, neighbor, villain, christmas, team, variety show, crossover, humour, parents, love, writers, staff ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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