Tinseltown





Tinseltown is a television series produced by the the Jim Henson Company for the Logo network.

The 15-minute pilot episode of the show debuted on Logo on Friday, November 2, 2007 as part of the Alien Boot Camp program block. Additionally, the entire pilot will be viewable on Logo's website on Monday, November 5th.

The show follows the lives of a gay couple as they try to balance their work, their relationship, their family and their lives in Hollywood. The series, a mock-reality show, showcases the life of fading Hollywood star Bobby Vegan who is an outspoken and struggling entertainer (and a pig). Bobby's life-partner, soul mate and manager is Samson Knight (a bull). The two puppets have a 13-year-old human foster son named Foster.

Production
The Henson Company started shopping the project around to networks in 2006 after producing a five-minute presentation tape for the project. The sample of this pitch tape was shown at the 2007 Comic-Con International. Brian Henson and Bill Barretta are serving as the lead producers, writers, directors and stars of the series.

Along with Henson and Barretta, Del Shores is attached as a producer and writer for the show; and Eric Poticha is serving as a co-producer as well. The human cast of the show is said to include Paul Butcher (as Foster), Mia Sara (as Lena) and Francesco Quinn (as Arturo).

Cast

 * Bill Barretta: Bobby Vegan
 * Brian Henson: Samson Knight
 * Mia Sara: Lena
 * Paul Butcher: Foster
 * Francesco Quinn: Arturo
 * Michelan Sisti: assistant puppeteer (Bobby Vegan)
 * Drew Massey: assistant puppeteer (Samson Knight)

Crew

 * Executive Produced by: Brian Henson, Bill Barretta, Del Shores,
 * Co-Produced by: Eric Poticha
 * Produced by: Chris Plourde
 * Written by: Brian Henson, Bill Barretta and Del Shores
 * Directed by: Brian Henson and Bill Barretta
 * Music composed by: Jeff Sudakin
 * Characters designed by: Gene Barretta
 * Puppet Wrangler: Scott Johnson
 * Puppet Supervisor: Jane Gootnick