Muppetmobile



Muppetmobile was a proposed international TV series by Jim Henson, which he developed with Duncan Kenworthy, Louise Gikow and Jocelyn Stevenson during the production of Labyrinth. The series was meant to teach English as a second language, hopefully launching a video and book series to coincide with the series.

In 1989, the project gained some momentum when the workshop constructed the titular Muppetmobile, which the characters would use to travel the US and UK. Also built were characters Beak, a large bird, and YesNo, a two-headed creature. Following Jim's passing, a deal was made to make the show into a series of 65, 2-minute shorts to shown on the Japanese network, NHK. However, The Jim Henson Company had moved onto other ventures and production never began.

Many years later, the Children's Television Workshop starting producing their own ESL series, Sesame English.