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Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt and Frank Oz chat with Morley Safer.
60 Minutes is a news program that has run on CBS since September 24, 1968.
Appearances
- March 17, 1979 — the program featured a behind-the-scenes report on The Muppet Show, hosted by Morley Safer. Interviews were conducted with Jim Henson, Richard Hunt and Frank Oz, with Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz and several Muppet characters. Footage was shown from the filming of the Raquel Welch episode, including rehearsal time and alternate scene takes.
- The report was rebroadcast in 1990 shortly after Jim Henson's death with a new introduction by Safer, in which he cited that The Muppet Show was "the most popular broadcast in the history of television."
- March 19, 2017 — the broadcast featured a segment from the set of Sesame Street, showing the filming of Episode 4715 and the introduction of Julia. The segment features interviews with the Muppets (Big Bird, Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Julia), writer Christine Ferraro, Joan Ganz Cooney, builder Rollie Krewson and Muppeteer Stacey Gordon.
- November 17, 2019 — the broadcast looks at the production of Ahlan Simsim.
Muppet Minute
In 1983, plans began for a recurring segment called the "Muppet Minute," which would be 3D animated political cartoons featuring the Muppets.
Jim Henson and his team began to develop an alternate scenario for the segment, bringing back the talking Mount Rushmore puppets from The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. Following a short introduction from Kermit the Frog, the heads of the mountain would do a brief comedy routine pertaining to topics such as Miss America, global warming, acid rain, and New Year's Eve.
With some segments scripted by Joseph A. Bailey, the team took to the studios on November 7, 1983 to shoot the pieces. The results were not up to Jim's standards, so Sesame Street writer Tony Geiss was commissioned to write more sketches. Jim returned to the studio with performers Peter Baird, Neil Gallagher, Brian Muehl, and Fred Newman to shoot three of these routines. However, the producers of 60 Minutes could not find an appropriate slot for the segments and they ultimately were left unaired.[1][2]
References
"60,000,000 Minutes"
- Ernie and Bert host a news magazine show entitled "60 Seconds" in Out to Lunch, wherein they try to interview the President of the United States.
- This program was spoofed in the Dinosaurs episode "Scent of a Reptile" as "60,000,000 Minutes," including a reference to Andy Rooney.
- It was also spoofed in the Muppet Babies episode "Not Necessarily the Babies" as "6 Minutes."
- In Elmo's World: Fish, the Fish Channel promotes 60 Minnows.
- Sesame Workshop included a "Muppetbook" section of Muppet bios in the digital press kit for the 40th season of Sesame Street (posted on Sesameworkshop.org). On his profile, the Count listed the show as one of his favorites.
- In a Sesame Street sketch, after watching "Six Feet Under," the Count flips through channels to find a new program to watch. He settles on 60 Minutes, as the show's famous ticking clock is heard playing.
- TV network CDE, in The Muppets, airs a program called 30 Minutes. Starting Sunday nights at 7, it continues until 8.
