Changes: Episode 104: Dog City

	The Jim Henson Hour
Air Date	May 5, 1989
Director	Jim Henson
	(TRANSCRIPT)

Revision as of 04:27, 23 September 2018

Plot Outline

Jim Henson's Intro

Jim Henson announces that they've made a movie inspired by C. M. Coolidge's series of paintings, Dogs Playing Poker, and shows a trailer for the special narrated by Jerry Nelson.

MuppeTelevision

While Digit has prepared a number of selections on the monitors to show on the episode, Kermit says they won't be needing them, as it is "Muppet Night at the Movies," and they plan on showcasing a film from the All Dog Network (ADN), Dog City. However, due to technical difficulties, the film is delayed. While the technical problems are being worked on, Bean Bunny presents previews of two of his upcoming films, Bean Bunny and the Cuteness Thief (starring the Wolf as Evil McBad) and Beanbo. Also, ADN airs some behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Dog City narrated by Rover Cleveland, featuring Lyle as the news anchor (and a cameo voice-over by Jim Henson as the director).

Eventually, Vicki finds the film (it was in the film library, under D), and the film is finally shown.

Dog City

Rowlf hosts a film noir parody set in a town entirely populated by dogs. Ace Yu travels to Dog City to investigate the murder of his uncle, who was killed by canine mob boss Bugsy Them.

Closing

Jim Henson closes the show performing on-camera with his character, Bugsy Them, who didn't like the ending of the movie.

Notes

Kermmitace — Kermit records a promotional film for The Jim Henson Hour on the set of Dog City (after Colleen is dognapped). Ace Yu is a "funny dog."

Jim Henson won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program for this episode
This was the only Jim Henson Hour episode directed by Jim Henson, although he also directed the Storyteller episodes The Heartless Giant and The Soldier and Death.
When the special was released on DVD by the Jim Henson Company as Dog City: The Movie, the ten minutes of MuppeTelevision footage was omitted from the DVD. The footage of Rowlf within the special itself was kept intact, even though the character is owned by Disney. The sale of the Muppets to The Walt Disney Company included the rights to the MuppeTelevision portion of this episode but not to the Dog City special.
The complete episode was released on laserdisc in Japan by KSS Films, with all audio dubbed into Japanese (in mono) and brief Japanese subtitles during "Bean Bunny and the Cuteness Thief."
This is not a traditional Jim Henson Hour episode split into two distinct halves. The MuppeTelevision portion of this episode lasts less than ten minutes and is really an introduction to the Dog City film, making this more of a complete hourlong special, with or without that introduction.
Kermit and Ace Yu (Jim Henson and Kevin Clash) recorded a promo for The Jim Henson Hour on the set of Dog City. In the scene where Colleen is dognapped, the shot continues as Kermit talks about what networks can expect from this new series. Various clips are shown, mostly from the "Food" episode. Ace Yu annoys Kermit at the end, saying "I'm a funny dog."

Credits

Muppet Performers

Jim Henson - Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Bugsy Them, Off-screen director
Camille Bonora - Miss Belle
Rickey Boyd - Laughing Boy
Fran Brill - Vicki, Colleen Barker
Kevin Clash - Ace Yu
Dave Goelz - Digit, Stunt Cat
Rob Mills - Quackers, Rover Cleveland
Jerry Nelson - Bubba the Bartender, Spot, Trailer Narration, Evil McBad
Dan Redican - Dog House Patron
Gord Robertson - Scruffy
Steve Whitmire - Bean Bunny, Mad Dog

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-[[Image:Title.dogcity.jpg|frame|''Dog City'' title card.]]
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-[[Image:Catdog.jpg|frame|A dog stunt-cat.]]
 ==Plot Outline==
 ===Jim Henson's Intro===
 [[Jim Henson]] announces that they've made a movie inspired by C. M. Coolidge's series of paintings, [[Dogs Playing Poker]], and shows a trailer for the special narrated by [[Jerry Nelson]].
-===MuppeTelevision===
+===[[MuppeTelevision]]===
-While [[Digit]] has prepared a number of selections on the monitors to show on the episode, [[Kermit]] says they won't be needing them, as it is "Muppet Night at the Movies," and they plan on showcasing a film from the All Dog Network (ADN), ''Dog City''. However, due to technical difficulties, the film is delayed. While the technical problems are being worked on, [[Bean Bunny]] presents previews of two of his upcoming films, ''Bean Bunny and the Cuteness Thief'' (starring the [[Sheep Wolf]] as Evil McBad) and ''[[Bean Bunny's Alternate Identities and Ages#beanbo|Beanbo]]''. Also, ADN airs some behind-the-scenes footage from the making of ''Dog City'' narrated by [[Muppet Portrayals of US Presidents|Rover Cleveland]], featuring [[Lyle the Dog|Lyle]] as the news anchor (and a cameo voice-over by Jim Henson as the director).
+While [[Digit]] has prepared a number of selections on the monitors to show on the episode, [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] says they won't be needing them, as it is "Muppet Night at the Movies," and they plan on showcasing a film from the All Dog Network (ADN), ''Dog City''. However, due to technical difficulties, the film is delayed. While the technical problems are being worked on, [[Bean Bunny]] presents previews of two of his upcoming films, ''Bean Bunny and the Cuteness Thief'' (starring the [[Wolf (Muppet Show)|Wolf]] as Evil McBad) and ''[[Bean Bunny's Alternate Identities and Ages#beanbo|Beanbo]]''. Also, ADN airs some behind-the-scenes footage from the making of ''Dog City'' narrated by [[Rover Cleveland]], featuring [[Lyle the Dog|Lyle]] as the news anchor (and a cameo voice-over by Jim Henson as the director).
+Eventually, [[Vicki]] finds the film (it was in the film library, under [[D]]), and the film is finally shown.
 ===[[Dog City (special)|Dog City]]===
-[[Rowlf]] hosts a film noir parody set in a town entirely populated by dogs. [[Ace Yu]] travels to Dog City to investigate the murder of his uncle, who was killed by canine mob boss [[Bugsy Them]].
+[[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] hosts a film noir parody set in a town entirely populated by dogs. [[Ace Yu]] travels to Dog City to investigate the murder of his uncle, who was killed by canine mob boss [[Bugsy Them]].
 ===Closing===
-Jim Henson closes the show performing on-camera with his character, [[Bugsy Them]], who didn't like the ending of the movie.
+Jim Henson closes the show performing on-camera with his character, Bugsy Them, who didn't like the ending of the movie.
+<gallery widths=300 spacing=small orientation="landscape">
+Cutenessthief.jpg|
+StuntCat.jpg|A dog stunt-cat.
+</gallery>
 ==Notes==
+[[File:Kermmitace.jpeg|thumb|300px|Kermit records a promotional film for The Jim Henson Hour on the set of Dog City (after Colleen is dognapped). Ace Yu is a "funny dog."]]
-*This episode won an [[Emmy Award]].
+* [[Jim Henson]] won the [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program for this episode
-*This was the only ''Jim Henson Hour'' episode directed by [[Jim Henson]].
+* This was the only ''Jim Henson Hour'' episode directed by [[Jim Henson]], although he also directed the Storyteller episodes [[The Heartless Giant]] and [[The Soldier and Death]].
-*The sale of the [[Muppets]] to the [[Walt Disney Company]] included the rights to the [[MuppeTelevision]] portion of this episode but not to the ''[[Dog City (special)|Dog City]]'' special.  When the special was released on DVD as ''[[Dog City: The Movie]]'', the footage of [[Rowlf]] was kept intact, even though the character was part of the Disney sale.
+* When the special was released on DVD by the Jim Henson Company as ''[[Dog City: The Movie]]'', the ten minutes of [[MuppeTelevision]] footage was omitted from the DVD. The footage of [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]] within the special itself was kept intact, even though the character is owned by Disney. The sale of [[:Category:The Muppets Characters|the Muppets]] to [[The Walt Disney Company]] included the rights to the [[MuppeTelevision]] portion of this episode but not to the ''[[Dog City (special)|Dog City]]'' special.
+* The complete episode was released on laserdisc in Japan by KSS Films, with all audio dubbed into Japanese (in mono) and brief Japanese subtitles during "Bean Bunny and the Cuteness Thief."
+* This is not a traditional Jim Henson Hour episode split into two distinct halves. The [[MuppeTelevision]] portion of this episode lasts less than ten minutes and is really an introduction to the Dog City film, making this more of a complete hourlong special, with or without that introduction.
+* [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] and [[Ace Yu]] ([[Jim Henson]] and [[Kevin Clash]]) recorded a promo for ''The Jim Henson Hour'' on the set of Dog City. In the scene where Colleen is dognapped, the shot continues as Kermit talks about what networks can expect from this new series. Various clips are shown, mostly from the "[[Episode 112: Food|Food]]" episode. Ace Yu annoys Kermit at the end, saying "I'm a funny dog."
+==Credits==
+===Muppet Performers===
+* [[Jim Henson]] - [[Kermit the Frog]], [[Rowlf the Dog]], [[Bugsy Them]], Off-screen director
+* [[Camille Bonora]] - [[Miss Belle]]
+* [[Rickey Boyd]] - [[Laughing Boy]]
+* [[Fran Brill]] - [[Vicki]], [[Colleen Barker]]
+* [[Kevin Clash]] - [[Ace Yu]]
+* [[Dave Goelz]] - [[Digit]], [[Stunt Cat]]
+* [[Rob Mills]] - [[Quackers]], [[Rover Cleveland]]
+* [[Jerry Nelson]] - [[Bubba the Bartender]], [[Spot (Dog City)|Spot]], Trailer Narration, Evil McBad
+* [[Dan Redican]] - Dog House Patron
+* [[Gord Robertson]] - [[Scruffy]]
+* [[Steve Whitmire]] - [[Bean Bunny]], [[Mad Dog (puppet)|Mad Dog]]
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