Traveling Matt biking through Munich.
Jim Henson, producer Bernd Teewag, and guest at Kay's Bistro in Munich, 1982
Munich is a German city, which serves as the capital of Bavaria and is the third largest city in Germany (after Berlin and Hamburg). Known both for Bavarian history and as a center of industry and technology, German auto manufacturer BMW is headquartered there.
Productions[]
- The dubbing of Die Muppet Show was recorded in Munich (studio Beta-Technik), and likewise the show's record album, and Muppet Babies. Later dubs, such as Muppets Tonight and Der Bär im grossen blauen Haus (Bear in the Big Blue House) were often overseen by the Munich branch of dubbing studio FFS Film- & Fernseh-Synchron GmbH. Jim Hensons beste Geschichten (The StoryTeller) and Abby's fliegende Feenschule (Abby's Flying Fairy School) were also dubbed in Munich.
- Die Fraggles was dubbed in Munich, but also used the Munich based studio facilities of Fernsehstudio München Atelierbetriebs GmbH (FSM), a ZDF subsidiary, for Doc's Workshop. Exteriors for the postcards were filmed in and around Munich and Bavaria.
- EM.TV, which purchased The Jim Henson Company and its assets in 2000, was based in Germany. This led to a joke during The Muppet Show Live, with Miss Piggy complaining to Kermit that "You sell the company and all I get is a T-shirt that says 'Somebody in Munich Loves Me.'"