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TallTales

Tall Tales was one of a series of children's TV specials that aired on WCBS (the New York City CBS affiliate) in the fall of 1963.[1] The program, broadcast on November 17,[2] starred Jack Gilford and the Muppet dog Rufus, in his first TV appearance.[3] The dynamic would later be applied for the 1964 pilot, The Land of Tinkerdee.

Merrill Brockway directed the special.[4]

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  1. New York Daily News, "News Around the Dials," October 10, 1963
  2. New York Daily News, "View of the Week," November 17, 1963
  3. Karen Falk at "A Henson Valentine" at the Museum of the Moving Image, February 10, 2024
  4. Surprise was my Teacher: Memories and Confessions of a Television Producer by Merrill Brockway page 48
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