The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an 1831 Gothic novel written by Victor Hugo. Set in Paris in the year 1482, the story revolves around a disfigured bell-ringer named Quasimodo and a Gypsy girl named Esmeralda.
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- The Veterinarian's Hospital sketch on episode 422 of The Muppet Show featured several jokes revolving around The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- In episode 509 of The Muppet Show, Mulch played the hunchback during the song "For Me and Gargoyle," accompanied by his gargoyle bride.
- Quasimodo appears as a patient to Dr. Bob in the November 23, 1982 edition of The Muppets comic strip.
- Kermit asks Piggy if she's even seen this movie about Quasimodo in the March 10, 1986 The Muppets comic strip. She says she hasn't but the name rings a bell.
- Baby Gonzo plays "Quasigonzo" in the Muppet Babies episode "The House That Muppets Built".
- The book was parodied in a Muppets Tonight sketch called The Hunchbear of Notre Dame. It was the result of Andie MacDowell's request to play a Southern belle on episode 211. She ends up playing a Southern Cathedral bell with Bobo as "Quasibobo."
- The Muppet Parodies 1998 Calendar shows Kermit the Frog playing Quasimodo in The Lunchbox of Notre Dame. The lunchbox itself is an homage to the Muppets' parody of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's "The Swing," which was first featured in The Miss Piggy Calendar 1980.
- In the Farscape episode "My Three Crichtons," John Crichton refers to the caveman version of himself as Quasimodo.
Connections[]
- Jason Alexander voiced Hugo in the 1996 animated film.
- Kenny Baker played a pickpocket in the 1982 TV movie.
- Timothy Bateson played Commerce in the 1982 TV movie.
- Mary Kay Bergman voiced Quasimodo's mother and others in the 1996 animated film.
- Corey Burton voiced the brutish guard and others in the 1996 animated film.
- Philippe Clay played Clopin in the 1956 film.
- Jim Cummings voiced guards and gypsies in the 1996 animated film.
- Bill Fagerbakke voiced the oafish guard in the 1996 animated film.
- John Gielgud played Charmolue in the 1982 TV movie.
- Ron Haddrick voiced Frollo in the 1986 animated version.
- Salma Hayek played Esmeralda in the 1997 TV movie The Hunchback.
- Derek Jacobi played Frollo in the 1982 TV movie.
- Charles Kimbrough voiced Victor in the 1996 animated film.
- Kevin Kline voiced Phoebus in the 1996 animated film.
- Mona Marshall played additional voices in the 1996 animated film.
- Alan Menken wrote the music for the songs and composed the score to the 1996 animated film.
- Bette Midler performed the pop version of "God Help the Outcasts" on the 1996 film's soundtrack album.
- Demi Moore voiced Esmeralda in the 1996 animated film.
- Floyd Norman was a story artist on the 1996 animated film.
- Mandy Patinkin played Quasimodo in the 1997 TV movie The Hunchback.
- Diana Payan played a Parisian lady in the 1976 TV movie.
- Maurice Sarfati played Jehan Frollo in the 1956 film.
- Patrick Pinney voiced guards, gypsies and others in the 1996 animated film.
- Frank Welker voiced a baby bird in the 1996 animated film.
- Mary Wickes voiced Laverne in the 1996 animated film.