The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Mulch as the Hunchback

Baby Gonzo as "Quasigonzo"

Bobo as "Quasibobo"

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.

References

• 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.