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Episode 109: Garbage

The Jim Henson Hour
Air Date	July 30, 1989
Written by
Director	Peter Harris

1 Plot Outline
2 Notes
3 Credits

Plot OutlineEdit

Cold OpeningEdit

Kermit asks Digit to hit the button to start the opening, but Digit mistakenly hits the button that dumps garbage into the studio. The garbage comes to life.

Jim Henson's IntroEdit

Jim Henson sees the lion eating chips, and tells him that he'll spoil his appetite. In the controll room, Kermit tells Jim that the place is covered in garbage. The garbage, however, prefers to be called "previously essential material".

MuppeTelevisionEdit

Guest star: k.d. lang

The Muppet studio is overwhelmed with animated garbage bags and Kermit can't find a way to get rid of them.

Segments:

Bootsie and Brad
The garbage watch a trash preacher
k.d. lang and the Muppets perform "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around That Dance Floor"
k.d. lang sings "I Love Trash"
Kermit tells the story of how the Nightingale got it's voice
A bear and a raccoon observe a human family in their backyard
The Garbage sings "On the Road Again"

The StoryTellerEdit

Episode 108: Sapsorrow: A princess flees when she's forced to marry her father. She poses as a ragged servant in another kingdom -- and then falls in love with a haughty prince.