Talk:The StoryTeller

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Sketches?

I question the recent inclusion of The StoryTeller in the new Jim Henson Hour Sketches category. It strikes me as more useful for cataloguing the sketch elements of the first half, which was often sketch driven, both recurring elements and one-shots (alien beauty pageant, the wildlife documentary with Chris Langham as a barbecuing dad, etc.) StoryTeller is a seperate sub-series which occasionally aired on the show, not a "sketch," any more than "Monster Maker" or "Dog City" would be considered sketches. The series was an anthology, and only elements in the Muppet segments should be considered sketches, to my mind. Andrew Leal (talk) 07:43, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we should change the Category name to MuppeTelevision sketches. -- Peter (talk) 13:20, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I debated over including this as a Jim Henson Hour sketch, because it's not a segment in the way that a short skit on a variety show would be, but The StoryTeller was included in many episodes of the show. If it get's changed to "MuppeTelevision Sketches", then I guess MuppeTelevision would need to be taken out of the category as well. --Minor muppetz 14:13, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

The StoryTeller predates The Jim Henson Hour anyway, so I figure it's not eligible.

But since the topic has been brought up, changing the category name to MuppeTelevision sketches feels like a good idea to me. I would do the same thing with the Jim Henson Hour characters category. -- Scott (talk) 14:41, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

What about characters like Dog or Ultragorgon, though, where there's really only one character from a Jim Henson Hour special worth creating a page for? Though now there's creatures, so at least the latter wouldn't be uncategorized. Andrew Leal (talk) 15:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I think characters from Lighthouse Island, Monster Maker, Song of the Cloud Forest and Living with Dinosaurs should be in Jim Henson Hour Characters and we should have a separate category for MuppeTelevision characters. -- Scott (talk) 15:13, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Aha! That makes sense. Okay, I follow now. Blame it on travel lag from being cooped up in an old Ford for 18 hours. Andrew Leal (talk) 15:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)