I Love The Muppets

Louise Gold featured as herself, a Muppeteer, talking about working on The Muppet Show. She also appears in some archive clips from Of Muppets And Men, and her puppetry features in archive clips from The Muppet Show. Recorded 28 March 2002. First screened on the BBC 19:00 to 20:00 on Easter Monday 1 April 2002.

 

Cast

 

Presenter s

Gonzo (performed by Dave Goelz)

Pepe (performed by Bill Barretta)

Bobo (performed by Bill Barretta)

 

Contributors

Julie Andrews – Guest Star

Bill Barretta – Muppeteer

Adam Bloom – Muppet Fan

Marcus Brigstoke – Muppet Fan

Ed Byrne – Muppet Fan

Kevin Clash – Muppeteer

James Coburn – Guest Star The Muppet Show, Guest Star

Alice Cooper – Guest Star The Muppet Show, Guest Star

Tim Curry – Actor

Dom Deluise – Guest Star The Muppet Show, Guest Star

Michael Dixon – Muppet Fan Aged 25 (plus a clip of him aged 9)

Vanessa Feltz – TV Presenter

Dave Goelz – Gonzo, Muppeteer

Louise Gold – Muppeteer

Keith Harris & Orville – Muppet Fans

Peter Harris – Director The Muppet Show

Deborah Harry – Guest Star The Muppet Show

Florence Henderson – Guest Star The Muppet Show

Brian Henson – (Jim Henson’s) Son, (no designation just name)

Peter Kay – Muppet Fan

Kermit The Frog (performed by Steve Whitmire) – MC The Muppet Show

Rollin Krewson – Muppet Crew

Cleo Laine – Guest Star The Muppet Show

Chris Langham – Writer The Muppet Show

Shauna Lowry – Muppet Fan

Nigel Lythgoe – Choreographer The Muppet Show

Jerry Nelson – Robin

Orville (performed by Keith Harris)

Frank Oz – Muppeteer, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear

Floyd Pepper (performed by Jerry Nelson) – Electric Mayhem

Steve Punt – Muppet Fan

Rowland Rivron – Muppet Fan, Drummer

Leo Sayer – Guest Star The Muppet Show, Guest Star

Zig & Zag (presumably Mick O’Hara and Ciaran Morrison)

Zippy & George (presuambly Chris Crane and Ronnie Le Drew) – Rainbow

 

Production Team

 Archive – Jim Henson Company, British Movietone News, Carleton International, Oliver Postgate, Freemantle Media

Sound – Ross Keith, Stuart Pickering, and, Cormac Tohill

Camera – Colin Butler, Connor Connolly, and, Johnny Halliday

Film Camera – Alan Doyle

Online Editor – Dan Yeomans

Editor – John Edwards

Dubbing Mixer – Tony Greenwood

Runner – Gemma Peakell

Production Assistant – Angela Williams

Production Manager – Mark Hannell

Archive Researcher – Paul Hardy

Assistant Producers – Sasha Brogden, and, Ellen Evans

Executive Producer – Alan Brown

Produced & Directed by – Gerad Barry

Produced by – BBC Manchester

 

For a Review/Account of the documentary please click here.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold were among the eight main puppeteers on The Muppet Show, which this programme is largely a tribute to. Julie Andrews, James Coburn, Alice Cooper, Dom DeLuise, Deborah Harry, Cleo Laine, and, Leo Sayer were among the programme’s Guest Stars. While other members of the team involved in making the programme included Peter Harris, Rollin Krewson, Chris Langham, and, Nigel Lythgoe.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold represented The Muppets on The Royal Variety Performance (1977), which Julie Andrews, and, Cleo Laine also took part in.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold’s recording credits include The Muppet Show Music Hall, and, The Muppet Show 2, both of which Peter Harris was involved with

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold’s recording credits include For What It’s Worth, and, Jim Henson Present’s Silly Songs.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold’s recording credits include The Muppet Show Music Album, which Peter Harris, and Chris Langham were also involved with.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold appeared as Muppeteers in the documentary Of Muppets And Men, on which Peter Harris, and, Chris Langham also appeared as being among other people involved with The Muppet Show.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold puppeteered on The Great Muppet Caper, which Brian Henson also worked on

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold’s recording credits include The Great Muppet Caper (Soundtrack Album), John Denver & The Muppets A Christmas Together, John Denver & The Muppets Merry Christmas 45rpm, Favourite Songs From Jim Henson’s Muppets, Music Mayhem & More, Christmas For Kids, John Denver Christmas, Put Some Zing In Your Spring.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold puppeteered on The Muppets Go To The Movies, which: Peter Harris, Rollin Krewson, and, Chris Langham were also involved with.

Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold puppeteered on The Dark Crystal, on which Jerry Nelson did some voice work, and which Rollin Krewson was also involved with.

Jerry Nelson, and, Dave Goelz puppeteered and voiced on Fraggle Rock, for which Louise Gold puppeteered on the UK Outer-Space, and some of the German Outer-Space segments.

Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Kevin Clash, and, Brian Henson, along with Ronnie Le Drew puppeteered on Labyrinth, which Rollin Krewson was also involved with, and one which Louise Gold appeared as an actress.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, and, Kevin Clash were among the Muppeteers who took part in Jim Henson’s Memorial Service. Which Brian Henson of course also took part in.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, and, Kevin Clash have puppeteered on Sesame Street. Their recording credits include Muppet Music Sampler, and, Muppet Music Mix.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold’s recording credits include  Muppet Hits 1, and, Muppet Hits 2, both of which Peter Harris was also involved with.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, and, Louise Gold, along with Ronnie Le Drew had previously puppeteered on The Muppet Christmas Carol, which Brian Henson directed, and which Rollin Krewson was also involved with.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, and, Brian Henson’s recording credits include The Muppet Christmas Carol (Soundtrack Album).

Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, and, Louise Gold puppeteered on The Secret Life Of Toys.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, Kevin Clash, and, Bill Barretta, along with Ronnie Le Drew had previous puppeteered on Muppet Treasure Island, which Brian Henson directed, and in which Tim Curry appeared, and which Rollin Krewson was also involved with.

Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Bill Barretta, and, Louise Gold had previously puppeteered on The Animal Show, which Peter Harris was also involved with, and on which Frank Oz did a stint as a Guest Puppeteer.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, and, Bill Barretta’s recording credits include A Green And Red Christmas.

Julie Andrews, Cleo Laine, Jerry Nelson, and, Louise Gold’s recording credits include Jerome Kern The First 100 Years.

Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, and, Kevin Clash puppeteered on The Tale Of The Bunny Picnic, which Rollin Krewson was also involved with.

Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Louise Gold, and, Kevin Clash’s recording credits include Born To Add, and, Elmo’s Lowdown Hoedown.

Jerry Nelson, Louise Gold, and, Kevin Clash’s recording credits include The Count’s Countdown.

Tim Curry, Chris Langham, and, Louise Gold appeared in The Pirates Of Penzance (Stage Production) and is associated galas: The Pirates Of Penzance (Gala Performance), The Pirates Of Penzance (Gala Preview), and, The Pirates Of Penzance (Benefit Preview), and represented The Pirates Of Penzance on The Royal Variety Performance (1982).

Peter Harris also directed episodes of Spitting Image, which Chris Langham also wrote for. And which Steve Punt was also involved with. And of course Louise Gold was a rather significant puppeteer on.

Peter Harris was also involved with the album Spit In Your Ear.

Brian Henson was featured in the documentary Inside The Labyrinth.

Brian Henson, and, Louise Gold appeared in the documentary The Wonderful World Of Puppets, as did Chris Crane, and, Ronnie Le Drew.

Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, and, Chris Langham took part in The All Time Get Around Sometimes Play Together Every Other Friday Night Vaudeville Show.

Cleo Laine took part in A Time To Start Living. Her recording credits include 100 Hits Musicals.

Cleo Laine appeared in both the Side By Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary Gala, and, the Side By Side By Sondheim 30th Anniversary Gala, as did Louise Gold.

Steve Punt was one of the writers on Roland Rat The Series.

Rowland Rivron was involved with Comic Relief 1986, and is associated album Utterly Utterly Live Comic Relief.

Ronnie Le Drew, and, Louise Gold subsequently took part in the Labyrinth 25th Anniversary Screening.

Steve Punt wrote the script for the documentary Best Ever Spitting Image, which Louise Gold also appeared in 9this time as a Spitting Image puppeteer).

Keith Harris, and, Orville took part in CLIC’s 18th Birthday Celebration.

Louise Gold represented the Muppeteers on ITV’s 50 Greatest Shows (speaking about The Muppet Show), on which Steve Whitmire probably puppeteered Kermit The Frog.

Louise Gold, and, Brian Henson went on to puppeteer on That Puppet Game Show.

 

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