Muppets Tonight

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Muppets Tonight was a television series created by Henson Associates and featuring the Muppets. Much like the "Muppetvision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theatre.

The premise of Muppets Tonight was that Clifford (a Muppet who first appeared on The Jim Henson Hour and was voiced by Kevin Clash) was the host of a variety/talk show on KMUP. The show stuck closely to the Muppet Show format of various skits (mostly featuring the show's human guest star) interspersed with some sort of crisis occurring backstage.

Among the regular sketches were parodies of Baywatch (as Bay of Pigs Watch, see Bay of Pigs); the various Star Trek sequels (as Deep Dish Nine: The Next Generation of Pigs In Space); and ER (as E-I-E-I-O R).

The show ran for one season in 1996.

Muppets introduced in Muppets Tonight included Bobo the Bear, Bill the Bubble Guy, Spamela Hamderson (see Pamela Anderson), Seymour and Pepe (an elephant and prawn, respectively) and Johnny Fiama, a Rat Pack-style singer. Some of these went on to appear in later Muppet productions. The show also featured regular appearances from Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Statler & Waldorf and Rizzo the Rat, and occasional appearances by other Muppet Show characters.