Memoirs of a Muppets Writer: (You mean somebody actually writes that stuff?) by Bailey Mr. Joseph A

Author:Bailey, Mr. Joseph A. [Bailey, Mr. Joseph A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

To give the scenic and wardrobe people and the puppet makers enough time to properly perform their responsibilities, scripts had to be finished and approved three weeks before production. And, we turned out a script a week.

Every show had to have a guest star. That’s because after Lord Lew Grade decided to produce The Muppet Show and get it on British television, CBS agreed to run it on the five stations they owned and operated in the United States. After that it was syndicated across the country.

But CBS agreed to run it only if each show had a celebrity guest star, and that guest star had to be billboarded in the opening of the show to hold the viewers. That’s why the show always opened with Scooter announcing how long before show time to the guest star in the star’s dressing room. Jim determined that Scooter’s dialogue would coincide exactly with the length of the skit. If the skit timed out at 19 seconds, Scooter would announce to the guest star, “19 seconds ‘til curtain!”

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