Tales of the Tinkerdee

[@oneofakind9995]

Jim Hensons early works feel like popular youtube animations and comedy yt vids of today. I feel like he would've been a famous online personality if he made his stuff in modern times.

[@degenk]

Thank you for posting this. I haven't seen it in over 30 years. This pilot was directed by my father, Carl Degen.

[@CacoQueen]

Oh my god! Your dad was an absolute legend! A true trailblazer in TV comedy!

[@mtlicq]

WOW !!!

[@docdave15]

It's a shame Taminella never become a bigger character in the Muppet universe. I thought she was hilarious.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

docdave15 I'm glad her monster Sweetums (The Frog Prince) continued on in the Muppet productions. I loved him best along with Kermit.

[@reneastle8447]

What if she did? That could've been exciting.

[@JTHMSqueeMrEffDBoy]

Might've given Jerry Juhl a little more exposure as part of the Muppet crew (though, then again, maybe he wasn't the type to want that kind of exposure, I don't know).

[@CWRoederer]

Jim might’ve felt the same. It’s either in Jim Henson The Works or the Brian Jay Jones Biography, but somewhere it’s said that Tammy was his favorite Muppet before anything like Sesame Street or The Muppet Show happened.

[@queenmedesa]

Indeed she is!

[@kilijshark7667]

Taminellia: Opens storage closet. “You called Father, whoops?!” Ducks back into closet and slams the door. Favourite part in the whole thing, lol

[@Fetch26291]

This is likely why The Great Mumford's magic phrase is Alla Peanut Butter Sandwiches.

[@Neo-Najarin]

This show’s writing is hilarious.

[@blerksnarfgut7332]

I know! I'm dying at the part where Taminella is getting the names of the presents wrong!

[@caspercain2533]

@@blerksnarfgut7332 Your name sounds like the name of a Muppet Monster, funnily enough.

[@blerksnarfgut7332]

@@caspercain2533 HAHA!

[@screwthenet]

Ancient muppetrY! NOICE! Without this, we may not have had the muppets at all. Good stuff.

[@TheEmeraldWeirdo]

I wish this had gone to series. Then we'd have more Taminella!

[@reneastle8447]

If I had a time machine, I'll turn it into a vivid reality. I'll even make Jim Henson's unrealised projects be turned into realised projects.

[@caspercain2533]

Some people are too ambitious.

[@reneastle8447]

@@caspercain2533 They're supposed to have ambitions, people need to think out of the box.

[@caspercain2533]

@@reneastle8447 You're the one yammering about a time machine. It's not a question of whether you can or can't have ambitions, it's whether you should. Try to think realistically, stop clinging to the past, and wondering "What might have been?" And enjoy things for what they are and while they last. Mr. Astle, sir please, don't take this the wrong way.

[@reneastle8447]

@@caspercain2533 You've got a point.

[@pikminfan6778]

10:48 Fun fact: The Palace Guard is a modified version of Yorick from Sam and Friends. And the helmet he sported would soon be worn by Super Grover in Sesame Street.

[@RariettyC]

damn, that was a cool way to do the credits at the end

[@FeliDJrah]

Tammy: Charlie, take a letter. Charlie: Okay. I'll take W.

[@LooneyTunerIan]

For those who are curious about what the credits say: Produced by Jim Henson Directed by Carl Degen Written by Jerry Juhl and Jim Henson With the Talents of: Bob Payne Robin Reed Jane Henson Walt Teas Charlie Byrd Technical Director: Keith Price Lighting: Larry Bowling A Muppet Production

[@degenk]

The director was my father. I was 5 but remember puppets all around the house. Filmed in Atlanta, GA.

[@temin2776]

@degenk Wow! Really?

[@clunkster]

@@degenk Pretty interesting.

[@thehoodedman4640]

The end credits scene was hilarious!

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

The puppets used for Taminella Grinderfall and The Prime Minister would later be used for Tommy and Fred for the Kern's Bread commercials.

[@mtlicq]

Great ! Hey That went all the way back to 1962 !

[@zacharydetrick7428]

11:28 Jim saying 'HELP', just like in Time Piece.

[@jaripearson1775]

I'm digging this earlier prototype of Scooter. His voice is waaaaay funnier

[@Rtkat3]

Jim Henson performed Kermit the Frog (who was casted as a minstrel), King Goshposh, Charlie the Ogre, and the voice of Grunch. Jerry Juhl performed Taminella Grinderfall. I can't say about who performed Princess Gwendolinda, the Prime Minister, or the Palace Guard.

[@eringracecazad]

I would say Frank Oz did.

[@eringracecazad]

MWN Okay, maybe Jane Henson, I don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Rtkat3]

Someone must know.

[@joshuaproductions2347]

Bob Payne.

[@JTHMSqueeMrEffDBoy]

The Princess was Bob Payne and the Prime Minister was Walt Teas. Not sure about the Guard.

[@kittypuppup717]

Thank you for posting this! This was wonderful to see ☺️

[@dancingcheeseproductions4127]

7:38 Grinderfall says "Scooby Doo". Scooby Doo was created in 1969. This was filmed in 1962.

[@Rtkat3]

Perhaps this is what inspired Hanna-Barbera to start the "Scooby-Doo" franchise.

[@dancingcheeseproductions4127]

lol

[@jedd.0322]

scooby doo was a popular phrase from a song called strangers in the night

[@dancingcheeseproductions4127]

RTE Never knew that, thanks

[@gregorylewis2896]

DANCING CHEESE Productions that's were the idea of Scooby doo come from

[@ZakWolf]

The comic strip name "Take it from the Tinkersons" reminds me of this pilot.

[@charleyvoncount9999]

22:38. You called father........... OOPS!!!!!!

[@maeam]

Charley Frankenstein 2 lmfao

[@AWESOMEjeff654r]

22:37-22:41 best bit in the show

[@kilijshark7667]

My favourite part in the whole thing!

[@charleyvoncount9999]

1:50. Past Kermit, I think your breath smells like you’ve been eating flies and bug burgers at McDonald’s again!!!!!!

[@TheArtfulRhino]

You mean “Psst” and not “Past” right? 😂!

[@vaticancitybride7137]

I Really Miss Taminella Grinferfall !

[@CacoQueen]

Holding out hope the full color recording of this pilot is recovered some day...

[@Cybertoy00]

My favorite part is when Charlie wallops Taminella while she's disguised as the princess. Tammy's "Very good, dead-eye" makes it perfect.

[@andrewcolinwilson1]

King Goshposh sounds like Rowlf and/or Dr. Teeth here.

[@mickys411]

The legs of Charlie belong to Jim Henson

[@disneyinuyamon]

Thanks for uploading this, I've been looking for this for ages

[@kylekeller3398]

That doesn’t look like a birthday cake, it looks more a pastry porcupine. Now get it out here and tell him to bake a proper one!

[@BigjohnZ06]

I wish I could transform the 67,000 peanut butter sandwich’s into 67,000 dollars.

[@LooneyTunerIan]

3:19 - OORCH! 3:49 - OOOCH!

[@sophiebitzinger4445]

Dude. Matt Vogel, aka Kermit himself, actually has this on one of his playlists on his KZbin channel!

[@TheArtfulRhino]

I’m just waiting for Charlie the ogre to say “Drugs are bad, M’kay?”

[@richmcgee434]

7:40 Wait, what? Her chant here ends with "Scooby-Doo" and this was made in 1962? That's seven years before the first Scooby show aired. I always heard the name was inspired by a Frank Sinatra lyric, but was that wrong? Was "Scooby-Doo" some kind of independent slang term in '62?

[@ernestlam5632]

Shooby doo wop

[@alastair4451]

The witch puppet looks the same just. In color as the witch fromvThe muppets Frog prince .

[@johnylitalo4163]

Good pilot.

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

Matt Vogel was born after this pilot is produced.

[@caspercain2533]

And Steve Whitmire was 3 when this was aired.

[@mr.kevinamponsah7410]

Matt Vogel is born in 1970 not 1962

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

That's what I mean(1970 is after 1962) Matt Vogel was born 8 years after it's produced.

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

The Palace Guard is a recycled version of Yorick from Sam And Friends and his helmet would later be worn by Super Grover on Sesame Street.

[@ethereal1257]

Very interesting the witch says scooby doo and that cartoon wasn't aired until 1969...7 yrs. Later.

[@magnificentmajunior]

The term "Scooby Doo" was actually popularized at the time by the Frank Sinatra song "strangers in the night" as nonsense scat Frank came up with. Scooby Doos name also comes from the song.

[@charleyvoncount9999]

3:19-3:49. OOOCH!!!!!!!!!

[@eringracecazad]

And, starting in the Muppet Movie, the lute would be replaced by the banjo.

[@heathinvaderstudios]

there are some sam & friends footage that we have yet to see. still nobody has uploaded "Anything You Can Do," "Poison To Poison," "Singin' In The Rain," "That Old Black Magic," "There's A New Sound," "Tweedle Dee," "The Yellow Rose Of Texas," "Weather Warehouse," "Stan Freberg Demands Credit," & "The Final Episode (December 15th 1961)". when do you think someone will ever post these sam & friends videos?

[@queenmedesa]

There are some at the internet archive

[@h193013]

I read originally Taminella was supposed to be the star of The Great Santa Claus Switch and it was about her kidnapping Santa so maybe this is where they got the idea

[@FeliDJrah]

Why did this never become a thing?

[@alastair4451]

Was the king the same puppet used in. The muppets Frog prince ?

[@SaifooStudios2020]

1:46 Kermit eats camera.

[@toastybeans9909]

Never knew the gate guard was Yorick from sam and freinds

[@eringracecazad]

Jerry Juhl can do a real good French accent. Way better than mine. And more believable.

[@maeam]

This should be a Netflix original

[@rudymalone1]

Or a Disney Plus original!😄

[@queenmedesa]

@@rudymalone1 Disney ruined the Muppets!

[@nicholasmalone5943]

@@queenmedesa they Did not!!😂

[@marioandsonicfan1991]

Why wasn't this aired

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

How did Bob Payne get his voice high enough for a Princess Gwendolinda voice?

[@caspercain2533]

Maybe Bob was just really good at a female voice. If you watch the Billy and Sue bits, Payne is Sue.

[@Lars_E_Mou]

Some fun in the closet, ay kids? Now... I go wash my mouth.

[@JA268]

This is really funny XD

[@Feeeeeeeeeeeesh_10]

Is that wontkins playing the king?

[@Montork]

touchith not that dial

[@alastair4451]

I have heard the voice of the king on sesame street segments who did the voice?

[@M1kaelJohansson]

The King is Jim basically doing his Rowlf voice

[@mr.kevinamponsah7410]

Was this for little or older kids

[@MikesTOONTOWN]

22:38 lol

[@charleyvoncount9999]

You called, father.......OOPS!!!!!!!!!

[@kilijshark7667]

Lol!

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

Why was this video marked as Made For Kids?

[@COPPAsBiggestHater]

Perhaps because it's Muppets? But yeah, COPPA should know that Muppets are "General Audience".

[@alextavalesthemuppetmaniac5607]

Yeah because ILoveKermitTheFrog’s upload of Surfin USA was just marked as made for kids today. When I last saw that video, it wasn’t marked as “made for kids”.

[@h193013]

That witch is really upset about not being invited to the party. Maybe she should curse the princess to prick her finger on a spindle and die. Sorry wrong story

[@glendoncrepin8544]

18:12 - 19:33 wha????

[@geraldvanhees779]

I recall watching the frog prince on tv. Tamminela ginderfall scared the s___t out of me. I'm glad I discovered her again.

[@alastair4451]

I watched it on TV. To the eitvh didn't skate me as much Ashe sweetums monster costume, trying to smash robin the frog.