The Flowers are a Riot of Color ... and the Courtyard is a Riot of Peasants

filthy light thief — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:13:05 -0800

In the summer of 1968, Jim Henson met Johnny Hart, the co-creator The Wizard of Id. The comic had been syndicated in US papers since 1964, and Henson and Hart discussed making a TV show based on the comic, featuring puppets by Henson and co. In early 1969, a short test pilot was shot and shopped around the TV networks. Over a year later, ABC supported the idea of a feature-length film, but by this time, Henson was busy with Sesame Street and other Muppet productions, so the program was scrapped. Earlier this month, the Henson Company posted the short test pilot on YouTube. MuppetWiki has a bit more information. If you're looking for more of the Wizard, John Hart Studios has full-color archives online, going back to October 2007, and Comic Strip Archive has an archive back to 2001, but the dailies are in black and white.

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