(a Burlesque Show with some of
the Muppet-Company)
Louise Gold appeared as one of the Muppet-Company, at
a club in
Cast
Interlocutor - Richard Hunt
Acts Performed by - Betsy Baytos, Steve
Whitmire, Kathy Mullen, Chris Langham, Louise Gold,
and, Jerry Nelson
Drums - Jim
Henson
Production Team
Included Betsy Baytos (who helped put the
show together)
While there does not seem to be much information to
suggest when this burlesque took place, it is likely that is could have been
around April 1980, since dancer Betsy Baytos was working on The
Muppet Show at that time.
It should be noted that all the performers taking part
in the burlesque worked on The Muppet Show:
Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Steve Whitmire,
Louise Gold, and, Kathy Mullen in their capacity as puppeteers
were all members of The Muppet Show Eight, while Betsy
Baytos was one of the show’s other puppeteers, and Chris Langham
was one of their writers.
Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard
Hunt, and Louise Gold’s recording credits include: The Muppet Show Music Hall, The Muppet Show 2, For What It’s Worth, Jim Henson Presents Silly Songs,
Elmo’s Lowdown Hoedown. The four of
them were also among the muppeteers who appeared on The Royal Variety Performance
(1977).
Stalwart Muppet singing talents: Jerry Nelson, Richard
Hunt and Louise Gold’s recording credits include: Born To Add, and, The
Count’s Countdown. Howeverhas been some debate as to whether or not Louise Gold actually sang on the
latter.
Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Jerry
Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Jerry
Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Steve
Whitmire, and, Louise Gold puppeteered on The
Dark Crystal, for which Jerry
Jim Henson, Steve Whitmire,
and, Kathryn Mullen puppeteered on Labyrinth.
Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire,
and Louise Gold’s puppeteered on The Muppet Christmas Carol, and, Muppet Treasure Island; they also
sang on The Muppet Christmas
Carol (Soundtrack album), and, A
Green And Red Christmas.
Louise Gold and Chris Langham
went on to appear on stage together in The Pirates Of Penzance (Stage production),
and as members of that cast they appeared in The Pirates Of Penzance
(Gala Preview) and The
Royal Variety Performance (1982).They also went on to work (in different
guises) on Spitting Image.
Jerry
Louise Gold, and, Steve Whitmire went on to puppeteer on The Animal Show.
Louise Gold, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, and, Steve
Whitmire went on to puppeteer on Tale Of The
Bunny Picnic.
Jerry Nelson went on to do
voice-work for the
Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Louise Gold,
Steve Whitmire, and, Kathryn Mullen went on to puppeteer on The Muppets Go To The Movies, for
which Chris Langham was one of the
writers.
Louise Gold, Richard Hunt, Kathy Mullen, Jerry Nelson,
and, Steve Whitmire went on to
perform at Jim Henson’s Memorial
Service.
Louise Gold and Richard Hunt went on to puppeteer on The Ghost Of Faffner Hall.
Jerry Nelson, and, Louise Gold went on to puppeteer on The Secret Life Of Toys.
Jerry Nelson, Louise Gold, Kathryn Mullen, and, Steve
Whitmire went on to puppeteer on Sesame Street
(in the early 1990s).
Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Louise Gold,
Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, and, Chris
Langham featured on the television documentary Of Muppets And Men.
Critics Comments
Links (a Burlesque
Show with some of the Muppet Company)
A Post To The Muppet Central Forum: http://forum.muppetcentral.com/showthread.php?t=5401 (See: Henson Productions -> Classic
Muppets -> The International Muppet Show -> Post #88.
