About this episode
🦃 It’s 2015, and in my search for a noisy cryptid I accidentally freed 175 roided-up turkeys, but neither of those things is the real monster. Join us as we rediscover a long lost Thanksgiving special concept Jim Henson dreamed up in the 1960s and meet the Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow. **** 🎙 Guests: Ethan ( The Hungry Reader , A Special Presentation or ALF Will Not Be Seen Tonight , Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head ) Sammy Hain ( Sammy’s Easter Tails ) Tony Whitaker ( @muppetdude , Muppet Wiki ) **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. Watch “Turkey Hollow” on Disney+ . 2. ToughPigs.com Behind the Scenes of Turkey Hollow . 3. Muppet Wiki on this special , Jim Henson’s original concept , and the 2014 graphic novel . 4. Some prototype musical monsters: An early Grover , Snerf , and the Rock and Roll Monster . 5. Director Kirk Thatcher in “ Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home .” 6. On-set interviews with Ludacris, Lisa Henson, and Alice Dinnean . 7. Hope you like Beets . 8. Today’s TV Tropes: When You Coming Home, Dad? and Hollywood Law . 9. Station from “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.” 10. “ Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge .” 11. Jason Hopley’s (Zorp) IMDb profile picture is from “Goosebumps.” 12. Lewis , Target’s Halloween Ghoul. 13. Homer Simpson eating potato chips on the space shuttle . **** 📼 Commercial Break: AT&T “Turkey” Commercial (2008) TGI Podcast , diving into holiday episodes from TGIF and more. **** “Turkey Hollow” © 2015 The Jim Henson Company, Inc. Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .