The Jim Henson Hour

Jim Henson hosts an anthology series. The typical format has the first part being the misadventures of Muppet TV as Kermit the Frog struggles to operate a television super station with the usual level of help from his friends. The second part being varied short productions, including episodes of The Storyteller (1987) as an old man and his sarcastic dog tell obscure fairy tales in the tradition of the great classics.