Hey, Cinderella! (1969)

Original title

Hey Cinderella!

Directed by

Jim Henson

Genre

musical film

Country

Canada

Runtime

52 min

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a TV special that retells the classic Cinderella story using Jim Henson's Muppets. It follows a young woman who is mistreated by her stepfamily and gets help from a frog to attend a royal ball.

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What happens

Hey, Cinderella! is a 1969 television special adaptation of the fairy tale Cinderella, produced by Muppets, Inc. in the United States and Robert Lawrence Productions in Canada, and featuring The Muppets created by Jim Henson, who also directed the special. It was written by Jon Stone and Tom Whedon, and scored by the music composer of Sesame Street, Joe Raposo. It featured Kermit in his first appearance as a frog, as well as Goshposh and Rufus (from the Tales of the Tinkerdee and The Land of Tinkerdee pilots) and Splurge (the first full-bodied Muppet). The one-hour special was first shown on the CBC on March 16, 1969, and on ABC on April 10, 1970. It was later re-aired in syndication, alongside The Muppet Show. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• Mr. Frog Went A-Courting (1974)
• Cinderella (1977)
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• The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
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