Here Come the Puppets! is a special that was taped for PBS during the 1980 World Puppetry Festival. Co-hosted by Kermit the Frog and Jim Henson, it featured performances by Burr Tillstrom, Shari Lewis, Bil Baird and the Muppets. Other performers included Sergei Obraztsov, Manteo's Sicillian Marionettes (from NYC), Albrecht Roser, Bruce Schwartz, Martin Stevens, and Frank Ballard's (at the time, Puppet Arts head at University of Connecticut) "Ring of the Nibbelung."
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Stephen Dick
Dale Bell
Carol Moore-Ede
Bob Walsh
Christine Ochtun
Richard Hunt
Sweetums
Shari Lewis
Shari Lewis
Sergey Obraztsov
Puppeteer
Caroll Spinney
Big Bird
Also in
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Burr Tillstrom
Kuklo
Betsy Baytos
Betsy Bird
United States release March 15, 1981
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · March 15, 1981
TV · PBS
United Kingdom
January 2, 1988
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