puppetry – Holiday TV Specials

Gullah Gullah Island

Air Date: 1999 – 2002
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 22 – 29 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
4	14	A Gullah Gullah Christmas	66

Network: Nickelodeon
Cast: Ron Daise, Natalie Daise, James Edward Coleman II , Vanessa Baden , Hillary Hawkins, Corey Murphy, Manolo Villaverde, Iris Chacón, Pixee Wales, Amy Brandis, Mike Walker, Anita Endsley, Corey Hayes, Siti Opeal, Simeon Othello Daise, Shaina M. Freeman, Tristin Mays, Cristian Sola, Sara Makeba Daise, Mia Barrington, Lisa Campbell, Gregory Davis II, Armando Guerra, Philip D. Garcia, Justin Campbell, Ana Christina Randolph, Bryan Nguyen, Zachary Chartier, Jessica Gorski, Kelly Holden, Willa Nathan, Jaymen-Angel Clark, Jim Kroupa

Updated: August 2, 2024

Crank Yankers

Air Date: 2002 – 2022
Parental Guide Rating: TV-MA
Average Runtime: 21 – 22 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	11	Holiday Special	51

Network: Comedy Central /MTV2
Cast: Tony Barbieri, Adam Carolla, Susie Essman, Jim Florentine, Jimmy Kimmel, Tracy Morgan, Kevin Nealon, Sarah Silverman, Wanda Sykes, Biz Markie

Updated: April 11, 2024

Oobi

Air Date: 2000 – 2005
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 1 – 13 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	18	Valentine!	92

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	9	Halloween!	83

Network: Noggin
Cast: Tim Lagasse, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Noel MacNeal, Tyler Bunch

Updated: April 10, 2024

The Book of Pooh

Air Date: 2001 – 2003
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 22 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	5	My Gloomy Valentine Mr. Narrator	5

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	14	The Book of Boo	40

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	24	The Wishing Tree	50

Related Shows:

Network: Playhouse Disney/Disney Channel
Cast: Mitchell Kriegman, Dean Gordon, Jon Ludwig, Bruce Logan, Tom Guaddarrama, Jim Cummings, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, Peter Cullen, Andre Stojka, Kath Soucie, Nikita Hopkins, Stephanie D’Abruzzo

Updated: April 10, 2024

Welcome to Pooh Corner

Air Date: 1983 – 1986
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 30 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Title of TV Special/Movie	Year of Release
Pooh’s Funny Valentine’s Day	1984

Halloween

Title of TV Special/Movie	Year of Release
Because It’s Halloween	1984

Thanksgiving

Title of TV Special/Movie	Year of Release
Pooh Corner Thanksgiving	1983

Christmas

Title of TV Special/Movie	Year of Release
Christmas at Pooh Corner	1983
Christmas Is For Sharing	1984

Related Shows:

Network: Disney Channel
Cast: Joe Giamalva, Patty Maloney, Ronald Mangham, Norman Merrill, Jr., Mark Sawyer, Frank Groby, Sharon Baird, Shelagh Garren, Peter Risch, Ralph Wright, Hal Smith, Will Ryan, Ron Gans, Phil Baron, Kim Christianson, Robin Frederick

Updated: April 10, 2024

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Also known as MST3K.

Air Date: 1988 – 2022
Parental Guide Rating: TV-14
Average Runtime: 92 – 97 minutes

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
7	1	Night of the Blood Beast	144

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	21	Santa Claus Conquers the Martians	68
5	21	Santa Claus	116
11	13	The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t	210
13	13	The Christmas Dragon	230

Network: KTMA-TV/Comedy Central/Syfy/Netflix/Gizmoplex
Cast: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Josh Weinstein, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Frank Conniff, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl, Bill Corbett, Patrick Brantseg, Jonah Ray, Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn, Rebecca Hanson, Emily Marsh

Updated: April 2, 2024

Cousin Skeeter

Air Date: 1998 – 2002
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 24 minutes

April Fools’ Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	16	April Foolish	36

Network: Nickelodeon
Cast: Robert Ri’chard, Rondell Sheridan, Meagan Good, Angela Means, Bill Bellamy

Updated: April 2, 2024

Bear in the Big Blue House

Air Date: 1997 – 2006
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 25 minutes

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	22	The Best Thanksgiving Ever	87

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	22	Eat, Drink Juice and Be Merry	22
3	25	A Berry Bear Christmas [Part I]	90
3	26	A Berry Bear Christmas [Part II]	91

Network: Playhouse Disney
Cast: Noel MacNeal, Peter Linz, Tyler Bunch, Vicki Eibner, Lynne Thigpen, Geoffrey Holder

Updated: April 1, 2024

Wimzie’s House

Air Date: 1995 – 1996
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 25 – 28 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	56	The Perfect Christmas	112

Network: CBC Television/Treehouse TV/PBS Kids
Cast: Sonja Ball, Tyrone Benskin, Jennifer Seguin, Liz MacRae, Jane Woods, Thor Bishopric, Holly Gauthier-Frankel, Bruce Dinsmore

Updated: March 29, 2024

Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock

Air Date: 2022 – Present
Parental Guide Rating: TV-G
Average Runtime: 25 minutes

Christmas

Title of TV Special	Year of Release
Night of the Lights	2022

Related Shows:

The Muppet Show
- The Muppet Show [Specials]
- Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
- Little Muppet Monsters – No known holiday episodes
- the muppets.
- Muppets Tonight – No known holiday episodes
- Muppets Now – No known holiday episodes
- Muppet Babies
- The Muppets Mayhem – No known holiday episodes
Fraggle Rock
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
Groundling Marsh – No known holiday episodes
The Jim Henson Hour

Network: Apple TV+
Cast: Lilli Cooper, John Tartaglia, Karen Prell, Donna Kimball, Jordan Lockhart, Frank Meschkuleit, Kevin Clash, Dan Garza, Aymee Garcia

Updated: March 20, 2024

Fraggle Rock

Also known as Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock
Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson’s Muppets

Air Date: 1983 – 1987
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 25 minutes

April Fools’ Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	3	Boober and the Glob	51

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	1	The Bells of Fraggle Rock	49

Related Shows:

The Muppet Show
- The Muppet Show [Specials]
- Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
- Little Muppet Monsters – No known holiday episodes
- the muppets.
- Muppets Tonight – No known holiday episodes
- Muppets Now – No known holiday episodes
- Muppet Babies
- The Muppets Mayhem – No known holiday episodes
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Groundling Marsh – No known holiday episodes
The Jim Henson Hour

Network: CBC/HBO/ITV
Cast: Gerry Parkes, Michel Robin, Hans-Helmut Dickow, Fulton Mackay, John Gordon Sinclair, Simon O’Brien

Updated: March 20, 2024

the muppets.

Air Date: 2015- 2016
Parental Guide Rating: TV-PG
Average Runtime: 22 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	10	Single All the Way	10

Related Shows:

The Muppet Show
- The Muppet Show [Specials]
- Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
- Little Muppet Monsters – No known holiday episodes
- Muppets Tonight – No known holiday episodes
- Muppets Now – No known holiday episodes
- Muppet Babies
- The Muppets Mayhem – No known holiday episodes
Fraggle Rock
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Groundling Marsh – No known holiday episodes
The Jim Henson Hour

Network: ABC
Cast: Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz

Updated: March 27, 2024

The Jim Henson Hour

Air Date: 1987 – 1992
Parental Guide Rating: N/A
Average Runtime: 48 – 60 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	5	First Show Miss Piggy’s Hollywood	5

Related Shows:

The Muppet Show
- The Muppet Show [Specials]
- Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
- Little Muppet Monsters – No known holiday episodes
- the muppets.
- Muppets Tonight – No known holiday episodes
- Muppets Now – No known holiday episodes
- The Muppet Show
- The Muppets Mayhem – No known holiday episodes
Fraggle Rock
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Groundling Marsh – No known holiday episodes

Network: NBC
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Steve Whitmire, Fran Brill, Kevin Clash

Updated: March 27, 2024

The Muppet Show

Air Date: 1976 – 1981
Parental Guide Rating: TV-G
Average Runtime: 22 – 26 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Guest(s)	Overall
1	23	– Connie Stevens – Bert and Ernie	25

Christmas

Season	Episode	Guest(s)	Overall
1	16	Twiggy	18

Related Shows:

The Muppet Show [Specials]
- Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
- Little Muppet Monsters – No known holiday episodes
- the muppets.
- Muppets Tonight – No known holiday episodes
- Muppets Now – No known holiday episodes
- Muppet Babies
- The Muppets Mayhem – No known holiday episodes
Fraggle Rock
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Groundling Marsh – No known holiday episodes
The Jim Henson Hour

Network: ITV
Cast: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Louise Gold, Kathryn Mullen, Eren Ozker, John Lovelady

Updated: March 27, 2024

The Muppet Show [Specials]

Valentine’s Day

Title of TV Special	Runtime	Rating	Year of Release
The Muppets Valentine Show	26 minutes	N/A	1974

Easter

Title of TV Special	Runtime	Rating	Year of Release
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic	51 minutes	TV-PG	1986

Halloween

Title of TV Special	Runtime	Rating	Year of Release
Muppets Haunted Mansion	49 minutes	TV-PG	2021

Thanksgiving

Title of TV Special	Runtime	Rating	Year of Release
Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular	90 minutes	TV-PG	2013

Christmas

Title of TV Special	Runtime	Rating	Year of Release
The Great Santa Claus Switch	60 minutes	N/A	1970
Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas	48 minutes	N/A	1977
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together	50 minutes	N/A	1979
The Christmas Toy	50 minutes	TV-G	1986
A Muppet Family Christmas	52 minutes	TV-PG	1987
Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree	30 minutes	N/A	1995
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	88 minutes	PG	2002
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa	45 minutes (original) 56 minutes (extended)	G	2008

Related Shows:

The Muppet Show
Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies
- Little Muppet Monsters – No known holiday episodes
- the muppets.
- Muppets Tonight – No known holiday episodes
- Muppets Now – No known holiday episodes
- Muppet Babies
- The Muppets Mayhem – No known holiday episodes
Fraggle Rock
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Groundling Marsh – No known holiday episodes
The Jim Henson Hour

Updated: March 27, 2024

Noddy

Also known as Noddy in Toyland and The Noddy Shop.

Air Date: 1998 – 1999
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 30 minutes

Valentine’s Day

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	33	Secret Valentines	33

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	20	We All Say Boo!	20

Christmas

Title of TV Special	Year of Release
Anything Can Happen at Christmas	1998

Related Shows:

Noddy’s Toyland Adventures
- make way for NODDY
- Noddy, Toyland Detective

Network: TVOntario/CBC Television/PBS
Cast: Sean McCann, Katie Boland, Max Morrow, Kyle Kassardjian, Jayne Eastwood, Jim Calder, Nikki Pascetta, Gil Filar

Updated: March 27, 2024

Blue’s Room

Air Date: 2004 – 2017
Parental Guide Rating: TV-Y
Average Runtime: 21 – 30 minutes

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	3	Holiday Wishes	3

Related Shows:

Blue’s Clues
- Blue’s Clues & You!

Network: Nickelodeon/Nick Jr.
Cast: Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Anney McKilligan, Victoria Pontecorvo, Peter Linz, Cheryl Blaylock, Joey Mazzarino, Tim Lagasse, Tyler Bunch, Christiana Anbri, Jared Goldsmith, Brianna Gentilella, Alex Hoffman, Noel MacNeal, Marc Petrosino, Donovan Patton, Antonio Ortiz, Matt Vogel, Heather Asch, James Godwin, Polly Smith, Pam Arciero, Lance Chantiles-Wertz, Gabriella Malek

Updated: March 31, 2024

Dinosaurs

Air Date: 1991 – 1994
Parental Guide Rating: TV-PG
Average Runtime: 23 minutes

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	5	Little Boy Boo	34

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	12	*Refrigerator Day	17

*Holiday parallels Christmas

Network: ABC
Cast: Stuart Pankin, Jessica Walter, Jason Willinger, Sally Struthers, Kevin Clash, Sam McMurray, Sherman Hemsley

Updated: March 31, 2024

ALF

“Alien Life Form”

Air Date: 1986 – 2004
Parental Guide Rating: TV-G
Average Runtime: 24 minutes

Halloween

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
2	6	Some Enchanted Evening	32

Thanksgiving

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
3	7	Turkey in the Straw [Part 1]	59
3	8	Turkey in the Straw [Part 2]	60

Christmas

Season	Episode	Title of Episode	Overall
1	12	Oh, Tannerbaum	12
2	12	ALF’s Special Christmas [Part 1]	38
2	13	ALF’s Special Christmas [Part 2]	39

Network: NBC
Cast: Max Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson, Benji Gregory

Updated: March 30, 2024