Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba (輝け!五郎・マペット ゲバゲバ90分!) 90-pun! (partially found Goro Noguchi TV special featuring the Muppets; 1976)
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Image of the TV Special
Status: Partially found
Tags: Pre-LMW
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun! (輝け!五郎・マペット ゲバゲバ90分!) was a TV special that aired on April 29, 1976. It featured Japanese pop singer Goro Noguchi, and the Muppets.
Description
The one-shot variety program was ninety minutes long, starred Goro Noguchi and showed the Muppets performing skits and songs. The Muppet characters it showed were the band members of The Electric Mayhem, Crazy Harry, Kermit the Frog, George the Janitor, a trumpeting muppet, a variety of Frackles and Whatnots, and Fozzie Bear, and potentially many others. Fozzie Bear's appearance here is especially notable, as, due to the air date of the special, this would be his first appearance. The Muppets only appeared for around 20 minutes worth of the special.[1]
Availability
It was only broadcast once on Nippon TV as a part of the Thursday Special block. However, when Goro Noguchi appeared on the June 2, 2012 broadcast of Meringue no Kimochi, he showed the program again. Currently, only a 6 minute clip has been found. [2] [3]
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