‘The Muppet Show’…Horizontal Split Screen Open…Who knew?

On June 29, 2014 - TV History

‘The Muppet Show’…Horizontal Split Screen Open

Who knew? Until I saw this photo and compared it to a Season 4 opening montage, I never knew it was done in layers of horizontal image editing. The video starts at the intro. Enjoy and share.
http://youtu.be/fp05wtcvDMk?t=38s

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7 Comments

  1. Petter Olden June 30, 2014

    Agree with Louis that i do and don’t want to see how they did it, something that I loved to watch in my childhood 🙂

  2. Derek Toten June 29, 2014

    I always assumed it was a process shot simply because the on-screen arrangement of each level doesn’t leave any space for the puppeteers.

  3. Matt Patoray June 29, 2014

    So shot in England, probably with Marconi cameras in 625 line PAL, that is why it can look SOO darn good!

  4. Louis Delli Paoli June 29, 2014

    I do and don’t want to see this. Like pulling back the curtain on the wizard

  5. Jeremy Hoare June 29, 2014

    It was the only way we could do it then!

  6. Colin Russell June 29, 2014

    Anybody recognise the Muppeteers? I reckon Richard Hunt is one of them. Usually the crew included Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, and Jerry Nelson, at least during the first series in 1976.

  7. Colin Russell June 29, 2014

    Studio D, ATV Elstree studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England . Occupied by BBC TV since 1984. Photo taken from the permanent audience area, the Muppet workshop was underneath the audience seating at studio floor level.