Hey, Cinderella!
| Hey, Cinderella | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Family film Television special |
| Created by | Jim Henson |
| Written by |
Jon Stone Tom Whedon |
| Directed by | Jim Henson |
| Starring |
Belinda Montgomery Robin Ward Pat Galloway Joyce Gordon Muppet performers: Jim Henson Jerry Nelson Frank Oz |
| Theme music composer | Joe Raposo |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Peter Miner |
| Editor(s) | Stan Cole |
| Running time | 52 min. |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBC (Canadian broadcast) ABC (American broadcast) |
| Original release | March 16, 1969 (Canada) April 10, 1970 (America) |
Hey, Cinderella! (1969) is a television special adaptation of Cinderella featuring The Muppets. Kermit the Frog hosts the special with King Goshposh and Rufus (from the Tales of the Tinkerdee and The Land of Tinkerdee pilots) and Splurge (the first full-bodied Muppet) appearing in this special as well. The music score was composed by Joe Raposo.
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.
The story follows Cinderella (Belinda Montgomery): a beautiful girl who is forced to do all the chores by her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters with only her dog Rufus to help her.
At the palace, King Goshposh (performed by Jim Henson) is bored and wishes to throw a party so that he may be given presents. As an excuse, he decides that his son Prince Arthur Charming (Robin Ward), ought to wed and use the ball as a means to find a suitable princess bride. Arthur does not like this arrangement and while gardening explains to his friend Kermit the Frog (also performed by Jim Henson) that every girl who knows him is a snob. His only hope to find an unsnobbish girl is to find a girl who does not recognize him as the prince.
Shortly after, Cinderella meets Arthur in the gardens as she is fulfilling a task given to her by her stepmother (to muddy her shoes, dirty the kitchen floor, and then scrub the floor). Seeing that Cinderella does not recognize him as prince, he introduces himself as Arthur the gardener and secures an invitation for her by convincing his father to invite every person in the land to the ball rather than just the princesses (the king agrees, as it will get him more presents). Because the ball is a masquerade, Arthur and Cinderella decide to each wear a geranium as a means of recognizing the other.
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