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Template:Tv The Jim Henson Company's Puppet Up! - Uncensored stage show was adapted as an original online series after a primetime special on TBS's online video network titled "Laugh Lab" on TBS.com. The first set of videos were released on Wednesday, March 7, 2007. They can also be seen in some cable on-demand carriers.

Episodes 1 -15 were taped before a live audience at The Improv in Hollywood on June 24, 2006. Episodes 16 - 26 were taped before a live audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2006. A primetime special were taped before a live audience at The Comedy Festival on November 15, 2006. Episodes 27-31 was taped before a live audience at The Grove in Anaheim on March 4, 2007.

Sketches[]

Season 1 (March 7 - June 27, 2007)[]

Summer 2006 (Hollywood, CA show)[]

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Pretty Girl and the Aliens
March 7, 2007
Three perverted aliens (Brian Henson, Victor Yerrid, Drew Massey) meet a pretty girl (Julianne Buescher) in post-apocalyptic world looking for omelets.
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Translation
March 7, 2007
Much to the frustration of the police officer (Brian Henson), a weasel (Julianne Buescher) serves as a translator for a police interrogation of a French-speaking koala (Drew Massey) that was arrested for robbing a sperm bank.
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50’s Manners Movie
March 15, 2007
Drew Massey narrates a 1950s manner movie about laughing too loud. A boy (Sean Johnson) tries to help his friend Sally (Julianne Buescher); but when an ape (Allan Trautman) tells that loud laughing is the sign of a communist the two beat the girl.
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Customer Service Help Line
March 15, 2007
A rabbit (Paul Rugg), a ferret (Sean Johnson) and a cow (Tyler Bunch) answer customer service questions for Halibertun.
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Death Monopoly Game
March 21, 2007
A turtle (Brian Henson), a monster, (Drew Massey), a crab (Patrick Johnson) and a boy (Victor Yerrid) play a morbid game of "Death Monopoly".
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What are the hotdogs up to?
March 21, 2007
A gang of hotdogs (Julianne Buescher, Tyler Bunch, Brian Henson, Patrick Johnson, Drew Massey, Paul Rugg, Allan Trautman, Victor Yerrid) goes rollerskating.
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The Intellectual Salon
March 28, 2007
An ape (Allan Trautman), an old man (Brian Henson) and a boy (Patrick Johnson) discuss Harry Potter in terms of cosmetology and beauty.
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Film Scene
March 28, 2007
A director (Paul Rugg) asks his performers - an aardvark (Victor Yerrid), a girl (Julianne Buescher) and a goat (Brian Henson) - to perform a scene from a botox movie faster.
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Hate Thy Neighbor
April 5, 2007
Two neighbors - an old man (Victor Yerrid) and an alien (Patrick Johnson) - argue over about their lawn sprinklers.
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Performance Review
April 11, 2007
A man (Paul Rugg) is called in for a performance review at the sausage cutting factory by his supervisor Duck Boy (Victor Yerrid).
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Bang George Clooney
April 11, 2007
A lesbian (Julianne Buescher) shares her dream of banging George Clooney with her partner (Drew Massey).
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Homeless Superhero
April 11, 2007
A rabbit helps a superhero find a home.
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She's Gotta Have Nose Hairs: Part 1
April 18, 2007
Beatrice Mouse (Julianne Buescher) confesses to her Beaver boyfriend (Drew Massey) that she has a thing for nosehair and mere love may not be enough to keep the two together.
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She's Gotta Have Nose Hairs: Part 2
April 18, 2007
Drunk Beatrice (Julianne Buescher) runs into an Aardvark (Brian Henson) who has nosehair to spare, while the heartbroken Beaver (Drew Massey) talks to his friends (Paul Rugg and Allan Trautman).
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She's Gotta Have Nose Hairs: Part 3
April 25, 2007
Beatrice and the Beaver reunite, and the Aardvark meets his match...the Caveman (Victor Yerrid).

Summer 2006 (Edinburgh, GB show)[]

# Picture Game Description
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Perverted Aliens go Speed Dating
April 25, 2007
Three perverted aliens have a super fast date with a Pretty Girl.
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Bolivian Taxidermy
May 2, 2007
An armadillo and a weasel talk about Bolivian taxidermy.
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Hemorrhoid Creame Customer Service
May 2, 2007
A possum, a turtle and a cow are looking for hemorrhoid creame.
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Alien Director
May 9, 2007
A squirrel stars in a movie directed by an alien.
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What are the hotdogs up to?
May 9, 2007
A group of hotdogs become addicted to magic.
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Duckboy Interviews Biscuit Designer
May 16, 2007
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The Incontinence Opera
May 16, 2007
Several animals sing in an improvised musical number.
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Theatre Switch
May 22, 2007
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Bleep on a Hot Tin Roof
May 22, 2007
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Show Introduction
May 22, 2007
Mr. Guy (Brian Henson) and Piddles (Julianne Buescher) explain Puppet Up!.
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Show Us Yours
May 30, 2007
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Spring 2007 (Anaheim, CA show)[]

# Picture Game Description
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Snot Girl
May 30, 2007
MC Possum (Victor Yerrid) raps about Snot Girl with the help of his "alien b****es" (Julianne Buescher and Leslie Carrara)
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Testiclees and the Sac of Rome
June 20, 2007
A boy, a woman, and an aardvark take part in a strange story.
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4 Letter Word
June 20, 2007
An old man (Tyler Bunch) and his friend (Brian Henson) go from "Hemp" to "cake" while watching COPS.
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The Princess and the Cheese
June 27, 2007
A father (Allan Trautman) tells his two excitable sons, a Monkey and a Koala, their favorite story - "The Princess and the Cheese". However the two sons keep interrupting their father. The story includes Michael Caine and an Irish cheese.
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Anyone Can Do It
June 27, 2007
An audience member tries a hand at puppeteering in a skit.

Credits[]

Performers:

Brian Henson, Julianne Buescher, Tyler Bunch, Leslie Carrara, Patrick Johnson, Sean Johnson, Ted Michaels, Drew Massey, Paul Rugg, Allan Trautman and Victor Yerrid.

Host and Stage Director:

Patrick Bristow

Executive-producers:

Brian Henson and Lisa Henson

Producers:

Martin Baker and Eric Poticha

Musical Director & Keyboards:

Willie Etra

See also[]


External links[]

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