After the failure of The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour on NBC, Hanna-Barbera forged ahead with a 2nd attempt at copying the popular Muppet Show. Unfortunately, The B. B. Beegle Show went unsold, premiering in Canada in November 1979, and in the US a couple of months later.
Beegle (Michael Bell) is a poor man's Kermit the Frog, trying to mount a variety show, but coming across like a con man. Joyce DeWitt (Three's Company) appears as the main guest, while Arte Johnson (ex-Knockout, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) plays a coach working with some monsters.
Taped and produced in Canada.
The budget was sooooooooo bad (how bad was it?), only two other voice actors, Norm Grohmann and Marilyn Schreffler, were used. Not only that, but H-B passed on an opportunity to reboot this into more of a family-friendly kids' show....!
No rating. Just a public service.
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