The B.B. Beegle Show was a pilot

Television pilot

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 for a proposed television series; it was broadcast in January 1980, but no series followed.

Produced by Joseph Barbera

Joseph Barbera

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, this show was intended to be Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

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's version of The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show

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, with a cast of puppet characters and appearances by human guest-stars; Joyce DeWitt

Joyce DeWitt

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 and Arte Johnson

Arte Johnson

Arthur Stanton Eric "Arte" Johnson is an American comic actor. Johnson was a regular on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. His best-remembered "character" was that of a German soldier with the catchphrase: "Verrrry interesting, but...['stupid', 'not very funny', and other variations]".-Early life:Johnson...

 appeared in the pilot. Michael Bell provided the voice of B.B. Beegle, the show's emcee.