The Ghost of Faffner Hall Season 1

(1989) August | # of Episodes : 13

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7.3

Series Details

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 13

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Networks: ITV1

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Aug 16, 1989

Recent Air Date: Nov 8, 1989

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: PG

Website: Link

Production Companies: Jim Henson Productions

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Synopsis

An interesting, educational show that encourages children to appreciate different musical styles through the insights and antics of the harmonious haunts of an enchanted Music Conservatory and their musical guests.

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Episodes

Episode 1

16 August 1989 - Your Body Is an Instrument

Farkus Faffner plans to auction off Faffner Hall's collection of musical instruments. The late Fughetta Faffner, a distant relative of Farkas and the founder of the hall, is horrified when she learns of Farkas' plans. The residents of the hall, including Riff, Mimi, the Wild Impresario and the ghost of Fughetta, attempt to teach Farkas that instruments are worth more than their monetary value.

Episode 2

23 August 1989 - Delighting in Sounds

Faffner Hall is holding a "Festival of Sounds", and the Wild Impresario is trying to find a sound to top the bill. He gets a note in the mail from his old girlfriend Zola of his from his days in the Wild Bunch. Zola says in her note that she is coming to see Wild. Meanwhile, Farkus Faffner plans to blow up Faffner Hall where he will blame its residents and claim the insurance money.

Episode 3

30 August 1989 - Sounds Become Music

When an infant alien lands in Faffner Hall, Farkus comes up with a plan to become rich while Fughetta and Mimi discover that the alien needs music.

Episode 4

06 September 1989 - Music Is More Than Technique

Mimi informs Riff that the violinist virtuoso Piganini has booked a recording studio in town and plan to ask him to perform at Faffner Hall.

Episode 5

13 September 1989 - The Voice Is an Instrument

Farkus Faffner enlists a zookeeper as his business partner where he sells Faffner Hall to the zookeeper so that he can turn it into a zoo.

Episode 6

20 September 1989 - Reacting to Sounds

Fughetta Faffner does her half-century sound check around Faffner Hall where she must make sure that there is one ghost in Faffner Hall according to Page 17 Paragraph 4C of the "Rules of the Dead." Fughetta soon starts to hear the voice of J.J. Ready (who invented the cash register in 1877)

Episode 7

27 September 1989 - If You Can Play, It's an Instrument

Mimi discovers that a guy had broken the obo record by playing the longest note while on a tightrope. The original record holder was Fughetta's cousin Finkel back in 1853. Meanwhile, Farkus Faffner plans to use the instruments as scrap metal.

Episode 8

04 October 1989 - Improvised Music

A TV crew is coming to Faffner Hall for a special on the building; the regular residents hope it makes for good publicity. However, Farkas Faffner has another scheme: he wants to turn the hall into an amusement park!

Episode 9

11 October 1989 - Notation The Sign That Gets the Sound

Guest Spot: James Taylor performs with the Wild Impresario.

Episode 10

18 October 1989 - Discovering New Sounds

Guest Spot: Thomas Dolby demonstrates the sounds that you can make with a synthesizer. Patrick Moraz is the other musical guest.

Episode 11

25 October 1989 - Music Brings Us Together

Using a talking skull (a recycled version of Yorick the Skull from The Muppet Show), Farkus Faffner traps Fughetta Faffner in her solidified state and traps her as part of his haunted house plot. Mimi, Riff, and Wild Impresario end up summoning Fughetta's Great Uncle Fishknife for help.

Episode 12

01 November 1989 - The Power of Music

A ghost exterminator named Madame Mumu (a recycled version of the Geri and the Atrics piano player from The Muppet Show) arrives at Faffner Hall where Farkus enlists her to get rid of Fughetta at the time when Farkus has a cold.

Episode 13

08 November 1989 - Anyone Can Make Music

Guest Spot: Michala Petri and Robin Williamson appear in this episode.

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