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| - The Inner Tube was a form of transport in Club Penguin. Most commonly used in Sled Racing, it resembled a large, red, inflatable ring with metal or plastic handles on both sides. A similar item was used in Hydro Hopper when the player was not holding a wakeboard. In Club Penguin Island, Tubes are available for members to use at any time.
- A pilot for the series was written by David Misch; and Henson produced and directed a 10-minute pitch reel for the show in January 1987. Brian Jay Jones explained the concept for the show in Jim Henson: The Biography: “At the heart of IN-TV was a clever concept; each week, a live guest star would get sucked into the television set and would have to work his way back out again, usually by moving from one bad television channel to another. It was a fun idea, giving Jim an opportunity to satirize the seemingly endless parade of upstart cable channels and lame public access shows that were common in the early days of cable.” John Candy was originally scripted as the guest star for the pilot, but in the end no guest star appeared. Henson had some apprehensions about the original pilot script; and creative consultant Larry Mirkin called it "consistently dark, victimized, and pessimistic" with feelings that it was also unfunny. Henson still thought the concept had potential and spent three days taping the pilot, which he edited down to a 10-minute pitch reel. Originally the show was to focus on a brand-new set of Muppet characters; and according to writer David Misch, the pilot was not meant to resemble The Muppet Show. However Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy were eventually given brief appearances in pitch reel in an attempt to better help Henson sell the series. Bernie Brillstein tried selling the show to NBC and other networks, but found no takers. Although the new puppet characters were made of foam latex (similar in style to those of The Ghost of Faffner Hall and Mother Goose Stories; and an indication that they may have been created by the Creature Shop), they were actually built by the New York Muppet Workshop. The new characters were performed by Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire (credited as Steve Whitmore), Richard Hunt, Kevin Clash, Camille Bonora, Kathryn Mullen, David Rudman, Rick Lyon and John Henson. Several of the puppets were later recycled in The Jim Henson Hour. In the pitch reel for The Jim Henson Hour, clips from the Inner Tube pilot are shown as a representation of "Lead-Free TV. Several scenes from the pilot can also be seen in the television special The World of Jim Henson.
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