Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge

2014
Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 What Lies Beneath Mar 25, 2014

Brian Henson welcomes 10 talented creature designers to Jim Henson Studios for their first Creature Brief: design and build an original underwater creature for a screen test on the Henson Soundstage.

EP2 Return of the Skeksis Apr 01, 2014

The creature designers are given the chance to reimagine the fictional species Skeksis from "The Dark Crystal." Later, their characters appear in a screen test for the original 1982 film.

EP3 Assembly Inspired Apr 08, 2014

Unconventional materials from a junkyard are used to create scrap-fantasy creatures that are trapped inside a hanging cage.

EP4 Heads Up! Apr 15, 2014

A humor-filled challenge requires the designers to create mounted creature heads that magically come to life under the spell of a wizard played by Donald Faison.

EP5 Life in Motion Apr 22, 2014

An appearance by Lady Gaga's unicorn inspires the creature designers to create a larger-than-life creation with realistic movement, performed on a blacklight soundstage.

EP6 Swamp Things Apr 29, 2014

The designers make camouflaged creatures hiding in plain sight for a mystical swamp-theme challenge. Neville Page ("Face Off") serves as guest judge.

EP7 Alien Press Conference May 06, 2014

Gigi brings her "Farscape" costar Rygel to the workshop to offer inspiration when the creature designers are given the task to build original alien species attending an intergalactic press conference. Director Barry Sonnenfeld is the guest judge.

EP8 Tavern at the Crossroads May 13, 2014

The final three receive help from contestants who were previously eliminated as they face their toughest challenge, which is to design, build and perform a full-body mystical creature, complete with props and special effects, for the chance to win a job at Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
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Synopsis

Ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing high-end creature designs to life. The contestants compete for a prize worth up to $100,000 including the opportunity for the job of a lifetime - a contract working at the world-renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™.

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  • Top Credited Cast
Brian Henson as Himself - Lead Judge
Gigi Edgley as Herself - Host
Kirk R. Thatcher as Himself - Judge