Name: The Ghost of Faffner Hall
Released: 1989-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Richard Hunt, Mike Quinn, Karen Prell

The Ghost of Faffner Hall

TV Show · Kids & Family

The Ghost of Faffner Hall was one of Jim Henson's last television projects; it was a music education series which ran on HBO in 1989. Faffner Hall is a grand music conservatory where the residents -- human, animal and monster -- enjoy making music of all types.

1989 · 24m

Starring Richard Hunt, Mike Quinn, Karen Prell

EPISODE 1

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.

24 min
EPISODE 2

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 from his days in the Wild Bunch.

24 min
EPISODE 3

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.

24 min
EPISODE 4

Music is More Than Technique

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

24 min
EPISODE 5

The Voice Is an Instrument

Farkus Faffner sells Faffner Hall to the zookeeper so that he can turn it into a zoo.

24 min
EPISODE 6

Reacting to Sound

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 the Rules of the Dead.

25 min