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Both the graphic novel and a new small-screen version the Jim Henson Co. is currently working on "are incredibly close to the original treatment," says CEO Lisa Henson, the eldest daughter of the late creator of The Muppets and Sesame Street. "It was a delightful, classic, Henson-y property."
The story takes place in the New England haven of Turkey Hollow, N.H., during Thanksgiving 1968. There are a few thousand turkeys running around but only 27 residents of the human sort — the mayor of the town, Grover Cowley, also maintains gigs as shopkeeper, sheriff, postmaster, city treasurer and auto mechanic.
What he and the rest of the town don't know, however, is that an egg carrying seven furry and toothy aliens crash-landed near Turkey Hollow centuries before, with each boasting the ability to create a different musical sound. They make their presence known after being attracted to the song stylings of young Timmy Henderson, who finds a strange accompaniment coming from these creatures one day while practicing his guitar by a brook.
