The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an 1831 Gothic novel written by Victor Hugo. Set in Paris in the year 1482, the story revolves around a disfigured bell-ringer named Quasimodo and a Gypsy girl named Esmeralda.
==References==
* The Veterinarian's Hospital sketch on episode 422 of The Muppet Show featured several jokes revolving around The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
* In episode 509 of The Muppet Show, Mulch played the hunchback during the song "For Me and Gargoyle," accompanied by his gargoyle bride.
* Quasimodo appears as a patient to Dr. Bob in the November 23, 1982 edition of The Muppets comic strip.
* Kermit asks Piggy if she's even seen this movie about Quasimodo in the March 10, 1986 The Muppets comic strip. She says she hasn't but the name rings a bell.
* Baby Gonzo plays "Quasigonzo" in the Muppet Babies episode "The House That Muppets Built".
* The book was parodied in a Muppets Tonight sketch called The Hunchbear of Notre Dame. It was the result of Andie MacDowell's request to play a Southern belle on episode 211. She ends up playing a Southern Cathedral bell with Bobo as "Quasibobo."
* The Muppet Parodies 1998 Calendar shows Kermit the Frog playing Quasimodo in The Lunchbox of Notre Dame. The lunchbox itself is an homage to the Muppets' parody of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's "The Swing," which was first featured in The Miss Piggy Calendar 1980.
* In the Farscape episode "My Three Crichtons," John Crichton refers to the caveman version of himself as Quasimodo.
==Connections==
*Jason Alexander voiced Hugo in the 1996 animated film.
*Kenny Baker played a pickpocket in the 1982 TV movie.
*Timothy Bateson played Commerce in the 1982 TV movie.
*Mary Kay Bergman voiced Quasimodo's mother and others in the 1996 animated film.
*Corey Burton voiced the brutish guard and others in the 1996 animated film.
*Philippe Clay played Clopin in the 1956 film.
*Jim Cummings voiced guards and gypsies in the 1996 animated film.
*Bill Fagerbakke voiced the oafish guard in the 1996 animated film.
*John Gielgud played Charmolue in the 1982 TV movie.
*Ron Haddrick voiced Frollo in the 1986 animated version.
*Salma Hayek played Esmeralda in the 1997 TV movie The Hunchback.
*Derek Jacobi played Frollo in the 1982 TV movie.
*Charles Kimbrough voiced Victor in the 1996 animated film.
*Kevin Kline voiced Phoebus in the 1996 animated film.
*Mona Marshall played additional voices in the 1996 animated film.
*Alan Menken wrote the music for the songs and composed the score to the 1996 animated film.
*Bette Midler performed the pop version of "God Help the Outcasts" on the 1996 film's soundtrack album.
*Demi Moore voiced Esmeralda in the 1996 animated film.
*Floyd Norman was a story artist on the 1996 animated film.
*Mandy Patinkin played Quasimodo in the 1997 TV movie The Hunchback.
*Diana Payan played a Parisian lady in the 1976 TV movie.
*Maurice Sarfati played Jehan Frollo in the 1956 film.
*Patrick Pinney voiced guards, gypsies and others in the 1996 animated film.
*Frank Welker voiced a baby bird in the 1996 animated film.
*Mary Wickes voiced Laverne in the 1996 animated film.
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