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'Jim Henson's Muppet Babies' | |
Muppet Babies, we make our dreams come true!
‘Muppet Babies’ featured the animated adventures of pint-sized versions of Kermit, Fozzie, Piggy, Gonzo and the rest of the gang. Each week, the babies used their over-active imaginations to take them outside the confines of their playroom, taking part in stories based on well-known movies, shows, plays and novels. The show also featured clips from the various movies, etc., being spoofed, often with the animated Muppets interacting with the characters.
Muppet Babies, we'll do the same for you!
The show quickly proved a massive hit with audiences, and it was later extended to an hour to accomodate another cartoon series, 'Little Muppet Monsters'; however, only two episodes of the show aired on CBS in 1985 under the title, 'Muppets, Babies, and Monsters', and the 'Little Muppet Monsters' segment was replaced with another episode of 'Muppet Babies' shown back-to-back. Then in 1987, new episodes were shown with repeats of previous 'Muppet Babies episodes'. In total the show ran for one-hundred-and-seven episodes over seven seasons.
Frank Welker (Kermit / Beaker / Skeeter [1986-1992]), Greg Berg (Fozzie, Scooter), Laurie O'Brien (Piggy), Howie Mandel (Animal / Bunsen / Skeeter [1984-1986]), Katie Leigh (Rowlf), Barbara Billingsley (Nanny), Russi Taylor (Gonzo, Robin), Dave Coulier (Uncle Waldorf)
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Season 1
‘Noisy Neighbors’ - 15th September 1984
‘Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dark’ - 22nd September 1984
‘Dental Hijinks’ - 29th September 1984
‘Raiders of the Lost Muppet’ - 6th October 1984
‘Scooter's Hidden Talent’ - 13th October 1984
‘The Case of the Missing Chicken’ - 20th October 1984
‘9 Take Away 1 Equals Panic’ - 27th October 1984
‘What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?’ - 3rd November 1984
‘Close Encounters of the Frog Kind’ - 10th November 1984
‘Gonzo's Video Show’ - 17th November 1984
‘Fun Park Fantasies’ - 25th November 1984
‘From a Galaxy Far, Far Away’ - 1st December 1984
‘Good Clean Fun’ - 8th December 1984
Season 2
‘Once Upon an Eggtimer’ - 14th September 1985
‘Piggy's Hyperactivity Book’ - 21st September 1985
‘Fozzie's Last Laugh’ - 28th September 1985
‘The Great Cookie Robbery’ - 5th October 1985
‘Out-of-this-World History’ - 12th October 1985
‘Snow White and the Seven Muppets’ - 19th October 1985
‘I Want My Muppet TV!’ - 26th October 1985
‘Musical Muppets’ - 2nd November 1985
‘Who's Who at the Zoo?’ - 9th November 1985
‘The Great Muppet Cartoon Show’ - 16th November 1985
‘The Muppet Museum Of Art’ - 23rd November 1985
‘By The Book’ = 30th November 1985
‘When You Wish Upon a Muppet’ - 7th December 1985
Season 3
‘Pigerella’ - 13th September 1986
‘The Best Friend I Never Had’ - 20th September 1986
‘The Weirdo Zone’ - 27th September 1986
‘Muppets In Toyland’ - 4th October 1986
‘The Muppet Broadcasting Company’ - 11th October 1986
‘Kermit Goes to Washington’ - 18th October 1986
‘Fozzie's Family Tree’ - 25th October 1986
‘The Daily Muppet’ - 1st November 1986
‘Scooters Uncommon Cold’ - 8th November 1986
‘Treasure Attic’ - 15th November 1986
‘Around the Nursery in 80 Days’ - 22nd November 1986
'Polly Wants a Muppet' - 29th November 1986
‘Muppet Goose’ - 6th December 1986
‘Bad Luck Bear’ - 13th December 1986
‘Of Mice and Muppets’ - 20th December 1986
‘Back to the Nursery’ - 27th December 1986
Season 4
‘Muppetland’ - 19th September 1987
‘Water Babies’ - 26th September 1987
‘The Incredible Shrinking Weirdo’ - 3rd October 1987
‘Where No Muppet Has Gone Before’ - 10th October 1987
‘Journey to the Center of the Nursery’ - 17th October 1987
‘This Little Piggy Went To Hollywood’ - 24th October 1987
‘My Muppet Valentine’ - 31st October 1987
‘Invasion of the Muppet Snackers’ - 7th November 1987
‘Twinkle Toe Muppets’ - 14th November 1987
‘Weirdo for the Prosecution’ - 21st November 1987
‘Muppet Island’ - 28th November 1987
‘The Frog Who Knew Too Much’ - 5th December 1987
‘Beach Blanket Babies’ - 12th December 1987
‘Old Mackermit Had A Farm’ - 19th December 1987
‘Adventures in Muppet-Sitting’ - 26th December 1987
‘The House That Muppets Built’ - 2nd January 1988
‘Masquerading Muppets’ - 9th January 1988
‘Nanny's Day Off’ - 16th January 1988
Season 5
‘Muppets Not Included’ - 10th September 1988
‘Beauty and the Schnoz’ - 17th September 1988
‘The Pig Who Would Be Queen’ - 24th September 1988
‘Is There a Muppet In The House?’ - 1st October 1988
‘Slipping Beauty’ - 8th October 1988
‘Muppet Baby Boom’ - 15th October 1988
‘Scooter By Any Other Name’ - 22nd October 1988
‘It's A Wonderful Frog’ - 29th October 1988
‘Elm Street Babies’ - 5th November 1988
‘Plan Eight From Outer Space’ - 12th November 1988
‘Junkyard Muppets’ - 19th November 1988
‘The Air Conditioner at the End of the Universe’ - 26th November 1988
‘Bug-Busting Babies’ - 3rd December 1988
Season 6
‘This Old Nursery’ - 16th September 1989
‘And Now a Word From Our Muppets’ - 23rd September 1989
‘Six to Eight Weeks’ - 30th September 1989
‘The Green Ranger’ - 7th October 1989
‘Not Necessarily The Babies’ - 14th October 1989
‘Comic Capers’ - 21st October 1989
‘Faster Than Speeding Gonzo’ - 28th October 1989
‘Skeeter and the Wolf’ - 4th November 1989
‘Romancing the Weirdo’ - 11th November 1989
‘The New Adventures Of Kermo Polo’ - 18th November 1989
‘Goosetown Babies’ - 25th November 1989
‘It's Only Pretendo’ - 2nd December 1989
‘Quoth the Weirdo’ - 9th December 1989
‘Operators Are Standing By’ - 16th December 1989
‘Babes in Toyland’ - 23rd December 1989
‘Puss 'n' Boot 'n' Babies’ - 20th December 1989
‘The Muppets of Invention’ - 6th January 1990
‘A Punchline to the Stomach’ - 13th January 1990
Season 7
‘Muppet Babies: The Next Generation’ - 15th September 1990
‘Buckskin Babies’ - 22nd September 1990
‘Sing a Song Of Superheroes’ - 29th September 1990
‘Gonzee's Playhouse Channel’ - 6th October 1990
‘Kermit Pan’ - 13th October 1990
‘Whose Tale is it Anyway?’ - 20th October 1990
‘At the Movies’ - 27th October 1990
‘In Search of Bronze Beetle’ - 3rd November 1990
‘The Transcontinental Whoo-Whoo’ - 10th November 1990
‘Get Me to the Perch On Time’ - 17th November 1990
‘Bearly Alone Babies’ - 24th November 1990
‘Remote Controlled Cornball’ - 1st December 1990
‘Nice to Have Gnome You’ - 8th December 1990
‘Happy Birthday Uncle Piggy’ - 15th December 1990
‘Hats, Hats, Hats’ - 22nd December 1990
‘Eight Flags Over My Nanny’ - 29th December 1990
Written by Jeffrey Scott and Katherine Lawrence*
*(‘Where No Muppet Has Gone Before’ only)
Produced by Roy Allen Smith
Transmission:
1984 - 1991
Notes:
*Featuring Kermit the Frog, Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and other baby-sized muppets!
The 'Muppet Little Monsters' cast:
