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Muppet Babies title card.
Muppet Babies title card.
First aired September 15, 1984
Last aired December 29, 1990
Network CBS
Seasons 7
No. of episodes 107

Muppet Babies is an animated series which ran on CBS for seven years. The concept of presenting familiar Muppet characters as babies was introduced in a sequence of The Muppets Take Manhattan. The film featured puppet versions of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, Scooter, and Rowlf as babies (the puppet versions later returned one more time, for a home movie sequence in A Muppet Family Christmas). The series added baby versions of Animal, Bunsen Honeydew, and Beaker, plus new characters such as Baby Skeeter, Scooter's sister, and Nanny.

The show's humor relied heavily on incorporating footage from live action film and television productions, most often Star Wars, but clips from Henson's own The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, and Labyrinth also surfaced.

The series prompted a short-lived spinoff, Little Muppet Monsters, and a few of the baby characters appeared in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.

Contents

Opening and Closing

The theme song featured the Muppet Babies singing about the show. Originally, the opening featured a middle verse where each baby introduced him/herself. This part of the opening was later cut during the sixth season, and it is cut from most episodes in syndication.

During the first season, the closing theme was an instrumental version of the theme song. Starting in the second season, the music was changed to an instrumental version of the Little Muppet Monsters theme song. This version of the closing replaced the original closing when aired on Nickelodeon. The closing also showed various stills of the cast (and the second season closing also included various background artwork from the series).

Reruns

After the series ended its run on CBS, reruns of the first 96 episodes aired on Nickelodeon from 1992 until 1999. These same episodes were also rerun on the Odyssey Network in 1999. Although 11 episodes from the last season were not shown in syndication, a number of them were released on video. The show was seen in the United Kingdom on Playhouse Disney from 2005-2007.

Video and DVD Releases

A few episodes were released on videos that were sold at McDonald's restaurants during the 1980s.

In 1993 and 1994, Jim Henson Video released a few videos of the show.

In 2003, a few stuffed Muppet Babies toys were sold with DVDs which contained one episode each.

Cast

Credits

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