Muppet Babies Live!

Muppet Babies Live Program Cover

Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live! was the first of three live stage shows based on Muppet Babies produced by VEE Corporation. The Muppet Babies first appeared live on stage in VEE's 1985 show The Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition. Muppet Babies Live! premiered the following year, in 1986.

The characters were performed live on stage by puppeteers inside full-body Muppet Babies costumes, resembling the Babies' appearance from the I'm Gonna Always Love You sequence in The Muppets Take Manhattan. The performances were synched to vocal tracks by the original cartoon performers.

Two more Muppet Babies Live shows were presented in the following years -- Muppet Babies: Magic Box in 1987, and Muppet Babies: Where's Animal in 1988.

Full-body puppets/costumes created for the 1986 stage show Jim Henson's Muppet Babies Live! Although they resemble how the Muppet Babies appeared in puppet form, they were performed to vocal tracks by the cartoon voice cast.

There were some items exclusively available for the tour. Among them were a series of buttons, a souvenir program, banners and pennants.

Stage for a scene in Muppet Babies Live

Baby Kermit

Baby Piggy

Baby Fozzie

Baby Gonzo

Baby Rowlf

Baby Scooter

Baby Skeeter

Baby Animal

Songs

• Muppet Babies Theme
• Dream for Your Inspiration
• Camilla
• You Are My Lucky Star
• Heigh Ho
• Snow White Blues
• TV Maniacs
• Someone's Gonna Fix It
• Wocka Wocka Wocka
• I Never Get Tired of Toys
• Amadogus
• Semi-Weirdo
• Ease on Down the Road
• The Teddy Bears' Picnic
• Maniac
• (I'm A) Mean Ole Lion
• Rock Me Amadeus
• Cantina
• Roll-It
• Baby Face
• Jump (For My Love)

Cast

• Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, Baby Fozzie, Baby Gonzo, Baby Rowlf, Baby Scooter, Baby Skeeter, Baby Animal, Nanny
• with Stars, TV Maniacs, Mozart figures, Scarecrows, Toy Soldiers, Teddy Bears, Robot, and Clowns.

Vocal Credits

• Frank Welker, Laurie O'Brien, Greg Berg, Katie Leigh, Dave Coulier, Russi Taylor, Barbara Billingsley

Misc. Credits

• Written by Hank Saroyan
• Script Consultanting by Bill Prady and Louise Gikow
• Costumes designed and built by Henson Associates, Inc.
  • Design and supervision of construction by Julie Zobel
  • Assisted by Claudia S. Anderson, Jerry Gum, Don Creech
  • Additional costumes designed by Michael Frith and Polly Smith
• Head built and animated by Norman Tempia, Tom Newby, and the Muppet Workshop
  • Muppet Workshop Coordination by Will Morrison

See also

• Muppet Babies: Magic Box (1987)
• Muppet Babies: Where's Animal (1988)