The Muppets were genius and the Muppet Babies were another stroke of genius. I loved the Muppet Babies. They were all of your favorite Muppet characters in animated baby form which allowed them to get into all kinds of trouble. It was great.
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view_and_review18 November 2021
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wchngliu8 January 2008Like Hanna Barbera's The Flintstone Kids and A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, was a cutesy and kiddie version of the Muppet's, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Gonzo to name and their fun- filled adventures. But unlike those two shows, Muppet Babies had an appeal that was more than just some pre-school animated cartoon show.
Even teenagers and adults have fallen in love with little Kermit, Miss Piggy, Ralph the piano playing dog to name but a couple. The plot of the show revolved around the little tykes and their nanny-of whom we'd only get a close-up of her wearing socks and the adventures they find themselves in, via their imaginations and childhood fantasies. One great aspect of Muppet Babies is that for a so-called spin-off from the Muppet Show itself, the characters were no different in terms of personalities, as kids as when they were adults. For instance, Miss Piggy has still a mean streak attached to her, Kermit is still shy and yet sweet, Gonzo is a trouble maker and Fozzie is the practical joker of the crew.
But like many great 80s cartoons, Muppet Babies succeeded in teaching kids by emphasising important social and human aspects such as friendship, respect, trust and learning important lessons in life.
All in all, this was great show in many respects- great animation, great music, is fun and also educational without being preachy. This was cute but also extremely watchable. Well done Jim Henson! -
blanbrn4 August 2020Growing up in the 80's this series was a Saturday morning staple, "Muppet Babies" which aired on "CBS" from 1984 to 1991 and it was well done and entertaining a classic. The "Muppets" were so cute as babies as the stories and adventures in each episode involved happenings from their own little nursery. I loved the joy of watching Jim Henson's classic creations in the form of babies it was so cute and feel good cuddly seeing them on a Saturday morning. Plus each episode was funny as it entertained with adventure and journey. It featured most all of the characters such as Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Animal, Fozzie, Rowlf, Scooter, Skeeter. The animation and cartoon format rocked as it's images were just so bright and colorful. Plus the show had a catchy music theme to get you in the mood. Clearly an 80's classic cartoon!
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This show is one of my all time faves. Having the muppets as little tikes solving problems by using their creative imaginations was a really great concept. Like every other cartoon from the 80's "Muppet Babies" didn't talk down to kids. It was creative, and it would always leave a smile on my face after watching it for an hour every Saturday Morning.
Another well thought up masterpiece. 10/10. -
josephtheowl31 December 2006I remember countless afternoons watching the Muppet Babies, and it brings back some of my fondest memories. The show really taught me about the importance of imagination, which I remember my grandparents telling my mom ,was a word my brother and I would always use. Like when we would build forts from couch cushions, blankets, and pillows. Like when we would play 'Star Wars' just like Gonzo and Kermit would (I was Gonzo). I remember my eager anticipation for newer episodes or ones that I hadn't seen before.
It saddens me to think about a future generation that will grow up without the wonderful creativity and warmth of Jim Henson. -
mmpenrod28 April 2007I loved this show as a little kid! The characters were just what Jim Henson created, they used their imaginations to have fun. My favorite Muppets have been and will always be Gonzo and Rowlf! I remember the cassette tape that they made and the songs encouraging kids to do what they want with their lives and I think that's great! My only problem was you never saw Nanny's face! That scared the dickens out of me! Now watching them as an adult, I love the hidden jokes for parents, and the allusions to classic movies like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and The Wizard of Oz. I can't wait to be a parent so I can introduce my children to shows like this that, (Pardon the cliché) make learning fun! My mother let us watch it to teach us tolerance, the use of imagination,take care of the earth, and looks can be deceiving. Shows like The Muppet Babies, THe Gummi Bears, Garfield and friends, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Talespin made Saturday mornings great and growing up a lot more fun.
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OmegaWolf74725 June 2005This was one of my all time favorites growing up. I think I saw every episode, up till the 90s episodes anyway. I loved all their crazy adventures and how they'd imagine themselves in movies and TV shows.
I always felt so bad for poor Fozzie. No one ever laughed at his jokes. I felt really bad for him in the episode where he wanted to run away.
My two favorites were Gonzo and Animal. I loved Gonzo because he was weird and marched to the beat of a different drummer. I loved Animal because he was wild.
And of course I loved Barbara Billigsly as Nanny. I always wished we could see her face, but maybe it was better that we couldn't. I still remember the episode where she explained why there are earthquakes. It was simple and in a way a child could understand. -
I adored this show as a kid. I thought it was affectionate and funny, with great educational value and fun characters. Re-visiting it, this childhood favourite still holds up. I love anything to do with the Muppets, their show, their movies, their humour, their personalities, seeing them as babies was a great idea and worked superbly. The animation was colourful and clean, and the music is cleverly composed. The stories and episode ideas were always so well thought out, while the writing was delightful consistently. Likewise with the characters, even as cute babies they are as endearing and as likable as the ones from the show and movies we know and love, and the voice acting is spot on. I also loved the educational value, Muppet Babies taught some great lessons simply and effectively in a way that appeals to kids and adults. In conclusion, it was a wonderful show, and still holds a special place in my heart. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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joaowicket15 May 2015This review may contain spoilers so if you never saw this series and never heard of this series don't read this review.Muppet babies is a children animated series with the Muppet's as babies living in the nursery in every episodes the babies use the power of imagination to pretend they are in different places and go on adventures pretending they are characters in fairy tales stories and living this fairy tale stories without living the nursery.the main characters are Kermit fozzie gonzo piggy animal rowlf scooter and skeeter. Kermit is the leader of the group,fozzie is the comedian bear how tell jokes that he thinks its funny but his friends don't,gonzo is a weirdo how always wandered what he is he as a crush for piggy but piggy ignore him, rowlf is the musician dog who plays piano,scooter is the brain child with a computer,skeeter is scooter twin sister and she is a atlethic she calls her brother a nerd. Piggy is a girl with a bad temper how wants things to be in her own way she as a rivalry with skeeter how get on piggy nerves she is mean to gonzo grabbing his beak when he ask piggy to kiss him she as a crush for Kermit making gonzo his rival in piggy affections for him,Animal is the youngest of the group he still talks like a baby he plays drum.Bunsen and Beaker made regular appearances in the series.Ocasionaly Bunsen show up to show the other babies his new inventations.Beaker is used as a guinea pig in Bunsen experiments.
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ian-121130 October 2006This show was dreadful! I can't believe people used to watch and like this show! The idea was bad! The story was bad! The characters were bad! BAD! BAD! BAD! The thing that really annoyed me is that they took scenes from real life movies clips and used in their cartoon to become a part of the babies' imagination! I could of been out innocently walking my dog and some camera man would watch me from behind the bushes and film me and my black Lab and secretly us as part of the film (probably displaying us as some frightening things that the babies run away from). The producers of this show should have been put in prison! This was a step down for Jim Henson and it was is the greatest money making scheme ever to have been gotten away with, thanks to with the help of gullible viewers of the 1980's. This show should be taken into complete obscurity! 1/10
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pennylane11422 October 2001This is without a doubt one of the greatest cartoon shows ever put on TV. The '80s were chock full of great cartoons, but this one (along with The Raccoons) was the best one of all. I'm a huge fan of the Muppets, and I think I love the Muppet Babies even more than the grown-up Muppets! All the characters on this show were great. It's one of the few shows where I don't hate one of the characters. My favorites are Baby Beaker and Baby Gonzo. I love Beaker because he's actually my favorite Muppet period, and because on this show he was cute beyond belief! His 'meep meep' voice was even cuter! And I love Baby Gonzo because I can relate to him so much. I've always been bit of an outsider who likes to do her own thing.
So all in all, this cartoon is a sure-fire classic, and should be put back on TV!
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Sylviastel29 November 2009Like other shows, the Muppets are animated for our pleasure and we go back to when they were just babies in their cribs. We never see the adult mother who cares for them. But we have the sheer pleasure of watching them get into mischief in their nursery. The animation was different then than today's computerized. The show was pretty faithful to the characters of Miss Piggy, Kermit, and their friends in the nursery. It was aimed at toddlers and Pre-school kids. I was a little too old but I still watched cartoons and I remember watching this on Saturday mornings. I still think shows like the Muppet Babies can still be effective today in programming if more viewers were aware of it's existence. I'm sure young children and even their parents can watch the Muppet Babies.
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JasonIK7526 April 2006This was such an entertaining show. The Muppets were funny, the writing was clever and everything worked so well. Gonzo referenced the Twilight Zone on one episode, changing it to the Weirdo Zone and even tried singing the music. My personal favorite moment was Fozzie's bizarre non-joke "What's the difference between an orange?" If you think about it, there is no difference between a thing and itself. At the same time, it borders on being a Zen Buddhist koan, allowing for any particular answer.
Jim Henson was such a genius and Muppet Babies was one of his many great creations. We all miss you Jim. Thanks for the memories. R.I.P. -
ultramatt2000-19 April 2009It's cute, it's funny, I love it. When people say 80's cartoon. They think of the action adventure ones like THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, HE-MAN, THUNDERCATS, SILVERHAWKS, NINJA TURTLES, the awesome TRANSFORMERS or the perilous DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. The ones aimed for girls (but annoyed boys) like JEM! (ech) MY LITTLE PONIES (double ech), STRAWBERRY SHORTCKAKE (tripple ech what the writer of this review is a boy). Or the funny ones like SMURFS, INSPECTOR GADGET, Saturday SUPERCADE and HEATHCLIFF. This was one of the funny ones. This was before RUGRATS. There are a lot of rip-offs by cartoons studios (like Hanna Barabera) where classic cartoon characters are depicted as youngsters. As if they got dumped in the Fountain of Youth. MUPPET BABIES is the best of them all (not to mention that it is the one that started it all).
I used to watch this when I was a kid. This came after BEARNSTIEN BEARS. I loved it. Kermit and Gonzo were my favorites. Every time when my brother and I were going out to get our shoes on and waiting for Dad (we were kids back then), we sang the theme song. I remember some friends of ours had stuffed dolls of the characters. They were cute. I had four puzzles of cartoon characters. There was Gonzo, Kermit, Chilly Willy, and Woody Woodpecker. I like the Kermit one because Woody was a trouble maker. Memories aside, this show inspires children on what do when you have nothing to do and encourages imagination and creativity. I mean look at James "Angry Video Game Nerd" Rolfe. His Basement of Doom attraction for his Haunted House was inspired by one. All I have to say is this is the best show ever made. Because the episode, "Out of this World History" contains footage from 1925 classic THE LOST WORLD which inspires me to look at movies with fun, excitement and special effects! Every time I watch this show now-a-days, I play this game called "Guess the film footage" or "Name that movie that is featured." I have a blast and I love to relive the magic.
Now what caused me to watch these on YouTube? Because I saw too old animes created by Fuji F. Fujiko: PERMAN and KAIBUTSUKUN. If it wasn't for that show, I would not find my happy spot. They are so simple, that they they reminded me of MUPPET BABIES. Google those up you're on the internet.
I wish this show is on DVD.
Bottom line: Highly Recommend it. Screw Spongebob and other crap on TV these days. -
Catherine_Grace_Zeh25 July 2006I used to watch this show when I a little girl. When I think about it, I remember it very well. If you ask me, it was a good show. Although I don't think I've seen every episode, I especially remember the opening sequence and theme song very well. In addition to that, everyone was ideally cast. Also, the writing was very strong. The performances were top-grade, too. I hope some network brings it back so I can see every episode. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever, even though I'm not sure if I've seen every episode. Now, in conclusion, if some network ever brings it back, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.
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Muppet Babies encouraged us as kids to get creative, to go with the flow, and have fun! It's the only reason I know anything about Star Wars
I loved the voices of the characters. I can still hear them when I think about them. It's one of those things we tend to lose nowadays. I loved shows like these because they were sweet, and funny, and got you to learn in great ways.
I always thought Nanny was amazing. I feel that she is part of how I approach things with my nieces and nephew.
Such a great show
I watched this with my grandma and brother every Saturday morning eating graham crackers and milk. -
planktonrules17 June 2006Uggh. What purpose did this series serve other than to squeeze a few bucks out of a franchise no matter how abysmal the results? While the quality of the animation was not horrible, the stories themselves were pretty lame and oriented only to very little kids. I was very thrilled when my own kids outgrew this show by about age 3 or 4 and we could then watch decent cartoons together! In addition to really dumb stories, the show's biggest problems were that the whole "babies" shtick of the 1980s was a crass attempt to re-package decent ideas for either really young or perhaps really stupid kids. Remember Disney Babies or Flintstone Babies or Scooby Doo Babies or about a dozen other similar products from this era? Well, if you don't, then you are VERY lucky! In addition, the other thing about this show that really drove me mad were the voices. It seemed that to convince you they were babies, the voices were made as high-pitched as humanly possible to discern (any higher and dogs alone might have been the audience).
Do yourself a favor. Instead, watch a classic Warner Brothers or Tom and Jerry cartoon or even Rocko or Spongebob. Otherwise, you are inviting brain rot by watching this drivel. -
mpn3 December 2000Muppet Babies is, in my opinion, one of the best cartoon shows ever made, and when I was a child, it was definitely my favorite. Every episode was full of humor, imagination, wonderful music, and so much more. Most importantly, Muppet Babies taught children who watched it important moral and social values. Jim Henson combined the humor of his Muppet characters with the innocence of childhood and succeeded in creating a sensational children's program. I can only hope that if and when I do have kids of my own, they grow up watching a rewarding and heartwarming show like this one.
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I used to watch Muppet Babies when I was a kid. It was broadcast on ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Global) - owned Nickelodeon UK and Ireland in the 1990s. I used to enjoy watching it as well but I don't watch it anymore because I am just not into it at all. I am bit too old for this 1980s cartoon TV series. I have outgrown and lost my interest in Muppet Babies. It's really childish for myself.
I'm afraid I'll just have to forget about Muppet Babies and move on. I prefer to Muppet films and television programmes. I still like Muppets but not Muppet Babies, sorry.
Besides Muppet Babies is really for small children. -
Angel_Meiru23 February 2004Man, why did this show have to end? I mean "Muppet Babies" is probably the most quirkiest and original ideas for a Saturday Morning cartoon (what a LOT of cartoons or animated shows these days lack). I mean the most famous Muppets as kids and the interesting idea to splice live action segments with animated segments and not to mention that Imagination is everything moral. Sadly, I don't think kids these days have enough imagination, due to PC crap being produced.
But hey, I heard sometime soon, they will be releasing this show on DVD! I am so happy!
NOTE: In the episode where Gonzo's chicken Camilla is missing, there is one scene in their that uses some footage from "The Dark Crystal", another Henson classic. -
Movie Nuttball15 June 2005Muppet Babies was a good animated program. It was a unique program that featured so many of the wonderful Muppets! The show had a whole bunch of stuff. The show was funny and exciting for what kind of program it was. In My opinion the Muppet Babies was really a head of its time and The show was perfect for the 1980s. I think the show was for both kids and the adults. I think it was a smart show. The main title of the show and the music was good. I don't know if this show is still on TV today but if it is watch this show because it was truly a special one so if you liked the classic Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, any Muppet movie, Fraggle Rock, and/or the classic Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird then check out The Muppet Babies today!
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lorelei75jim2 November 2000I used to watch this, every Saturday morning on CBS. It was a great show to see them as babies. I really liked Kermit, Piggy, Fozzie, and Rowlf. I even liked the episodes, I liked the one when Scooter got big, when he ate Nanny's secret recipe!, I like them all anyways!
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a19chris200030 December 2005I remember watching Muppet Babies when I was a kid and loved it. Used to get up early on a Saturday morning especially to see it. It was great. You saw all our favourite Muppets as they were at nursery and I followed their adventures avidly. They were cute and cuddly (just like I was!!) and some of the episodes I remember were quite funny, especially Gonzo.
The style of the Muppet babies was accurate in so far as it followed that which was first shown in the Muppet show... the live action baby Rowlf in one episode of the show was a match for the cartoon baby Rowlf in Muppet Babies. So there was some degree of continuity. It was in cartoon format and remember thinking at the time it would be good as a puppet (or Muppet) show, but I suppose that won't happen now. Bring it out on Region 1 DVD ... PLEASE. -
Tina-454 August 1999One of the best cartoons ever! I give it an A+! The show deals with mainly 8 muppet solving everyday problems by using their imaginations. Themes such as friendship, sharing, kindness, creativity, and self-esteem are reinforced in every episode. It has lovable characters such as: leader Kermit, volatile Piggy, kindhearted Fozzie and just plain weird Gonzo.