Comments on: Flashback!: Muppet Babies

By: sasha

sasha — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:08:18 +0000

Okay, my sister and I religiously watched the Muppet babies and the Smurfs every Saturday Morning.
Where have all the great Saturday Morning Cartoons gone?
I long for something hilarious, imaginative, dopey, sweet and fun on Saturday Mornings, and Hannah Montana does not do it.

Pepper Ann, Kim Possible and Recess are the most recent cartoons I have seen that remind me of the good old muppet baby days – and they are not running any longer.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:16:32 +0000

I also watched Muppet Babies because it was the best option in that timeslot. I love the fact that Skeeter only existed in this rendition of the Muppets. Sad, but I think Kermit’s cousin Robin (a tadpole in a bowl) was my favorite character in the show. What made me angriest was that the stuff they did, didn’t work in real life — like pulling wax paper over the television and then drawing mustaches on characters. I haven’t seen it on television in a long time, but I don’t think I’ll ever forget the title sequence!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:35:28 +0000

Holy Crap! Those cuts to the real world were creepy. Yowza. Animal wearing a bonnet=also a bit creepy.

So, this post made me want to let you know that lately my favorite pastime is watching retro Sesame Street clips on Hulu. If you want to see a persuasive argument for the agony of childbirth, watch the clip of John-John counting to 20 with Herry the Monster. The cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Also, Jim Henson is my hero. I’ll even watch Muppet Babies with his name attached to it.

By: Collin H

Collin H — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:21:37 +0000

Muppet Babies was a show that I watched because it was the best option available at that timeslot. I recall always being somewhat bored with the show and spending most of the half hour it was on concentrating on Legos.

Still, if I recall correctly in won several awards, so I guess it wasn’t has bad as I remember. If nothing else, it did have Professor Bunson and Beaker, which is something The Smurfs never gave me.

In related muppet news, FAO Schwarz has introduced the best muppet product ever. Its like Build-a-Bear, only you make a personalized muppet.

Check it out, but be aware that a video of Kermit will autoplay.
http://www.fao.com/catalog/boutique.jsp?WT.mc_id=999126&parentCategoryId=98&categoryId=793&name=Muppet+Whatnot+Workshop