Muppet Babies reboot
 

Currently in pre-production stages for Disney Jr channel. Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie, and Animal are all confirmed as well as Nanny oh excuse me, Miiss Nanny (real name apparantly Nancette...) and a new character, a female sheep named Bobbi Baba. *sighs* I suppose this was inevitable...

It seems that in this one they're slightly older than in the original. Kermit is listed as being 4 while Bobbi is 6. In the original series they were roughly 1 - 3 with Animal and Robin being the infants.

http://www.toughpigs.com/muppet-babies-reboot/

Awww, but I loved Scooter and Skeeter.
:(

They could still pop up. Just no bio info on them yet. Show probably won't air for a couple years anyways since they're only in pre-production.

How about they just release the original series on DVD/Blu Ray.

Production has officially begun today according to Disney Junior.

This was probably a lot of children's first introduction to the Muppets franchise. I know it was for me. Many of my friends and acquaintances have children now and I think they'll love this. Hopefully, they'll bring back the original cast, but we'll just have to wait and see. From what I remember the Ducktales reboot isn't bringing back the original cast.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/mupp...or-1201900608/

I definitely can't wait for this and will be tuning in to check it out.

This is in no way for me but I think it could be cool once I saw the CG is trying to emulate the "muppets" in real life so it actually looks awesome. I'm sure all the things of the original will be in it in one way or another.

Should be cute. I wonder if they'll include as much material from other movies and stuff. Obviously they can use Disney material.

I'm suprised, to be honest. You'd think that Disney would've just given up on the Muppets after the double-whammy of a failed movie and TV show, but it looks like the signs are pointing to no.

Disney never lets anything die. Anything.
Unless it's Brer Rabbit.

Or Tron. Or Epic Mickey.

It's pre-school stuff, hardly something tailored for the masses like the last two.

Muppet Babies have more brand recognition worldwide than The Muppets.

I am an example of this. I was introduced to The Muppets through this show when it aired on Nickelodeon. I never could figure out where Skeeter was until I was older and learned she was made up for the series. I was never a big fan of The Muppets but as a single digit aged kid I did like Muppet Babies over The Muppets.

Who is Robin? I don't remember that one. There was the hare and Beeker and Bunsen as guest,but I don't remember any others.

First look, and they've added a new Muppet, a penguin called Summer

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/25/muppet-b...-video-photos/

Robin is Kermit's nephew. He was in at least one episode of the original Muppet Babies as a tadpole. I always thought that was weird since Kermit was like 2 in the show. In The Muppet Show when Kermit is an adult Robin is 5. I think he's about 10 or 12 now. :P

I don't like Baby Piggy's voice....

Interesting, but I would much prefer the original series released on DVD/Blu Ray.

I don't think this'll ever fully happen. Muppet Babies used lots of clips and things. It'd probably be a nightmare to get all the rights and copyrights to those things to legally release them, unless they're public domain.

The real problem is it is more then likely owned by Disney who ether will never release it or will release it but never a complete release.

Yep. Disney half-ass every release.

And we now know the cast for this series!

Baby Kermit – Matt Danner (Gravity Falls)
Baby Piggy – Melanie Harrison (Fish Hooks)
Baby Animal – Dee Bradley Baker (Milo Murphy’s Law)
Baby Gonzo – Ben Diskin (The Spectacular Spider Man)
Baby Fozzie – Eric Bauza (The Adventures of Puss in Boots)
Summer the Penguin – Jessica DiCicco (Puppy Dog Pals)

And Jenny Slate is Miss Nanny, who now wears a different pair of socks each episode. :o

http://www.toughpigs.com/wp-content/.../missnanny.jpg



Can't wait to hear Eric Bauza's take on Fozzie. *lol*

Also, for those wondering about Scooter and Skeeter *points to the image in the background*

The full theme/intro

Not a great version of the theme, but the show looks great, I think little kids will love it. It does seem they're aiming for a younger audience than the original muppet babies.

Didn’t realize it was close to release. The cgi looks great.

Someone on YouTube laughed at themselves being 33 and looking forward to watching it...I’m 33 too. :lol: I don’t care looks fun.

Not as good as the original version of the theme song, but at least they kept the same theme song.

The updated version of the theme song is a bit upbeat. I kinda like it. Seems that they'll be spending alot more time out doors this time around. Gonzo even has a chicken coop. What's kinda sad tho is Rowlf is considered to be a guest character.... Ah well at least he's being included. Can't wait to see baby Rizzo! :D Also there's gonna be another frog called Carlos (possibly Robin's dad).

http://www.toughpigs.com/muppet-babies-album/

Some shorts introducing their world have come out. Piggy's voice is so annoying. Loving Eric Bauza's Fozzie tho. Gonzo's chickens will probably become fan favorites (especially the pink one).

After the 1st video. I can already tell that we are not the demographic they are aiming for with this reboot.

You couldn't figure that out on your own?

Actually I think its hard to tell. These shorts could just be intros for the characters and environment.

At least it doesn’t seem to be toddler/preschool edutainment. Not to me anyway.

Yes, I'm still hopeful this is the gritty Muppets baby reboot we've been waiting for, Disney knows we want this. They won't disappoint is making it for kids when they know we also exist just look at what they're doing with Star wars and marvel.

Scooter and Skeeter are finally appearing on the show. I'm glad that young audiences will, at last, get to see them. Cree Summer is apparently voicing Skeeter, but I don't know who is providing Scooter's voice. The episode airs May 22.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/ezoimg.../ng:webp/ngcb6

https://ew.com/tv/muppet-babies-skee...ter-exclusive/

Fun thing about the original Muppet Babies is that it was my first introduction to Star Wars (and a few other things) through the old movie clips they used in various episodes.

Here is the clip. Some sources are saying that Ogie Banksis voicing Scooter, but it's not officially confirmed.

Same thing, I'd never seen Star Wars at all even though I'd heard of it.

I always loved those movie clips as a kid. Nowadays I'm incredibly annoyed because it means they can't give the show a proper release.

Those clips definitely hit uncanny valley for me, since they do look like muppets, seeing them without wires or hidden features just moving around freaks me out.

Fozzie Bear now has a sister

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/li...on-3-exclusive

So they made Gonzo a transgender.

Oh this makes me so happy! I don’t care either way. I mean it’s fine but this is why it makes me happy. :lol: The parody came true.

OK... that's actually pretty funny.