Friday, March 20, 2020

Muppet Babies and Me


I loved Muppet Babies as a kid. Maybe never my #1 favorite cartoon at the time, but at least in the top 5 for much of my childhood. I would love to watch thru it again as an adult, but doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere yet. Disney+ has a recent reboot available.. but it's all CGI and pales in comparison to the real deal in my eyes. But I was able to catch an old episode on YouTube the other day. That got me reading the Wikipedia entry for the show, and now I'm going to squeeze a post out of it.. specifically seeing how many voice actors from the show I have an autograph from.



Voice cast


Greg Berg – Baby Fozzie, Baby Scooter, Dr. Julius Strangepork (archive footage, ep. 107)

Do I have his autograph?

No.






Barbara Billingsley – Nanny

Do I have her autograph?

No.




Dave Coulier (1986–1991) – Baby Animal, Baby Bunsen, Baby Bean Bunny, Baby Janice, Uncle Statler and Waldorf

Do I have his autograph?

Yes!






Katie Leigh – Baby Rowlf, Mrs. Mitchell

Do I have her autograph?

No.



Howie Mandel (1984–1985) – Baby Skeeter, Baby Animal, Baby Bunsen

Do I have his autograph?

No.




Laurie O'Brien – Baby Piggy, Captain Black Wig

Do I have her autograph?

No.



Russi Taylor – Baby Gonzo, Baby Robin, Aunt Fanny, and Camilla (occasionally)

Editor's Note: I'm just now learning Russi died last year. Aw man, I'm sorry to hear that.. loved her!

Do I have her autograph?

Yes!






Frank Welker – Baby Kermit, Baby Beaker, Baby Skeeter (1986–1991), Camilla

Do I have his autograph?

Yes!





Additional voices and performances

Bob Bergen – Link Hogthrob (archive footage, ep. 107)
Peter Cullen – Smoggy the Bear (ep. 33), Football-Playing Bear (ep. 33)
Pat Fraley – Announcer
Jim Henson – Kermit the Frog (archive footage, ep. 45), Dr. Teeth (archive footage, ep. 61)
Tress MacNeille – Skater Kat
Hal Rayle – Miss Piggy (archive footage, ep. 107)

Do I have any of these people's autograph?

Yes!




And there you have it! I own a total of 4 autograph cards of the voice talent behind Muppet Babies. Pretty cool!

Thanks for reading and my best to everybody in these nutty times we live in.


5 comments:

  1. Way cool! I also loved that show. Don't remember too much anymore, just that I liked it.

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  2. Unique post idea! Watched the original and now my girls are watching the reboot.

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  3. The key cartoons of that era for me were GI Joe and Transformers, but I do remember watching Muppet Babies too. I'm actually surprised... because I was almost a teenager when it came out in 1984.

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  4. If you ever run out of stuff to do, a fun youtube trip I did a few months ago was watching videos of voice actors. Good ones show all the voices the actor did and were sometimes over 10 minutes long. I remember watching the Tress MacNeille and Russi Taylor one's (probably a couple weeks after she passed), then other actors like James Avery. It surprised me how many voices some of these people did. I knew Tress and Russi did a lot though and I'd love to get their autographs one day.

    As for Muppet Babies, I loved that show growing up, and have a few McDonald's toys. Now if I can just get the stuffed baby Kermit they put out in 1987 I think, I'd finish that set. Nice read!

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  5. What a fun post! I never realized how many voice actors I knew from other shows also did voices here!

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