Talk:Jim Henson's Muppet Babies

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Muppet Babies is not a spinoff from The Muppet Show; the Muppets existed in multiple media before that show. (It is based on The Muppets Take Manhattan, though, since that is where the idea of baby Muppets originated.) —tregoweth 23:17, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

Please do not add the theme song lyrics to the article; they are copyrighted. tregoweth 07:36, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Good candidate for rewrite?

This article is terrible. I've seen similar cases where an editor has pretty much blanked the article and allowed it to get rebuilt. Is such a thing called for here, at least in some sections? It seems it's been taken over by pranksters and people with dry senses of humor. For instance:

The Baby Gonzo character strikes an ambiguous if not enigmatic chord with many viewers, amongst whom questions of his nature are a topic of considerable debate. Although he has usually been classified as a "whatever", characters in this series referred to Gonzo as being a "weirdo", as if it were a sort of creature as much as it referred to his behavior. (The movie Muppets from Space delves more deeply into the matter). In one episode, he temporarily believes he is an anteater. Muppet scholarship is generally silent on this issue.

I hate to point out the problem without doing anything about it...Maybe I will come back when I have some more time. Thousandrobots (talk) 03:05, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Purported Scientology influence

Not sure if it appropriate for inclusion, but there is an interview that purports to point out that at least one episode is based on one of L. Ron Hubbard's theories wrt. Scientology and thought.

  • One of the main writers, Jeffrey Scott, is a Scientologist, so it's plausible. tregoweth 06:43, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

A "belief"? Are Study Tech and everything else LRH imparted beyond the core teachings of Scientology considered beliefs? CocaCola58204 05:20 14 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Muppetbabies2.jpg

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BetacommandBot 23:39, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Syndication

Will this show ever syndicate agai I miss Baby Animal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.253.165.164 (talk) 00:10, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hooray!

Muppet Babies is coming back into syndication on PBS Kids just check the Henson.com website Matthew Cantrell (talk) 01:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any info of thisDshibshm (talk) 02:02, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
You must have misunderstood the news about their new show. —scarecroe (talk) 15:39, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gonzo

Baby Gonzo voice actress was Russi Taylor not [Laurie O'Brien]] she only voiced Baby Piggy I mean sure Brien sounded like Gonzo in Close Encounters of the Frog Kind but still Ms. O'Brien was not Gonzo the Great Matthew Cantrell (talk) 03:51, 5 January 2008 (UTC)