Reboot and Ruin: Muppet Babies

[Gator]

Disney is set to air a rebooted Muppet Babies in March, but without Skeeter.  She is being replaced with a new female character, Summer the penguin.  Many Muppet fans have hoped to see Skeeter become a real muppet one day, but I guess Disney wants to hide her away from a new generation and replace her with a more colorful artsy character.  Sorry Skeeter.  I will miss you.

[LadyMoondancer]

Awww . . . I don't get why they didn't include both of them?  Like, it's already an ensemble cast.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Sad I know... but I love penguins and I am looking forward to seeing what they have done! It's not like I can't watch the old episodes if the new ones totally suck.  :-p

[Leave a Whisper]

It's CGI. Instant fail on Disney's part. Plus the penguin doesn't even look like a muppet. It looks like one of those sparkly eyed, big-headed stuffed toys you see everyplace.

[Pinkie21]

I’m actually really upset by this news.  Generally, when a reboot comes out. We still have access to the originals.  There aren’t DVDs of Muppet Babies.  It’s not on Amazon or Netflix.  I have to have a VCR and a working MB video cassette in order to watch the original.  Which, I don’t have.  I know this reboot will be awful in comparison to the original, so I’m legitimately in rage mode because of this reboot.  At LEAST make the original available before releasing a bad remake! 

[Leave a Whisper]

I guess we should all be grateful they're not trashing Fraggle Rock with a cgi reboot. Stupid Disney.

[Zapper]

Skeeter was way better in the EU books! Disney ruins everything!

[Carrehz]

I’m actually really upset by this news.  Generally, when a reboot comes out. We still have access to the originals.  There aren’t DVDs of Muppet Babies.  It’s not on Amazon or Netflix.  I have to have a VCR and a working MB video cassette in order to watch the original.  Which, I don’t have.  I know this reboot will be awful in comparison to the original, so I’m legitimately in rage mode because of this reboot.  At LEAST make the original available before releasing a bad remake! 

From what I've heard, there's probably licensing issues involved w/ releasing Muppet Babies onto DVD - they used a lot of TV/film clips and getting the rights to those would probably be really hard if not impossible. :s I dunno if there'd be a problem with streaming it though.. I agree with you, though, it does suck that there's no legal way to watch it, especially since this reboot will probably make it harder to search for the original >__<

[Leave a Whisper]

Skeeter was way better in the EU books! Disney ruins everything!

Well they certainly do these days anyway.

[Zapper]

Skeeter was way better in the EU books! Disney ruins everything!

Well they certainly do these days anyway.

The irony is strong in this one...

[Leave a Whisper]

Skeeter was way better in the EU books! Disney ruins everything!

Well they certainly do these days anyway.

The irony is strong in this one...

[northstar3184]

This makes me think of the Robot Chicken episode where the other Muppets had killed Skeeter in a parody of I Know What You Did Last Summer. Gator, check it out if you haven't already seen it. It can probably be found on Youtube.

[Ponyfan]

I’m actually really upset by this news.  Generally, when a reboot comes out. We still have access to the originals.  There aren’t DVDs of Muppet Babies.  It’s not on Amazon or Netflix.  I have to have a VCR and a working MB video cassette in order to watch the original.  Which, I don’t have.  I know this reboot will be awful in comparison to the original, so I’m legitimately in rage mode because of this reboot.  At LEAST make the original available before releasing a bad remake! 

From what I've heard, there's probably licensing issues involved w/ releasing Muppet Babies onto DVD - they used a lot of TV/film clips and getting the rights to those would probably be really hard if not impossible.

 


I heard that also. I loved Muppet Babies and would love to have a way to watch the original episodes. but it doesn't seem likely we'll see an official release anytime soon due to the TV/film clips they used.  I think there were some Muppet Baby plush toys that came with a DVD with one or two episodes.

I was a little disappointed to see Summer instead of Skeeter. especially since it looks like Disney tried to keep the same looks from the original 80's show but the playroom looked much bigger. I would have liked to see another Muppet if they weren't going to use Skeeter and not a completely new character. I always enjoyed Skeeter and Baby Piggy's rivalry.

That being said I will try to catch at least one episode.

Ponyfan

[Leave a Whisper]

Prairie or Abigail woulda been a better choice.

[Skeen]

Poor Skeeter, I always liked her.  Will not be watching the reboot in protest.