to clarify there really is someone else who came up w/ this observation about Muppet Babies before me and i genuinely can't remember who, although since nobody else has pointed it out itt i'm guessing it wasn't an ilxor or anyone famous
― some dude, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
carrot top iirc
― Pup Shalom Dog Costume (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
nooooooo
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Not to remove a layer from your theory but technically they are "cartoon/baby versions" of a puppet since there was never a non-cartoon baby version to play off of until later. This is only one layer
― smangarang (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 12:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
how do you start that off with "not to remove a layer"?
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
through being disingenuous
― valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
it wasn't carrot top, that was forks's idea of "funny" (which, as we all know, needs scarequotes as much as carrot top's idea of "funny")
― some dude, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
hey forks i think we might both think this is funny: kyle
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
Christ you guys are making me feel old. Muppet Babies? Rugrats!? I was already in my 20s when this shit was around.
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
haha, wikipedia is with you:
]The show portrays childhood versions of the Muppets living together in a large nursery in the care of a human woman called Nanny (the whereabouts of their parents are never addressed).
― smangarang (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 11:21 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah the lack of adults thing is what's fucked up like they are in some existential void or something
fast times are ridgemont high had the same thing going on wrt parents
― the wild eyed boy from soundcloud (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
iCarly has the same vibe
― Nultified Ancients of Man U (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
this whole question was solved in the unfilmed Farmer Nanny takes her Muppet Livestock to Market final episode
― Thu'um gang (jjjusten), Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
Muppet Babies was some scary shit
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
casper the friendly ghost is rolling his dead kid eyes at all of you
― bnw, Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
I remember the muppet babies were always in these massive desolate landscapes like outer space or something. Their "playroom" was really massive and cavernous.
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
that was the power of imagination you dool
― the late great, Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
ZOMG MUPPET BABBIES MORE LIKE WAITING FOR GODOT
― Your Ample Girth Does Intimidate (Matt P), Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
more like the power of a small animation budget
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:35 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QkzTX0bltY
― Matt Armstrong, Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
only thing worse than muppet babies was tiny toons
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 8 March 2012 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
tiny toons were bad, but at least had a bit of ambition and wit. worst thing abt that show was its fan culture.
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Thursday, 8 March 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
"fan cultures" didn't exist on an elementary school level iirc
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 8 March 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol Trayce, Muppet Babies premiered for us in 1984
― Vaseline MEN AMAZING JOURNEY (DJP), Thursday, 8 March 2012 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
is nanny = pippi longstocking the same way dr. greg house is actually sherlock holmes?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 8 March 2012 01:48 (twelve years ago) link
― meticulously showcased in a stunning fart presentation (contenderizer), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 8:37 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup. same w animaniacs
― smangarang (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 March 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
Oddly I couldn't really enjoy talking to other kids (in middle school) about Tiny Toons, but loved watching it with my mom. Same with Animaniacs.
― valleys of your mind (mh), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
what channel and what time was this on?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:08 (twelve years ago) link
which?
― the late great, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:12 (twelve years ago) link
wait Animaniacs was what i meant.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
tonite we do the same thing we do every nite tke ver the world GET IT?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
the only childrens tv shows i have nostalgia for are the racoons and arthur
― peebutt fartbottom (Lamp), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.wikia.com/cartoons/images/a/a5/Animaniacs1.jpg
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:17 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDOrZy4dj4
― kinder, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
either, but i meant muppet babies
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:22 (twelve years ago) link
Lamp OTM, Arthur is the best.
― cashmere tears-soaker (Abbbottt), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:29 (twelve years ago) link
Lamp is like fucking 16 or something it kills me every time
― smangarang (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:30 (twelve years ago) link
Matt wth is that Alfe Babies thing from? It's kind of awesome.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
i was always terrified as a kid that one day, the camera would pan up to Nanny's face, and she would be this hideously deformed, grotesque creature....
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
go fuck yrself whiney
also the o.g. version of the raccoons theme song is a total jam in its own right
― peebutt fartbottom (Lamp), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
Hahah doh it may well have done here too, I dont really ever remember seeing it so I just made an assumption =) Perhaps im confusing it with animaiacs or something.
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
Challop time: I never liked the Muppet Show.
― Medical Dance Crab With Lesson (Trayce), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/05/23-End%20of%20Month/muppet%20show%20kermit%20fozzie.jpg
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link
IIRC muppet babies started early at like 8 am, i think on abc ... and later obviously it was syndicated so weekday afternoons
also IIRC some of us watched non-shitty cartoons
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rcmUwcufv1k/TbIDnn0gwOI/AAAAAAAAAxw/RPVcIJC1fVc/s1600/castingnerd_thundarr_001.jpg
― the late great, Thursday, 8 March 2012 03:08 (twelve years ago) link
go fuck yrself whineyalso the o.g. version of the raccoons theme song is a total jam in its own right― peebutt fartbottom (Lamp), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― peebutt fartbottom (Lamp), Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:36 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'd tell you "up your nose with a rubber hose" but I wouldnt want to have to explain who vinnie barbarino is
― smangarang (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 March 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
Hey Lampypoo, I got that dope new Laurel Holzer jimmy jam before Ad Hoc gets it: http://bit.ly/xE24gf
― smangarang (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 8 March 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
omg
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2012 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
what a thumb
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 March 2012 03:52 (twelve years ago) link
muppet babies were fine in the general scheme of things
― Pup Shalom Dog Costume (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 March 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
whiney ive been p civil w/ you lately and wish you nothing but the best on yr quest to be williamsburg's beardo andy rooney but i have no fuckin clue what yr deal w/ me lately is. also you are terrible at zings
― peebutt fartbottom (Lamp), Thursday, 8 March 2012 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
Lamp is great Whiney. What's your beef?
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Thursday, 8 March 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
hmpf