About this season
The Muppet Babies (Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzy and company) live in a large nursery watched over by Nanny. The babies have active imaginations, and often embark upon adventures into imaginary worlds.
Episodes (13)
1. Muppets Not Included
Aired 10 September 1988 • 25 min
The babies find a tea strainer of Nanny's, and do not know what it is. Each babie thinks of a different use for it.
2. Beauty and the Schnoz
Aired 17 September 1988 • 25 min
Piggy learns that ""beauty is in the eye of the beholder"", when she makes fun of Gonzo and it hurts his feelings.
3. The Pig Who Would Be Queen
Aired 24 September 1988 • 25 min
The babies bulid Nanny a ""picture box"" with a fairy tale scene, and each babie pretends to be a character.
4. Is There a Muppet in the House?
Aired 1 October 1988 • 25 min
Rowlf hadn't disapeared - he'd just watched a scary movie the night before and had gone to see Nanny. The secret passage was actually an old dumbwaiter which Animal found and had been using to move between the attic, kichen and basement.
5. Slipping Beauty
Aired 8 October 1988 • 25 min
Piggy gets the chicken pox, and tells the babies the story of Sleeping Beauty, through walkie-talkie.
6. Muppet Baby Boom
Aired 15 October 1988 • 25 min
All the babies look foward to seeing Mrs. Mitchell's baby, which ends up being a kitten.
7. Scooter By Any Other Name
Aired 22 October 1988 • 25 min
Scooter's tired of being a nerd, so Gonzo convinces him to reinvent himself; first as a jet fighter pilot, then as a stand-up comic, then as a rock star, and finally as a superhero.
8. He's a Wonderful Frog
Aired 29 October 1988 • 25 min
The Babies think Kermit is moving away, so stage a ""This is Your Life"" spoof to try and convince him to stay.
9. Elm Street Babies
Aired 5 November 1988 • 25 min
The babies describe their weird dreams to each other.
10. Plan 8 from Outer Space
Aired 12 November 1988 • 25 min
The babies see a news bulletin about disapearing nannies. Gonzo says that aliens have been nannynapping them because they use green stripped socks to power their spaceships (and only nannies wear green stripped socks).
11. Junkland Muppets
Aired 19 November 1988 • 25 min
The babies make things out of old junk, while Fozzie searches for his lost Teddy.
12. The Air Conditioner at the End of the Galaxy
Aired 26 November 1988 • 25 min
When the air-conditioner breaks down, Scooter and Piggy travel to find a place that is more cool.
13. Bug-Busting Babies
Aired 3 December 1988 • 25 min
The babies hunt for the bug in Scooter's computer in a parody of Ghostbusters.