Muppet Babies

- Season 5

(1988)

The kids find Nanny's old tea strainer, but since they don't know what a tea strainer is, they come up with some wild theories about what it does.

The kids use the examples of The Ugly Duckling, Beauty and the Beast and Cyrano de Bergerac to show Piggy that she can't judge a book simply by its cover.

The kids make a 'story box' that follows the story of a brave party led by knight, Sir Kermelot, who must slay a dragon in order for Piggy to rightfully claim the throne.

Rowlf disappears during nap time on a stormy day and everybody thinks he's been kidnapped by ghosts.

Piggy gets chicken pox, the other babies tell her a story to cheer her up.

The kids imagine what it's like to take care of babies, both alien and human, when they hear that Mrs. Mitchell's 'baby' is coming for a visit.

Scooter wants to be cool, so Gonzo suggests four careers he could try - a test pilot like Top Gun's Maverick, a comedian like Gallagher, a rock star like Bon Jovi and a superhero like Clark Kent/Superman.

Kermit is scheduled to leave to visit his family in the swamp, the Babies wonder what they would do without him.

When the Babies can't sleep, they tell each other about their dreams.

When the Babies see a news bulletin on TV about how Prince Charles and Princess Diana cannot find a nanny for their two sons, they soon think all the nannies on Earth, including theirs, have been abducted by aliens.

The kids play with their old junk, while searching for Fozzie's teddy bear and Piggy's bracelet that are missing. Gonzo believes that closet trolls took them but the kids don't believe him - at first.

The kids play Star Trek: TOS and mistake their broken air-conditioner for a sign that they're about to crash into the Sun. Inspired by the movie the African Queen, Scooter takes his friends on a jungle cruise to cool down.

Inspired by the movie, the kids imagine they're the Ghostbusters and go on the hunt for mean bugs in Scooter's computer.