Ask any child of the ‘80s for a list of his or her most memorable Saturday morning cartoon experiences, and we guarantee that many of them will bring up Muppet Babies. And several will most likely be able to sing you a few bars of the theme song.

“When your world looks kinda weird / and you wish that you weren’t theeeere / Just close your eyes / and make believe / and you can be anywheeeere...” Case in point.

The animated Muppet Babies bore the same endearingly bizarre traits that characterized Henson's live-action puppet variety series. And everyone watched in part because the characters were already familiar and the prospect of discovering what their lives as children was really intriguing. But Muppet Babies also worked on another level, as its own entity because of a few original, added concepts.

Did you know that Baby Skeeter, the twin sister of live-action muppet Scooter (who also appeared in the animated series), was created specifically for Muppet Babies, in order to appeal to the little girl demographic? Another trivia bit: Skeeter was initially voiced by Howie Mandel.

Muppet Babies was a sort of mixed media concept, as it often included footage from films and live-action TV/film clips, behind the mystery doors the babies tended to open in pursuit of answers to questions or adventures outside their nursery.

Nanny. The most obvious unique component of the cartoon was Nanny, a character solely interpreted as a pair of green and white striped stockings with the calm, wise voice of Barbara Billingsley behind them.

Muppet Babies ran for seven seasons (1984-1991).