Ask any child of the ‘80s for a list of their most memorable Saturday morning cartoon experiences, and we guarantee that many 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. Everyone watched because the characters were already familiar and it revealed what their lives were like as children. But Muppet Babies also worked on another level, as its own entity because of original concepts that were added to the show.

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, 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. It often included footage from films and live-action TV/film clips behind the mystery doors the babies opened in pursuit of answers to questions or adventures outside their nursery.

The most obvious unique component of the cartoon was Nanny. The character was solely shown as a pair of green and white striped stockings that matched the babies’ height. She had a calm, wise voice of Barbara Billingsley behind them.

The show ran for seven seasons from 1984 to 1991.