Hello there Muppet fans for a few years now The Muppets havn't really been in a TV series there was a more adult version of the characters that aired a few years ago but despite me liking the show it was cancelled and now they are back with a new animated show which has the same name of another Muppet show you might have heard of so here is my review of the reboot of Muppet Babies.
The series follows the playroom adventures of Miss Piggy , Animal , Gonzo , Kermit and new character Summer. As you can guess this show is episodic in nature and I think for this show it does work it's a show about the muppets as babies so with that set up you don't really need a story you can just go wild with it.
Now shockingly this series doesn't star current Kermit voice actor Matt Vogel but instead he's voiced by Matt Danner who also serves as the show's supervising director and he's joined by Melanie Harrison as Piggy , Dee Bradley Baker as Animal , Eric Bauza as Fozzy , Ben Diskin as Gonzo , Jessica DiCicco as Summer and Jenny Slate as Miss Nanny.
Acting wise the cast could use some improvement the cast that you expect to give good performances do deliver but when your playing iconic characters such as Kermit and Miss Piggy then you have to deliver and Matt and Mel just don't and while the voice for Piggy does kinda match the original her voice the voice Kermit isn't even close to how he sounds.
Now despite Disney owning The Muppets they didn't actually do the animation for this show the animation was done by Odd Bot Animation and from what I can gather this is their first time working on a TV series and it shows because the animation in this show is OK at best there are times where the characters hair does look pretty good but then they will cut to Piggy's hair and it just looks plastic as heck.
Unlike other Muppet shows since they were bought by Disney this show airs on Disney Junior and thus made for that target audience and with that in mind I will say that there's nothing harmful init for little kids and they do teach some valuable life lessons but tho you get a sense that it's not the muppets at their best or like they could have tought this lesson in another way.
The episodes do have pretty bad pacing which for me is an issue because each episode is made up of two separate stories but each story seems to drag around the middle part for some reason and I know that they can't really address this issue just yet but if they get a season two then it is something they will have to look into because if i'm feeling bored imagine how the little kids would be feeling at that point.
I couldn't do a review of this show and not mention the new character Summer for me she's a female version of Kermit except she likes art and I say that she's female version of Kermit because all of the personality treats adult Kermit has Summer has but with that said she can be a pretty fun character and I do want to see her feature in movies and other TV shows but in my eyes should be better suited in Sesame Street.
Now this is a muppet show so with that in mind you'd think the show would have tons of laugh out loud moments so it saddens me to say that it doesn't don't get me wrong if a little kid is watching this they'll think it's funny as heck but the jokes just aren't that funny and for some reason in one episode they use a scene from Raiders Of The Lost Ark and I know that because I love the Indiana Jones films.
Now for some unknown reason they chose to make the funniest and most savage muppets Statler and Waldorf completely tame and kid friendly which is so out of character for these two these characters need to savage as heck that's when they out their best and not telling lame jokes to please five year olds they could have been the disgruntled muppet fan base when they heard this show was going to happen but nope oh and you don't want to know what they did to Rizzo.
The show's theme is sung by Renée Elise Goldsberry and since I havn't seen the original Muppet Babies I have no clue if they use the original theme or not but I can tell you that this theme song is pretty good it really does suit the show shockingly well and it has a nice catchy beat to it it's just a shame the songs in the show aren't really that good.
Overall I can see little kids enjoying this show but it's not The Muppets at their best it's close tho but for these guys close isn't good enough I give Muppet Babies 2018 a 5 out of 10.