As a fan of the original who watched them as I grew up I had hoped to introduce my 5 year old son to the new one. Sadly this only shares the characters and name with the original. Gone are the zany fun, the delightful flashes of imagination, and the genuine understanding and organic feeling portrayal of what's important to young children, including their fears and interpersonal tension; in their place is formulaic agenda driven pablum with very little fun to be had. My son has happily sits through the original episodes my mother still has on VHS from when I was young and asks for them by name, but this new stuff couldn't keep his attention for more 5 minutes, and after watching them myself I can understand why. This show is just the latest in a long line of what I consider to be hate crimes against the Muppets by the Disney corporation, devaluing what made them fun and funny in favor of more writing by committee and agenda driven plot points. My kid already gets enough lectures from TV. He just wants something fun or actually educational.
Review of Muppet Babies
