The Marvel Muppet Connection (1984-1991) - Muppet Babies, Little Muppet Monsters, Fraggle Rock

 MP 500 Jim Henson's Muppet Babies 1984 - 1991 (Marvel Productions/Henson Associates Inc.)

Model design team (1984/85): Matthew Bates, George Goode, Jean Gillmore, Leon Joosen, Phil Ortiz, Chris Sanders, Bob Scott, Scott Shaw, Geoffrey Shroeder, Patrick A. Ventura

Season 1

Main cast models - mouth charts, eye construction, size comparison
Main cast walk cycles - 25 pages




13 Good Clean Fun
Partial storyboard (last 3 pages)

Season 2

Main Cast Construction Models
Model sheets - 58 pages
Revised main cast models (Construction, Attitudes, Expressions and Turnarounds)
Model sheets


21 I want My Muppet TV - Jeffrey Scott
Model sheets - Rowlf As Keyboardist


MP 500/6510 Season 4

MP 6510

01 This Little Piggy Went To Hollywood - Sindy McKay & Larry Swerdlove
Model sheets - Director Gonzo



MP 6511 Season 5

02 Beauty And The Schnoz - Sindy McKay & Larry Swerdlove
Model sheets - 8 pages




07 Scooter By Any Other Name - J.R Young
Model sheets  16 pages


13 Bug Busting Babies - Hank Saroyan
Model sheets - 6 pages






MP 7000 Little Muppet Monsters (1985)

After the runaway success of Muppet Babies' first season in 1984.  Marvel and Henson Associates' next co-production was a variety show named Little Muppet Monsters.  Marvel would produce animated segments while the Henson Company would produce traditional live-action Muppet segments.  13 episodes would air on CBS alongside Muppet Babies as an hour-long programming block.

Unfortunately, due to delays in Marvel's production of the animated segments.  Only three episodes were completed in time for the scheduled broadcast dates.  CBS filled time with Muppet Babies repeats until the remaining ten episodes were ready.  However, the higher ratings of these repeats led the network to cancel Little Muppet Monsters and expand Muppet Babies to a one-hour block (rising to 90 minutes in 1988 due to CBS' decision to abandon broadcast of Garbage Pail Kids).

Walk cycles and mouth guides - 34 pages



MP 6501 Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock 1987 (Marvel Productions/Henson Associates Inc.)

0099 - Main Title


01A No Fraggle Is An Island - John Semper, Cynthia Friedlob, Barry O'Brien



02A Big Trouble For A Little Fraggle - Story: Pam Dovale and John Semper, Written by Beth Birney
Partial storyboard (20 pages) - Bob Kline


04A A Fraggle For All Seasons - Story: Pam Dovale, Written by Larry Parr
Partial storyboard (20 pages) - Bob Kline

09B What Boober's Nose Knows - Dennys McCoy and Pamela Hickey
Partial storyboard (24 pages)

10A Mokey's Flood Of Creativity - Story: John Semper and Cynthia Friedlob, Written by Pam Dovale
Partial storyboard (20 pages) - Bob Kline

MP 4066 Fraggle Rock: The Spring That Almost Didn't Happen 
Script by John Semper and Cynthia Friedlob - unproduced prime time special



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