During a recent appearance at L.A.
Remember, the editing on that was incredibly wonderful.
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Jim was very good with George Lucas.
‘Muppet Babies’Henson Associates / Courtesy Everett Collection
George came in and worked onLabyrinthwith Jim and that was not their first collaboration, he continued.
Their first collaboration was… they were across the street from each other.
Jim was filmingThe Muppetsand George was doingStar Warsacross the street.
Yoda didnt work, so Jim, Frank and Kathy Mullen fixed Yoda.
Then, Steven Spielberg was also a very dear friend of Jims, and Jim fixed E.T.
Back in those days, everyone loved us, he explained.
They loved Jim would do anything for us.
We didnt fill out forms, requests, this or that.
We basically did whatever we wanted to do with the blessing of all of the studios.
He continued, Thats why, Im sorry to say, you will not see the originalMuppet Babies.
And its the question I get asked the most.
I had a lot to do with theBabies.
I know how much you guys love theBabiesand would love to have them back.
But I dont really know a way that that will ever happen.
Its copyrights and trademarks and that sort of thing, unfortunately.
Muppet Babiesaired between 1984 and 1991 on CBS for eight seasons and a total of 107 episodes.
The show portrayed toddler versions of the Muppets living in a nursery.
Another incognito of theMuppet Babiesis the face of Nanny, the caretaker of the babies.
The show was viewed from the perspective of the babies, and viewers only got to see Nannys legs.
Now Gilchrist is revealing what she actually looked like.
Barbara Billingsley, Mrs. Cleaver [fromLeave it to Beaver], she was Nanny, Gilchrist said.
Now you know what Nanny looks like.
As for Nannys stripes socks, Gilchrist said it was an ode toThe Wizard of Oz.
Check out the interview in the video posted below.
