Storyboard director
Scott Shaw discussed the show in MuppetZine issue #3 (Winter 1993). "The concept of this second half-hour was neither simple nor particularly well-developed," he said. "A trio of new (live-action) Muppet Monster Kids, working from the basement of the adult Muppets' home, create their own television station which broadcasts only to the TV sets in the house upstairs. Their 'shows' were such regular segments as "Pigs in Space: The Animated Series", "
Kermit the Frog, Private Eye", "Muppet Sport Shorts" with
Animal, "Gonzo's Freaky Facts and Oddball Achievements," and "Fozzie's Comedy Corner", among others. Although thirteen episodes were produced (most of which were incomplete at the time of cancellation), only three of them ever aired. According to Muppet performer
Kathryn Mullen, and the Henson Company archives,
Marvel Productions failed to deliver the full season's animated segments in time for airing.
CBS responded by rerunning episodes of
Muppet Babies to fill the second half hour until Marvel finished the series' animated segments. Due to high ratings from the
Muppet Babies reruns, the network decided not to pick up the remaining episodes of
Little Muppet Monsters. The three completed episodes never appeared on television after their initial air dates. Plans to officially re-release the three episodes have not been made. Despite its quick cancellation, the theme song to
Little Muppet Monsters lived on; the instrumental version of the song became the closing theme for
Muppet Babies and remained so until the show ended in 1991. In 1991, segments of the animated "Pigs in Space" and "Kermit the Frog, Private Eye" from the second episode of
Little Muppet Monsters titled "Space Cowboys" were re-shown in the final episode of
Muppet Babies titled "Eight Flags Over the Nursery". == Cast ==