It might seem counterintuitive — especially since his oeuvre eventually included shows like “Fraggle Rock” and “Muppet Babies” — but Jim Henson never intended for the Muppets to be ...

The show Whitmer was talking about is “Muppet Babies.” It was a cartoon spinoff of the Muppets and was part of the CBS Saturday morning cartoon lineup from 1984 to 1991, then rebooted by ...