Beaker (Muppet) Bunsen, and Frank Welker provided Beaker's squeaky meeps. Beaker was performed by Kevin Clash in "The Muppet Show Live". An animated Beaker was also voiced by Richard Hunt, his usual performer during that period, when he appeared in the short lived "Little Muppet Monsters" series. Beaker's "meep" sound has become a well-known catchphrase, and is referenced in various media. In a 2004 Internet poll sponsored by the BBC and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew were voted Britain's favourite cinematic scientists. They beat Mr. Spock, their closest rival, by a margin of two
The Muppets (TV series) at Comic-Con to an overwhelmingly positive response, was released online on July 21, 2015. In regards to what Muppet characters to include, producers decided to omit extremely anthropomorphic characters such as "talking vegetables and dancing chickens". The series was shot at Stages 6 and 7 of the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, California and on-location throughout Los Angeles. Sets must be raised four and a half feet so that the Muppet performers will have room to operate the characters, and all sets have platforms which can be moved. "The Muppets" received a full 16-episode season from ABC on October