Scooter (Muppet) Scooter (Muppet) Scooter is a Muppet character known for being the backstage stage manager, utility stage crew member, and general all-around "gofer" on "The Muppet Show." He was originally performed by Richard Hunt until his death in 1992, and is currently performed by David Rudman. Scooter is orange with a darker orange sprout of hair. In keeping with the jokes about bespectacled Muppets such as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Scooter's eyes are actually the lenses of his glasses. Behind the glasses frames, there's nothing but his orange skin (although unlike Bunsen, whose glasses were transparent, Scooter had actual "eyes" with pupils
Muppet Babies (1984 TV series) of presenting the Muppets as children first appeared in a dream sequence in "The Muppets Take Manhattan" (1984), released two months before "Muppet Babies" debuted, in which Miss Piggy imagined what it would be like if she and Kermit the Frog had grown up together. "Muppet Babies" was produced by The Jim Henson Company and Marvel Productions. The rights are now held by The Walt Disney Company, which separately acquired both the Muppets characters and Marvel. Although the episodes were 30 minutes (including commercials), it was typically shown in 60 and even 90 minute blocks during the peak of its