Kristina Donnelly (December 9, 1987 - November 7, 1999) performed Baab the Sheep in Muppets from Space. Donnelly was granted the request of performing with the Muppets by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Toward the end of filming, production was paused so that Steve Whitmire and Dave Goelz could call her up on the set of the boarding house dining room in front of the cast and crew. They gave her a special edition of the Hensonville News Observer, Baab the Sheep (the puppet she performed), and a bag full of dolls and character straws and other assorted items.