Muffin's "madcap hoofing about" was explained by "distorted carrots" or "hot parsnips" but they also looked suspiciously like reactions to to an accidental drug overdose. Muffin didn't talk but would whisper his wants into the ear of his co-host, the stiffly-coiffured actress Annette Mills (sister of British actor Sir John Mills). She would say "Muffin wants to dance" or "Muffin needs a drink," then Muffin would dance like a loon and flop down, in a loose-stringed heap. Parents loved the show as Muffin was said to calm down children before they were sent upstairs to bed and locked in for the next 14 hours. The show was similar to other TV puppet shows like Howdy Doody on American television and all Italian politicians since Mussolini.