I am from the UK, and I seem to vaguely recall a kids show (possibly from the late 90’s - early 2000’s) which featured red sock puppets with crazy hair. Along side these puppets were real people, who interacted with them. However, I also seem to remember that the intro of the programme began with two cats or rabbits in a hot air balloon. I cannot remember which of the animals they were, but I know it was one of them two.
I know I am not misremembering because my younger sister remembers that show too. I remember watching it with my mum years ago, and when I brought it up a couple of days ago she said she couldn’t remember it.
I’ve been searching for it for years, but everything leads to dead ends.