Favorite Muppet

[Palo Verde]

I've been watching old clips from the Muppet Show (Mahna Mahna) and I know a new Muppet movie is coming out in November, so I've got muppets on my mind.

Here is a list of major muppets http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muppets


I've always had a soft spot for Beaker. He always looks so bewildered! But then again Animal has that wild-cool thing going on.

Who is your favorite muppet?

[DCnDC]

The Swedish Chef. Bork bork bork!

[Bosstone]

Gonzo and Rizzo make a great duo. I often see a lot of people say they don't like Pepe, but I find him hilarious.

I think, though, my general favorite is Sam the Eagle. He's the ultimate straight man. Eagle. Muppet. Thing. Whatever.

[runner pat]

AN-I-MAL!
Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha.

And Beaker.

[hogarth]

I was always partial to Cookie Monster, Grover and Oscar the Grouch, but if you only count characters from The Muppet Show, I'll have to go with Gonzo. All the (chicken) ladies love him!

[Time Stranger]

Gonzo was always a personal hero to me; He was such a weirdo. Beaker runs a close second.

I have an irrational hatred of Fozzie.

[Annie-Xmas]

I am so in love with Kermit the Frog. I ried when Jim Henson died.

[Tapiotar]

Originally Posted by Time Stranger

I have an irrational hatred of Fozzie.

Agreed.
My favorite was a minor character, the saxophone player. He reminded me of a guy I once dated.

But after that, the Swedish Chef. And Beaker.

[Airman Doors, USAF]

It's a toss-up between the Swedish Chef and Waldorf and Statler.

[Dung Beetle]

Kermit, by far! But apparently, the editor of that wiki article plumps for Statler & Waldorf. They’re listed twice.

[Paintcharge]

Originally Posted by Tapiotar

Agreed.
My favorite was a minor character, the saxophone player. He reminded me of a guy I once dated.

But after that, the Swedish Chef. And Beaker.

You mean Zoot.

Mine are the only two I've actually met: Rizzo and Pepe the Prawn.

Pepe's personal ad.

[MacTech]

It'd be a two way tie between Animal and Beaker, favorite full-body muppet costume? Sweetums

Least favorite muppets? Rizzo, Pepe, and Fozzie

[saramamalana]

I love Sweetums, I don't know why!

[Eleanor of Aquitaine]

I like Beaker, too. I've been thinking about ordering one of James Hance's muppet mashup prints: The Meep.

[hajario]

Grover.

[Toucanna]

Kerrrrr meeeeee!!! I adore Kermit! But "Sweetums" is a close second because he reminds me of the monsters from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.

[Dread Pirate Jimbo]

I was taking drum lessons as a kid when The Muppets were on the air. Animal was my guy, all the way.

[RealityChuck]

Scred, of course,. The sex scenes alone put him way above the rest.

For better known Muppets, it's Gonzo (at least, the original version -- he's softened over the years).

[Wheelz]

Gotta give a shout-out to Rowlf.
Nothing ever fazes him. All hell could be breaking loose around him and he'll just keep on playing his piano, taking it all in, secretly amused at the absurdity of it all.

I like to think I'm kind of like Rowlf, but I could never be as cool.

[Baker]

If I have to choose it's Animal. After all, he bowls overhand! But Beaker and the Swedish Chef are cool as well.

[kiz]

The Swedish Chef
Beaker
Animal

...oh heck, I love them all. Except Fozzie. He's always been my least favorite.

[B. Serum]

Rowlf Cameron Swayze edges out Kermit by a nose.

[PlainJain]

Originally Posted by Wheelz

Gotta give a shout-out to Rowlf.
Nothing ever fazes him. All hell could be breaking loose around him and he'll just keep on playing his piano, taking it all in, secretly amused at the absurdity of it all.

I like Rowlf too for many of the same reasons but also because he was on the Jimmy Dean show. Second place I'd give to Animal rounding it out with Janice.

[smaje1]

Gonzo, and if we're counting Sesame Street, Grover. They always seemed like two sides of the same coin -- maybe it was the blue fuzziness.

I am super psyched about the new Muppets movie (currently titled "The Muppets," in part because of my love for all things Jason Segel:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1204342/

And as a personal hijack, a show I once worked on did an awesome spoof of the Yip Yips from Sesame Street:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L527miiCuRM

[Malthus]

Originally Posted by PlainJain

Second place I'd give to Animal rounding it out with Janice.

Animal doing what with Janice?

[Don Draper]

I'll put a word in for some of the lesser known (or at least less frequently cited) muppets:

- Dynamite Harry a.k.a. Crazy Harry (one muppet that sure wouldn't pass muster today.)

- Janice, the hippie girl in Dr. Teeth's band.

- Guy Smiley (from "Sesame Street")

- Scred and the Land of Gorch characters (from SNL, season 1)

[JThunder]

Animal. Also, the Sesame Street Martians (Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip!).

[limegreen]

Animal -- I have taught a whole lot of high school kids that remind me of Animal.

[zamboniracer]

Another vote for Rowlf, especially as "Dr. Bob" on Veterinarians Hospital.

Miss Piggy: Dr. Bob, you don't look well. Are you alright?
Rowlf: I'm still in shock from what happened to my last patient.
Miss Piggy: But you cured him.
Rowlf: You don't think that was a shock?

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

I like Zoot a lot, and Animal, as well as Gonzo and the Count.

[Death of Rats]

I like Dr. Teeth.

Also, Bobo the Bear from Muppets Tonight and the later movies. He gave me my favorite muppet exchange of all time.
Bobo is working the backstage door
Prince: Hi, I am tonight guest star.
Bobo: and you are...?
Prince: Actually, my name is an unpronouncable symbol.
Bobo: Right.
Prince: <sigh> Alright, fine. I'm "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince"
Bobo: and I'm the bear currently known as UNAMUSED!

[Morgyn]

And here I thought I'd be one of the rare ones who loves Beaker. Shows what I know.

I see him as the outer expression of how so many of us actually feel inside. He just doesn't hide it.

[Ichbin Dubist]

Animal. Although I'll have always have a soft spot for for Lew Zealand. And his Boomerang Fish Act!

[Llama Llogophile]

Originally Posted by Ichbin Dubist

Animal. Although I'll have always have a soft spot for for Lew Zealand. And his Boomerang Fish Act!

I have affection for Lew Zealand only because he addresses Kermit as "Mr. The Frog".

Kermit is of course, the supreme Muppet. For shear humor, I'd give it to the Yip Yip aliens.

[gonzoron]

I refuse to answer on the grounds that it's innately obvious by virtue of my posting.

[GuanoLad]

I like most of Frank Oz's, apart from Piggy. Especially Bert and Grover.

But my favourite over all is probably Rowlf.

[blondebear]

Gotta go with Kermit, but I love 'em all.

[Kamino Neko]

Originally Posted by gonzoron

I refuse to answer on the grounds that it's innately obvious by virtue of my posting.

I don't remember a Ron.

[Steophan]

Beaker, for this if nothing else.

[MercyStreet]

When Jim Henson died, my mother exclaimed: "Who dies of pneumonia these days?!" Two weeks later my Dad died -- of the same pneumonia that Henson had. Weird. Anyway ... Kermit.

[Kamino Neko]

Originally Posted by Steophan

Beaker, for this if nothing else.

Nah, man, nah. This is Beaker's best viral outing.

[Lobot]

When I was a kid, my favourite was Crazy Harry. I guess the idea of a deranged psychopath blowing things up at random appealed to me...

Nowadays, it's Sam the Eagle. Wonderfully subversive.

[Steophan]

Originally Posted by Tengu

Nah, man, nah. This is Beaker's best viral outing.

Now I'm gonna be watching these all night... Here's the Chef.

[dogbutler]

Statler and Waldorf. I wanna be like them when I grow up.

[TheVoiceOfReason]

Janice. The only muppet toy I ever owned was a Janice action figure.

[tumbleddown]

I love Rowlf, he looks like he would feel like my hair. Since I was small I related to that.

I also love Janice. I can dig her hippy vibe.

[Reloy3]

Another Beaker vote.

[Charleythejanitor]

When I was 16 I had a t shirt with Animal on it....I had already been partying for about a year and the Animal shirt was always a hit,probably more than any other shirt that I've owned other than my Pink Floyd Darkside of the Moon shirt! So,my vote is for Animal.

[dangermom]

Originally Posted by Don Draper

- Dynamite Harry a.k.a. Crazy Harry (one muppet that sure wouldn't pass muster today.)

I dated him once....

Hm, I don't know if I can decide.

[BaneSidhe]

Beaker!