# 101 Sesame Street Muppets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489 "2009-07-18T23:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/1 "2009-07-18T23:27:42Z")
In honor of _Sesame Street_’s 40th anniversary, Canada’s _National Post_ has this fun collage of 101 Muppet characters (101! Ah-ah-ah). How many can you recognize? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/2 "2009-07-18T23:29:52Z")
Gotta link? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/3 "2009-07-18T23:31:51Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Gotta link? Oh, dear. Just like Forgetful Jones, I seem to have forgotten. [Here it is!](http://www.nationalpost.com/muppets/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/4 "2009-07-19T03:24:44Z")
Does it make me weird that the really cool thing about that flash link is how the mouse-over domains that pull up descriptions of characters are actually the same shape as the people being moused over? I didn’t watch enough TV as a kid, I only know about a dozen of the characters. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/5 "2009-07-19T03:39:12Z")
Burt Big Bird THe Count Oscar the Grouch Grover Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele Abbie Cadabe Elmo Cookie Monster Kermit Ernie Telly Monster Baby Bear Grundgetta Rosita I don’t see Murray or Ovajita which is a bit odd. - Actually he is Mr. Johnson, but John Stewart calls him Michael Steele in puppet form. His skits are great, because he never gets what he wants. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/6 "2009-07-19T05:41:36Z")
> [@straight\_man](#): > > Does it make me weird that the really cool thing about that flash link is how the mouse-over domains that pull up descriptions of characters are actually the same shape as the people being moused over? Incidentally, that’s surprisingly easy using bitmaps and color sampling… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/7 "2009-07-19T05:49:42Z")
Baby Bear is jewish? ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/8 "2009-07-19T06:01:00Z")
Yeah, who knew? I always disliked Baby Bear with his speech impediment. My kids always wanted to imitate him and it drove me nuts. And he was annoying anyway. I recognized most of the older characters, but then I watched a lot of SS growing up. I like Super Grover and Guy Smiley. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/9 "2009-07-19T18:12:27Z")
Sesame Street characters had some of the worst pun names ever: H. Ross Parrot Merryl Sheep Placido Flamingo ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/101-sesame-street-muppets/503489/10 "2009-07-19T20:10:56Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Sesame Street characters had some of the worst pun names ever: > H. Ross Parrot > Merryl Sheep > Placido Flamingo Yes, but that’s one thing that the Muppets (both _Muppet Show_ and _Sesame Street_) did well: horrible puns. Them and Jay Ward.