# Favorite Muppet? Cute and fuzzy, or wild and hairy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744 "2001-06-14T02:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tornado\_Siren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Tornado\_Siren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tornado_Siren)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/1 "2001-06-14T02:10:58Z")
Somehow I get the feeling that among those who vote, Animal is gonna get the most. But for me, I think Beeker with his cute little way of communicating is just the best. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/2 "2001-06-14T02:33:36Z")
Ah-Ni-MALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL oh, and the 2 old guys in the balcony. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/3 "2001-06-14T02:35:55Z")
I’m a Gonzo-gal myself. 🙂 “I know this story like the back of my hand!” And that long-ass nose. Wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/4 "2001-06-14T02:44:05Z")
Ralph. And Kermit should have died with Jim Henson. -LordVor ---
**Author:** ![PRNYouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PRNYouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRNYouth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/5 "2001-06-14T03:22:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LordVor \* > **Ralph.** It’s Rowlf. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by LordVor \* > And Kermit should have died with Jim Henson._\* I disagree, but of course you’re entitled to your opinion. (Incidentally, Jim Henson disagreed, too – he had personally said that he believed Steve Whitmire would be able to take over performing Kermit if and when Jim himself was unable to perform him.) But back to the OP, **Kermit** ’s my favorite – to the point that I collect him. But Gonzo is a close second. (Did anyone else see the appearance by Kermit and Gonzo on NBC’s Today Show Tuesday morning, June 12? It was WONDERFUL – classic Muppet stuff – all ad-lib.) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/6 "2001-06-14T03:23:56Z")
Sweetums. ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/7 "2001-06-14T03:25:57Z")
Cookie Monster! Abby ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/8 "2001-06-14T04:22:36Z")
Another vote for GONZO!!! I can dig it! ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/9 "2001-06-14T04:36:07Z")
It’s the primitive side of me but yes I love Animal… Love his drum style too, nothing like a musician named Animal to make me shiver with delight! Fozzie Bear is pretty close up there. Gonzo is up there too. Don’t forget Sam the Eagle too (I think that’s the correct name for him – the Patriotic Bird!) Ah shoot, I dig all them Muppets and have been contemplating getting the videos of The Muppet Show. ---
**Author:** ![pink\_kitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pink\_kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pink_kitten)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/10 "2001-06-14T05:03:42Z")
My fav is the Swedish Chef, with his mad-cap throwing of various objects into the pot to the detriment of anyone in the way. Also the hmm, de hmm, de hmmm, bjork! bjork! bjork! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SallySimpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@SallySimpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallySimpson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/11 "2001-06-14T05:46:38Z")
**Animal:** patterned after Keith Moon. Brilliant. **Grover:** particularly the schtick with the blue-headed guy in the restaurant. Cracks me up. (I know this is more “Sesame Street” than “Muppet Show,” but he’s still a Muppet.) **The Guys in the Balcony:** do they have names? This question has been pissing me off for years. I just can’t remember!! ---
**Author:** ![SallySimpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@SallySimpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallySimpson)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/12 "2001-06-14T06:07:19Z")
After a quick Google search, I have found out that the guys in the balcony are Statler (the tall, thin one on the right) and Waldorf (the short, bald one on the left.) Whew, that was taxing my brain. [http://vr.ncsa.uiuc.edu/BS/Muppets/faq\_temp.html](http://vr.ncsa.uiuc.edu/BS/Muppets/faq_temp.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/13 "2001-06-14T06:13:17Z")
It’s all about **Beaker** , baby! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/14 "2001-06-14T06:17:45Z")
**Gonzo** The unforgettable moment when he went on stage with his rock act. Curtain opens. Huge rock onstage. Gonzo starts bashing it with a hammer, yelling, desperately, “Art! Art! Art!” Changed my life. ---
**Author:** ![kang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kang)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/15 "2001-06-14T06:18:00Z")
Another dipstick to measure my odd sense of humor… My fav has always been Lew Zealand and his boomerang fish, closely followed by Crazy Harry. Both have a deranged quality to their appearance and their behavior that I like in friends and muppets alike. ---
**Author:** ![pink\_kitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pink\_kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pink_kitten)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/16 "2001-06-14T06:25:38Z")
Don’t most of the muppets have a deranged manner to them? Even Kermit and Ms. Piggy. BTW, [hijak] Did anyone see Ms. Piggy’s appearance on the Daily Show? Hilarious! You can view it [here](http://www.comedycentral.com/timewasters/dl_general.jhtml?show=ds) Just scroll down until you see piggy [/hijak] ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/17 "2001-06-14T07:06:19Z")
I like the guy in the band that’s stoned, actually I like the whole band cause they’re _all_ stoned. I also like; **Oscar the Grouch** , the guy that runs around blowing stuff up. **Snuffalufagus** , those two S.S. aliens that go “yuuuup, yuuuuup, yup yup yup yup yup.” **Aughra** , the witch from The Dark Crystal, not “technically” a Muppet, but made by Jim Henson ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/18 "2001-06-14T07:06:56Z")
One more vote for the Cookie Monster. He’s just like me.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/19 "2001-06-14T07:12:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anniz \* > > He’s just like me.😉 > > \*\* Big, dumb, goofy, and blue? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2001, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744/20 "2001-06-14T11:02:41Z")
Miss Piggy. Always reminds me of my sister. (Don’t tell her that.) **Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-YAAA!!!** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet-cute-and-fuzzy-or-wild-and-hairy/68744.md?page=2)