# Favorite Muppet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543 "2005-09-14T03:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/41 "2005-09-14T15:03:39Z")
Animal gets the most laughs from me, but Sam the Eagle comes in a close second. They’re like the two archetypes of people in Asheville. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/42 "2005-09-14T15:29:40Z")
As a kid I loved the Swedish Chef. But I’ve since developed quite a fondness for the two old guys in the balcony (yet I don’t know their names). ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/43 "2005-09-14T15:32:05Z")
Their names are Statler and Waldorf. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/44 "2005-09-14T15:36:50Z")
Beaker! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/45 "2005-09-14T15:36:51Z")
Toss up between Swedish Chef, Beaker, and Animal. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/46 "2005-09-14T15:44:36Z")
Statler and Waldorf, followed by Oscar the Grouch. All are role models for me. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/47 "2005-09-14T18:45:46Z")
Hopefully my handle makes it obvious… ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/48 "2005-09-14T19:05:33Z")
- Sweetums - Crazy Harry (plays with dynamite!) - Sam the Eagle - I swear they had my father in mind when they designed him. - Coooookieeeeee! - Animal - Bunsen and Beeker But the grand prize goes to: Oscar the Grouch. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/49 "2005-09-14T19:15:17Z")
Gotta be the Great Gonzo. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/50 "2005-09-14T20:06:43Z")
Beaker! ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/51 "2005-09-14T20:13:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [Scred](http://www.muppetcentral.com/_images/muppets/scred_snl.gif), from Saturday Night Live. For a look at why, see the scripts for [The Land of Gorch](http://www.toughpigs.com/anthgorcha00.htm) (warning: contains hot Muppet sex!). > > Runner up is The Mighty Flavog, also of Gorch. > > Of Muppets you’ve ever heard of, it’d be Gonzo. Preach it. That’s the first thing that came to my mind. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/52 "2005-09-14T20:19:22Z")
Fozzie Bear, hands down! I love several of them, though. Beaker, Rowlf, Kermt, Swedish Chef, The Chickens, Piggy, “Pigs In Space”, Gonzo, Statler&Waldorf… It made it awfully hard to take Yoda seriously, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/53 "2005-09-14T20:22:50Z")
Bert and Ernie (they are so sweet) followed by Sam The Eagle. Pretty much covers the whole politcal spectrum, there, eh? mm ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/54 "2005-09-14T20:25:09Z")
Gotta put a plug in for Mr. Snuffluffagus. And for Robin the Frog. And for Dynamite Harry - Ahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/55 "2005-09-14T20:48:15Z")
I’m another Bunsen and Beaker fan. Of course my favorite episodes were those there Beaker would manage to get revenge on Bunsen for all the crap he’d put Beeker through. The way Beeker laughed when that giant vacuum sucked Bunsen up into it was downright frightening. 😉 (BTW, what’s up with getting Muppet Movies on DVD? Don’t you people already own them all on LD? What’s wrong with you weirdos?) ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/56 "2005-09-14T21:26:12Z")
Another Rowlf fan here. He has a subtle sense of humor I can appreciate. “There’s no use complainin’ and it’s useless to hollar if she’s a beauty, she’ll get under your collar we grin and bear it cause the nights are long I hope that somethin better comes along” But I will say, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Meyhem is the coolest band name ever. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/57 "2005-09-14T21:54:54Z")
This is the best topic ever!! Put me down for Gonzo and Grover. I still chuckle about Grover in his waiter job (“Hey Charlie, burn another one…”) and about Gonzo wanting to go to Bombay, India to be a movie star instead of Hollywood because he didn’t want to do it the easy way. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/58 "2005-09-14T22:17:16Z")
Oscar. Interesting, not one vote for the big yellow feather duster. heh heh heh ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/59 "2005-09-14T22:38:45Z")
Rowlf. _“I used to be with Jimmy Dean…nobody remembers me anymore.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/60 "2005-09-14T22:44:40Z")
Sweetums, or Statler (who’s clearly superior to that hack Waldorf) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543.md?page=4)