# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/81 "2005-09-17T15:48:11Z")
They’re not my _favorites_, but I haven’t seen them mentioned yet so I thought I’d give a shout out to Andy and Randy Pig (from the too-short-lived _Muppets Tonight_), who referred to guest star Sandra Bullock as “Sandra Buttocks,” and who wiggled and waved their arms around uncontrollably during a panel discussion on Arms Control. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/82 "2005-09-17T15:51:15Z")
> [@KCSuze](#): > > And what was the name of that insect family who lived inside a milk carton? Twiddlebugs. Dear God, I am old. ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/83 "2005-09-17T16:04:25Z")
Guess! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/84 "2005-09-17T16:06:27Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Oh yeah. I forgot about Grover and the resturant bit. IIRC, Grover was the waiter, and the same Green _anything_ muppet had the missfortune of getting him each time he wanted service at the various venues. Blue. The Muppet in question was blue. In fact, he was referred to on script as “Fat Blue.” ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/85 "2005-09-17T17:43:16Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Blue. The Muppet in question was blue. > > In fact, he was referred to on script as “Fat Blue.” Now that’s what I come to the Straight Dope for. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/86 "2005-09-17T18:12:27Z")
It doesn’t get any cooler than The Count. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/87 "2005-09-17T19:40:54Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > It doesn’t get any cooler than The Count. In fact, one of my favorite “The Daily Show” bits involved The Count. During the Bush v. Gore recount fiasco Stewart said, “We’re going now to the world’s foremost expert on counting, Sesame Street’s Count.” Cut to the Count saying, “That’s one, one vote for Gore! Two, Two votes for Gore! Mwah, hah, hah!!” ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/88 "2005-09-17T20:42:17Z")
As a kid, it was probably Cookie Monster, then Grover, then the Count. And I think I was into Oscar too. But I did have a Cookie Monster puppet. When the “Muppet Show” happened, it was Animal. And I never got that Animal puppet I wanted, for which apparently I still carry a grudge. And Beaker. And Gonzo. As an adult, looking back, it’s still Animal, followed by Gonzo (Gonzo seems to have more of an appeal to me as an adult than he did when I was a kid, though I don’t know why.) ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/89 "2005-09-18T00:40:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Twiddlebugs. Thanks, **Askia**. > [@](#): > > Dear God, I am old. Piddleypoop. If you’re old, then I’m old. And I just don’t see that happening. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/90 "2005-09-18T01:12:56Z")
Beaker and the singing vegetables in _The Muppet Christmas Carol_ if they count. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/91 "2005-09-18T02:17:21Z")
Miss Piggy! Maybe it’s an association thing, but I have to love a pig who knows what she wants and fights tooth and hoof for it. Plus, I’m sorry, that scene where she ties up Josh Charles in _Muppets in Space_? HOT! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543/92 "2005-09-18T03:17:45Z")
It’s Animal for me! “No, no Animal, _BEAT_ drums, not \*EAT \* drums!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/321543.md?page=4)