# Favorite Muppet
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757 "2011-07-29T18:05:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/1 "2011-07-29T18:05:37Z")
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 [List of Muppets - Wikipedia](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?
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/2 "2011-07-29T18:10:12Z")
The Swedish Chef. Bork bork bork!
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### Author:  [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/3 "2011-07-29T18:10:28Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/4 "2011-07-29T18:11:12Z")
AN-I-MAL!
Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha.
And Beaker.
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### Author:  [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/5 "2011-07-29T18:11:45Z")
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!
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### Author:  [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/6 "2011-07-29T18:15:02Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/7 "2011-07-29T18:16:39Z")
I am so in love with Kermit the Frog. I ried when Jim Henson died.
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### Author:  [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/8 "2011-07-29T18:37:16Z")
> [@Time\_Stranger](#):
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> 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.
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### Author:  [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/9 "2011-07-29T18:39:21Z")
It’s a toss-up between the Swedish Chef and Waldorf and Statler.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/10 "2011-07-29T18:40:17Z")
Kermit, by far! But apparently, the editor of that wiki article plumps for Statler & Waldorf. They’re listed twice.
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### Author:  [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/11 "2011-07-29T18:42:08Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#):
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> Agreed.
> My favorite was a minor character, the saxophone player. He reminded me of a guy I once dated.
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> 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.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d19BawjJPhY)
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### Author:  [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/12 "2011-07-29T19:05:27Z")
It’d be a two way tie between Animal and Beaker, favorite full-body muppet costume? Sweetums
Least favorite muppets? Rizzo, Pepe, and Fozzie
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### Author:  [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/13 "2011-07-29T19:08:49Z")
I love Sweetums, I don’t know why!
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### Author:  [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/14 "2011-07-29T19:09:37Z")
I like Beaker, too. I’ve been thinking about ordering one of James Hance’s muppet mashup prints: [The Meep](http://www.jameshance.com/images/paintings/meep.jpg).
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/15 "2011-07-29T19:13:28Z")
Grover.
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### Author:  [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/16 "2011-07-29T19:14:40Z")
_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.
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### Author:  [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/17 "2011-07-29T19:16:23Z")
I was taking drum lessons as a kid when The Muppets were on the air. Animal was my guy, all the way. 🙂
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/18 "2011-07-29T19:56:45Z")
[Scred](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb68zu_dTmU), 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).
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### Author:  [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/19 "2011-07-29T19:59:07Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-muppet/590757/20 "2011-07-29T20:06:57Z")
If I have to choose it’s Animal. After all, he bowls _overhand_! But Beaker and the Swedish Chef are cool as well.
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