# Muppet Madness - FINAL FOUR

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229 "2008-07-21T04:29:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/21 "2008-07-21T15:40:12Z")

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Kermit and Cookie.

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**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/22 "2008-07-21T15:41:27Z")

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How did Rowlf get this far??? I just don’t get it. At least a piano playing dog is not going to beat either Statler and Waldorf or The Frog.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/23 "2008-07-21T15:58:04Z")

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1. Kermit the Frog

2. Rowlf

It’s down to the pain - all hard choices. It reminds me that I like muppets, I guess.

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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/24 "2008-07-21T16:00:59Z")

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Statler & Waldorf

Rowlf

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/25 "2008-07-21T16:02:49Z")

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Kermit v. Cookie…

Green v. Blue…

Frog v. …errrr…yeah, what the hell _is_ CM, anyway? Ah, who cares…he’s been the easy winner since this who shebang started.

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/26 "2008-07-21T16:16:48Z")

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1. Kermit the Frog

2. Rowlf

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**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/27 "2008-07-21T16:20:09Z")

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1. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/28 "2008-07-21T16:23:04Z")

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Kermit the Frog

Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/29 "2008-07-21T16:28:04Z")

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Kermit and Cookie. I’m old school, yo.

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**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/30 "2008-07-21T16:31:03Z")

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1. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/31 "2008-07-21T16:36:30Z")

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1. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/32 "2008-07-21T17:16:06Z")

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My choices are highlighted in red.

1. Kermit the Frog  
vs 4. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster  
vs 5. Rowlf

I always prefer to see a couple of underdogs in the final, as opposed to two #1 seeds going head to head, but I’d have made these picks regardless of the Muppets’ respective rankings.

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**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/33 "2008-07-21T17:26:33Z")

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1. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/34 "2008-07-21T17:29:11Z")

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Kermit  
Cookie

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/35 "2008-07-21T17:48:20Z")

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1. Kermit

2. Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/36 "2008-07-22T00:28:16Z")

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1. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster  
(“Cooooookie!”)

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/37 "2008-07-22T00:43:42Z")

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Kermit

Rowlf  
bork.bork.bork

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**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/38 "2008-07-22T02:55:32Z")

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Skipped the last one because most of the choices were too hard. This one’s easy.

1. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/39 "2008-07-22T03:46:05Z")

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1. Statler & Waldorf

2. Cookie Monster

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**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muppet-madness-final-four/457229/40 "2008-07-22T06:34:35Z")

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1. Statler & Waldorf (FTW!!! It’s hard not to like Kermit, but S&W have been my favorite characters ever since I was first introduced to this show when I was 3 years old)

2. Rowlf (Again, Cookie Monster is a ONE JOKE CHARACTER…how does he keep winning?)

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