A muppet-related discussion over in Cafe Society has prompted me to start my own Madness thread – Muppet Madness! This tournament will decide, once and for all, the Dope’s most beloved Muppet.
The seedings are according to my own probably-biased perception of each muppet’s popularity and general ubiquity. Since ubiquity and popularity are not always correlated, I would not be surprised at some early upsets.
I only selected muppets from The Muppet Show and Sesame Street. If your favorite muppet is exclusive to Fraggle Rock or the Dark Crystal, I’m afraid you’re out of luck.
There were more than 64 muppets to choose from – I apologize if I’ve left out your favorite. Your only recourse will be to go back in time and host your own Muppet Madness thread before this one.
In a couple of places, two or more muppets appear as a team. You can only vote for the set.
The names of the brackets have no specific connection to the muppets contained therein.
For the potentially obscure muppets, Ive provided links to their Muppet Wiki pages. I’ll bet that in many cases, you’ll recognize the muppet even if you didn’t remember the name.
You don’t have to vote on every pairing. Jim Henson Division
Dave Goelz Division
16. Baskerville the Hound
2. Count von Count
3. Fozzy Bear
4. Statler and Waldorf
5. Scooter
6. Janice
7. Guy Smiley
8. Robin the Frog
A few more upsets. I know I’ll be the only person to vote for Prairie Dawn over Fozzie Bear (no Y) but I just dislike Fozzie, always have, even when I was a kid. He’s nice, but pathetic and painful to watch in the way all bad comics are. It’s not fun to watch a bad comic. Prairie Dawn is hilarious when trying to deal with Cookie Monster.
I’m not sure “Statler and Waldorf” constitute one Muppet.
Zoot
Not too many upsets for me, though I would vote for any Muppet on the list (even ones I haven’t even heard of!) over Big Bird. I hate Big Bird, and have ever since I was a kid. Not a big Cookie Monster fan either, though this will probably put me in the massive minority.
Here are my picks.
[sub]armchair-quarterbacking where appropriate[/sub]
Kermit the Frog
Grover
Wayne
[sub]the upset EVERYONE is rooting for! Elmo is the Duke of the Muppets- his ubiquity is matched only by the amount of educated hatred that exists for him.[/sub]
The Swedish Chef
Marvin Suggs
[sub]Come ON. You can make a good case for Snuff not even EXISTING- committee put him here on reputation. Not on MY watch.[/sub]
Dr. Teeth
Crazy Harry
Lew Zealand
[sub]No WAY Rizzo wins over a guy who throws FISH.[/sub]
Frank Oz Division
Cookie Monster
Ernie
Oscar the Grouch
Gonzo
Animal
Roosevelt Franklin
[sub]Fuck Beaker. How can you vote against Roosevelt fucking FRANKLIN, polymath extraordinaire? Look at this: “He taught concepts like family, pride, respect, geography and not drinking poison. Roosevelt was a cool kid who loved to scat, rhyme and sing the blues. His mother was proud of him.” THAT’s a fucking MUPPET. I’m singing the Roosevelt fucking Franklin song right now, and I say the fix is IN if some simpering half-wit whose only talent is getting blown sky-high like fucking BEAKER advances out of the first round.[/sub]
The Newsman
[sub]How is ZOE, the fucking SHE-ELMO, seeded higher than the Newsman?[/sub]
Floyd Pepper
Dave Goelz Division
Big Bird
Count von Count
Prairie Dawn
[sub]Love me some Fozzie, but that Prairie Dawn is one mean-ass bitch when riled.[/sub]
Statler and Waldorf
Scooter
[sub]I sense a fix by a certain Uncle, but I have no hard-and-fast proof here[/sub]
Janice
[sub]groovy![/sub]
The Amazing Mumford
[sub]a-la-peanut-butter-sandwiches! It’s Mumford in an upset![/sub]
Telly Monster
[sub]too bad there’s no Joker to pull a Jason Todd on this Robin[/sub]
Richard Hunt Division
Miss Piggy
[sub]hiiiiiiiii-YAH![/sub]
Bert
[sub]the only Muppet this uptight douche could beat is coincidentally his opponent in the first round. Droop’s heart just doesn’t seem to be in this one.[/sub]
Sam the Eagle
[sub]if Sam the Eagle doesn’t win, then the terrorists do.[/sub]
Dr. Bunson Honeydew
Rowlf
[sub]mellow beats dead six days a week and twice on Sunday[/sub]
The Yip-Yips
[sub]yip-yip-yip-yip-VICTORY… un-HUH…[/sub]
Well, round one is pretty much a wash for me, and I guess, with only a few upsets, it’ll be a wash for everyone…I’m predicting no upsets in the grand total going into round two, though…