# The Muppets are....... not real. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 3, 2002, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190 "2002-12-03T10:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/1 "2002-12-03T10:20:57Z")
Sorry to spring it on you like this, I know it must be a huge surprise, but you know the Muppets? Kermit and Miss Piggy and Gonzo and all the rest? They’re… puppets. I know you must be shocked to hear such a thing, but there’s actually a guy or two controlling their movements and speaking in their voices, probably crouched down behind whatever they are sitting on. All you talk show hosts out there must feel really embarrassed to have had them on your show and actually talked to them like guests. Oh, and poor CNN or MSNBC or whatever news channel I saw them on. They must be heartbroken to hear that the interview they recently had asking Kermit and Piggy about their rumored romance wasn’t news at all, but a fake conversation with puppets. Sorry to be the one who had to break it to you, world. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/2 "2002-12-03T10:34:48Z")
What? You’re sayin’ … th’ frog ain’t tryin’ to get it on with th’ pig?? It’s all been a have? Good heavens! Stop th’ presses! :eek: Wait, wait – Gonzo’s gotta be real, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/3 "2002-12-03T10:48:44Z")
Don’t worry Ice Wolf, they are all real it’s ok. {{{Ice Wolf}}} Ooner, this is a very cruel lie ! Are you trying to shattered our lives, our dreams ? I hope the next sound you hear is Miss Piggy crashing through your door and screaming hiya mucka just before she knocks you out. The Muppets aren’t real ! Well I never ! ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/4 "2002-12-03T11:04:25Z")
Bad **Ooner**! No biscuit! Next you’ll be tellin’ us there’s no Santa or Easter Bunny! Da noive! ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/5 "2002-12-03T11:07:44Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Ice Wolf_ > > Good Heavens! Stop th’ presses! :eek: > > Wait, wait – Gonzo’s gotta be real, right? Right? Does Fozie shit in the woods? **Ooner** , most people who have been in the entertainment business for a while have probably had some very embarassing gigs or jobs in their past. Any talk show host that has ever had to interview David Arquette must consider it a relief to interview a Muppet. Certain a few steps closer to reality, at the very least. If a news channel had Muppets being interviewed, it’s because someone in charge wanted them on there. The anchor or interviewer may have been embarassed, but they weren’t the one making the decisions. Until Kermit or Piggy become paid contributors or analysts for Fox, CNN, or MSNBC I wouldn’t worry about it. ---
**Author:** ![Ooner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@Ooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ooner)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/6 "2002-12-03T11:14:31Z")
I’m not worried about it, and it doesn’t bother me THAT much… This is mostly for fun, but I just find the whole thing to be a bit silly. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/7 "2002-12-03T11:17:23Z")
Talkin’ to a bit of hand-animated cloth can’t be worse than than talkin’ to th’ majority of the politicians around, can it? Sometimes, you can’t get sillier than a political debate … ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/8 "2002-12-03T11:23:26Z")
KERMIT FOR PRESIDENT!!! ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/9 "2002-12-03T11:42:32Z")
The difference between a Muppet and a politician is that the people who control a politician are a little more sneaky about it. Although Strom Thurmond does look like a recycled character from _The Dark Crystal_. Give Rolf his own talk show, with Pepe the shrimp as his sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/10 "2002-12-03T11:53:04Z")
> [@](#): > > All you talk show hosts out there must feel really embarrassed to have had them on your show and actually talked to them like guests. Dude, the Kermit interview on the Daily Show (a year or two ago) was fucking hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/11 "2002-12-03T12:13:50Z")
Muppet bookings are how producers punish naughty prima donna hosts. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/12 "2002-12-03T12:18:05Z")
> [@](#): > > The muppets are…not real. Neither are Pamela Anderson’s breasts. Some people consider them entertaining nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/13 "2002-12-03T12:27:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuperLorie \* > \*\*KERMIT FOR PRESIDENT!!! \*\* Sorry. True Muppetarians are supporting **Animal** for president and the **Swedish Chef** for VP. GRRRAHHHH!!! Bork bork bork! ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/14 "2002-12-03T12:35:22Z")
why is this in the pit? ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/15 "2002-12-03T12:48:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by particlewill \* > \*\*why is this in the pit? \*\* Because inevitably, at some point, someone’s gonna make the joke about Ms. Piggy losing speaking roles because of the frog in her throat. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/16 "2002-12-03T13:07:08Z")
Ah, yes. This thread brings to mind an old Muppet show where Senor Vasquez was the guest. Fozzie Bear did a 2 minute spiel on how stupid it was to have a whole show based on puppers, while Kermit listened with a bemused look on his face. After Fozzie left, Kermit said: I didn’t have the heart to tell him. \*\* Ooner \*\* could learn a lot from that frog. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/17 "2002-12-03T13:54:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by apotheosis \* > \*\*Because inevitably, at some point, someone’s gonna make the joke about Ms. Piggy losing speaking roles because of the frog in her throat. \*\* 😃 I had to clean the Diet Coke off of my monitor after reading this. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/18 "2002-12-03T13:58:57Z")
Besides, those interviews with Muppets are completely scripted (of course); no wild cards, no curveballs thrown at the host. Then again, no bombshells, either, no exclusives, no … ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/19 "2002-12-03T14:43:37Z")
> [@](#): > > –ALF His comeback is not limited to TV ads. Producer Paul Fusco is pitching the gruff furball as host of a late-night talk show. Maybe his first guest can be Miss Piggy ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2002, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190/20 "2002-12-03T15:58:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Ah, yes. This thread brings to mind an old Muppet show where Senor Vasquez was the guest. Fozzie Bear did a 2 minute spiel on how stupid it was to have a whole show based on puppers, while Kermit listened with a bemused look on his face. After Fozzie left, Kermit said: I didn’t have the heart to tell him. > > \*\* Ooner \*\* could learn a lot from that frog. \*\* No doubt you meant [Senor Wences](http://alt.tcm.turner.com/MOVIE_NEWS/archive/wences.htm), creator of Pedro (the head in the box) and Johnny (the talking hand). ----“S’OK?”. . . “S’Alright” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-muppets-are-not-real/140190.md?page=2)