# Which Muppets are your favorites? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2000, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406 "2000-08-23T05:27:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/21 "2000-08-23T14:09:03Z")
Pretty hard to pick just one… Before Elmo there was furry lovable Grover. His enthusiasm for life cannot be equalled and he remains one of my all time favourite characters from Sesame Street. He could kick Elmo’s butt in a minute. I was always a huge fan of the original Muppet Show and it is really hard to pick just one. Statler and Waldorf also referred to as the “old guys” have always been favourites. You can add Gonzo, Floyd, and Animal to my list. Fraggles are also Muppets as are the characters on “The Bear in the Big Blue House”. My daughter and I like this show and the otters are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/22 "2000-08-23T14:17:28Z")
This Beaker thing must be something Irish ( I already knew **micilin’s** feeling on this matter ). Thats 3 for 3 now . Has anybody else seen the clip of beaker singing “Feelings” ? It is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen . 😃 And I have to say The Count in Sesame Street was my fav. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/23 "2000-08-23T14:23:03Z")
Yojimbo, have you heard Beaker and Animal singing Danny boy? The funniest thing I have ever seen ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/24 "2000-08-23T14:26:45Z")
The clip with The Count and the really cute kid with the great big hair just popped into my mind . That kid was a better counter than the Master . **ONEEE** ::takes in a lungfull of air:: **TTWOOOO** ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/25 "2000-08-23T14:29:16Z")
No I haven’t Twist(is Twist ok? :)) but I’m laughing at the thought of it . I’ll be searching the net for that one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/26 "2000-08-23T14:30:55Z")
SS Muppets: Another vote for loveable furry old Grover, followed closely by Cookie Monster. Muppet Show: Fozzie Bear, and Lou Zealand, of “Lou Zealand and His Boomarang Fish” ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/27 "2000-08-23T14:42:15Z")
for all your muppet needs [http://www.henson.com/hmoment/hmoment\_archives\_body.html](http://www.henson.com/hmoment/hmoment_archives_body.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/28 "2000-08-23T14:49:33Z")
Although Animal was great, the snerfs were highly amusing, Beaker was hilarious and the Swedish Chef was fantastic, Statler and Waldorf are quite simply a stroke of genius. I give my vote to the cynical, sarcastic and dirty old men. ---
**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/29 "2000-08-23T15:12:02Z")
S.S.: Elmo (annoying, but cute.) M.S./M.T.: a real toss-up for Animal (for pure animalism), Sal, and Bobo. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/30 "2000-08-23T16:02:02Z")
Sesame Street: Gotta be Bert. I always love the straight man in classic comedy duos. Muppet Show: Way, way too many to choose from. Swedish Chef and Beaker (along with Doctor Bunsen Honeydew) top my list, as they do the lists of many other Dopers. That’s as far as the regulars go. My favorite one-shot appearances are the singing shopping cart of produce which sings “Yes, We Have No Bananas” and the guy who whacks these little fuzzballs with a hammer to produce the “Witch Doctor Song”. ---
**Author:** ![katey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a587f6/32.png) [@katey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/31 "2000-08-23T16:07:11Z")
From Sesame Street - the Two Headed Purple Monster (don’t know if he/they had a proper name, I never heard one). They taught about cooperation. I also like Telly and Herry monster. From the Muppet Show, I like Rowlf and Beaker. ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/32 "2000-08-23T16:13:37Z")
Sesame Street: This is tough, Cookie, Grover (esp. Super Grover!), Big Bird, Ernie, but I’ll have to say the blue guy that Grover is always helping at his various jobs. When I was a little kid, the blue guy used to talk in noises. That always cracked me up. Other Muppets: I like the pigs that played Piggy’s brothers in Muppet Classic Theatre. I always love the dumb-as-dirt characters. They make me feel so superior. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/33 "2000-08-23T16:38:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Feynn \* > \*\*Before Elmo there was furry lovable Grover. His enthusiasm for life cannot be equalled and he remains one of my all time favourite characters from Sesame Street. He could kick Elmo’s butt in a minute. > \*\* Without a doubt; especially when he was _ **Super Grover** _! As long as he didn’t get his cape caught. I almost forgot about Beaker. Anyone else remember his rendition of _Feelings_? Mee-mee. Mee mee mee, mee mee. Hee hee, it makes me laugh just thinking of it. And, of course, he just looked hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/34 "2000-08-23T17:29:30Z")
SS - I love **Ernie**. He is the coolest dude on that show. He’s so sweet and he always puts up with Bert’s cranky butt. Muppets - Hmmm. I can’t just pick one. I’m going to go with **Beaker** , **Swedish Chef** , **Rowlf** , and **Animal**. Are there any Muppet Show reruns on tv? I’d love my son to watch the shows. I think he’d greatly enjoy them. ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/35 "2000-08-23T17:36:58Z")
**S.S.** Oscar the Grouch, hands down. **M.S.** Oh, man…How can I possibly choose! Animal, Beaker, Statler & Waldorf…but I think my hands down favorite is Sam the American Eagle. Much for the reason I like Graham Chapman: “Stop that! It’s silly…” ---
**Author:** ![BobSchroeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@BobSchroeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobSchroeck)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/36 "2000-08-23T17:38:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by micilin \* > Then there was the guy whose stage act consited of musical torture with a mallet. Ah, yes. “The Beloved Marvin Zuggs and his Muppetphones”. Sick, sick, sick. \ ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/37 "2000-08-23T17:45:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > for all your muppet needs > > [http://www.henson.com/hmoment/hmoment\_archives\_body.html](http://www.henson.com/hmoment/hmoment_archives_body.html) Thx for the link . I’m downloading as I type . ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/38 "2000-08-23T17:49:22Z")
SS: Cookie Monster. MS: Statler & Waldorf. Muppet fans: You simply MUST get to Florida at least once in your lives and see _Muppet_Vision 3D\* at Walt Disney World. (This film will also be at the new Disney’s California Adventure park in Anaheim next year.) See it because: 1. It’s funny. 2. The 3-D effects are sensational. 3. It was Jim Henson’s last film and last performance as Kermit, The Swedish Chef, _et al_. In the lobby of the Florida theater are large photos of different Muppets, including one that looks like Jim himself. A self-portrait, I guess. One of my favorite memories is attending a lecture by Jim’s widow at the Los Angeles Public Library. She also showed the film _Labyrinth_ and some of Jim’s short films. Did you know Jim made many of the short SS films, almost single-handedly, including the ones with claymation effects? Jim Henson had many talents and we miss him greatly. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/39 "2000-08-23T17:59:08Z")
1. Grover 2. The Count 3. Oscar Haven’t seen SS in almost twenty years so I don’t know the newer muppets. One of my favorite bits was The Count descending the stairs in his castle. At a landing he encounters a mirror. His comment: “You’re a terrible mirror! No reflection on you, of course.” When my kids were kids, there was just about as much adult humor as kid humor. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406/40 "2000-08-23T18:00:23Z")
I have two words to say: Fraggle. Rock. My Muppets are: **Sesame Street** : Cookie Monster and the Martians. **Muppets Show** : Statler & Waldorf (cranky old guys), and Animal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-muppets-are-your-favorites/30406.md?page=3)