# Why so few female puppet characters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 28, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399 "2009-01-28T17:11:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399/21 "2009-01-29T00:16:44Z")

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Sooty and his girlfriend \*\*Soo \*\*have been a part of British childhood for the last 60 years.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJi1sF3SP3U)

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399/22 "2009-01-29T01:01:01Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> I did see **Avenue Q** this weekend, which has several female puppets and puppeteers. But that was a show, with a plot that required both males and females.

I just looked them up on YouTube and found the song _The Internet is for Porn_.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399/23 "2009-01-29T01:57:16Z")

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> [@Walloon](#):
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> Shari Lewis on Lamb Chop: “I really don’t analyze her personality too much. Too much analysis of that which is magic makes the magic go away. Lamb Chop works so organically, she is a very trustworthy ad-libber.” (Washington Post, June 18, 1982, p. C7)

All I can say is that Lambchop was male in my world as a kid… Probably explains a great deal about me.

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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:** [January 29, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399/24 "2009-01-29T02:16:01Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I just looked them up on YouTube and found the song _The Internet is for Porn_.
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> Thank you.

You’re welcome.

If you see it live, you’ll probably enjoy the puppet sex scene, too. 🙂

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399/25 "2009-01-29T14:58:41Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I just looked them up on YouTube and found the song _The Internet is for Porn_.
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> Thank you.

Did you find [the Disney version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GGGAJ_2TvQ)?

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**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:** [January 29, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-female-puppet-characters/483399/26 "2009-01-29T15:01:55Z")

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> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> I just looked them up on YouTube and found the song _The Internet is for Porn_.
> 
> Thank you.

I came in to mention AQ. I thought everyone knew that song.

As _Forbidden Broadway_ put it:

These are not the Muppets.  
We are horny puppets…

If you want to win a Tony  
Wear a cloth cajone.

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