Best Muppet

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Muppet Show only despite Kermit being a constant, it felt wrong to be pitting Muppet Show regulars against e.g Big Bird

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Rowlf	11
Fozzy	9
Statler & Waldorf	9
Miss Piggy	5
Gonzo	4
Kermit	4
Animal	4
Janice	4
Beaker	3
Sam the Eagle	3
the Swedish Chef	3
Dr. Teeth	2
other, you totally left out a super important one	2
Camilla	0
Statler	0
Waldorf	0
Scooter	0
Beauregard	0

― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:11 (ten years ago)

This is tough!

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:12 (ten years ago)

bunsen honeydew? overshadowed by his assistant, true.

― men without hat tips (Hunt3r), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:13 (ten years ago)

They really are such a tight unit, none of them really work in isolation.

― Οὖτις, Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:13 (ten years ago)

Where is Sweetums? C'mon man. It's Sweetums.

― Steak Sauce On My Cummerbund (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:15 (ten years ago)

Beaker - kind of a dark character really

― Darin, Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:16 (ten years ago)

Rowlf seems like he'd be the easiest to hang out with.

― how's life, Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:19 (ten years ago)

this is not like the Preston Sturges stock company, where Demarest is the clear standout and proto-Muppet

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:31 (ten years ago)

lol who on Earth would vote for Statler or Waldorf on their own!!??

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:33 (ten years ago)

my heart says Beaker or the Swedish Chef

Sam the Eagle makes me lol quite a lot as a grown-up

― english fatuus (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:51 (ten years ago)

Yeah I think it's Sam. Someone just made me aware of Lips.

― men without hat tips (Hunt3r), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:53 (ten years ago)

I've always thought that Waldorf had an air of quiet melancholy about him that made for a richer character than Statler. He never speaks of his deceased wife but you can see the longing in his sad eyes as he covers up his pain with snark. I never got much of a sense of Statler's internal life.

― Steak Sauce On My Cummerbund (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:53 (ten years ago)

^too much time in improv class

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:58 (ten years ago)

God knows.

― Steak Sauce On My Cummerbund (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:00 (ten years ago)

I've been way into the work of Fozzy Bear since childhood, so it would feel wrong of me to go any other way.

― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:01 (ten years ago)

fucking hell this is difficult. kermit / piggy / gonzo all in the running but tempted by Sam the eagle just for his badge-battle in muppets most wanted

https://33.media.tumblr.com/7c40f6f70abc9b9bee149217ef3ed7bb/tumblr_mzvuq6Z1NT1slbj5no1_500.gif

― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:02 (ten years ago)

Without a doubt, either Animal or Janice.

― Eric H., Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:06 (ten years ago)

gotta go with rowlf, he always keeps his cool.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:18 (ten years ago)

robin and rizzo were robbed

― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:22 (ten years ago)

really apples & kiwis to put Kermit/Piggy in w/ supporting ensemble

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:23 (ten years ago)

Who's gonna vote for Camilla!?

― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:24 (ten years ago)

write in vote for Waldorf's wife, Astoria

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20051216160003/muppet/images/4/49/Waldorfastoria.jpg

― soref, Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:32 (ten years ago)

Animal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqRDct1IDI8

― The inscrutable idiot savantism of (Sanpaku), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:33 (ten years ago)

Voted Statler + Waldorf but could have been any of half a dozen.

― Romeo Daltrey (Tom D.), Thursday, 19 February 2015 21:52 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 22 February 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

went with Rowlf without hesitation.

also he was the first muppet, from before muppets even existed!

http://www.muppetcentral.com/_images/performers/henson_oz_rowlf.jpg

― piscesx, Sunday, 22 February 2015 01:22 (ten years ago)

also like Janice as i had a gf in the 90s who was the spitting image of her.

― piscesx, Sunday, 22 February 2015 01:23 (ten years ago)

You went out w joni mitchell??

― Οὖτις, Sunday, 22 February 2015 02:38 (ten years ago)

swedish chef. hilarious and wins bonus points for creepy human hands

― pursuit of happiness (art), Sunday, 22 February 2015 02:48 (ten years ago)

really apples & kiwis to put Kermit/Piggy in w/ supporting ensemble

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Thursday, February 19, 2015 4:23 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah gotta agree, Kermit/Fozzy/Piggy is the Superman/Batman/Wonder Woman 'big three' here. best supporting muppet would have made this hard as shit, though in the end i'd probably swing Beaker. as it is, Kermit all the way. i mean, that nervous gulp he does. plus even if this is a "muppet show" poll, i can't help but associate him with so many brilliant Sesame Street bits.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 22 February 2015 03:13 (ten years ago)

Kermit had to emcee and therefore always had to be the most adult muppet in the room. Miss Piggy was a great catalyst who always made things happen, but her personality made her less than endearing. So even though they dominated the show, I couldn't vote for them. I had to look elsewhere.

Consequently I hesitated a while over Rowlf and Sam the Eagle, but finally pulled the lever for Fozzy Bear. He would thank me for my vote and clap me on the back. I feel sure of it.

― Aimless, Sunday, 22 February 2015 03:26 (ten years ago)

ZOOT

― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 22 February 2015 03:33 (ten years ago)

statler waldorf tho its true Sam the eagles star turn in latest movie came v close to nicking it

― local eire man (darraghmac), Sunday, 22 February 2015 03:40 (ten years ago)

I was gonna vote for Sam the Eagle....or Statler & Waldorf...but my heart belongs to Fozzy

http://youtu.be/-LwMZHrRG0I

― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 February 2015 03:42 (ten years ago)

carson on downton abbey reminds me of sam the eagle

― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 February 2015 03:43 (ten years ago)

Beaker

― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 22 February 2015 03:54 (ten years ago)

All of them

― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Sunday, 22 February 2015 04:00 (ten years ago)

Impossible choice.

Probably wouldn't make it into my top 3, but let's give it up for Dr. Teeth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpSGtT_s7XA

― drash, Sunday, 22 February 2015 04:00 (ten years ago)

Animal

― dan m, Sunday, 22 February 2015 04:02 (ten years ago)

Kermit had to emcee and therefore always had to be the most adult muppet in the room.

This is what makes it so great when he gets agitated though... he's this bottled-up neurotic wreck with his crinkled-up face, etc., etc.

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 22 February 2015 04:11 (ten years ago)

It's the fate of Buffy, Walter White, Don Draper, Kermit-- they'll never win a best character poll.

― drash, Sunday, 22 February 2015 04:22 (ten years ago)

Rowlf.

― Millsner, Sunday, 22 February 2015 15:38 (ten years ago)

Sweetums, no ish.

― the captain beefheart of personal hygiene (soda), Sunday, 22 February 2015 15:58 (ten years ago)

Had to go for the two-for-one.

― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 22 February 2015 16:35 (ten years ago)

a 'Best Muppet' poll without Rizzo doesn't feel right

― soref, Sunday, 22 February 2015 17:37 (ten years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 23 February 2015 00:01 (ten years ago)

poor beauregard
like he's not enough of a sad sack

― groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 23 February 2015 00:02 (ten years ago)

neauregard

― local eire man (darraghmac), Monday, 23 February 2015 00:06 (ten years ago)

Floyd Pepper is Skunk Baxter

― Vic Perry, Monday, 23 February 2015 01:05 (ten years ago)

Floyd disturbs me, those gaping eye sockets, yeesh...

― Free Me's Electric Trumpet (Moodles), Monday, 23 February 2015 01:08 (ten years ago)

his sunglasses have become part of his body

― Vic Perry, Monday, 23 February 2015 01:12 (ten years ago)

Rowlf? More like RowlfWTF.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 February 2015 02:12 (ten years ago)

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