Who's your favorite Muppet?

Got the Muppets album at home, and there's a brilliant bit with Fozzie and Kermit! Damn, I need to watch the Muppet Movie tonight. Scott Walker's in it you know.

Pick any music. Now imagine the Muppets playing it. At least 50% instant improvement.

I hate kermit.

Kermit is the Tom Hanks of the muppets. Hi ho my ass.

As Mr. Tunnicliffe said, Beaker. Pure terror in a long thin face.

But still not as good as Miss Piggy. Humph!

The chickens are obviously important to the chef routine, so they get a vote so does the Sax player in the band, kindled my love of baritone sax for ever.

Mine's Rowlf too, but what about Hoots, the jazz owl? And no-one's said either Bert or Ernie.

Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem: what a band. Imagine them at Dingwalls.

For those who need their Electric Mayhem fix:

http://www.electricmayhem.net/

On a related note, if you are ever so unlucky as to find yourself in Florida, and happen to wander into the People's Rebublic of Disneyland, I highly recommend the Muppets 3-D movie-fantastic, and probably the only reason to go to "MGM Studios".

Sorry, couldn't resist ;-P

Is it just me or is Sam the bald eagle actually golfer Jim Furyk?

It's a tie between Animal and Rowlf for me, though it used to be Gonzo and Fozzy when I was little. On Sesame St I nominate Oscar and the Cookie Monster, who embody two different approaches to life which are both very dear to me.

Muppet annuals = classic. I have two, which both cost 20p or something from jumble sales. One of them is pretty big and chunky and has loads of scripts and each character speaks in a different wacky typeface and you get to find out all their names and there are loads of stories and scripts and drawings and stuff. Yay. The other is thinner and has photos from the show instead of cartoons and has more boardgames and stuff and fewer stories and less Swedishcheffery and less surreal Kermit-distressing disruption of stories by dancers polka-ing through the middle shouting "mahna mahna!", so isn't nearly as good, but still pretty classic by sheer virtue of containing Muppets.

Oh, and search: Muppet Show (complete classic), destroy: Fraggles (zzz) and quite probably Labyrinth, which isn't actually that bad, but Bowie in obscenely tight tights is a BAD THING to inflict upon children, or anyone else.

We watched in abject terror and fear and amazement for the entire length of the segment, then turned to each other and whispered "Did you just see that? Then it was *real*? You saw it too? So I didn't just hallucinate that?"

I'm glad I was too old for snuffuluffagus, that would have scared the shit out of me.

I'll give it up for Beaker & the Swedish Chef. I only wish I could toss my pots as well as he does / did / will always do / done / diddy.

If we can't use the Muppet Babies, then the answer is Gonzo.

"I'll have what she's having.... but without the pepper"

This thread is inspiring me to start buying up Muppet DVDs. I haven't seen any of this stuff in years.

i also had a real love for Statler and Waldorf when i was a kid - i always wanted to see what they had to say about all of it. they were dudes.

I totally forgot about this movie. $7 from Amazon.

According to this:
http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2006/051106.shtml
some old school Sesame Street is finally coming out on DVD this October.

I was never crazy about The Muppet Show, but I remember liking Zoot, Statler and Waldorf. Fozzy Bear had a pretty great voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOfyAA7vcy0

Don't think he was ever very prominent, though. Maybe Henson had something against cats.

I sent for DVDs of THe Muppet Show season 1 and Follow That Bird last night.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000DG5TQ.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

The set contains the first five season premieres as well as 54 bonus skits and songs. This three disc, DVD box set is over 7 hours long.

Bonus Classic Clips

DISC 1:
- Original Sales Pitch Reel

- Season 1 Classic Cuts
Bein' Green
Rubber Duckie
Counting with James Earl Jones
ABC-DEF-GHI
I Love Trash
Alphabet with Jackie Robinson
Batman Crosses the Street
Swinging Gibbon
Big Bird Meets Little Bird
Alphabet with Lou Rawls
I’ve Got Two
Alphabet Soup
Season 1 Credit Crawl

DISC 2:

- Season 2 Classic Cuts
King of Eight
Over, Under, Around, and Through
S – Superman
Astronaut Drawing
Listen, My Brother: Counting
I Love Being a Pig
Season 2 Credit Crawl

- Season 3 Classic Cuts
C is for Cookie
Ladybug Picnic
Martians Telephone
Mumford’s Magic Trick
Alligator King
J Friends
A Special Day with Bert and Ernie
“I am Somebody” with Jesse Jackson
Would You Like to Buy an O
Harvey Kneeslapper with Mirror
Breathing Song with Animals
I in the Sky
My Favorite Letter: P
My Martian Beauty
Mad Painter
Season 3 Credit Crawl

DISC 3:

- Season 4 Classic Cuts
Kermit News with Rapunzel
Bread, Milk and Butter
Lost Paper Clips with Bert and John-John
Witches Cooperate
Song of the Count
Bert’s Bust
First and Last with Beetle Bailey
Season 4 Credit Crawl

- Season 5 Classic Cuts
At the Movies with Ernie and Bert
Nasty Dan and Johnny Cash
Prairie Dawn’s Pageant
Going to the Zoo
Jazz Alphabet
Hamburger Bun Factory
Madrigal Alphabet
Three Wishes
Super Grover: Telephone Booth
Season 5 Credit Crawl

Has anyone seen Law & Order: Special Muppets Unit?

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/76/1161552140.jpg

awesome

Oscar, still.

A realist. For sure.

I loved how there was a cross over with the Muppet Show and Sesame Street. It somehow (as a child) made me believe there really was a world of muppets.

No idea if I've already posted upthread but I have to vote 'Grover', I had so much sympathy for him. Especially as either super Grover or the bumbling waiter.

Gonzo

if we're talking Sesame Street, Cookie Monster

Beaker ffs

wokka wokka wokka

I played Miss Piggy's Aerobique Exercise Workout Album on the radio the other night

she's my fav for sure

and curtis you are my hero for doing that

poll pls

wow, man, like, Janice, for sure

Dan is right in the original post. Rowlf is the best. Followed by Rizzo & Beaker.

I liked Sam Eagle because he was so grumpy.

Janice is the only member of the band apart from Animal to have appeared on the animated series Muppet Babies. In her single appearance she was portrayed as slightly older than the main characters, and able to read. Her hippie philosophy was already in place.

I liked when kermit would have his mouth open and clap / be excited

ILE, what's a Muppet?

^^^Sheesh!!!

I used to have some Miss Piggy roller-disco-themed paper dolls. GOD, I wish I had them still.

you're supposed to say, "It's not quite a mop, it's not quite a puppet ... but man!"