Alright, whose your favorite muppet?
Mine is ‘Animal’. During my teenage years I would run through…well just about anywhere a lovely lady was…screaming “Woman! Woman! Woman!”
Sometimes I still do it when running into the bedroom.
Now there’s a mental image! 
My favorite Muppet is Kermit. With Beaker a close second.
My favorite Muppet? Hands down, Rowlf. Cool, classic, funny.
“Yep. I finish work, go home, read a book, have a couple of beers, take myself for a walk and go to bed.”
The best album I own is, “Old Brown Ears is Back” which includes Rowlf covering, “Lydia the Tattooed Lady”, “New York State of Mind” and “It’s not easy being Green”
Yoda not withstanding,
my favorite muppet is still Henson’s everyfrog Kermit,
but I can honestly say that I have never met a muppet that I didn’t love.
From their Ed Sullivan & SNL appearances,
to those hard working Dosers
evil Skeksis,
and even The Dude inspired Snook the Sloth on It’s a Big Big World…
they are all magical to me.
As I’ve said before, if I had to name any one person as a hero of mine, it would be the too-soon-gone Jim Henson. He was a font of pure creativity and joy, and used that power for good in so many ways. Thanks Jim.
Life’s like a movie. Write your own ending.
Keep believing. Keep pretending.
We’ve done just what we’ve set out to do.
For the lovers… the dreamers… and you!
Waldorf and Statler - they’re my favorites also!
My fav is Telly. Yeah, I know he’s not an orginal generation Muppet…he’s in the post-Elmo generation. But I like his neurotic tempermant—very human.
He’s like my 8 year old, neurotic and endearing.
Hmm…they have done a good job of making a comedy team out of Telly and Baby Bear…who individually are less endearing than they are together.
In my opinion, the best post-Elmo muppet is the comedy stylings of “Murray has a little Lamb”, the story of a monster and a spanish speaking lamb who go to different schools. This segment is the closest approximation to the original spirit of Jim Henson. It is intelligent, it is funny, it is subtle, multi-layered and educational. Here is a sample:
Great stuff! That represents the essence of Sesame Street: Opening up new words for kids and teaching them in way that’s engaging and fun.
…and most importantly entertaining to the parent who is invariably in the room…
This thread has unexpectedly gotten my brain chugging along. (Something had to)
There’s this classic:
You could argue if it counts, but Greg the Bunny FTW! (also FT NSFW!)
Blah!
Ha! I have the punk version of the Fraggle Rock theme by Allister! I love it! It makes me feel about 10 years old again…
Whaa??? Me wants!
You got that right. In contrast, shows like “Dora the Explorer” make parents want to blow their own brains out.
It’s on the album “Dead Ends and Girlfriends”.
Here’s a youtube of it:
No actual video, but it’s a great song. Makes me smile every time.
Dora the Explorer is teh devil! Give me Elmo any day! Or better yet, Grover and the rest of the original Sesame Street gang!
Can you count teh demons? Unos, Dos…
You just know there’s a severed head in that backpack! Can you say cabeza? Cabeza!
Yo soy Kaiser Soze!