Difficult choice. I like Fozzie's bad joke schtick, and Statler & Waldorf are classic, but I think my heart truly belongs to Dr. Teeth and by extension all of The Electric Mayhem.
Kermit. And before you call that a boring pick, might I remind you that this man is the head of what is essentially an art collective from the 70s. He knows how to have fun.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Fozzie, in fact I think I kind of want to give the guy a hug.
The man (or rather, bear) just wants to be loved after all. He wants to make people laugh and have them be happy. He's the clown with a touch of melancholy, and might even be in my top 10. He's just not top of the list.
Rizzo the Rat is unfortunately gone. His original creator and performer, Steve Whitmire, was dismissed by Disney in 2016 and they haven't announced plans to hire a new performer for Rizzo since.
On the Muppets shows and movies, they've fully replaced Rizzo with Pepe the King Prawn. He's Gonzo's new annoying sidekick.
Me personally, I've always been a Kermit fan. He's exactly like me, personality-wise. And I've definitely dated a Miss Piggy or two over the years...
46 Comments
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 58 pts · 298d
Apeman42@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 298d
Difficult choice. I like Fozzie's bad joke schtick, and Statler & Waldorf are classic, but I think my heart truly belongs to Dr. Teeth and by extension all of The Electric Mayhem.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 297d
I second that
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 298d
Swedish Chef
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 27 pts · 298d
missingno@fedia.io · 24 pts · 298d
Statler & Waldorf.
statler_waldorf@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 297d
Boooo
kibiz0r@midwest.social · 23 pts · 298d
Tim Curry
Visstix@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 298d
Ah yeah the classic: Michael Caine acted like the muppets were normal people and Tim curry acted like he was also a muppet.
Godort@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 298d
Kermit. And before you call that a boring pick, might I remind you that this man is the head of what is essentially an art collective from the 70s. He knows how to have fun.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
Also leading the Frog Resistance. :)
https://youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso#t=31s
notsosure@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 298d
Gonzo the Great.
Jagger2097@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
This, a million times this
showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website · 17 pts · 298d
palordrolap@fedia.io · 8 pts · 298d
This. A terrible surgeon by all accounts, but laid-back and entirely competent as a musician.
Fozzie also proved to be a competent pianist, but his personality, or at least his "on" stage persona, well, that leaves something to be desired.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 298d
Fozzie is a great comedian, if your idea of a great comedian is someone that tells bad jokes and knows how to take a few tomatoes to the face.
palordrolap@fedia.io · 5 pts · 298d
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Fozzie, in fact I think I kind of want to give the guy a hug.
The man (or rather, bear) just wants to be loved after all. He wants to make people laugh and have them be happy. He's the clown with a touch of melancholy, and might even be in my top 10. He's just not top of the list.
thatonecoder@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 298d
Beaker and Swedish Chef are also amazing, but this is most certainly one of my favourites:
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 298d
cobysev@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 298d
Rizzo the Rat is unfortunately gone. His original creator and performer, Steve Whitmire, was dismissed by Disney in 2016 and they haven't announced plans to hire a new performer for Rizzo since.
On the Muppets shows and movies, they've fully replaced Rizzo with Pepe the King Prawn. He's Gonzo's new annoying sidekick.
Me personally, I've always been a Kermit fan. He's exactly like me, personality-wise. And I've definitely dated a Miss Piggy or two over the years...
Idreamofcheesy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 298d
Oh no! I love Pepe but he's no Rizzo. That's heartbreaking.
thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 298d
Dr. Teeth. “Golden teeth and golden tones, welcome to my presence.”
hydrashok@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 298d
Sweetums.
WindyRebel@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 298d
Sam the Eagle
showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website · 3 pts · 298d
laureldandelion@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 298d
My lovable, furry old pal Grover
Broadfern@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
Seconding Grover. His adventures are the best!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 297d
I learned all about spatial relations from Grover. He nailed the near-far conundrum.
Im not a fighter, I'm a Grover.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 298d
Beaker.
ieGod@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 297d
Pepe. The whole concept of a prawn Muppet is amazing.
JoeKrogan@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 298d
The count or oscar
KiwiTB@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 298d
Lew Zealand
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 298d
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Lew_Zealand
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
A true fan here.
KiwiTB@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 298d
Yup. Didn't include a picture because if you don't know who he is, you have already failed.
jordanlund@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 298d
Lew is right up there with Crazy Harry.
KiwiTB@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
Did somebody say Crazy Harry? KaBOOM
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 297d
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 298d
ANIMAL!
And Fozzy the Bear
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 297d
Animal for sure. But also really the entire band.
Although a large part of that comes from the best Robot Chicken Sketch in their entire series...
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=8jTtgGQKs9w
letsgo2themall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 297d
HubertManne@piefed.social · 3 pts · 298d
I could narrow down maybe but no way I could come down to one. I mean even the ones who only appeared a few times are in the running.
AmidFuror@fedia.io · 2 pts · 298d
Donald Grump
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 298d
Dave, down at the p mart.
what a minging muppet.
AmericanEconomicThinkTank@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 296d
Are we talking muppet muppets? Or can we go all old fashioned?
If so my choice is Big Bird.
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 296d
Rizo and Gonzo. Don't make me pick just one.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 298d
Steve Buscemi.