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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:04 PM
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Poll question: The Muppet Show 1st Season - Out Today on DVD - Favorite Muppet?
One of the funniest shows ever on TV is finally out today on DVD (1st season only so far).

From 1976-1981, this was MUST-See TV for adults and older children alike, especially those of us younger adults who never had kids and who'd been too old for Sesame Street. :)

With Kermit the Frog as the host, top names for guest stars, Fozzie Bear the resident stand-up comic with the worst groaners ever, and Statler and Waldorf as the built-in heckling team, this was the funniest half hour on TV for five years, and generated a lot of 'taglines'.

Who's your favorite "grown-up" Muppet?

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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:05 PM
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1. I LOVE the Swedish Chef!!
And Gonzo.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:05 PM
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2. Oh I can't choose! I love them all.. including Beaker! *meep meep!*
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DeposeTheBoyKing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:06 PM
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4. Yes - Beaker too!
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:09 PM
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7. I'm torn as well....and I'm sorry I forget Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker
My faves are Animal, The Swedish Chef and, of course, Statler and Waldorf (who got off all the really good zingers not given to the guest stars).
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:06 PM
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3. Miss Piggy — the ULTIMATE Fag Hag
just sayin' :P
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:10 PM
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10. Was it the clothes, the attitude, or the ultimate in cluelessness?
:)
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:10 PM
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12. D) all of the above
:party:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:12 PM
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17. I thought so...
...

:rofl:
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mark11727 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:07 PM
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5. Never could warm up to Scooter, though...
...his uncle owned the theatre, that's how he got his job there.
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:07 PM
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6. Gah!
I wasted my $ on the 2 ep/DVD sets! I can't believe I fell for that. Oh well, I think I only bought like 3.

I'll of course have to buy the full seasons.

david
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:10 PM
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11. they did the same to me w/ the twilight zone
glad i quit buying after the first bath and i'll just get the season sets now
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:09 PM
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8. I can't pick a favorite . . .
I can say it's not Piggy or Fozzie, I didn't hate them, but they aren't my favorites :).

My absolute favorite might not have even been there the first season . . . Janice is the best muppet ever. :)

"Look, Mother, it's my own life, okay, so if I want to live on a beach and walk around naked.."

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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:09 PM
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9. John Ashcroft

he was great on the show

got the dvd during lunch today-looking forward to watching it tonight
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:11 PM
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14. OMG
:rofl:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:11 PM
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15. That cracked me up!
John Ashcroft, indeed...
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:14 PM
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19. Ok...so why no vote for Sam the Eagle, then?
:)
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:15 PM
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21. cuz
when it come down to it, i like gonzo more
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:50 PM
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28. cuz
he looks like John Ashcroft
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:24 PM
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23. *lol*
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:11 PM
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13. "Dad, what's a Muppet?"
"Well, it's not quite a mop...and it's not quite a puppet...but oh, man! To answer your question: I don't know."


As for my favourite Muppet(s): Statler and Waldorf

I find surley people hilarious.
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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:11 PM
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16. What no Beaker?
Beaker, Beaker, Beaker!
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:12 PM
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18. I'll do penance later...
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 05:13 PM by mcscajun
...I just plain forgot.

I would have ditched Rowlf.
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JAbuchan08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:15 PM
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20. You're forgiven
50 Hail Maries 1st though.... my - I mean - God's love is conditional dontchaknow?
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KatyaR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 06:51 PM
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29. Oh, no, not Rowlf!!
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 06:52 PM by fifthgendem
Although I always say I love Kermit best, Rowlf is actually my favorite. He reminds me of one of my best friends in college. When he'd really get into his music, he'd wag his head just like Rowlf (and he was kinda shaggy, too-it was the 70s, after all)!

Every Saturday evening EVERTHING in the house had to stop so I could watch the Muppets. I think my roommates got more of a kick out of watching me watch the show than the show itself.

Classic television . . . I love them all!
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:16 PM
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best episode - cloris leachman
the pigs take over the show and kermit and gonzo are locked up and have to dig their way out with a spoon
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:16 PM
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22. best episode - cloris leachman
the pigs take over the show and kermit and gonzo are locked up and have to dig their way out with a spoon
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:26 PM
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24. I can't pick just one
But I love Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker. :)
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:28 PM
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25. I was thinking about doing this poll just yesterday
Great minds....
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:30 PM
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26. Gonzo is my favorite.
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 05:32 PM by Pithlet
Pigs in Space! was my favorite recurring sketch. I even had a metal PIS lunch box (I was little at the time, 6 years old, so I could get away with this).
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 05:32 PM
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27. PIGS.... IN..... SPAAAAAAAACE!!!
That line alone cracked me up every time it was on.
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dr.zoidberg Donating Member (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 06:54 PM
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30. Crazy Harry pwnz all of you!

:bounce:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 06:58 PM
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31. Definitely the two old guys
Beaker a close second.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:43 PM
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32. Then I hope you registered a vote for "Statler and Waldorf"
:)

I always loved those old coots.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:48 PM
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33. I sure did!
:hi:
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:49 PM
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34. Hey! Where'd all those Kermit votes come from?
are they all drive-bys?
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