rocklobster wrote:
Who are your favorite muppets? Mine are:
Dr. Teeth
Rowlf
Kermit
Gonzo
Animal
Fozzie
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
Beaker
Big Bird
Oscar
Preferred Muppet Show (seemed more grown-up) to Sesame Street (full of boring kids).
Never liked Big Bird (dislike voice & unappealing childishness) nor Fozzie (awful vaudville-type jokes). Oscar scared me, bc. he was so unrelievedly mean. Animal frightened me at first, but he grew on me. Liked the silent muppet (with hat & shades) who played sax-Zoots ? Blue ? I don't recall his name.
Adored Dr. Honeydew & Beaker (meep !). Liked Scooter-he was only one who made rational, simple sense to me. Kermit was sweet, but I preferred his nephew/cousin Robin better-he was so cute. Had love/hate relationship with aspects of Miss Piggy, appreciated her courage & daring but loathed her controlling behavior.
Liked Lew Zealand (his voice), the wacky guy who threw "flying fish"-preferred him over Gonzo, for weirdness. Stadler & Waldorf (the old men in audience/theater box) scared me for awhile, too-but I grew to like them. Bert & Ernie were okay, both were also annoying & irritating in their various extreme traits. Grover was so-so, I felt bad for his disasters. Cookie Monster scared me-plus he was eating cookies-which I wanted to do, but wasn't allowed ! Swedish Chef scared me at first, too-bc. I couldn't understand his speech, and bc. of his human hands. Nowadays, I like how his dialect sounds-took many years for me to adjust.
It's funny-my grandmother called them "moppets" & said she found them ugly & creepy-yet I liked them, and the rest of my family did too.
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