who was your favourite muppet??

[madgirl]

I bet you can't guess who my favourite muppet is............

Just for Wooley it's Sweetums...also Robin.The biggest and smallest muppets just about.

[Oddboy]

Gonzo The Great.

"What about me? I just did a hundred foot belly-flop onto the hood of a moving car?"

[Wils]

Beaker and Manah Manah.

Fozzie Bear has *always* annoyed me.

[IndigoPrime]

The problem as I see it was two-fold:

1. The odd reaction to Dark Crystal pretty much killed the company financially, meaning they had to rely on more merchandising. A shame, because Dark Crystal is a really good film.

2. Once Henson had gone, no-one wanted to take over "his" muppets. The problem was that Henson did many of the most popular ones; therefore, subsequent muppet stuff became very lop-sided; Lord only knows what will happen to the muppets when Frank Oz calls it a day.

[thrillpowerseeker]

gordon rennie

[stront692]

hmm thats a future post maybe (when i get time)

i too really enjoyed dark crystal and labyrinth, some of the all time greats

[esoteric ed]

Ah Sesame Street, I wonder if Mr Hooper (was that the shop owners name?) would be allowed to hang around with all those kids without suspicion these days!

Fave muppet? hmm can't be sure, that drummer Animal? was funny, I guess my ignorance regarding Muppetism disqualifies me from entering a valid vote in this survey of all things puppetary.


Ed

[Buddy]

Without a doubt Grover is the single best muppet to grace television.

Fozzy Bear just reminds me of Yoda (or Yoda reminds me of Fozzy Bear... whatever).

[Adrian Bamforth]

Dialog from the heart-wrenching "Mr. Hooper is Dead" Episode written after actor Will Lee died

Big Bird gives pictures that he drew of everyone.  
Big Bird:  And last but not least, ta-da!  
 [Shows picture of Mr. Hooper.] Well, I can't wait till he sees it!  
 [silence]  
 Say, where is he? I wanna give it to him. I know! He's in the store.  
Bob: Uh, Big Bird. He's ... he's not in there.  
Big Bird: Oh. Then where is he?  
Maria:  Big Bird, uh, don't you remember we told you? Mr. Hooper died. He ... he's dead.  
Big Bird: Oh yeah. I remember. Well, I'll give it to him when he comes back.  
Susan: Big Bird, Mr Hooper's not coming back.  
Big Bird: Why not?  
Susan: Big Bird, when ... when people die, they don't *come* back.  
Big Bird: Ever?  
Susan: No, never.  
Big Bird: Well, why not?  
Luis: Well, Bird Bird, they're dead. They ... they can't come back.  
Big Bird:  Well, he's *gonna* come back. Why, who's gonna take care of the store? And who's gonna make my birdseed milkshakes and ... and tell me stories?  
David: Big Bird, I'm gonna take care of the store. Mr. Hooper, he left it to me. And I'll make you your milkshakes and ... and we'll all tell you stories, and we'll make sure you're okay.  
Susan: We'll look after you.  
Big Bird: Hmmm.  
 [Another awkward moment of silence.]  
Big Bird: Well, it won't be the same.  
Bob: You're right, Bird Bird. It's ... it's ... it'll never be the same without him.  
Big Bird:  Mmm.  
Bob: [crying] But you know something? We can all be very happy that we had a chance to be with him and ... and to know him. And to love him a lot when he was here.  
Big Bird: Yeah.  
Olivia: And Bird Bird, we'll still have our *memories* of him.  
Big Bird: Well, yeah ... yeah ... our memories. Right. Why, memories, that's how I drew this picture. From memory. And we can remember him and remember him and remember him, as much as we want to! But I don't like it. It makes me sad.  
David: We all feel sad, Big Bird.  
Big Bird:  He's *never* coming back?  
David: Never.  
Olivia: No.  
Big Bird: Well, I don't understand! You know, everything was just fine! I mean, why does it have to be this way? Give me one good reason!  
Gordon: Big Bird, it has to be this way ... *because*.  
Big Bird: Just because?  
Gordon: Just because.  
Big Bird: Oh.  
 [Looks at Mr. Hooper's picture.]  
Big Bird: You know, I'm gonna miss you, Mr. Looper.  
Maria : [crying] That's *Hooper,* Big Bird, *Hooper.*  
Big Bird:  You're right.  
 [Everyone gathers around Big Bird for a hug.]
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[stront692]

woah, that brings back some memories,

i have just finished 'muppets in space' and am starting a double bill of 'muppet caper and muppet adventure'

great stuff

[Priv8eye]

I read recently that Dark Crystal and Labyrinth are actually big money maker for the companies that lisence them.  They did not produce the big dollers in the cinema but have since been very stable sellers on the video market.

A short while ago, as many of you may know, they gave a small amount of maney to Dave McKean to direct a movie for the Henderson group (which Neil gaimen wrote for free) to try and do the same again.

[Priv8eye]

By the way, Animal, Beaker and the Chef.

[Trout]

Gonzo!
I appreciate his single-minded lunacy.

Also Beaker, the Swedish chef and Waldorf and Statler.

In the sales last month, I treated myself to a DVD collection The Best of the Muppet Show.

It includes, wonderfully, the episode where Mark Hamill guested.
I haven't watched that bit of it yet, but I'm very much looking forward to it.

- Trout

[Jared Katooie]

Pepe!

[stront692]

'muppets take manhattan' not 'muppet adventure'

whats the name of the mckean movie or is it not made yet?