Comments on: The Stories Behind 20 Muppet Favorites

By: Cyberjar88

Cyberjar88 — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:05:23 +0000

I remember seeing Kermit on Sesame Street. “Kermit the Frog here for Sesame Street News.” (23)

By: LeeAnna

LeeAnna — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:29:28 +0000

Great post! I’ve always loved the Muppets. I love The Muppet Movie and I saw the 3D show at Disney 3 times.

I saw Sweetums on a rerun of The Cosby Show a few nights ago…Most of the episode was a dream sequence of Dr. Huxtable’s…it was strange.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:53:57 +0000

What ever happened to Barkley? I remember Kermit on SS. (almost 29)

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:15:31 +0000

I’m 21 and I remember Kermit’s news reports!

By: electronics

electronics — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:36:00 +0000

i love bart too hes my fav

By: Sean Morrison

Sean Morrison — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:18:00 +0000

I’d always heard that Animal was based on Artimus Pyle, who was Lynyrd Skynyrd’s drummer.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:32:00 +0000

“I always thought of Beaker and his buddy Bunsen Honeydew as characters that came along later in the Muppet timeline, but they have been around since the The Muppet Show. ”

How old are you? Everyone who watched the Muppets as a child knows that!

By: Kevin P

Kevin P — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:15:00 +0000

What about “Rolf”? I’m convinced that the real-life character on whom Rolf is based upon the piano-playing 1970s incarnation of Tom Waits.

Who’s with me? “The Piano Has Been Drinking” not Jim Henson, eh???

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:54:00 +0000

What about Rolf? I’m convinced the piano-playing 70s crooner incarnation of the one and only Tom Waits is real-life character upon which Rolf is based.

Who’s with me?

By: Michael J

Michael J — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:41:00 +0000

Thank you for clearing up the rumor about “Bert and Ernie” being named after the characters in “It’s a Wonderful Life”. I always thought it was true. I’ll stop spreading the rumor. One more thing, the character that Frank Oz played in the “Blues Brothers” as the property control jailer in the beginning of the movie kept certain characteristics of his puppets which is pretty cool.