A Ruthless Ranking Of The 25 Best Muppets, According To Listeners

NPR ^ | April 2, 2021 | Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson, Aisha Harris, Glen Weldon

[joma89]

Agreed! That beatnik was upgraded later and was still as good as the original.

[Bikkuri]

Lol.. yeah, I loved to watch Beaker.. (and the 2 old men on the balcony) :)

(hate miss Piggy :P)

[buckalfa]

Thank you for that mention. it filled a blank in my mind that I have been searching to fill.

[Bikkuri]

Oh, OH! The forgot the main characters from "The Dark Crystal!

[moovova]

"I love rock 'n roll,
put another dime in the jukebox, baby!"

[chrisser]

That’s some dark stuff.

Pre-Kermit is a sick critter.

It’s even creepier that those voices got carried over.

I was never a fan of Kermit, but I’ll never look at him the same way again.

[a fool in paradise]

>>hate miss Piggy :P

#MeToo

She created a hostile workplace environment

[dfwgator]

[Vision]

An immature article from child-adults working at NPR.

[a fool in paradise]

Jim Henson took the hard sell approach

[mewzilla]

Fizzgig bump!

[McGruff]

I identified with these guys.

[NetAddicted]

Rd later.

[Sparky21555]

BFL

[TheElectionWasStolen]

My vote goes to Joe Biden, aka Guy Smiley

[waredbird]

I still chuckle every time I think of the time the prime time TV show had Raquel Welch on and Miss Piggy was competing and bad mouthing Raquel behind her back.

[mmichaels1970]

The Count von Count comes in 25th? WTF? That puppet was robbed!

I think the count would appreciate being ranked at the highest number on the list.

[Buttons12]

I was born in the ‘90s but I’m sure I’ve never watched even 60 seconds of Sesame Street.

[Yardstick]

Man those were some great characters.

One that didn’t get mentioned: the chickens.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Not many people know this, but Snuffleupagus was created to help kids who were suffering from child sexual abuse. Those kids knew it was real despite the disbelief of adults.