Statler & Waldorf didn't make it past the first round?

fark that shiat, i aint votin

Tournament Fails...no way Gonzo should beat out Animal

The movie is getting good reviews.

Kermit all the way, baby!

Kermit's the great unifying force of the Muppet dynasty. He was on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Muppets Tonight, and even introduced Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas.

Just like most of the American public, I voted for the pervert over the nice guy.

jigoro: Just like most of the American public, I voted for the pervert over the nice guy.

Kermit pretends to be nice, but we all know he's developed a taste for "pork skins".

/Piggy unavailable for comment due to frog in her throat

Fozzie is Kermit's sidekick, Miss Piggy is kermit's love interest (shudder), but Gonzo is Kermit's foil. He's the crazy, zany, out-there ideas guy to Kermit's calm, dependable, optimistic leader. It makes sense to me that Gonzo is the rival for Kermit in the final round, but it remains that Gonzo's importance as a Muppet is in relation to Kermit. Kermit is the center of Muppet-dom. That's really what it comes down to. The only way for Kermit not to win is for people to simply not understand what Kermit represents in the Muppet universe. He's literally the standard-bearer for the vision Jim Henson had for his creations, even after all this time.

ANIMAL!!!!! ANIMAL!

Tournament totally unbalanced from day one.

Gonzo/Animal
Statler&Waldor/Beaker&Honeydew

How can you have a good contest with these being your first round?

And honestly, who would choose Fozzie over Beaker??

MADNESS!

In related news, the new movie is sitting at 100% fresh after 35 reviews on RT.

The only reason to vote for Gonzo is that he's the only one still performed by the original performer.

Pretty good reason as it is.

As an official old guy and fan of The Muppet Show I shouldn't say this, but I love Pepe the King Prawn. I think he got the shaft seeding against the Swedish Chef. The Swedish Chef was a one trick pony: say BORK a lot and hurt yourself

As of right now, the standings are Kermit: 3599, Gonzo: 3597.

MEEEP MEEEP MEEEEEP MEEP!
(and other loud noises due to frustration)

Jesus Christ, will you people just look at yourselves?

A bunch of alleged adults going on and on like this about puppets. farking puppets. Pieces of felt and plastic sewn together! Goddamn, for how many decades now have we indulged this little fantasy about these puppets being actual people. For years, I've had to endure watching professional reporters or talk show hosts talking to a man's hand as if it were a sentient being. Why can't we all admit to ourselves that we've been pretending that puppets doing lame ass vaudvillian routines is some kind of high art. And leave it to that farking douche face fark Jason Segel to revive all this shiat and pander to the moronic masses. This is FAR more embarassingfor this country than even that stupid farking sucky sparkly vampire doucey Twilight crap.

Idiocracy. We're already there.

gunga galunga: Jesus Christ, will you people just look at yourselves?

A bunch of alleged adults going on and on like this about puppets. farking puppets. Pieces of felt and plastic sewn together! Goddamn, for how many decades now have we indulged this little fantasy about these puppets being actual people. For years, I've had to endure watching professional reporters or talk show hosts talking to a man's hand as if it were a sentient being. Why can't we all admit to ourselves that we've been pretending that puppets doing lame ass vaudvillian routines is some kind of high art. And leave it to that farking douche face fark Jason Segel to revive all this shiat and pander to the moronic masses. This is FAR more embarassingfor this country than even that stupid farking sucky sparkly vampire doucey Twilight crap.

Idiocracy. We're already there.

gunga galunga: Jesus Christ, will you people just look at yourselves?

A bunch of alleged adults going on and on like this about puppets. farking puppets. Pieces of felt and plastic sewn together! Goddamn, for how many decades now have we indulged this little fantasy about these puppets being actual people. For years, I've had to endure watching professional reporters or talk show hosts talking to a man's hand as if it were a sentient being. Why can't we all admit to ourselves that we've been pretending that puppets doing lame ass vaudvillian routines is some kind of high art. And leave it to that farking douche face fark Jason Segel to revive all this shiat and pander to the moronic masses. This is FAR more embarassingfor this country than even that stupid farking sucky sparkly vampire doucey Twilight crap.

Idiocracy. We're already there.

gunga galunga: Jesus Christ, will you people just look at yourselves?

A bunch of alleged adults going on and on like this about puppets. farking puppets. Pieces of felt and plastic sewn together! Goddamn, for how many decades now have we indulged this little fantasy about these puppets being actual people. For years, I've had to endure watching professional reporters or talk show hosts talking to a man's hand as if it were a sentient being. Why can't we all admit to ourselves that we've been pretending that puppets doing lame ass vaudvillian routines is some kind of high art. And leave it to that farking douche face fark Jason Segel to revive all this shiat and pander to the moronic masses. This is FAR more embarassingfor this country than even that stupid farking sucky sparkly vampire doucey Twilight crap.

Idiocracy. We're already there.

I hate you as a person

eviljimbo: Statler & Waldorf didn't make it past the first round?

fark that shiat, i aint votin

Indeed.

dscott72: Tournament Fails...no way Gonzo should beat out Animal

Yup - this is it!

FooDog: [darkdiamond.net image 504x420]

I got some bites. But I just don't have the heart to keep up the act.

/going opening night

schpanky: The only reason to vote for Gonzo is that he's the only one still performed by the original performer.

Pretty good reason as it is.

Because if Henson were still alive, he would have given up voicing Kermit?

dscott72: Tournament Fails...no way Gonzo should beat out Animal

Roses red.
Violets blue.
WOMAN, WOMAN, WOMAN!

Animal vs. Beaker.

There can be only one.

Terlis: schpanky: The only reason to vote for Gonzo is that he's the only one still performed by the original performer.

Pretty good reason as it is.

Because if Henson were still alive, he would have given up voicing Kermit?

Death. How does it work?

schpanky: The only reason to vote for Gonzo is that he's the only one still performed by the original performer.

Pretty good reason as it is.

CSB time.

I met Dave Goelz at Disney Studios when I was working there. This was back in 1991. I asked if they had any plans for future muppet movies. He talked about how their next project was going to be a muppet version of A Christmas Carol. I asked him if he didn't think that story had been done to death. And just before I start kicking myself for being a jerk to Gonzo, he starts getting real excited talking about the movie. How it was going to be a new classic take on the story and people were going to love it and how they had Michael Caine as Scrooge and bringng Paul Williams back to do the songs. Seeing as how that movie gets cited here in Fark as their favorite muppet movie and/or Christmas Carol version, he was spot on.

Afterwards, a co-worker who had been there longer told me that as friendly as Dave Goelz was, Jim Henson was even more approachable.

The only correct answer is Animal. But since that is not an option then the ovte must go to Kermit. Gonzo had an unhealthy obsession with chickens.... creepy.

delathi: Rowlf

Anybody else notice that Seth Rogan sounds a lot like Rowlf?

gunga galunga: schpanky: The only reason to vote for Gonzo is that he's the only one still performed by the original performer.

Pretty good reason as it is.

CSB time.

I met Dave Goelz at Disney Studios when I was working there. This was back in 1991. I asked if they had any plans for future muppet movies. He talked about how their next project was going to be a muppet version of A Christmas Carol. I asked him if he didn't think that story had been done to death. And just before I start kicking myself for being a jerk to Gonzo, he starts getting real excited talking about the movie. How it was going to be a new classic take on the story and people were going to love it and how they had Michael Caine as Scrooge and bringng Paul Williams back to do the songs. Seeing as how that movie gets cited here in Fark as their favorite muppet movie and/or Christmas Carol version, he was spot on.

Afterwards, a co-worker who had been there longer told me that as friendly as Dave Goelz was, Jim Henson was even more approachable.

cscanlon7: [image.spreadshirt.com image 285x285]

Funny you post that because while I was working there, I did get a T-shirt from Woody Harrelson.

His band was performing at Pleasure Island. Beforehand, they held a Cheers lookalike contest. I was chosen among the winners because at the time I kinda looked like Robin Colcord (Rebecca's billionaire love interest). When Woody was giving me an autographed t-shirt, he told me that I didn't look a thing like him and I shouldn't have won. What a dick.

gunga galunga: Afterwards, a co-worker who had been there longer told me that as friendly as Dave Goelz was, Jim Henson was even more approachable.

Thank you for sharing this. I want to believe that, as it fits so nicely into what I want to think of him, so I am choosing to buy your Intarwebz Story as true. He gave us all hope, and seemed somehow to exude that, no matter how bad it got, you'd at least have him as one friend on the planet, and he'd try to cheer you up.

I'd be willing to be a lot of money that your co-worker was right. Mr. Henson is one of the very, very few celebrities I actually would have loved to have met.

/ Gonzo
// No, wait, Animal
/// No, wait, Swedish Chef
//// fark it, how can they think they can pick only one winner?

the voting is rigged in that it includes Kermit to begin with. I don't have anything against Kermit, but how can the creators of this tournament even expect any other muppet to win when Kermit is one of the 1st, if not the actual 1st puppet that Jim had created. He is enshrined at the Smithsonian. He is probably the most well known puppet in the world, and he seems to be the puppet that is most like JIm in his spirit

SFSailor: gunga galunga: Afterwards, a co-worker who had been there longer told me that as friendly as Dave Goelz was, Jim Henson was even more approachable.

Thank you for sharing this. I want to believe that, as it fits so nicely into what I want to think of him, so I am choosing to buy your Intarwebz Story as true. He gave us all hope, and seemed somehow to exude that, no matter how bad it got, you'd at least have him as one friend on the planet, and he'd try to cheer you up.

I'd be willing to be a lot of money that your co-worker was right. Mr. Henson is one of the very, very few celebrities I actually would have loved to have met.

I really wanted to ask him personally about what Jim was like but it was just a couple of years after his death and I was worried it was too soon. The co-worker, it was her job to handle the visiting celebrities and we were sorta hitting it off, told me I should have brought the subject up because he loved talking about Jim.

I have another CSB about doing hookers and blow with Frank Oz, but alas, that one is totally made up.

Poll closed?

Pool closed??

There is only one muppet that deserves to win. And he's not on the list.

Stupid felt creature.

how about a REAL competition! Rizzo vs Animal! whos with meee!?!?

Seriously, Dr Teeth and Sam lost in the first round? WTF people.
And, where are Zoot and Sweetums.
Plus, if we can have combo muppets (Statler and Waldorf, Beaker and Bunson Honeydew), why not The Muppaphone?
And, why is Dr. Julius Strangepork put up against Miss Piggy? Wouldn't Janice be a better first round match up?

/I care about this way too much

And why Muppet Show only? Where are the Sesame Street specials? Bert? Ernie? The Marshalls (as my firstborn called them)? "Yep. Yep. Yep. Uhh Huh. Uhh Huh."

GONZO! GONZO! GONZO! GONZO!

/If Gonzo wins, I'll have called the winner in the original tread back when this started.
//Called Fozzie for second, but he lost to Kermt(BULLshiat!)
/GONZO!