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St Poll: Should Bert & Ernie be considered "Muppets"? -- link

Posted by Beaker (aka anniebecca) Mar 14 '17, 12:19

Are Bert and Ernie considered Muppets? My friends and I have been debating this for years. I contend that any puppet created by Jim Henson is a Muppet, whereas my incorrect buddies believe a Muppet must have appeared on the Muppet Show. Please settle this once and for all as these debates are getting really heated.

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They are muppets, but they are not Muppets. -- nm - rollo Mar 14, 12:27 3
- Wrong! -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 14, 12:29 2
  - how so? -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 12:32 1
    - They were Muppets before there was a Muppet Show. - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 14, 12:37
This is like asking if Wolverine is an Avenger. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 12:26 4
- He is. -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 12:33
- Because he is? -- nm - Spawn Mar 14, 12:32 1
  - Yes, exactly. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 12:33
- This is the best analogy I've read all day. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 14, 12:30
Aside: we watched the Muppets do US History while at Disney. Our youngest got to be a bell ringer cause we showed up 10 minutes before the start -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 12:25 1
- LYC: My wife worked Muppetvision 3D at MGM for several summers. - Strongbad Mar 14, 12:27
Yes. -- nm - Callisto Buffalomeat Mar 14, 12:25
you are, of course, entirely correct, and your friends are very, very wrong. - znufrii Mar 14, 12:24
Any puppet that appeared on Sesame Street is a Muppet. -- nm - Tim Mar 14, 12:23 1
- but not part of the Muppet Show universe except for Kermit. -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 12:34
Yes. Fraggle Rock IMO is a question though. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 14, 12:23 5
- Not really a question. The title screen says "Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets" -- (link) - Ender Mar 14, 12:28 [youtube]
- And what about Dark Crystal? - Spawn Mar 14, 12:26 3
  - Those are Muppets that have eaten after midnight. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 12:31
  - Henson was not involved in Yoda in any way. -- nm - Ender Mar 14, 12:30 1
    - spoiler - Spawn Mar 14, 12:32
Muppets. Ernie and Bert are Muppets who pre-date the Muppet show. (Also, they did appear in the Muppet Show, but as cameos) -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 12:22
of course they are. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 12:20
sure -- nm - groiny Mar 14, 12:20

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