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Who is your favorite Muppet? Why?
QotD submitted by knitwitology.vox.com.
I liked the Swedish Chef for his fearless attitude in the kitchen. He should be on Iron Chef. I think he'd flay a certain Bobby any day. But for pure pathos, one must look beyond the narrow confines of the "Muppet" label and examine the tragic life of Grover, the muppet who never was.
"Every night after wrapping on 'Street' Ernie and I would hit the local bar for Shirley Temples and ice cream. What Ernie did not realize was that my Shirley Temples were spiked with whiskey and I was chasing that ice cream with barbiturates. And when he went home, I stayed out- sometimes all night."
"Losing the Muppet Show gig was like some kind of affirmation for me of all of my worst insecurities at once. It was as if the whole world was telling me 'You are not good enough, Grover. You are only a children's show character, Grover. Go back to Queens and die a slow death, Grover."
