Muppet Quotes

OLD MAN: I've put my golfing shoes on by mistake and my feet are killing me! ZELDA ROSE: Oh? Why? OLD MAN: I've put them on inside out.

POPS: Mac Davis! That's right You're the famous singer, songwriter, actor, country-western star! Heh heh! And tap-dancer! That's great! MAC DAVIS: Well, it ain't great, but it sure keeps the cockroaches away.

STATLER: I didn't know they had rock music in those days. WALDORF: Sure! Why do you think they called it the Stone Age?

KERMIT: Oh boy, it's a disaster. SKIER: Doctor, will I ever be able to ski again? ROWLF: Uh, what do you mean "again?"

GONZO: I believe in reincarnation. NURSE PIGGY: Uh, what are you coming back as next time? GONZO: How should I know? I don't even know what I am this time.

"Sometimes, its technique before acting, but I'm gonna say, you know what? A lot of it is acting before technique. They figure something they want to do and, 'Okay, how do we do that with the puppet? How do I make it read with the puppet?'" Happy Birthday, Gord Robertson!

MA BEAR: Son! FOZZIE BEAR: Ma! MA & FOZZIE: AaaaAAAAAaaah! Happy Mother's Day, Muppet fans!

"The great fun of working in puppetry is the limitations. If you have any kind of creative box within which to work, the discipline of that usually guides the storytelling and creates a stronger project overall." Happy Birthday, Lisa Henson!

"Sure, there is ABC and 1-2-3, but it goes way beyond that. Sesame Street shows what love and acceptance is between people. It’s inclusive of everyone. It’s good for kids to see that there are kids who are different, who think differently." Happy Birthday, Emilio Delgado!

"I love my job... it has given me so many opportunities and gifts, that I can’t even imagine what it would have been like to not have worked on Sesame. My Sesame Street family has always been a light in my life. I feel very fortunate and blessed." Happy Birthday, Pam Arciero!

FOZZIE BEAR: I'm the Tin Woodsman! KERMIT: There's no Tin Woodsman in "Alice in Wonderland!" FOZZIE BEAR: "Alice in Wonderland?" I thought we were doing "Peter Pan!" KERMIT: It's "Alice in Wonderland!" Now go change, Fozzie! FOZZIE BEAR: Yes sir! Anybody got a can opener?

WALDORF: I wonder why they call this thing a "crow's nest." CROW: Get outta my nest, ya' dummies!

RIZZO THE RAT: There's always a nice manchego cheese on Cinco de Mayo! Enjoy that manchego, Rizzo! ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

KERMIT: Oh, well, ya' know, as long as the three of you are here, how 'bout you go out onstage and do a song for us? LUKE SKYWALKER: What? You must be joking! (R2D2 beeps wildly.) KERMIT: Oh, look. Your little garbage can friend wants to. #MayThe4thBeWithYou, Muppet fans!

BEAUREGARD: I'm worried sick. ROWLF: Oh, good. Come with us. We need a sick person for Vet's Hospital. BEAUREGARD: Okay.

WEMBLEY: Is he okay? BOOBER: He has NEVER been okay.

STATLER: Boy, watching these grandmas has me feeling something I haven't felt in years. WALDORF: What's that? STATLER: My pulse!

CLIFFORD: Hey Riz, those grandmas can sure bust a move! RIZZO THE RAT: Yeah. Let's just hope they don't bust a hip.

JOHN GOODMAN: It don't look good, fellas. The enemy cheese has us surrounded. Rats! RATS: Yes, sir! GOODMAN: No, no, no. I meant... shoot! (The rats fire.) GOODMAN: No, no, no! Darn! And if any of you clowns pulls out a pair of socks, I'll slug ya. SLUG: Did someone say "slug?"

"...If you look at the old home movies, everyone's around and ever once in a while you'd see this little blond blur just careen through the frame; that was me. I was just always going―and the faster the better." Happy Birthday, John Henson!