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Muppet characters

This article is about two Muppets. For the Muppet webshow, see Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony. For the electronic music duo, see Statler & Waldorf (musicians).

Fictional character

Statler and Waldorf are a pair of Muppet characters from the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show, best known for their cantankerous opinions and shared penchant for heckling.

The two elderly men first appeared in The Muppet Show in 1975, where they consistently jeered the entirety of the cast and their performances from their box seats.

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Created by Jim Henson, the characters have been performed by numerous puppeteers, including Henson, in a variety of films and television productions within the Muppet franchise. Statler and Waldorf are named after two landmark New York City hotels, the Statler Hilton and the Waldorf-Astoria (in turn named after Ellsworth Milton Statler and the hometown of the Astor family).

Characters

The characters are known for their heckling. In The Muppet Show, the two are always criticizing Fozz

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