Grumpy Old Hecklers

If you grew up in the seventies like I did, you'll remember The Muppet Show, starring the dashing and debonair "Froggie!" (as Miss Piggy would wail). Well, I was 12 by then, and on the verge of womanhood. So this made the love aspect between Kermit and Miss Piggy amusing. And there was also Animal, whom we all loved. But there was another aspect that kept us glued to the telly, or at least made us come back to it at the end of every episode. And that would be Statler and Waldorf, the two old men sitting in the box seat, acting as critics rating every show at the end.

Here's a sampling of their show-enders...


Now, does anyone also remember the movie "Trading Places" starring Dan Akyroyd and Eddie Murphy? The antagonists in the movie was a couple of extremely wealthy old men, a conniving brother team: Mortimer and Randolph Duke. The plot was extremely hilarious to us at the time, and the presence of these two know-it-all's reminiscent of the ornery muppet duo.



Well, after all these years, I still find these sketches so amusing. Actually they sort of caricature the actual conversations we secretly form in our minds. Some of us are too polite to say them out loud. But as our legendary undercover cops would quip:

"You said it!"... "Yeah, but you were thinking it!"






More Statler and Waldorf Clips:


Here they are doing movie cameos!!!


Here they are in a movie with Michael Caine!