Who Were the Two Old Funny Muppets

Waldorf's on the left, Statler's on the correct.
PERFORMER	Richard Chase Statler, 1976-1991
	Jim Henson Waldorf, 1975-1990
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DEBUT	1975
DESIGN	Bonnie Erickson designer/builder

Television set's most famous hecklers, Statler and Waldorf, every bit drawn past their original builder, Bonnie Erickson of the Muppet Workshop.

Statler and Waldorf are a pair of elderly Muppet characters known for their cantankerous opinions and shared penchant for heckling. They share the stage left balcony box in The Muppet Theatre, and the two delight in heckling every attribute of The Muppet Show. Waldorf is the 1 with the rounder face, white pilus, and moustache. In near all productions, Statler appears on the audience's correct and Waldorf on the left. They first appeared as a pair in the 1975 pilot The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. Fans and popular civilization have sometimes referred to them simply equally the "two old guys in the balustrade."

On The Muppet Show, they usually have the last word, with a concluding annotate at the end (except for episodes 123, 217, 314, and 515), and are particularly unforgiving to Fozzie Deport. Withal, it is revealed in A Muppet Family unit Christmas that the 2 critics are friends with Fozzie's female parent, Ma Bear.

On the commencement season of Muppets Tonight, Statler and Waldorf are seen watching the testify from the living room of what appears to be a retirement home. In the second season, they watch the testify on a portable television set from various locations, including a golf form and a ski elevator.

In The Muppet Christmas Ballad, they play the ghosts of Scrooge'southward business partners, Jacob and Robert Marley. In Muppet Treasure Island, Statler and Waldorf are the Figurehead of the Hispaniola. In The Muppets' Magician of Oz, they appear every bit the Kalidah Critics, strange beasts who shout insults at anyone attempting to cross a treacherous bridge.

From 2005-2006, Statler and Waldorf starred in a bi-weekly online series, From the Balcony, on the website Movies.com. In the series of brusque videos, the crotchety pair dished on the latest movie releases.

The duo take on a featured role in The Muppets, sharing the fine print of the Muppet contract with villain Tex Richman. Of class, Statler and Waldorf don't realize that Tex plans to raze Muppet Studios and drill for oil, which would mean the end of their balcony - and their heckling.

In Muppets Most Wanted, they travel with the Muppets watching their touring show. And they say Miss Piggy's performance of the Macarena has made the show fifty-fifty worse, managing the impossible.

Solo appearances

Conrad Waldorf in Des O'Connor Entertains

Statler and Waldorf are almost always seen together, simply they have made occasional individual appearances. Examples include:

• The Waldorf puppet appeared every bit P. Fenton Cosgrove in the 1975 Muppet Coming together Films "The Muppet Introduction" and "Just a Few Announcements".

• Named as "Conrad Waldorf," Waldorf was featured in a 1976 Britain advent on Des O'Connor Entertains.

• Statler solitary is involved in a plot in The Muppet Show Episode 120, in which he goes backstage to meet Valerie Harper. He brings an African Drupe Bush-league with him as a souvenir which takes over the backstage of the theater.

• Statler gets a face up lift in the Vendaface sketch in The Muppet Show Episode 124.

• Statler appears in the Swinetrek at the end of Pigs in Space in The Muppet Show Episode 303.

• Waldorf tries to convince John Denver to dorsum out of his advent on The Muppet Testify in the teaser for Episode 401.

• When Statler tin can't make it to The Muppet Show guest starring Lightheaded Gillespie, Waldorf brings his wife Astoria, who bears a striking resemblance to Statler.

• Statler appeared on his own frequently in The Muppets comic strip (1981-1986), sometimes to heckle on his lonesome but ofttimes in the groundwork or every bit foil to characters exterior of the usual (such as a patient to Dr. Bob).

• Waldorf parodies Marlin Perkins in a Wild Kingdom spoof in the 1983 calendar The Muppets Look at Television receiver.

• Waldorf appears without Statler in the 1985 video Children'south Songs and Stories with the Muppets, making a song asking to Scooter.

• Statler plays a gambler in the fictitious moving-picture show "High Ruin" in the 1988 game Muppets Studios Presents: Yous're the Director.

• Statler appears in the "Cliff'due south Nightmare" episode of The Cosby Bear witness with Neb Cosby playing his curmudgeonly partner.

• Statler appeared in an episode of The Bachelorette on May 21, 2012, in the audition of a fundraiser variety prove featuring the Muppets.

Trivia

The duo watching themselves on Boob tube.

• Statler and Waldorf were named later two New York City hotels -- the Statler Hotel (which was renamed the Hotel Pennsylvania in 1992), and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Waldorf'southward married woman, Astoria, completes the prepare.
• Early in The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years, Statler claims Waldorf has had a pacemaker for over 30 years.
• In Le Muppet Bear witness, the two are often designated as "les deux gâteux" (the two seniles).

Casting History

Statler

Primary Performers

• Richard Hunt - from The Muppet Show (1976) to Muppet*Vision 3D (1991)
• Jerry Nelson - The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) and from The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) to Muppets Party Cruise (2003)
• Steve Whitmire - Weezer's "Keep Fishin'" music video (2002) to We Mean solar day (2016)
• Peter Linz - Xfinity commercial (2017) (YouTube) to Present

Other Performers

• Bill Barretta - Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005, ane undubbed line), Muppets Well-nigh Wanted B-Coil (2014) (YouTube)
• Drew Massey - Statler & Waldorf: From the Balcony Airplane pilot, Episode nine-34, and Halloween & Oscar press clips (2005-2006); ESPN'southward Reel Classics Extra (2005); Muppets Ahoy! (2006)
• Artie Esposito - D23 Expo (2009)
• Dave Goelz - Parts of LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011)

Waldorf

Master Performers

• Jim Henson - from The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) to The Muppets at Walt Disney Earth (1990)
• Dave Goelz - from The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) to Present

Other Performers

• Jerry Nelson - Muppet Meeting Films (1974) (equally P. Fenton Cosgrove)
• John Lovelady - Des O'Connor Entertains (1976)
• Kevin Clash - Muppets This evening episode 101, episode 110
• Victor Yerrid - Statler & Waldorf: From the Balcony Pilot, episode 9-34, and Halloween & Oscar printing clips (2005-2006); ESPN's Reel Classics Extra (2005); Muppets Ahoy! (2006)
• Steve Whitmire - Parts of LittleBigPlanet ii (2011)

Book appearances

• Bo Saves the Show (1982)
• My Get-go Muppet Dictionary (1988, Statler only)
• Muppet Time (1996)
• The Muppet Evidence Comic Book (2009)
• Muppet Robin Hood issue #4 (2009)
• Muppet Snow White (2010)
• Kermit's Costume Caper (2012)
• The Muppets Character Encyclopedia (2014)
• Muppets See the Classics: The Phantom of the Opera (2017)

See too

• Statler and Waldorf (Muppet Babies)
• Statler and Waldorf Through the Years
• Statler and Waldorf'due south Alternating Identities and Ages
• Statler and Waldorf filmography
• Statler and Waldorf reversed positions
• Characters who have been in Statler and Waldorf's box
• International Statler and Waldorf

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