Muppet Character Age Thoughts

[frogboy4]

What are your ideas on what the (now Disney-owned) Muppet character "perpetual" ages? Here are my thoughts. They are totally arbitrary, but we were talking about it in the other thread so I felt it would be interesting to see how everyone perceived the characters.

35 Kermit
39 Miss Piggy
25 Fozzie
29 Gonzo
16 Scooter
45 Rowlf
5- Robin
26 Pepe
23 Rizzo
25 Camilla
62 Swedish Chef
55 Sam Eagle
86 Statler
85 Waldorf
48 Bunsen
22 Beaker
27 Animal
38 Janice
42 Floyd
48 Zoot
60 Dr. Teeth
30 Sweetums
35 Beauregard
37 Lew Zeland
30 Crazy Harry
65 George
68 Mildred
75 Hilda
53 Marvin Suggs
39 Lips
45 Newsman
99 Uncle Deadly
90 Pops
60 Gaffer
19 Annie Sue
55 Nigel
37 Fleet Scribbler
26 Wayne
24 Wanda
50 Mahna Mahna
20 Snowths
66 JP Grosse
40 Link Hogthrob
61 Julius Strangepork
8- Thog
19 Yolanda Rat
38 Johnny Fiama
35 Sal Minella
32 Bobo Bear
31 Clifford
46 Digit
22 Leon
1- Waldo
7- Bean Bunny
18 Andy & Randy
22 Seymour
35 Van Neuter
30 Mulch
28 Bill the Bubble Guy
44 Zippity Zap

 

[MWoO]

I think you have some of the women estimated a little high. Janice seems more in her late 20's to me. Piggy is hard to say. In the 80's and early 90's she seemed to be around what you estimate, but since Eric took over she seems to have taken on a younger personality, again maybe late 20's.

Not sure about many of the others but I don't know if I would but Scooter at 16. More like 20. He may have started out as 16 on TMS, but by the time of the movies he seemed older to me, especially in MTM. All of the muppets seemed to age a little in that one.

 

[frogboy4]

I think you have some of the women estimated a little high. Janice seems more in her late 20's to me. Piggy is hard to say. In the 80's and early 90's she seemed to be around what you estimate, but since Eric took over she seems to have taken on a younger personality, again maybe late 20's.

Not sure about many of the others but I don't know if I would but Scooter at 16. More like 20. He may have started out as 16 on TMS, but by the time of the movies he seemed older to me, especially in MTM. All of the muppets seemed to age a little in that one.

I have always felt Janice to be older. Being in my 30s now it doesn't feel the character is that far off. She seems a little more world wise than a 20 something. But I get you. Who knows? I could go with 20s too. Rockers are kind of ageless. I totally agree with Piggy. I always felt she tried to play younger than she was. Eric does seem to play her late-20s/early 30s now.

 

[Baby Gonzo]

I think Dr. Teeth strikes me as more in his late 40s or early to mid 50s. Fozzie... somewhere between 30 and 35. And Statler and Waldorf seem more like they'd be in their late 70s than in their mid 80s to me.

It's an interesting topic, really. I never really thought about it.

 

[ryhoyarbie]

I think Zoot is older that 48. I'd say mid 50's to 60.

I always pictured Scooter around 20.

Dr. Teeth is probably in his mid 40's.

Uncle Deadly is 99! Wow!

As said earlier, Janice is probably in her mid to late 20's.

Great thread!

 

[LamangoNumber2]

Rowlf's an the oldest muppet. He was 30 in the late fifties. Then add up till now... and then times it by seven!

 

[theprawncracker]

I'll just copy and paste from Jamie's and add in my own ages...

30-35 Kermit
30-40 Miss Piggy
20's Fozzie
30's (back in TMS I'd say mid-20's) Gonzo
18-19 Scooter
40's Rowlf
5-8 Robin
25 Pepe
20's Rizzo
23 Camilla
53 Swedish Chef
55-60 Sam Eagle
80's Statler
80's Waldorf
43 Bunsen
20's Beaker
? Animal
29 Janice
35 Floyd
50's Zoot
50's Dr. Teeth
30-40 Sweetums
30's Beauregard
37 Lew Zeland
24 Crazy Harry
70's George
Late 60's Mildred
60's Hilda
45-50 Marvin Suggs
38 Lips
40's Newsman
Deceased Uncle Deadly
80's Pops
60's Gaffer
18-21 Annie Sue
40's Nigel
35 Fleet Scribbler
25-30 Wayne
28 Wanda
50 Mahna Mahna
20 Snowths
55-60 JP Grosse
35-40 Link Hogthrob
60's Julius Strangepork
9-10 Thog
21 Yolanda Rat
30's Johnny Fiama
20's Sal Minella
35 Bobo Bear
30-35 Clifford
50's Digit
20's Leon
1-5-Waldo
7-10 Bean Bunny
16 Andy & Randy
24 Seymour
39 Van Neuter
20's Mulch
34 Bill the Bubble Guy
35 Zippity Zap

 

[RedPiggy]

I'm just gonna go with the ones I disagree with.

35 Kermit

Hard to tell. I think Jim's might be slightly older but Steve's slightly younger.

39 Miss Piggy

That seems a little high. True, she implies she's had work done, but still. I'd go with something closer or maybe slightly younger than Kermit, like 32-36. Of course, that may be the age she tells everyone else ... lol.

16 Scooter

I see him as more of a 19-year-old.

5- Robin

I know I'll get harassed for this, but just because he sang that song doesn't make it so. I can see him as 6-9.

86 Statler
85 Waldorf

Can't decide whether they should be older than that. Maybe 88-92.

48 Zoot

I, too, could see Zoot pushing 60 instead.

99 Uncle Deadly

He's dead ... does it matter?

19 Annie Sue

I saw her as in her early 20s.

7- Bean Bunny

A lot of breakers of child labor laws, huh? But I can't see him as past 10.

 

[StreetScenes]

awesome thread! i agree with most of the ages so far. i, too, see statler & waldorf in their late 80s (though i don't know if it matters because they probably can't remember), and zoot in his late 50s (he probably can't remember either).

but i see pepe as older, more like 38, even 43...still young enough to be a suave and sexy ladies' shrimp, especially as he's got a spanish accent, but old enough to have plenty of experience with the womens. sort of james bond-like.

 

[Kiki]

*Steals list*

38 Kermit
36-40 Miss Piggy
40 Fozzie
28 Gonzo
15 Scooter
53 Rowlf
7 Robin
30 Pepe
25 Rizzo
23 Camilla
48 Swedish Chef
62 Sam Eagle
86 Statler
86 Waldorf
45 Bunsen
27 Beaker
21 Animal
27 Janice
52 Floyd
63 Zoot
60 Dr. Teeth
29 Sweetums
51 Beauregard
39 Lew Zeland
25 Crazy Harry
67 George
70 Mildred
70's Hilda
57 Marvin Suggs
48 Lips
52 Newsman
Old! Uncle Deadly
80's Pops
65 Gaffer
16 Annie Sue
50 Nigel
36 Fleet Scribbler
29 Wayne
27 Wanda
45 Mahna Mahna
20 Snowths
69 JP Grosse
49 Link Hogthrob
70 Julius Strangepork
6 Thog
18 Yolanda Rat
39 Johnny Fiama
36 Sal Minella
42 Bobo Bear
39 Clifford
31 Digit
20 Leon
2 Waldo
6 Bean Bunny
19 Andy & Randy
32 Seymour
38 Van Neuter
30 Mulch
29 Bill the Bubble Guy
42 Zippity Zap