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What is a Muppet?

Foreignman

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This question has plagued me for the longest time, so can we come up with a definition? What is a Muppet, what sets it apart from a Puppet? So come on, help me guys, what's a Muppet?

p.s. My 100th post, WOOHOOO!
 
Crazy Harry

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To be perfectly honest, the only thing that really seperates Muppets from Puppets is whether or not they're copyrighted by JHC. Some people beleive that the word Muppet is a combination of puppet and marianet, and others beleive that it's just a weird word the Jim liked to say.
 
Phillip

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Maybe this will help to get this going...

From our FAQ under Muppets...

3. How did the word "Muppet" originate?

In a 1982 interview, Jim Henson shared that "I think we did the term Muppets before we got the show Sam and Friends - a few months after I started working. It was really just a term we made up. For a long time I would tell people it was a combination of marionettes and puppets but, basically, it was really just a word that we coined. We have done very few things connected with marionettes."
 
EmmyMik

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What is a Muppet

Well, in the words of Homer Simpson (or something like that. I can't remember the exact quote), "It's not quite a mop, it's not quite a puppet but, oh man... So to answer your question, I don't know."
 
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