A heated BoD discussion as to whether Elmo is more like John Cena or The Rock got me to wondering if all of the major Sesame Street puppets have a WWE counterpart. So far I got:
Elmo: John Cena or The Rock (good points made for both)
Big Bird: Hulk Hogan
Oscar: Stone Cold
Cookie Monster: Ryback
Grover: Jeff Hardy
Tully: Matt Hardy
Kermit: uh...drawing a big ol' blank here
Can you help a bored brother out?
I'm assuming by "Tully" you mean Telly Monster, and I can't agree with Matt Hardy. Telly's a neurotic spazoid constantly seeking validation, probably closer to CM Punk or even Paul Heyman. Cookie Monster as Ryback is perfect. Grover would be closer to Santino for me, the guy who thinks of himself as a cool customer but who is really a big nerd. Kermit's the neutral beloved straight man, which is obviously Jim Ross or Jerry Lawler.
And you missed the most obvious gag of all: The Count as a referee!
Punk is clearly Oscar The Grouch
ReplyDeleteare Team Hell No Burt & Ernie? (Kane would be Ernie, D-Bry Burt)
ReplyDeleteKermit is Erik Watts.
ReplyDeleteBut what about Mr Snuffleupagus? I'm thinking perhaps Ultimate Warrior as most people aren't sure whether are imaginary or not! Or maybe Big Bird and Mr Snuffleupagus as Undertaker and Kane perhaps!
ReplyDeleteEveryone loves Elmo, so he couldn't possibly be John Cena.
ReplyDeleteThinking of the bit that Dave Chappelle did about Sesame Street, I'd have to say the Godfather would be the Count. And I guess that would make Mr. Suffleupagus Scott Hall, either one of the Hardys, Jake Robers, or a whole bunch of guys that have passed away, take your pick.
ReplyDeleteI never watched Sesame Street as a kid and I don't have any kids of my own, so various comedians and TV shows making fun of it is all I know about it. Speaking of which, that one Family Guy cutaway would make Bert and Ernie Billy and Chuck, or Lenny and Lodi if we're including non-WWE guys.
The Two-Headed Monster: Daniel Bryan and Kane
ReplyDeleteCookie Monster is the Warrior
ReplyDeleteWell, up until a few years ago (when they made him real), Mr. Snuffleupagus would be Lil' Jimmy, what with no one else seeing him an all.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that makes him Sid Vicious. Every time Big Bird / promoters wanted to push him, he'd leave the screen / company, leading to dozens of rumors of Snuffy's existence / Sid's death.
ReplyDeletePlus, woolly mammoths had half the brain needed to survive, and Sid has half the brain that you do.
Sean Mooney is Guy Smiley.
ReplyDeleteRandy Savage (RIP) is Animal.
ReplyDeleteif thinking yourself a cool customer but really being a nerd is Grover than Matt Hardy makes the list after all.
ReplyDeleteI get to bring up my one gripe about recent interpretations of the Muppets here (and I know it's one Scott shares with me): the Muppets movies (even the Sigel revamp) all cast Kermit as something of a traditional hero / lead character, when he's at his funniest as the only sane person in the room.
ReplyDeleteHe's JR, through and through.
Nah, Animal's the easy comparison. Although that's extending it to the Muppet Show.
ReplyDelete... find me someone over the age of eight who loves Elmo and it will be the first person.
ReplyDeleteWhich is EXACTLY the Cena Effect.
If we extend to regular Muppets, Lance Storm is serious Sam the Eagle and of course Sheamus is Beaker. Vickie as Piggy? Josh Matthews and Road Dogg on "Are You Serious" are like Statler and Waldorf.
ReplyDeleteFucking perfect.
ReplyDeleteWow...I'm amazed the awesome Sheamus/Beaker on screen encounter hasn't been brought up here yet.
ReplyDeleteSo, in this universe would HHH be Mitt Romney? And TNA is one of those weird foreign knock-offs?
One quick correction, Kermit is a Muppet, not a Sesame Street character.
ReplyDeletehe's both. he is the only Jim Henson creation that did both shows. He played a mild-mannered reporter on Sesame Street a lot, at least when I was growing up
ReplyDeleteNot getting the Grover thing. Grover is the former superstar who lost his spot to the new superstar (Elmo) and still has a fringe role for the parents that have fond memories of him from their childhood. Reminds me of Andre the Giant, circa 1989ish.
ReplyDeleteKermit is both
ReplyDeleteHee hee, I can already picture the referee gag... "Vun!.... Two!..." (wrestler gets his shoulder up in plenty of time) "Three!..." (bell starts to ring but then stops as:) "Four!... Fife!..." (wrestlers who were continuing the match realize something is wrong and stop grappling) "Seex!... Seven!... Eight!..." (everyone just stands and stares as Count continues slapping the mat obliviously)
ReplyDeleteA couple of layers deep. I like that.
ReplyDeleteWho would be that guy at the restaurant who always gets Grover as his waiter?
ReplyDeleteMean Gene Okerlund?
ReplyDeleteI love Elmo.
ReplyDeleteChris Kanyon would be Burt....yeah that was a low blow.
ReplyDeleteKermit was on both. And they're all muppets,
ReplyDeleteWitness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbgRyColvE
Please come back and review WWE Main Event!
ReplyDeleteAND ELMO LOVES *YOU*!
ReplyDeleteI'd go with Booker T as the Count. He's the FIVE-time, FIVE-time, FIVE-time, FIVE-time, FIVE-time WCW champion. Ah ah ah!
ReplyDeletemy boy loves super grover.
ReplyDeleteLots of girls love Elmo.
ReplyDeleteI've always been a Grover man, myself. And Captain Vegetable.
good to hear. I got my daughter my favorite book as a young child...The monster at the end of this book. Grover is so superior to Elmo. But Elmo took Grover's role as the naive, child-like character that gets to have all the lessons explained to him.
ReplyDeleteWas there a Grover Machine?
ReplyDeleteThat would be Gonzo, then, wouldn't it?
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