Children and Family Films : Do people actually like Pepe the Prawn from The Muppets?

Do people actually like Pepe the Prawn from The Muppets?

I originally posted this on the Muppets' Wizard of Oz board.

I grew up with the original Muppets - Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, the movies, The Storyteller, etc., although I never saw Muppets Tonight (I don't think I did, anyway.) Of course, Pepe only appeared on that show twice, so even if I had seen some episodes, I could have missed him.

Personally, I can't stand him, and I've never understood why he is apparently so popular. He's weird looking (yeah I know, we're talking about Muppets here,) with a stupid accent hokay, and he's completely self-centered and greedy.

He was actively working against the Muppets for most of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, and he was just annoying in the Wizard of Oz film.

Of course, he wasn't the only thing wrong with the Wizard of Oz movie, Ashanti is another big problem. She can't act, I guess she can sing, but I didn't like her songs. She turned the film into an Ashanti vehicle, with assistance from the Muppets, instead of the film being a Muppet film, with assistance from human actors including Ashanti.

Other parts of the film were pretty weak as well, but if I was rating the exact same film without Ashanti, Pepe, and the superstar/singing plot, I probably would have given it a 6. As it is, I gave it a 4.

Re: Do people actually like Pepe the Prawn from The Muppets?

I like him. I think he's funny in Muppets Tonight.

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