Two Muppets named top scientists

[Khephra]

EXETER, England (Reuters) -- Muppets Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his assistant Beaker defeated Dr. Strangelove, Dana Scully of "X Files" fame and Star Trek's Mr. Spock to be voted Britain's favorite screen scientists.

They beat their closest rival by a margin of 2 to 1 and won 33 percent of the 43,000 votes cast in an Internet poll published in Monday.

Spock came in a distance second with 15 percent followed by The Doctor, from Dr Who, who garnered 13 percent. Scully, the only woman in the poll, came in sixth.

"They are accessible, humorous and occasionally blow each other up," said Roland Jackson, of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA).

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/05/muppets.scientist.reut/index.html

[Chovexani]

1. I love Bunsen & Beaker!

Congrats! :toast:

[RevCheesehead]

2. Do they favor stem-cell research?

[DrWeird]

3. Yes.

They're looking for a cure for pneumonia.

:evilfrown:

[RevCheesehead]

4. McCain adds: we should ignore...

...a certain disingenuous scientist and his assistant

[Chovexani]

5. LOL!

That's a good one. :)

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

6. How topical!

I hear Bush gets all of his scientific advisories from Bunsen & Burner

[Spinzonner]

7. All that blowing up sounds like Terrorism to me

shouldnt they be reported to DHS ?

[Khephra]

8. Isn't Animal the one with the dynamite?

Or was that Crazy Harry?

Whichever one it was, they both have beards, so they must be Arabs and locked up for their own good!

;-)

[Plaid Adder]

9. Excellent! Honeydew/Beaker in 2008!

I loved Muppet Labs. It was one of the best regular segments they did. Beaker was always so nervous and terrified and Honeydew always sounded like there was nothing at all to worry about...right until the catastrohe happened.

My favorite was the one where they invented the transporter and things kept disappearing and reappearing all episode long.

SIgh,

The Plaid Adder