Waldorf & ?

[emandvee]

What was the name of the other muppet in the theatre box? One was Waldorf, and I always thought the other was Astoria,HELP!

[kags]

Stadler!

[thewillow]

Statler.

[jenstar]

One of them had a wife called Astoria who turned up once or twice, maybe that's why you're confused.

[louise jones]

Staedtler

[kags]

thewillow is right -the correct spelling is Statler

[TracyJ]

I always thought it was the way louise jones spelt it, cos this question bugged me for ages and when I finally found out the answer I always remembered it as a 'pencil'

[jackjarvis]

It's actually 'Statler' as they are both named after hotels, the Statler and Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Astoria was also the name of Waldorf's wife and Statler's sister (i.e they are brothers-in-law)

[DoomHamster]

LouiseJones is correct, it's Staedtler, because I'm deaf and never heard it pronounced out loud, but always thought of it as being prnounced "Stayed-ler", whereas if it was spelt the other way I'd think of it as "Statt-ler".