Astoria Astoria is the wife of Waldorf who appeared just once on " The Muppet Show " , in . Her physical appearance resembles that of Statler in drag , and she wears a single flower in her hat . Kermit declared that Astoria is just as bad as the two old geezers who frequent the show ; Waldorf corrected the frog , stating that his spouse is a " geezer " ess " , " only to be hit in the head by her for making such a comment . When Statler was sick ( of the Muppets ' show ) , Astoria uses his ticket to attend the show with her husband . The couple visit The Muppet Theatre to see the stage show with the Muppets ' guest star Dizzy Gillespie . Upon seeing the opening act , Astoria asks Waldorf how much the Muppets pay him , because who could imagine a " poor stupid turkey " going to the show for nothing . To this , Waldorf sheepishly replies " gobble gobble . " Later on , Astoria helps Waldorf heckle Fozzie Bear during his comedy act by shouting out the punchlines to Fozzie ' s jokes before he can finish them in an attempt to rush the comedian off the stage . Astoria often wonders why her husband keeps coming to this " irritating , mindless , incessant nonsense " while he could stay home with her . The only answer from Waldorf was " no comment . " She ' s later referenced in when Waldorf claims that she consumes a whole glass of Jekyll - Hyde potion every morning . In the Ask Henson . com web column in the early 2000s , Muppet writer Jim Lewis was asked to provide information on Astoria . Based on off - hand comments made by Waldorf in more recent years — including in " Pepe ' s Profiles " ( 2005 ) , " Statler & Waldorf : From the Balcony " ( 2006 ) , and an appearance on " " ( 2010 ) , it appears that Waldorf and Astoria are no longer married . Although it is not clear if this is due to divorce or death ( or if the comments are just the results of Waldorf ' s wishful thinking or poor memory ) . In the " 20 Facts About The Muppets " video for Mental Floss , Statler and Waldorf speak about the hotels they are named after , Waldorf specifically mentioning that he and Astoria were named after the . Waldorf observes that she does not appear with the Muppets so much . Says Statler : " Can you blame her ? " During a Twitter Q & A on September 29 , 2015 , Waldorf was asked how Astoria is . He replied . " She ' s never been better ! " Statler added , " Yeah , ' cause you ' re out of the house ! " Performer . Astoria ' s performer is not currently known . Credits for " The Muppet Show " did not list the specific characters performed by each puppeteer and any other official sources ( such as annotated scripts , on - set photographs , or other production documents ) stating who performed this one - time - only character have not surfaced in the decades since the episode aired . Many fans have tried to identify the puppeteer of the character based on the vocal performance . Since the early days of , speculation and debate has gone on with no clear consensus . Based solely on Astoria ' s limited appearance and dialogue — including guesswork on vocal similarities to other characters , puppet movements , puppeteering styles , or other production logistics — fans have scrutinized and speculated over who the puppeteer may have been . Commonly theorized and suggested performers for the character include Steve Whitmire , Jerry Nelson , Richard Hunt , Dave Goelz , Bob Payne , and John Lovelady , among others . Kathryn Mullen communicated to the Jim Henson Company archivist Karen Falk in 2007 , that Astoria ' s performer was either Louise Gold or " one of the guys . It was not Bob Payne who wasn ' t really performing by then . " Falk also confirmed that the information was not included in any production files for the episode . When asked in a 2008 interview who performed Astoria , Steve Whitmire responded : " I ought to know that . But frankly , I don ' t remember . … It could have been me . I can ' t answer , I don ' t know ! " In 2010 , over 30 years after the episode with Astoria was produced , Jerry Nelson also remained uncertain of who the performer was . Nelson refuted playing the character himself and surmised that " it sounds like John Lovelady , who was there for the first season of [ The Muppet Show ] , but Bobby Payne would be my second guess . " Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _