It's practically a critics' mandate to complain that, while Statler and Waldorf are present, they could be more central.

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Give me my "Statler and Waldorf Are Dead" episode with the two curmudgeons as heroes, and give it to me by midseason!

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When the restaurant chain launched its first mobile career site in 2008, three million people visited it and 24, 000 people used it to submit applications, said Mr. Statler.

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The lights went down again, the horn player rebooted, and a spotlight revealed Mayweather and Cotto standing in opposing box seats, like a boxing version of Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets.

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"With the hiring volume we have, it's much easier when someone comes into a restaurant and can apply right there on a phone instead of filling out a paper application, " said Nicholas Statler, director of employment strategy at McDonald's.

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