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<h1>Big Bird, meet Mr. Gas</h1>
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<p>Storified by Maclean&#8217;s Magazine &middot; Tue, Oct 16 2012 19:22:42</p>
<div>Big Bird may be getting replaced. During the Tuesday presidential debate, Mitt Romney criticized Barack Obama&#8217;s energy  policies, saying the president &#8220;has not been Mr. Oil or Mr. Gas or Mr.  Coal.&#8221; Twitter took the comment from there.</div>
<div>Mr. Oil, Mr. Coal and Mr. Gas? Is this a debate or is Mitt Romney writing the world&#8217;s worst children book about energy policy?laura_hudson</div>
<div>&quot;Mr. Oil or Mr. Gas or Mr. Coal.&quot; I can&#8217;t wait to collect the whole set.Ben Greenman</div>
<div>Mr. Oil, Mr. Coal, Mr. Gas walk into a bar&#8230;&#8230;Benjy Sarlin</div>
<div>And then Big Bird says &#8230;RT @BenjySarlin: Mr. Oil, Mr. Coal, Mr. Gas walk into a bar&#8230;&#8230;David Akin</div>
<div>This Just In: Mr. Gas is replacing Big Bird on &#8216;Sesame Street&#8217;. #debate #birdsRachel Feldman</div>
<div>Steve Buscemi played Mr. Gas in Reservoir Dogs right? #debatedavid nuzzy nussbaum</div>
<div>Mr. Oil, Mr. Gas and Mr. Coal: Romney just appointed his Cabinet. #debatesIndecision</div>
<div>Little known fact that Mr. Oil, Mr. Gas and Mr. Coal were the first draft names of Snap, Crackle and Pop. #debateBill Weir</div>
<div>Mr. Oil Mr. gas&#8230;YOU GOT HIM ON THE ROPES MittRadical Conservative</div>
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