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    Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created in 1955 and originally performed by Jim Henson. An anthropomorphic green frog, Kermit is the pragmatic everyman...
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    Jim Henson (redirect from The Jim Henson)
    – particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and the characters on Sesame Street. During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation...
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    work on The Muppets and Sesame Street. Beginning his involvement with the Muppets in 1978, Whitmire inherited the roles of Ernie and Kermit the Frog after...
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  • films. The first Muppet characters appeared in Sam and Friends, a Washington, D.C.–based show which was broadcast from 1955 to 1961. Kermit the Frog was...
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    earliest creations was Kermit the Frog, who became his most recognizable character. Originally conceived for an adult audience, the Muppets were introduced...
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  • Statler and Waldorf (category Fictional characters who break the fourth wall)
    including the part of Statler, after being unwillingly dismissed from the part of Kermit the Frog in October 2016. While Matt Vogel was announced for the replacement...
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  • Miss Piggy (category The Muppets characters)
    karate. The character is also known for her on-again/off-again relationship with Kermit the Frog which never ends permanently. Frank Oz performed the character...
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  • Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (category The Muppets television specials)
    novel, in a teleplay adapted by Jerry Juhl. The special features narration by Kermit the Frog, who tells the story of Emmet Otter and his widowed Ma, a...
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  • his work with Sesame Workshop and The Muppets Studio. He has performed Kermit the Frog since 2017, and has been the full-time performer of Big Bird since...
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  • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (category The Jim Henson Company films)
    William H. Macy, and Whoopi Goldberg. The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel...
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  • introductory scene, Kermit the Frog and several other frogs sit around a well, when a small frog they do not recognize appears. The frog introduces himself...
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  • A Muppet Family Christmas (category The Muppets television specials)
    Fozzie and the other Muppets enter, disrupting Emily and Doc's plans for the holidays. Just then, Miss Piggy calls to tell Kermit the Frog that she is...
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  • Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are investigative reporters for the Daily Chronicle newspaper—they are supposedly identical twins, which becomes the source...
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  • Bein' Green (category Kermit the Frog)
    Raposo, originally performed by Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog on both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show (in the episodes "Peter Ustinov" and "Peter Sellers")...
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  • and Gary's girlfriend Mary help Kermit the Frog reunite the disbanded Muppets, as they must raise $10 million to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman...
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  • introduced by Kermit the Frog, it was released on VHS format in 1993. In 2008, HIT Entertainment, distributed by Lionsgate, released the special on DVD...
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  • recounts the early life of Kermit the Frog, offering a prequel to the 1979 Muppet Movie. Young Kermit ventures beyond his swamp home for the first time...
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  • context, Kermit the Frog (performed by Henson) acts as showrunner and host, who tries to maintain control of the overwhelming antics of the other Muppet...
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    resurrects the Wicked Witch without her powers. The Wizard of Oz appears in the play The Wonderful Winter of Oz, portrayed by Kermit the Frog. The season...
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  • along during the finale, as well as the scene in which Kermit the Frog addresses a large crowd of Muppets. In Muppets Most Wanted (2014), and the short feature...
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  • Wayne Allwine as Mickey Mouse Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Link Hogthrob, the Swedish Chef, Waldorf Frank Oz as Miss Piggy...
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  • which Kermit the Frog sings with all the dreamy wistfulness of a short, green Judy Garland" and went on to add that "'Rainbow Connection' serves the same...
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  • embark on a journey on the yellow brick road to meet the Wizard of Oz. On her journey, she meets a Scarecrow (Kermit the Frog), a Tin Thing (Gonzo), and...
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  • and Kermit the Frog thinks the guest star hasn't shown up yet, when Kermit hears a knock at the door. When he opens the door, he finds a baby. The show...
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  • a maternal great-uncle. The character Kermit the Frog, introduced in 1955, made the name known internationally through the television programs Sesame...
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  • the original Kermit team at Columbia University, who saw these as simply features of the core Kermit protocol. Kermit was named after Kermit the Frog...
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  • Burns. Produced during the third season of The Muppet Show, the film tells the origin story of the Muppets, as Kermit the Frog embarks on a cross-country...
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  • performer Matt Vogel (as Kermit the Frog) made an appearance in the season 2 episode "Swamp and Sensibility". However, Kermit himself (whom Vogel performed...
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    do not include Kermit the Frog) have been owned by Sesame Workshop; Sesame continues to license the trademarked term "Muppet" from The Muppets Studio...
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  • Muppets from Space (category The Muppets films)
    the film, Gonzo attempts to discover his origins. After he and Rizzo the Rat are captured by government officials during his search, Kermit the Frog and...
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