'When he heard his name, Jim turned around, snapped his fingers and said to his wife, 'That's what we call the frog – Kermit. Henson was introduced to members of the sound and camera crew, including Mr. Both were NBC affiliates then, and WBAL carried the show, Mr. The late puppeteer had been the host of a show, Sam and Friends, at WRC-TV in Washington when he was invited to tour WBAL's studios.

According to Kermit Cohen's obituary, as well as DiMenna and Lenny Levin, a colleague of Mr. Joy DiMenna, the only daughter of Kermit Kalman Cohen who worked as a sound engineer at WBAL-TV during Jim Henson's time with Sam and Friends, recalls that the puppet was named after her father. While Jim Henson did have a childhood acquaintance named Kermit, it was not an uncommon name at the time, and Jim always said that the Frog was not named after this child from his elementary school. However, Karen Falk, head archivist and board of directors member for the Jim Henson Legacy organization, denies this claim on the Jim Henson Company's website: It is often claimed that Kermit was named after Henson's childhood friend Kermit Scott, from Leland, Mississippi. The origin of Kermit's name is a subject of some debate. Frith, the relatively simple construction of the Kermit puppet allows the performer's arm and hand to produce a wide range of expression and gestures. His triangular-pointed collar was added at the time to make him seem more frog-like and to conceal the seam between his head and body. He subsequently made a number of television appearances before his status as a frog was established in the television special Hey, Cinderella! in 1969. Initially, Kermit was a vague lizard-like creature. This prototype Kermit was created from a discarded turquoise spring coat belonging to Jim Henson's mother and two ping pong ball halves for eyes. Kermit the Frog first appeared on May 9, 1955, in the premiere of WRC-TV's Sam and Friends. Kermit's iconic look and voice have been recognizable in popular culture worldwide for many decades, and in 2006, the character was credited as the author of Before You Leap: A Frog's Eye View of Life's Greatest Lessons, an 'autobiography' told from the perspective of the character himself. He was also voiced by Frank Welker in Muppet Babies and occasionally in other animation projects, and is voiced by Matt Danner in the 2018 reboot of Muppet Babies. Kermit has been performed by Matt Vogel from 2017. Henson performed Kermit until his death in 1990, and then Steve Whitmire performed Kermit from that time until his dismissal in 2016. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry in 2021. Kermit's original performance of 'Rainbow Connection' reached No. Kermit performed the hit singles ' Bein' Green' in 1970 and ' Rainbow Connection' in 1979 for The Muppet Movie, the first feature-length film featuring the Muppets. He served as a mascot of The Jim Henson Company and appeared in various Henson projects. Introduced in 1955, Kermit serves as the everyman protagonist of numerous Muppet productions, most notably Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, as well as in other television series, feature films, specials, and public service announcements through the years.

Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created and originally performed by Jim Henson. Entertainer, stage manager, show producer, director, reporter

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