Another 50th getting overshadowed.

Ghoulish Delight · 05-09-2005, 08:53 AM

Happy 50th birthday, Kermit the Frog!

mousepod · 05-09-2005, 08:58 AM

How is Kermit 50? I thought the Muppets didn't make their first appearance until '56...

Ponine · 05-09-2005, 08:59 AM

That's what I came to post!!!!
Happy birthday my green friend! I would not be the same without you.

I appreciate all you have done over the years. You dont look a day older!

mousepod · 05-09-2005, 09:01 AM

Just did some research...

"Sam & Friends"? GD - I stand corrected.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KERMIT!

Cadaverous Pallor · 05-09-2005, 09:08 AM

Happy Birthday Kermit! I still miss Jim Henson's brilliance.

Baileykat · 05-09-2005, 09:09 AM

Hey...it ain't easy being green!

Kermie is 50~ Wow! My Mom still has my first Kermie doll...he was my best friend for sooooooooooo long!

Ghoulish Delight · 05-09-2005, 09:10 AM

Yep, Kermit started as a lizard on Sam & Friends, a 5 minute show before the Tonight Show. That first incaration was made from Henson's mother's green coat.

mousepod · 05-09-2005, 09:15 AM

I remember being at a Foetus concert right after JH passed away. He reworked Elton John's "Rocket Man" into "Puppet Dude".

Henson touched everybody.

Ponine · 05-09-2005, 09:31 AM

I was working at the DLR when Jim Henson passed away. I remember how profoundly it affected those of us who were told in the locker room.
I remember the day of his memorial, and how much many of us wished we could have been there. It was a sad day. And not jsut because we knew that Disney had been trying to get Jim on board. Just in general.

Here's an excerpt fron and Interview w/Jim Henson (From Muppet Central)

Quote:

The first Kermit was made out of your mother's coat. Would you say that it was just an accident that the coat was green and that maybe if the coat had been purple that Kermit would not have evolved into a frog?

HENSON: That's quite likely actually. Yeah, the first Kermit was not even a clean green- it's sort of more a turquoise - sort of a milky turquoise.

Yeah, I saw him at the exhibit. He looked a little faded.

HENSON: Yeah, well, no, he's not faded; that was the color he was.

That was his real color?

HENSON: Sure, but you see back in those days you may have read somewhere, but I didn't call him a frog.

Right, he was just Kermit the thing.

HENSON: Yeah, all the characters in those days were abstract because that was part of the principle that I was working under, that you wanted abstract things.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 05-09-2005, 10:14 AM

Happy Birthday, Kermit. Whenever I see you in Chaplin attire, my heart does a little swoon.

05-09-2005, 08:53 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Another 50th getting overshadowed. Happy 50th birthday, Kermit the Frog! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	How is Kermit 50? I thought the Muppets didn't make their first appearance until '56... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Ponine Virgin Ears Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,075	That's what I came to post!!!! Happy birthday my green friend! I would not be the same without you. I appreciate all you have done over the years. You dont look a day older! __________________ There's something strange, There's something wrong. I see a change - It's like when love dies.
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05-09-2005, 09:01 AM	#4
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Just did some research... "Sam & Friends"? GD - I stand corrected. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KERMIT! __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Happy Birthday Kermit! I still miss Jim Henson's brilliance. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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Baileykat Hotel Expert! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: follow the yellow brick road and take a left Posts: 396	Hey...it ain't easy being green! Kermie is 50~ Wow! My Mom still has my first Kermie doll...he was my best friend for sooooooooooo long! __________________ Me:"Bailey you need to eat some fruit! Fruit never killed anyone!" Bailey" "Yes it did..Snow White!"
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05-09-2005, 09:10 AM	#7
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Yep, Kermit started as a lizard on Sam & Friends, a 5 minute show before the Tonight Show. That first incaration was made from Henson's mother's green coat. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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05-09-2005, 09:15 AM	#8
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I remember being at a Foetus concert right after JH passed away. He reworked Elton John's "Rocket Man" into "Puppet Dude". Henson touched everybody. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Happy Birthday, Kermit. Whenever I see you in Chaplin attire, my heart does a little swoon.
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