Was nicknamed Kermit in his youth because he aspired to become a puppeteer and even performed with a Kermit which he made. His high school yearbook even has the name "Kermit" on the front cover.
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2011The Muppets
(performer: "The Muppet Show Theme", "The Rainbow Connection", "Pictures in My Head", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Life's a Happy Song Finale")
1996Muppet Treasure Island
(performer: "Shiver My Timbers", "Something Better", "Sailing for Adventure", "Cabin Fever", "Professional Pirate", "Boom Shakalaka" - uncredited, "Love Led Us Here")
1992The Muppet Christmas Carol
(performer: "Scrooge", "One More Sleep 'Til Christmas", "It Feels Like Christmas", "Christmas Scat", "Bless Us All", "Finale - When Love Is Found / It Feels Like Christmas")
1986The Christmas Toy
(TV movie)
(performer: "Toys Love to Play", "Greatest Christmas Toy of All")
1984The Muppets Take Manhattan
(performer: "Rat Scat Something Cookin'", "William Tell Overture", "Right Where I Belong", "Somebody's Getting Married", "Waiting for the Wedding", "He'll Make Me Happy")
1981The Great Muppet Caper
(performer: "Happiness Hotel", "Couldn't We Ride", "Finale: Hey A Movie! / The First Time It Happens")
[on taking over the role of Kermit from Jim Henson] That was really, really scary as you could imagine. I had known Jim for thirteen or fourteen years at that point and I had worked with him on everything he had done with this group of Muppets. Not Sesame Street but everything else. We worked very close together...
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Trivia:
Was nicknamed Kermit in his youth because he aspired to become a puppeteer and even performed with a Kermit which he made. His high school yearbook even has the name "Kermit" on the front cover.
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