Kermit the Frog in action as 'frog consultant' for Disney Channel's Amphibia

They fired Jim Henson's replacement (Steve Whitmire) after he complained about how Kermit was being written in that ABC show from a few years ago.

>Remember when "Fozzie" voiced a character in Big City Greens?

Wait they mention that in OP's vid, I thought it was a joke? Wut

Fuck the Henson brats for firing Steve Whitmire. Maybe if you weren’t such little shits your dad would have loved you more than he loved his work.

His voice is fine it just needs time it took a while for people to get used to Mickey's new voice too

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Well his voice makes sense because Whitmire REFUSED to ever teach understudies for the role.

Which makes sense for why Disney and the Henson kids were looking to fire him since he was one of those staunch and adamant types to follow the anti-corporate stuff Jim had in mind.

Disney/Henson family got what they want now but really this is nothing special. In fact.. This is ALL the muppets are doing this year. One spot focusing on another franchise.

christ i've heard better kermit the frog voices in robot chicken sketches

>Expect to see Miss Piggy defending Eda in court against accusations of pedophilia as a marketing gimmick to promote The Owl House.

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i am not used too that voice wise, but still the concepts fun.

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I'm expecting them to keep with the bird theme of the title.

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They're getting their own show on Disney+ you fucking moron

It sounds more out-of-practice than anything.
It's not an awful Kermit voice, the guy just obviously needs more work to get it down perfect. He's a little rough

Do not support zombie muppets.

The voice is weird, and this really just comes off like they still have absolutely no idea what to do with the Muppet license, but it's still pretty cute.

More eyeballs

The voice sounds like Tom Kenny doing a mix of Kermit and an office business man

More like a New York food cart cook.

Peter wouldn't make a good Kermit either.
It's not just the voice he doesn't act like Kermit either.
All of the Muppet performers refused to train understudies.

I haven't heard Kermit since the old guy was fired...I don't like the new guy.

eh. I'd watch more if they make more.

>Owl House
>inb4 it has no owls

To be fair, the reason they aren't training understudies is the same reason Zorak will probably stay dead for as long as he did last time (except now both voice actors are dead)

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Voice is weird, but that was still pretty cute.

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>All of the Muppet performers refused to train understudies.

Which is the dumbest thing they could have done ever. Jim wanted his characters to live forever but was unwilling to teach anyone how to do them. This is why the muppets are dying and won't be relevent for years to come.

Also even more reason to target Whitmire since he played the big green himself.

his voice reminds me of this
youtube.com/watch?v=3-xFCJPul7M

This is now a Muppet Thread
Post your favorite Muppet Movie
youtube.com/watch?v=pOIzwV8SzpQ
Better intro than any of the PoC movies

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Jim probably thought he had a lot more time, he was in negotiations with Disney to become their new CCO in return for them acquiring the Muppets when he fell ill.
I think Steve had filled in for some of his characters a few times.

Now Steve himself was just being a bit crotchety.

>"Oh yeah i forgot we bought those fucking sock puppets. Better use them to market our kid shit"

Based and frogpilled

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>Well his voice makes sense because Whitmire REFUSED to ever teach understudies for the role.
Who would honestly tie their own noose?

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People never put in that position. I was recently asked to create an in depth job manual for all of my official/unofficial duties with detailed instructions. After completion, I put a corrupted version of it in the backup folder that no one has bothered to check up on. I am not going to write a "how to" do my job and then get replaced by some dipshit making less than me.

youtube.com/watch?v=oL-QcZ_QUTY

Theres a lad

absolutely based.
fuck corporate cost cutting

Absolutely based

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Is not the voice, is the delivery Kermit isn't that wacky.

If you gave them a working file of the how to what does it matter that the backup is corrupted?

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They fired the original voice remember?

No one ever directly received a completed copy. I removed all backups from my shared drives and the computer itself. I'm still working on it though making it an absolute beast of a manual and are using that as a project I can show off to other employers.

New voice is Matt Vogel, who played Constantine in Muppets Most Wanted and took over Jerry Nelson's characters and Big Bird, which he actually understudied for over a number of years.

Giving him Kermit was a mistake just from him already having a lot on his plate.

Why couldn't they just retire Kermit? It's like Jim's ghost has been haunting us for the last thirty years. I say leave dead puppeteers characters to alone. It's disrespectful.

>Why couldn't they just retire Kermit?
That's like saying why can't they retire Mickey and Bugs. Kermit is the face, heart, and soul of the Muppets. Once he's "retired' so is the entirety of the Muppets

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You're confusing understudies with successors.

Why is Disney so retarded? All you have to do is make a variety sketch show.

>2019
>Muppets aren't advocating for gay rights, equal pay, or minorites
It's the little things that make me happy

They tried several times. Nobody gave a shit because Jim's dead.

>mfw the island is a lily pad

Also Jordan Peterson would have made the best Kermit.

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Hot take: I think puppets cussing is hilarious. Thoughts? I notice in previous threads some a have disdain for crass puppets.

Muppets should have been its own non-profit or under the same belt as Sesame Workshop

youtube.com/watch?v=3-xFCJPul7M

Puppets cussing could definitely work, but the problem is when people think Puppets cussing IS the joke, and thus it's usually unfunny, tryhard, and embarrassing. Randy is a great example of this. He cusses but most of his jokes would work regardless of him being a puppet or not

youtube.com/watch?v=Mq_wZE93ZAY
youtu.be/Yzr_gwkdslg

Favorite puppeteer? For me, it's Leslie Carrara-Rudolph.

youtube.com/watch?v=dP_EZsPzL84

When? After Jim's death the most they did was the Disney ride. It was some merical we even got 2 Muppet movies in recent years.

>the problem is when people think Puppets cussing IS the joke
Yep.
youtube.com/watch?v=KyaRXYEDbXA

>give the new performer some low stakes and forgettable but thematically appropriate stuff to practice on before giving him a major role in a film or series
Not a bad move, desu. The voice sounds weird, but I think he’ll figure it out with a little more practice.

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>Fire Steve Whitmire
No

Jim may have died, but he specifically wanted Kermit and the other Muppets to live on. Kermit's more of a real person than most anons on Yea Forums.

I world needs more of this
youtube.com/watch?v=HJ3oVGZ7cNM

Yeah, Avenue Q isn't funny because of puppets swearing and fucking, it's funny because it's about exploring adult problems the same way Sesame Street taught kids how to count and read.

>When? After Jim's death the most they did was the Disney ride.

And three Muppet movies, Muppets Tonight, and a bunch of TV specials.

Because most of the crew is either gone or dead

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You know Disney is of course fucking evil but I like this little gimmick of having a fictional character portray another fictional character. We all pretend the Muppets are real and only douchebags have a problem with that.

We live in a world of concentration camps and gulags and roving Chinese oragan "donation" vans. There's nothing bad about pretending the frog and the pig and the bear are real.

Muppet kayfabe's been going on since Jim was alive. Disney's just been enforcing it harder.

i'll use this as an excuse to post my fav song bit
youtu.be/Y9jLWqPJTRY

that voice is fucking terrible, and he's got no personality

well, more like God fired the original voice

This is the most based and wholesome post of all year.

he got pneumonia.

was never the same.

>We all pretend the Muppets are real
who the fuck's pretending

Nah, he just wanted a show on the greatest stage.

user, come on. We all know they're about as real as any other celebrity.

I'm sure Kermit's got a few skeletons in his closet in contrast to how nice he is on camera. Maybe not Elmo levels of fucked up, but still.

based and fozzpilled

>Kermit literally replaced by the guy who voiced his imposter

hmm

wholesome post

With Steve gone, does that mean no more Rizzo?

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Disney would never hire an alt-right charlatan with Neo-Nazi fans.

Do not support zombie Muppets.

>Once he's "retired' so is the entirety of the Muppets
Makes no difference as they don’t use them for anything meaningful anymore
>Disney doesn't know what to do with the Muppets anymore
Then why not sell them off?

Jim Henson wouldn't have wanted his projects to die with him. They're his children. He would have wanted his children to keep living and making children smile.

>Kermit an asshole controlling everything rather than a fearless leader who needs to gather up eccentric talent and personalities together and keep them in check

They don't get Kermit. He's the ultimate straight frog

>Neo-Nazi fans
They don't like them, he tells them to get their lives together which is unpopular with any extremist group.

I'd be interested if it was a muppet series. otherwise fuck off

He has a frog in his throat

Kermit talks like that one boss whose giving a presentation and thinks all his employees are retarded... They should've got Kaggy to do it...

Thank you, user.

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jesus reaction videos are just bad in general no matter what

>Then why not sell them off?
>selling a property you own but aren't using to a competitor who may turn it into a moneymaker
You're never going to make it

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I can't believe I missed that, and it took Kermit the Frog pointing it out for me to notice.

I had no problem with the voice until that yay, that was way off.

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"Randy Writes A Novel" was the best stand-up special of 2018. Prove me wrong.

Disney hoards IPs they don't know what to do with because if they sold them off people who actually know what to do with them would make money

>that image name

We have literally had a Muppet testify before Congress. Think about that for a second. The amount of goodwill they generate is honestly mindblowing.

Peter does Ernie currently, and is the best Ernie we've had.

Rizzo hasn't been heard since the ABC show. He only cameo'd in the Muppets take the O2.

that's how important they are

What would a Yea Forums puppet show look like?

not that different, I guess

From what?

this is a great post but I'm not sure why you're implying that the muppets aren't real

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