Kermit The Frog Gets Hollywood Star
Character 'Speaks' At Ceremony
POSTED: 6:03 pm EST November 14, 2002
UPDATED: 10:30 am EST November 15, 2002
For once, it was easy being green for Kermit the Frog.
The Jim Henson-created puppet has lamented his verdant color in the song "It's Not Easy Being Green." Thursday, the muppet was honored with the 2,208th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.Henson voiced Kermit from the time the children's show "Sesame Street" started in 1969, to his death in 1990. Muppet veteran Steve Whitmire took over the voice, and spoke for Kermit beneath a Hollywood Boulevard stage constructed for the ceremony Thursday.Whitmire has worked with the Muppets since 1978.In addition to "Sesame Street," Kermit has appeared on televisions "Muppet Show" and all of its subsequent specials and feature films.The character will appear again in an upcoming telefilm "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie."Actor David Arquette was among the celebrities in attendance at the Walk of Fame ceremony.Kermit's not the first fantasy character to be honored with a Hollywood Star. Other characters with names embedded in the walk include Mickey Mouse, Big Bird, Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny.
The Jim Henson-created puppet has lamented his verdant color in the song "It's Not Easy Being Green." Thursday, the muppet was honored with the 2,208th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.Henson voiced Kermit from the time the children's show "Sesame Street" started in 1969, to his death in 1990. Muppet veteran Steve Whitmire took over the voice, and spoke for Kermit beneath a Hollywood Boulevard stage constructed for the ceremony Thursday.Whitmire has worked with the Muppets since 1978.In addition to "Sesame Street," Kermit has appeared on televisions "Muppet Show" and all of its subsequent specials and feature films.The character will appear again in an upcoming telefilm "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie."Actor David Arquette was among the celebrities in attendance at the Walk of Fame ceremony.Kermit's not the first fantasy character to be honored with a Hollywood Star. Other characters with names embedded in the walk include Mickey Mouse, Big Bird, Woody Woodpecker and Bugs Bunny.Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
