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Re: Dial 'M' for Muppet
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Date: 
Mon, 3 May 2004 23:34:40 GMT
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Purple Dave wrote:

> In lugnet.town, Mike Crowley wrote:

> Kermit was retired from SS after Jim Henson died.

Only in the USA then, in the Netherlands he's still appearing almost every
night (yeah I sometimes catch an episode, Ernie & Bert still crack me up)

> > there they wouldnÂ’t know.  Maybe IÂ’ll rebuild him in the reporter outfit,
> > or just lose him altogether and replace him with Bert or Snuffleupagus.

> Ernie does seem a bit incomplete without Bert, but Snuffleupagus might be
> a bit
> large for the scene as it currently stands.  Maybe if you added another
> building to either end there'd be room to display him without making the
> scene look too crowded.

I'd love to see a Bert next to Ernie. Would make them even more easy to
recognize.
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(...) Since Jim Henson actually did the voice for Kermit in the original American version, replacing him with a new voice talent would have probably felt like bringing in a new actor for Mr. Hooper when Will Lee died. They do still show old clips (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.town)

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(...) He's supposed to be the only Muppet who has made appearances on both SS and TMS, but yeah, he's not a character that most people immediately associate with SS. (...) Kermit was retired from SS after Jim Henson died. (...) Ernie does seem a bit (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)

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