Character: Kermit the Frog
Hand Type: Rod
Builder credits: Terry Angus Puppets
Height: 26”
Notes: Of all the Muppet characters in existence, Kermit is the one I relate to the most; just an ordinary guy trying to keep all the insanity happening around him to a manageable level.
I made a Kermit when I was 19 years old and did a lot of local puppetry appearances around South Dakota in a quest to show my stuff to the Muppets for possible future employment.
Unfortunately, the job offer from the Muppets that I was hoping for arrived in the odd form of a Cease and Desist letter (that’s a story for another day). But I never lost my love for The Muppets. I still have my first Kermit.
Back in 2016, I got a line on a professional puppet builder who was making screen-accurate 1:1 Muppet replicas on commission. I wasted no time in commencing the commission of a Kermit for my collection. And the door to my Second Wave Muppet obsession crashed open!
When this was taken I had just finished making this Kermit.
I enjoyed entertaining the kids who were in the movie theater to see “The Muppet Movie.”
I appeared on the United Cerebral Palsy telethon with the morning radio duo Warren and Harley, and was interviewed by local legend Dave Dedrick.
This is how my bedroom looked when I was 19, filled with fur and fabric. I had just started working on my Kermit, and you can see the beginnings of my Bert and Fozzie replicas, and the fur for Cookie Monster.