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Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post

It’s A Very Muppets Controversy!

by Danielle Tcholakian July 20, 2017October 12, 2022

Steven Whitmire, who was was let go after playing Kermit for nearly three decades, has fired back at Disney.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

On the Other Hand

by Longreads September 10, 2015October 19, 2022

Twenty-five years after Jim Henson’s death, a glimpse of the man who kept his most iconic puppet singing: Steve Whitmire.

Posted inNonfiction

On the Other Hand

by Longreads September 10, 2015October 19, 2022

Twenty-five years after Jim Henson’s death, a glimpse of the man who kept his most iconic puppet singing: Steve Whitmire.

Posted inNonfiction, Story

On Muppets & Merchandise: How Jim Henson Turned His Art into a Business

by Longreads September 18, 2013October 19, 2022

“He viewed money as energy, the energy that makes concrete things happen out of worthy ideas.”

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