Kermit once told us that it isn’t easy being green ; words of wisdom from a frog who knows… but is he even a frog at all?! It appears that everyone’s favorite amphibian—whose catchphrase declares, “Heigh-ho, Kermit the Frog here!”— was not born a frog, but rather, an amorphous, “lizard-like” character. In ” Jim Henson: The Works ,” the master puppeteer explains that “all the characters in those days were abstract because that was part of the principle that I was working under, that you wanted abstract things.” Kermit the glorified sock puppet made his first appearance in 1955 on Henson’s show Sam and Friends (pictured at right) as a species-less creature made out of a turquoise ladies’ coat discarded by Henson’s mother, and two ping pong balls for eyes. [ more › ]

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Muppets Scandal: Kermit Was Once… A Lizard!