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O.K., you might want to back up a little bit there. Actually, Paul Winchell has continued to perform Tigger in a few other projects, but Disney felt that Paul was getting too old to properly portray the character, so I hear they did fire him. But maybe I'm wrong on that. I hope I am and that...

Well, he might have a point. Matt Vogel's Big Bird often sounds a bit like Carroll Spinney's early version of Big Bird. So hopefully if the time comes for Carroll to retire and Matt takes over BB full time, his Big Bird voice might start to be closer to the one we know. So if Artie does take...

It's alright. That's sort of one thing I noticed. Upon seeing Steve's performances as Kermit, a lot of people on the forums mentioned that they weren't all that happy with Steve as :), but now that somebody else is performing him (which is hopefully temporary), we'd all much rather have Steve...

I agree. Artie has a lot of potential as I've noticed on the MTV thing. If the time ever came that Steve could no longer perform Kermit, I could see Artie performing him regularly. But we're all hoping that we're not at that point yet.

It was? I don't watch the show much so I haven't been following what was going on. But I suppose they could have a Gonzo appearance next season. Something to think about.

Wow! I didn't watch it and it seems like I didn't miss anything. It does make me mad that NBC did that though. That's exactly the same as what they did with when they said Miss Piggy would be on the 'Today' show. At least that appearance they rescheduled. Hopefully, they'll do the same with...

Yeah. That's what I was thinking too. Hopefully, that's what's going on.

Yeah, like I said. There's really nothing against Artie. It's just not the Kermit we've known for years since after Henson's death. Artie, if you do read these posts, we want you to know we respect you and all. Maybe you can fill us in as to where Steve has been.

Yeah. Seems like we found everything but what's going on with Steve. Sorry if I sound too obsessed over that. I know I mentioned it in a lot of my posts, but I know where all a little concerned about this. Hopefully, he'll continue to perform Kermit in these new appearances.

Well, like I said, this Kermit performance was sort of an improvement over the last one, so he can improve within time. It's just not the time yet. Like other people have said, if Steve is still around, he should be the only Kermit. But if his health is failing or something like that, I guess...

I checked out the clip. I don't think Artie or whoever it was did that bad a job as Kermit. It's just the fact that Steve is missing that's problematic.

Wayne Allwine passed away? I didn't know that. Who's going to voice Mickey now? I guess with cases of swine flu and all these celebrity deaths going on this year, there is definitely a concern about what's going on with Steve. I signed the petition on that. Hopefully we'll get some answers...

That sounds cool. I'm thinking maybe that's why Steve didn't perform Kermit in 'America's Got Talent.' He might have been busy working on this. Just a theory, but I could be wrong if the movie was filmed before it happened. Besides, if that were true, then Eric Jacobson probably wouldn't...

I haven't noticed that happening lately. Maybe we are getting through here.

Thanks for that info, John. I can't seem to get it on the website on my computer, so I'll just have to keep my eyes open for when my local PBS station plans to show it.

Thanks for the link, Phil. Unfortunately, I didn't see it because my local station aired Obama's Presidential address or something. The only thing is Sesame Workshop videos don't always work very well on my computer. It might not work for me this way either. I'll have to see what happens with that.

That would be good to see as well. I think if they aired a special on ABC which Disney owns that would be possible. They missed that chance in 'Elmo's Christmas Countdown.'

Yeah. I think the main reason for that was because there were too many 'imaginary Snuffy' references which kids who watch SS today wouldn't understand. But I still think that could have worked. They could maybe edit around the 'imaginary Snuffy' parts. Plus they'd also have Marty Robinson...

Oh, okay. I see it now. I guess that was sort of a Telly Monster proto-type, like Bugs Bunny had in a few cartoons before he became the Bugs we know today. It still would be nice to see a photo or video clip of that ep.

I deleted my last message because I wrote it before I read Fozzie's forum guidelines and I think it sort of went against the rules here, but if you're interested in hearing what I have to say, PM me.