Here's what I put on Facebook: Today is the 44th birthday of Muppeteer
Matt Vogel! Matt started with
The Muppets in 1996. His first big break came when he was chosen to be Caroll Spinney's understudy for
Big Bird on
Sesame Street. If you remember watching Journey to Ernie, he was Big Bird for all those segments. Then in 2008, when Jerry Nelson retired, he personally hand-picked Matt to take over his Muppet Show characters like Floyd, Robin, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, and so on. When Jerry passed away, Matt toke over his most famous role, the
Count von Count. Matt also created 2 new characters for the Muppets. In the 2011 Muppet movie, he was the hilarious '80s Robot. He also stared in
Muppets Most Wanted, where he played the fantastic villain Constantine. To celebrate Matt, here's Constantine singing my favorite song from Muppets Most Wanted, I'll Get You What You Want. Happy birthday, Matt! PS, I'm really sorry about your dad. May he rest in piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJkM7EbcTRk,
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