Kermit in the earlier years.

[Giar Fraggle]

Hey. It's not Steve's fault. He's a great guy in his own right, so we shouldn't be blaming him for anything anyway. And I don't think he wasn't well-versed in Jim's Kermit--remember, Steve was there from The Muppet Movie on. He had plenty of time to learn Jim's Kermit. And although he probably does put his own minor spin on the character now, it's simply inevitable, but he does try to keep his Kermit as similar to Jim's as possible, and I think he does a great job at it.

Aside from that, I think if any of us were running a weekly variety show populated by a comedic failure, an insane performance artist, a gaggle of monsters and crazy creatures, and a pig who's madly in love with you, we'd be a little high-strung too.