Steve Whitmire has left the Muppets, Matt Vogel to continue as Kermit

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Well, many elsewhere on the internet are also saying that he sounds like Jim.

 

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I'm very proud of Matt. The voice indeed does sound a bit rubbery, but it'll evolve. Let's all take a flashback to Steve and Jim's first performances. Different, eh? Same with Matt. It'll change and we'll get used to it. Let's just all hope for the best.

 

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It doesn't need to change. Fans just need to get reacquainted with the way Jim did the voice. Easy to forget unless you watch a lot of retro.

 

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It doesn't need to change. Fans just need to get reacquainted with the way Jim did the voice. Easy to forget unless you watch a lot of retro.

Not change, evolve. There's a difference. Listen, I hope you realize that Matt's Kermit is not going to be a complete and accurate replica of Jim's Kermit. Besides, like people said before, it isn't as much about the voice as it is much of the mannerisms and how the legacy is continued.

 

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Not change, evolve. There's a difference. Listen, I hope you realize that Matt's Kermit is not going to be a complete and accurate replica of Jim's Kermit. Besides, like people said before, it isn't as much about the voice as it is much of the mannerisms and how the legacy is continued.

Well, on that particular video, Kermit sounded closer to Jim's voice than he has in decades.

 

[antsamthompson9]

Matt's Kermit is pretty good for now. And it's bound to get better over time.

 

[cahuenga]

For me,Matts kermit doesnt sound nothing like Kermit, Steve, in his first performance, was much closer...I love Matt...but Kermit needs Steve....its my opinion

 

[DarthGonzo]

I mean, i've kind of been worried about that myself. Steve, for instance, had to gradually push Rizzo and Bean Bunny to the sidelines after Kermit started to regain more prominence.

No he didn't. Bean just wasn't very popular, and was eventually phased out. Whitmire playing Kermit had nothing to do with it. As for Rizzo, he had an incredibly healthy career for the first twenty years that Steve was playing Kermit, and had a major role in the 2015 TV show. His absence from the 2011 and 2014 films had more to do with the writers than Whitmire being too "busy" performing Kermit.

 

[ErinAardvark]

Well . . . .

Heck with it, I'm just gonna say it. I'm not impressed. I really don't think Matt sounds much like Jim's Kermit at all. His Kermit is not BAD, but I don't find it that great, either. But, I stated this before, and I'm going to state it again. I hated Steve's Kermit when I first heard it, but I felt it did get better as more time went by. I'm sure Matt will get better too.

 

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For me,Matts kermit doesnt sound nothing like Kermit, Steve, in his first performance, was much closer...I love Matt...but Kermit needs Steve....its my opinion

Doesn't sound nothing... Double negative.

Now that I listen back to the clip, Matt's voice also sounds a little like Steve's first impression.