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

[Censored]

You know.... Matt's performance as Kermit in "Rainbow Connection" was.... Decent. I'll say that.

Of course. Family entertainment.

 

[Muppetboy09]

I've watched these Hollywood Bowl videos so many times that Matt's Kermit just sounds like Kermit to me. I'm not saying he is "just like Jim" or "better than Steve" or whatever, it's just I've listened to it enough that my brain now makes the association between Matt's performance and Kermit's voice.

 

[Old Thunder]

Still not there yet with Matt, but that said, Rainbow Connection is still just as tear-jerking as it ever was. Thumbs up.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

I've watched these Hollywood Bowl videos so many times that Matt's Kermit just sounds like Kermit to me. I'm not saying he is "just like Jim" or "better than Steve" or whatever, it's just I've listened to it enough that my brain now makes the association between Matt's performance and Kermit's voice.

That's what you have to keep in mind. He's still the same character. Like we said before, sometimes when VAs pass on or leave us, characters are retired altogether.

sometimes when VAs pass on or leave us, characters are retired.

Look at Simpsons actors Phil Hartman and Marcia Wallace who voiced Lionel Hotz/Troy McClure and Edna Krebbable respectively. Their characters were retired when their VAs passed on rather than being recast. They're also retiring Mayor West and probably Angela on Family Guy because of the deaths of their VAs. So with Steve's departure, we have to keep that in mind. Would we rather have Kermit sound slightly different or have the Muppets continue without Kermit? I rest my case.

 

[Censored]

I guess The Muppets will always get compared to Family Guy.

 

[DarthGonzo]

That's what you have to keep in mind. He's still the same character. Like we said before, sometimes when VAs pass on or leave us, characters are retired altogether.

sometimes when VAs pass on or leave us, characters are retired.

Look at Simpsons actors Phil Hartman and Marcia Wallace who voiced Lionel Hotz/Troy McClure and Edna Krebbable respectively. Their characters were retired when their VAs passed on rather than being recast. They're also retiring Mayor West and probably Angela on Family Guy because of the deaths of their VAs. So with Steve's departure, we have to keep that in mind. Would we rather have Kermit sound slightly different or have the Muppets continue without Kermit? I rest my case.

There's a big difference between characters getting retired when someone dies and characters being recast when someone gets fired.

 

[Censored]

Would we rather have Kermit sound slightly different or have the Muppets continue without Kermit? I rest my case.

That's what I had to realize in 1990.

 

[LittleJerry92]

There's a big difference between characters getting retired when someone dies and characters being recast when someone gets fired.

I mean, to an extent, that did happen in South Park (at least, I'm pretty sure Isaac Hayes was fired).

 

[Old Thunder]

I mean, to an extent, that did happen in South Park (at least, I'm pretty sure Isaac Hayes was fired).

Wasn't it that the scientology episode got him ticked and he decided to leave himself?

 

[LittleJerry92]

Wasn't it that the scientology episode got him ticked and he decided to leave himself?

Yeah, I did look up info on that after I posted this and you're right, he did leave on his own terms. It was because he felt his religious views were made fun of I believe.