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

[ErinAardvark]

Wish Steve would come back. It’s just not the same without him.

So do I, but let's face it, he's not coming back. Matt's not doing a bad job, but I'm just still not sold on it yet. I don't know if I ever will be either.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

So do I, but let's face it, he's not coming back. Matt's not doing a bad job, but I'm just still not sold on it yet. I don't know if I ever will be either.

Even I’m not used to Matt’s Kermit yet.

 

[xSunnyEclipse]

So do I, but let's face it, he's not coming back. Matt's not doing a bad job, but I'm just still not sold on it yet. I don't know if I ever will be either.

Yeah I've basically accepted Steve's not coming back, and just started praising Matt's performance of Kermit because I'd rather have him then someone else who doesn't know the character well. I think he's got Kermit down.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Steve's not coming back and that's that. End of discussion.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

So do I, but let's face it, he's not coming back. Matt's not doing a bad job, but I'm just still not sold on it yet. I don't know if I ever will be either.

I just wish he never left.

 

[LittleJerry92]

I just wish he never left.

Whether you like it or not, that's just how life works in the TV and film industry.

 

[Muppet Master]

It was probably filmed quite some time before the Bowl. I would say it's on par with the first MTotW. Both were likely among Matt's earliest Kermit performances shot.

That's really rough, yikes. I'm not trying to hate on Matt, but this is not his best work.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Eh, he'll get better as the years go on.

 

[D'Snowth]

Somebody had linked the Kermit/Constantine appearance on Pentatonix's Christmas special, and admittedly, I agree with the consensus that both characters sounded the same voice-wise, and that the only way you could tell a difference was Constantine's Russian accent.

 

[ErinAardvark]

I just wish he never left.

Me too, but life is like that.