![]() Grover actually gets more lines than the character we’re highlighting! Steve Whitmire was obviously there for the shoot (it doesn’t look like a dub-over), so why not use him more? In fact, Steve has more lines as one of the pigs than he does as Kermit! There are also new Muppet & Kid Moments – guess who’s talking to the kids? Grover! Okay, yes, they are at least talking about Kermit, but why didn’t they have Kermit talk to the kids? I get that Grover’s the host and Kermit’s the guest of honor, so he should just sit-back and enjoy the show. I know that’s strange considering that this is the best of KERMIT, but upon rewatching, do you know how many lines Kermit gets in the linking footage? Five. The first is there’s too much Grover in it. There are only 2 problems I have with this video. There are some bits that are made into mini-montages, like Kermit getting angry and the Sesame Street News Flashes. There are old school classics like his Alphabet with Joey or Bein’ Green semi-modern moments like African Alphabet & Do Wop Hop even moments that I never heard of (when I first saw this video as a kid), like Tadpoles & This Frog. The moments featured are a great bunch, truly getting some of Jim Henson’s crowning achievements as Kermit children’s television wise, of course. His Theo-based voice fits the Wolf & I kinda wish he did him more often. It’s peculiar, yes, but isn’t every Muppet production? Grover’s poem has some nice bits in it, the Three Little Pigs also get some enjoyable annoying moments (the good kind of annoying) & Peter Linz is a great Big Bad Wolf. The setting is really nice & there’s an interesting array of guests some frogs, a fish, Little Red Riding Hood, Little Bo Peep & a rooster just to name a few. The Fred Awards, the Fuzzy Awards, the Golden Flyer Award, the Nobel Prize for Counting all are memorable in their own Muppety rights. They always expand more to their cultures & to their worlds. ![]() ![]() The Muppets (as a whole, not just Sesame Street) doing an award has been done plenty of times before, but it’s still a great concept. Grover continuously reads a poem he wrote for the occasion, “What is a Frog”, with the aforementioned best moments being shown to the big K himself. ![]() Our star Grover (I’ll get to that) is going to present Froggy Baby with the biggest prize a frog can get: the American Frog Institute’s Frog of the Year Award! This proves to be difficult with the Three Little Pigs, claiming to be exclusive good friends of Kermit, causing mayhem & Pig Control, the Big Bad Wolf, constantly being called to stop them. The main story takes place live from Kingfisher Hall, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Larks. It’s better than Ernie & Bert’s and Cookie Monster’s, has the same premise as Grover’s and is just as good as Elmo’s and Big Bird’s. ![]() And among Sesame Street’s other “best of” videos, this was… decent. Released in 1998 before Sesame Street’s 30th anniversary, it made sense to highlight their best & most recurring guest star. That’d be a lot to cover (unless you’re a pig who’s tough), but thankfully there’s a home video of it: The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street. Zachary Kennedy – Hey Muppet fans, you know what last week was, right? That’s right! It was the 60th – lemme repeat that – SIXTIETH birthday of America’s most-adored amphibian: KERMIT THE FROG! Seeing as it was just the frog’s big day, it makes sense to take a look at Kermit’s best moments. ![]()
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