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Kermit the Frog is puppeteer Jim Henson's most famous Muppet creation, first introduced in 1955. He is the protagonist of many Muppet projects, most notably as the host of The Muppet Show, and has appeared in various sketches on Sesame Street, in commercials and in public service announcements over the years. Kermit was performed by Henson until his death in 1990. Since then, Kermit has been performed by Steve Whitmire. He was voiced by Frank Welker in Muppet Babies and occasionally in other animation projects.
Kermit performed the hit single "The Rainbow Connection" in 1979 for The Muppet Movie, the first feature-length film featuring Henson's Muppets. The song reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. Kermit's iconic look and voice have been recognizable worldwide since, and in 2006, the character was credited as the author of Before You Leap: A Frog's Eye View of Life's Greatest Lessons, which is an "autobiography" told from the perspective of the character himself.
The earliest ever trace of Kermit first appeared in 1955 on WRC-TV's Sam and Friends. This prototype Kermit was created from a turquoise woman-size coat that Henson's mother had thrown into a waste bin, and two ping pong ball halves for eyes[citation needed].
Seth Woobury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, voice actor, animator, screenwriter, comedian, producer, director and singer. He created the animated sitcom Family Guy and co-created American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters.
A native of Kent, Connecticut, MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television shows, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken, Dexter's Laboratory and I Am Weasel, before creating his own series for 20th Century Fox entitled Family Guy in 1999. MacFarlane went on to co-create American Dad! in 2005, and The Cleveland Show in 2009 for Fox. He also went on to serve as executive producer on the Fox sitcom The Winner.
As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward. MacFarlane's interest in science fiction and fantasy has led to cameo and guest appearances on Star Trek: Enterprise and voicing the character of Johann Kraus in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. In 2008, he created his own YouTube series entitled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. As a singer, MacFarlane has performed at several venues, including Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host and comedian, known for thirty years as host of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six Emmy Awards, the Governor Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award. He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1987. Johnny Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
Although his show was already successful by the end of the 1960s, during the 1970s Carson became an American icon and remained so until his retirement in 1992. He adopted a casual, conversational approach with extensive interaction with guests, an approach pioneered by Arthur Godfrey and previous Tonight Show hosts Steve Allen and Jack Paar. Late night hosts David Letterman, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Craig Ferguson, and Jimmy Fallon have all cited Carson's influence on their late-night talk shows, which resemble his in format and tone.
Carson was born in Corning, Iowa, in the year 1925, to Homer Lloyd "Kit" Carson, a power company manager, and Ruth Hook Carson, who was of Irish descent. He grew up in the nearby towns of Avoca, Clarinda, and Red Oak in southwest Iowa before moving to Norfolk, Nebraska, at the age of eight. At the age of twelve, Carson found a book on magic at a friend's house and immediately purchased a mail-order magician's kit. He debuted as "The Great Carsoni" at fourteen and was paid $3; many other performances at local picnics and country fairs followed.
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Actors: Eminem (actor), Green Day (actor), Tyrese Gibson (actor), 50 Cent (actor), Akon (actor), Jimmy Fallon (actor), Buzz Aldrin (actor), Russell Brand (actor), Adam Brody (actor), Gerard Butler (actor), Marc Anthony (actor), Sean Combs (actor), Justin Bieber (actor), Jack Black (actor), Djimon Hounsou (actor),
Genres: Music,Actors: Bill Barretta (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Kevin Clash (actor), Alice Cooper (actor), Harry Belafonte (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Brian Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: Tony Martin (actor), Brian McKnight (actor), Gene Kelly (actor), Baz Luhrmann (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Keith Carradine (actor), Bill Conti (actor), Tony Bennett (actor), Paul Anka (actor), Hugh Jackman (actor), Peter Boyle (actor), Burt Bacharach (actor), Marvin Hamlisch (actor), Isaac Hayes (actor), Graham Nash (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Music,Actors: William Conrad (actor), Andy Devine (actor), David Arquette (actor), Eddie Albert (actor), Donald Crisp (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), William Boyd (actor), Pat Buttram (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), Dan Castellaneta (actor), George Cleveland (actor), Chuck Connors (actor), Buddy Ebsen (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Billy Crystal (actor), Bill Cosby (actor), Tim Allen (actor), Jack Benny (actor), Steve Allen (actor), Woody Allen (actor), Albert Brooks (actor), Richard Belzer (actor), George Burns (actor), John Byner (actor), Sid Caesar (actor), Milton Berle (actor), George Carlin (actor), Andrew Dice Clay (actor), Jimmy Durante (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Documentary,Actors: Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Kevin Clash (actor),
Plot: When Fozzie and the Muppet Show gang drop in unexpectedly on Fozzie's mother, she is forced to cancel her winter vacation plans and entertain them all. Soon the Sesame Street gang comes by as carolers, and then Kermit and his nephew Robin discover a Fraggle Rock hole in the basement. A snow storm blows in, stranding everyone at the house, except for Miss Piggy, who arrives just in time for all the Muppets to celebrate Christmas together.
Keywords: 20th-century, blizzard, christmas, christmas-tree, piano, santa-claus, sesame-street, sled, snowman, the-muppetsActors: John Denver (actor), Charles Aznavour (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Dave Goelz (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music,Actors: John Woodvine (actor), David Schofield (actor), Frank Oz (actor), James Payne (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Jenny Agutter (actress), Harry Fielder (actor), Rik Mayall (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Ralph Morse (actor), Vic Armstrong (actor), Griffin Dunne (actor), John Landis (actor), Peter Guber (producer), George Folsey Jr. (producer),
Plot: Two American college students are on a walking tour of Britain and are attacked by a werewolf. One is killed, the other is mauled. The werewolf is killed but reverts to its human form, and the local townspeople are unwilling to acknowledge its existence. The surviving student begins to have nightmares of hunting on four feet at first but then finds that his friend and other recent victims appear to him, demanding that he commit suicide to release them from their curse, being trapped between worlds because of their unnatural deaths.
Keywords: 1980s, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, alley, american, american-abroad, american-in-the-uk, animal-attack, animal-in-title, attempted-suicide, backpackingActors: Milton Berle (actor), Lucille Ball (actress), Angie Dickinson (actress), Marie Osmond (actress), Marlo Thomas (actress), Jerry Frank (producer), Marty Farrell (writer), George Carlin (actor), Johnny Carson (actor), Kirk Douglas (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Bob Hope (actor), Gene Kelly (actor), Donny Osmond (actor), Gregory Peck (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Jon Stone (writer), Jon Stone (producer), Jerry Nelson (actor), Caroll Spinney (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Sonia Manzano (actress), Richard Hunt (actor), Jerry Nelson (actor), Richard Hunt (actor), Jim Henson (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Frank Oz (actor), Caroll Spinney (actor), Jon Stone (director),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical,It's not that easy bein' green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or yellow or
gold-
or something much more colorful like that.
It's not easy bein' green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things.
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're not
standing out like flashy sparkles in the water- or stars
in the sky.
But green's the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like.
And green can be big like an ocean, or important like a
mountain, or tall like a tree.
When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why? Wonder,
I am green and it'll do fine, it's beautiful!
And I think it's what I want to be