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[thecouncil]

Steve Whitmire was fired. Matt Vogel took his place.

This is what Kermit will sound like now.

It will take some getting used to, I guess.


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[MrSaturn99]

Wow, he clicked with me instantly.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Asked a friend of mine who's a Muppet fiend and he said he felt the new voice sounds much closer to Jim Henson than Whitmire did in his last few years.

Sounds like Kermit to me!

 

[[TW]Stone]

Sounds the same

 

[BajiBoxer]

Yup, that's Kermit.

 

[Ivan 3414]

Wouldn't have noticed a difference if it wasn't pointed out to me; granted, I didn't exactly grow up with the Muppets

 

[GulAtiCa]

Wow, literally sounded like how I'd imagine Kermit to sound. nice

 

[Chained Prometheus]

Matt Vogel sounds more like Jim Henson's Kermit, as opposed to Steve Whitmire's Kermit. Not bad and I'm sure he'll get better in the role as time goes on.

 

[zeemumu]

I think he did pretty well. I don't think I would have noticed if I hadn't known about the change.

 

[SpaceWolf]

...No Sir, I don't like it.

 

[admiraltaftbar]

I've listened to thousands of Kermit recordings and can tell you that Matt's Kermit is subpar at best.

Spoiler

But seriously it sounds like Kermit making one actor out to be the end all be all of a character is just silly

 

[caliph95]

I legit wouldn't know if no one told me

 

[FairyD]

Cool. Now can I have another season of The Muppets?

 

[DJ_Lae]

Sounds good to me.

My daughter has been watching the last couple of Muppet movies on repeat recently and there are quite a few parts in Most Wanted where Kermit sounds terrible. This is an improvement.

Cool. Now can I have another season of The Muppets?

Sometimes it feels like I'm one of only a handful of people who actually liked that show. I'd take more!

 

[plagiarize]

I don't hate it.

 

[Volimar]

Sounds more like Jim Henson. Nice work.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

way better

 

[Alex_Mexico]

I cant tell the difference.

 

[t hicks]

Sounds good to me!

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

Sounds like Kermit the Frog.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The next video that comes up features Whitmire as the frog and the difference becomes real clear when A-B'd like that.

 

[metalslimer]

Sounds good to me

 

[L Thammy]

That's one Kermit-ass Kermit.

 

[psyfi]

Not bad

 

[Foxix Von]

Sounds a lot like Henson.

Love it ❤️😍

Literally sounded exactly like I expect Kermit to sound.

 

[Rentahamster]

Cheryl Henson, a Jim Henson Co. board member and daughter of the late Muppets creator, followed the Muppets Studio statement with a Facebook post about the firing of Whitmire, claiming that his version of the story was “ridiculously self serving” and that he performed Kermit as a “bitter, angry, depressed, victim.”

Anyone have any examples of this?

 

[Social]

yup yup, that's great, Kermit for sure.

 

[SeanC]

Is Ray Romano ok, he looks a little green.

 

[mrjohill]

Sounds fine to me

 

[AlexMogil]

Matt Vogel sounds more like Jim Henson's Kermit, as opposed to Steve Whitmire's Kermit. Not bad and I'm sure he'll get better in the role as time goes on.

yeah no kidding. This makes me very happy!

 

[jelly]

No complaints.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Oh, Uncle Deadly. I miss your catty barbs about Gloria Estefan.

Kermit voice sounds pretty good. Definitely heard a bit of Henson.

 

[Inferno313]

As only a casual Muppets fan, I wouldn't have even noticed this was a new voice without it being pointed out to me.

 

[valkillmore]

Wonderful. Love the subtlety of his inflection. You feel like there's a thought process going on in Kermie's head.

 

[Camjo-Z]

Don't like it yet, but it was just a short clip and I could warm up to it. That said there are a few other recasts I could never get used to, Statler and Waldorf just sound terrible now.

Anyone have any examples of this?

In recent Muppet material (the 2011 movie, Most Wanted, the ABC series) Kermit was pretty depressed a lot of the time but it was kinda ridiculous to blame Whitmire for it. If they don't want Kermit to act like a victim maybe stop writing stories where he loses touch with all his friends, gets thrown in a gulag, and has constant relationship drama with Miss Piggy?

 

[katsubento]

That sounds pretty good.

 

[Nepenthe]

If you hadn't told me anything, I don't think I would've noticed a difference.

 

[GitarooMan]

Sounds good to me

 

[wenis]

A little deeper, but I like it.

 

[Sanjuro]

I HATE KERMIT THE FROG'S NEW VOICE

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Yeah, he definitely sounds more like Jim Henson's Kermit.

Must be weird for people who got used to Steve Whitmire's Kermit and distanced themselves from the original Henson performance only to now be closer to the memory they tried to leave behind.

 

[maruchan]

Is he still the voice of Ernie? It seems he has been doing Kermit and Ernie since hensen died. Did he do the Despacio parody..

 

[Buckle]

Yeah, thats fine.

Still think the last guy was fired for dumb reasons but that'll do, frog. That'll do.

 

[Souzetsu]

They should've given this guy the part.

 

[Complistic]

I legit wouldn't know if no one told me

Same. I can hear the difference, but I don't think I would have noticed it was someone else.

So basically, perfect.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Okay.

 

[GitarooMan]

I HATE KERMIT THE FROG'S NEW VOICE

Where do I subscribe?

 

[Number_6]

I think he sounds great. I may prefer this to the previous one, but let's see some more performances first.

 

[Epcott]

Sounds a bit deeper and mellow. I likes!

 

[Credo]

I just want seasons 4 and 5 of the Muppet Show released on disc. It's been over 9 years since season 3 was released, so I think it's basically hopeless at this point.