# Kermit speechless: Whitmire out as voice of Kermit the Frog **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273 "2017-07-14T19:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273/41 "2017-07-20T14:00:50Z")
Whitmire was insufferable, an arrogant asshole who insisted that only his interpretation of Kermit was the correct one even though it differed greatly from Jim Henson’s. The guy was lucky he wasn’t fired long ago. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273/42 "2017-07-20T22:21:05Z")
#1 Kermit the Frog is still around? Is Sesame Street still on? #2 Kermit the Frog has always sounded weird since Jim Henson died. Yes, I guess I am old. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273/43 "2017-07-20T22:57:28Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yeah, fired by a phone call. They could have had the decency to call him into their offices and fire him in person. I got fired by email once. True story. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273/44 "2017-07-20T23:23:36Z")
If you’re going to fire a diva asshole, you want to do it by phone when they’re not in the office. So you can notify security to not allow them in the building and so you don’t have them throwing a screaming fit in your face and be worried about your personal safety. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273/45 "2017-08-28T23:52:56Z")
Here is Matt Vogel’s first public performance of [Kermit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrWuFUSELrg). He sounds great to me. I am definitely reassured by this debut. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273/46 "2017-09-11T05:01:38Z")
Here’s Matt Vogel’s Kermit singing “Rainbow Connection” with Paul Williams (I didn’t know he was still alive. Did you?) at the Hollywood Bowl. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zJufeAMRHy8/maxresdefault.jpg "Rainbow Connection - The Muppets at The Hollywood Bowl - September 8, 2017 - HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJufeAMRHy8) Sounds good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kermit-speechless-whitmire-out-as-voice-of-kermit-the-frog/791273.md?page=2)