{"id":299790,"date":"2024-05-05T03:31:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kermit-voice-actor-says-jim-hensons-spirit-has-withered-ahead-of-new-doc"},"modified":"2024-05-05T03:31:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:31:21","slug":"kermit-voice-actor-says-jim-hensons-spirit-has-withered-ahead-of-new-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/kermit-voice-actor-says-jim-hensons-spirit-has-withered-ahead-of-new-doc","title":{"rendered":"Kermit Voice Actor Says Jim Henson's Spirit Has 'Withered' Forward of New Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The former Kermit the Frog actor says he’s not hurt he’s excluded from the upcoming Jim Henson<\/strong> documentary … he’s hurt ’cause he thinks Jim’s spirit within The Muppets is dying.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Steve Whitmire<\/strong> — who took up the role in 1990 after Henson’s untimely death — tells TMZ … producers contacted him about the forthcoming documentary “Jim Henson Idea Man” all about the iconic puppeteer a few years ago for home movies he shot dating back to 1978.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Whitmire says he happily handed over the tapes and expected the team to come back around when they were ready to interview him — after all, he voiced the franchise’s most iconic character from ’90 until his firing in 2017 — but, he says no one followed up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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Steve says he’s not upset about the studio leaving him out of the doc … but, he says he is upset because Jim’s influence is almost non-existent when it comes to his own creation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Whitmire says, “It was my defense of the whole of Jim\u2019s influence within The Muppets that ultimately got me kicked out. It doesn\u2019t hurt to be excluded from a documentary, it hurts to see Jim\u2019s spirit, the very spirit celebrated in a documentary such as this, wither unnecessarily.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Basically, SW’s saying the life Henson breathed into his character is fading away … and — even though Whitmire says he’s not bitter about the current state of “The Muppets” — he does think the show lost something when the company tossed him to the curb.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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ICYMI … Whitmire voiced the character for almost 30 years, including in iconic films like “The Muppet Christmas Carol” and “Muppet Treasure Island,” before Disney fired him in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The company claimed Whitmire exhibited “unacceptable business conduct.” Steve maintains he argued over the creative direction of the characters he knew so well, but never disrespectfully.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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“Jim Henson Idea Man” comes out on Disney+ May 31 … but, the way Steve sees it — Disney needs a heck of a lot more than a documentary to keep Jim’s legacy alive.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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