“. . . On the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational . . . This is what we call the Muppet show!”
Now I bet this has brought a smile to your face and Muppets are racing through your head…Kermit, Fozzie, Animal, Miss Piggy and last but not least Gonzo!!! I don’t know many people that as children didn’t sit in front of the TV to watch Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. Jim Henson is who we can thank for these memories but did you know that Jim Henson is from Mississippi? In fact, Deer Creek in Leland, MS is the birthplace of Kermit, the Frog.
I have actually seen with my own eyes Kermit the Frog two times in my life! The first time was 1981, The Art of the Muppets show at the New Orleans Museum of Art. My Aunt Patsy took my cousins, David and Dottie and myself to the show. We had a wonderful day!
My most recent foray with Kermit and the rest of the Muppets was this past year at the Mississippi Museum of Art for Jim Henson’s Fantastic World. It was a great show that brought back so many memories from Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. Jackson, Mississippi was so Muppet crazy that Malcolm White named a Muppet theme for the St. Patrick’s day parade — “It ain’t easy being green” — and Kermit the Frog was the Grand Marshall. We all had so much fun building the floats and getting all of our costumes together and telling stories about our own Muppet experiences! Our childhoods were greatly touched by Jim Henson and his imagination.
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