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50 Kermits

I'm celebrating the 50th Anniversary of The Muppet Show with 50 iconic looks for several key Muppets from the series, from their debuts until now. 

First up: Kermit the Frog. How many can you recognize?

Row 1: Sam and Friends (1955), Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962), Kermeena on The Ed Sullivan Show (1967), Reporter Kermit on Sesame Street (1972), Vampire Kermit on The Muppet Show (1977), Elton John Kermit on The Muppet Show (1977)

Row 2: Cowboy Kermit in The Muppet Movie (1979), Director Kermit in The Muppet Movie (1979), John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979), Rosenthal disguise in The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Pizza Twin disguise in The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Froggen-Schewin (Frankenstein) in The Miss Piggy Calendar (1982)

Row 3: John Denver & The Muppets - Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983), Fluke Flystalker of Star Bores (Luke Skywalker in Star Wars) in Muppet Magazine v1..3 (1983), Broadway producer disguise in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), "Boffo Socko" agent disguise in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), Baby Kermit on Muppet Babies (1984), American Gothique Kermit (Grant Wood's American Gothic) in Miss Piggy's Art Masterpiece Calendar (1984), Froggo Amphibini (Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait) in Miss Piggy's Art Masterpiece Calendar (1984), The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986)

Row 4: A Muppet Family Christmas (1987), He-Frog (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe) in Muppet Magazine v5.3 (1987), Crocodile Kermie (Crocodile Dundee) in Muppet Magazine v6.3 (1988), As Michael Jackson in Muppet Magazine v6.2 (1988), As Indiana Jones in The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990), Muppet*Vision 3D (1991), Bob Cratchit in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), As Prince in Muppet Trading Cards (1993)

Row 5: King Midas in Muppet Classic Theatre (1994), Captain Abraham Smollett in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Virgil the Monkey on Muppets Tonight (1996), Frogzilla on Muppets Tonight (1996), Kermit Letterfrog (David Letterman) in Kermit the Frog's Advertising Parodies Calendar (1996), Frogman (Batman) in The Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel (1997), Lawrence of Amphibia (Lawrence of Arabia) in Muppet Parodies Calendar (1998), The Kerminator (The Terminator) in Muppet Parodies Calendar (1998)

Row 7: As Jake LaMotta in Raging Bullfrog (Raging Bull) in Muppet Parodies Calendar (1998), Muppets From Space (1999), Frog Ventoori (Ace Ventura) in Muppet Movie Parodies Calendar (1999), Kermit's Swamp Years (2002), It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002), Scarecrow in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), As Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Amphibian: At Wit's End (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End) at Muppet*Vision 3D (2007), As Green Lantern in "Being Green" trailer for The Muppets (2011)

Row 8: As Edward Cullen in Vamphibian (Twilight) poster for The Muppets (2011), As Constantine in Muppets Most Wanted (2014), The Muppets Present... Great Moments in American History (2016), As Miss Piggy in Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021), Mansion Show host in Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)


 

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