Steve Whitmire (born September 24 1959) is a puppeteer with the Jim Henson Company. He has been the performer of two signature Muppets - Kermit the Frog and Sesame Street 's Ernie - since the passing of their creator, Jim Henson, in 1990. Characters original to Whitmire include Rizzo the Rat, Lips (the trumpet player from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem), Foo-Foo (Miss Piggy's beloved dog), Fraggle Rock 's Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny.
Born near Atlanta, Georgia, he professed interest in puppetry in his childhood. While in high school, Whitmire swore to his classmates that he would one day be Kermit the Frog. He worked with puppets after graduating from high school, and eventually got a job working on The Muppet Show in 1978. Since then, Whitmire has performed in every major Henson company project, including non-Muppet fare such as The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and the ABC television series Dinosaurs. He was also seen in Dead Poetic's "New Medicines" music video.
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The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (sometimes referred to as Elmo the Grouchling) was the second theatrical feature-length film based on the characters of the children's television series Sesame Street (after 1985's Follow That Bird). It co-starred Mandy Patinkin and Vanessa Williams. This film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Jim Henson Pictures, and originally released to movie theatres in 1999.
The film received moderately positive reviews, did poorly theatrically, despite the popularity of Sesame Street and the Elmo character. The film faced stiff competition from mostly adult-oriented films, for at the time of its release, it was the only family film playing in most theaters. In total, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland made a total of $11,634,458 (on a $17,000,000 budget)during its two-month theatrical run. Similarly, its companion piece Muppets From Space, released the same year, suffered the same fate and performed poorly theatrically as well.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol was the fourth feature film to star The Muppets, and the second produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. Released in 1992, it is one of many film adaptations of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
In this adaptation of the Christmas story narrated by Dickens himself (played by The Great Gonzo) with the occasional commentary of Rizzo the rat, it is Christmas Eve in London. The merriment is not shared by Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine), a surly money-lender who is more interested in profit than celebration. So cold to the season of giving is he that his book-keeping staff, including loyal employee Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog), has to plead with him just to have the day off work during Christmas by pointing out that Scrooge would have no customers on the holiday.
Later that evening, Scrooge finds himself face to face with his former business partners, Jacob and Robert Marley (Statler and Waldorf) who have been condemned to shackles in the...,
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