Steve Whitmire has left the Muppets, Matt Vogel to continue as Kermit

[ConsummateVs]

Note to self: never work for Disney.

Only corporate Disney is bad. The animation side of Disney is good, and I would like to work there as an animator someday.

 

[dwayne1115]

I was watching The Muppets Take Manhattan today, and I kind of think that the way Steve has been since Jim's untimely death is the way Kermit was with selling the show. I think since the very beginning Disney has had some kind of plan for the Muppets, and Steve knowing these characters the way he dose knew that direction was wrong or off in some regard.
Steve was trying to protect the Muppets Jim's legacy and vision, and us fans. So him being difficult may have been uncomfortable for Disney, but in the end a great thing for The Muppets,and the fans.

 

[JimAndFrank]

Whoa! I highly Doubt Steve would do something like that

Ditto here (as funny as that would have been to watch).

 

[Mo Frackle]

Heh. A friend was told by someone that Steve is no longer able to perform because his hand was bitten off by a dog.

 

[Mo Frackle]

When I first heard about this through friends, I didn't want to believe it. And frankly, I was reluctant to share the news here last weekend. I knew how much it would confuse and crush everyone. But more so confuse, as I didn't have concrete evidence to back me up. I also felt that's it wasn't my place to discuss the matter after initially posting. It didn't help that I may have scared some of you with the mere idea of Steve being gone from the Muppets. My apologies for all do that. I promise that in the future, I won't post anything that doesn't have an official confirmation behind it.

Come Monday and we do have official confirmation about Steve's departure.

And I feel awful. Not for myself, but for both Steve and the other fans. Maybe it will hit me on a personal level a little later down the line, but for now, my concerns are with everyone else. There's not much I can add that hasn't already been brought up in this forum, but I just want to send my love to everyone here in what is, and probably will remain for some time, a difficult period.

 

[antsamthompson9]

Steve and JD made a fantastic podcast discussing this news and toasting Steve and Matt. Listen until 27:17, from 40:06 to 43:46, and from 54:35 to 1:05:20. http://muppethub.com/mft2/

 

[dwayne1115]

Here ya go the war has begun!

https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-d...-muppet-again/psf/promote_or_share?share=true

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Not gonna lie. I got pretty misty eyed watching the end of this:

 

[muppetperson]

What I find strange, is that Sesame Workshop, a completely different company to Disney, also recast Ernie, also what Steve performed!!!

 

[RowlfFan12]

What I find strange, is that Sesame Workshop, a completely different company to Disney, also recast Ernie, also what Steve performed!!!

But didn't Steve leave SS willingly to focus more on Muppet Studios?