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Kermit the Frog took to the podium of the University of Maryland’s Spring 2025 commencement to offer some leap-inspiring ...
A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats and a Ping-Pong ball cut in half, according to a statement from the university. Henson died in 1990. A ...
A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats and a Ping-Pong ball cut in half, according to a statement from the university. Henson died in 1990. A ...
It was “funny” that other schools have highly accomplished people speaking at their commencement ceremonies, “and we have a puppet.” Quinn Gardiner was “pretty bummed” when he found out that Kermit ...
where the first Kermit puppet is stored. Henson, who died in 1990, was the brains and voice behind Kermit for years. He is memorialized in a statue with his most famous creation outside the U-Md.
CNN anchor and correspondent Sara Sidner did not hide her excitement Wednesday over her interview with Kermit the Frog, telling her colleagues that she "almost cried" because "it was so wonderful" and ...
Kermit added said in a statement provided by the school. SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty The university noted that the lovable puppet’s appearance “honors the long history between UMD and ...
Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog will be at the University of Maryland! The world's most famous frog will deliver the university's commencement address on Wednesday, May 21. The Muppet will share his words ...
The Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. He made the first Kermit puppet out of one of his mother’s coats and a ping-pong ball cut in half. UMD President Darryll ...
Kermit the Frog — the international ... whose album “Brat” led to a profusion of green memes, would take the mic. Instead, it will be a talking green frog puppet, er Muppet.