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Originally Posted by CZAXOTerp
The prototype for Kermit was made from a coat that Jim Henson's mom threw in the garbage.
Jim Henson went to my alma mater, U of Maryland and my graduating class sponsored a statue of Kermit that is on campus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:J...son_statue.jpg
His wife Jane Nebel Henson graduated from Maryland in 1955. I have never seen anything officially stating that she was an AXiD at Maryland- just stuff on chapter websites.
While I was on campus it was legend that Fozzie was named after an AXiD and that Miss Piggy was named after a Phi Sigma Sigma (which had the unfortunate nickname Phi Piggy Piggy.)
Disputing the Jane Henson/Fozzy/AXiD legend is this:
"Fozzie was named after puppet builder Faz Fazakas, who created the
mechanism that allowed Fozzie to wiggle his ears."
This link should also clear up some muppet misconceptions- this article says she was an Alpha Phi Delta- which I have never heard of....
http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/images/H.../DBack.97.html |
Although Fozzie may have not been named for AXiD he did originally have pink roses on his bow in honor of AXiD. Jane and Jim met at the Univ. of Maryland (now a closed chapter)
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Last edited by flirt5721; 05-02-2007 at 05:16 PM.
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