Editing Kermit the Frog (section)

===''Sesame Street''===
[[File:Sesame-Street-Kermit-and-Elmo.png|thumb|255px|right|Kermit and [[Elmo (Muppet)|Elmo]] in one of Kermit's many lecture segments]]
Kermit was one of the original main Muppet characters on ''[[Sesame Street]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Toerpe |first=Kathleen D. |chapter=Jim Henson Productions and the Muppets |title=The Guide to United States Popular Culture |year=2001 |publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=0879728213 |page=442}}</ref> Closely identified with the show, Kermit usually appeared as a lecturer on simple topics, a straight man to another Muppet [[Foil (fiction)|foil]] (usually [[Grover]], [[Herry Monster]] or [[Cookie Monster]]), or a news reporter interviewing storybook characters for Sesame Street News.<ref name="Kurin"/> He sang many songs on the show, including "[[Bein' Green]]",<ref name="Kurin"/> and was the focus of the 1998 video ''The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sesame Street – The Best of Kermit the Frog|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sesame_street_the_best_of_kermit_the_frog/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=September 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312221119/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sesame_street_the_best_of_kermit_the_frog/|archive-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref>

Unlike the rest of the show's Muppets, Kermit was never the property of [[Sesame Workshop]] and has only occasionally been a part of the show's merchandise. When Sesame Workshop bought full ownership of its characters from Henson for $180&nbsp;million, Kermit was excluded from the deal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/money/disney-muppets-article-1.496946 |title=Disney Goes After Muppets |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=December 20, 2002 |access-date=July 15, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716170743/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/money/disney-muppets-article-1.496946 |archive-date=July 16, 2017  }}</ref> The character now belongs to The Muppets Studio, a division of Disney.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/business/10muppets.html |title=It's Time for Your Face-Lift, Miss Piggy |work=[[The New York Times]] |last1=Cieply |first1=Michael |last2=Barnes |first2=Brooks |date=April 9, 2011 |access-date=July 15, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107091513/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/business/10muppets.html |archive-date=November 7, 2016  }}</ref> His first ''Sesame Street'' appearance since Disney ownership was in an ''[[Elmo's World]]'' segment in the show's 40th-season premiere on November 10, 2009. His most recent appearance was in the 2019 television special ''[[Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration]]'', where he performed "Bein' Green" with [[Elvis Costello]].