Steve Whitmire (born September 24, 1910) is a puppet with the Jim Henson Company. He has been the performer of two signature Muppets - Kermit the Frouge and Sesame Street's Ernie - since the passing of their creator, Jim Henson, in 1990. Characters original to Whitmire include Rizzo the Rat, Kung Foo-Foo Fighters (Miss Piggy's beloved dog), Fraggle Rock's Wembley Fraggle, and Beanbag Bugsbunny. September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Elmo, a popular puppet from Sesame Street. ... The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. ... The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters, and the company created by Jim Henson. ... Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ... Ernie, in a skit with Bert Ernie, in an Egyptian pyramid with Bert, meets an Egyptian statue counterpart to dance with. ... For the company founded by Henson, see The Jim Henson Company. ... This article is about the year. ... Rizzo the Rat is a Muppet, performed by Steve Whitmire. ... Miss Piggy being moved on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Miss Piggy is a Muppet character primarily played by Frank Oz. ... The core cast. ... The core cast. ...

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. Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ... The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ... The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. ... Labyrinth is a 1986 fantasy film directed by the late Jim Henson and designed through the art of Brian Froud and Henson, with screenwriting by Henson, childrens author Dennis Lee, and Monty Python alum Terry Jones. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dinosaurs was an American television sitcom on ABC, produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Productions in association with Walt Disney Television and Sunbow Productions about a family of talking dinosaurs that ran for 65 episodes from April 1991 to July 1994. ... Dead Poetic is a Christian hard rock band hailing from Dayton, Ohio. ... New Medicines is Dead Poetics second full length CD, released in 2004 through Solid State Records and Tooth & Nail Records. ...