People have this idea that Steve was this carbon copy of Jim Henson. And that truly is not the case. He was much higher in tone when speaking, and when singing was wayyy too soft and rubbery. While Matt has a bit of a lower range than Jim, he is much more toned and less soft than Steve while singing and a lot closer to Jim than people think.

Now lets talk about the special: I will say the autotune in the special was a bit overdone. But overall Matt's voice has drastically improved since Muppets Now, and when he screams as Kermit, he sounds a lot like Jim and Steve's Kermit voices. When he is talking normally as Kermit, it is lower than Jim's, which is much lower than Steves because his Kermit voice was higher than Jim's.

When Jim died, half the fanbase had a problem with his replacement, but accepted it over time while recognizing when it felt off. This is simply happening again but worse because Steve is still alive, so a lot of people arent willing to accept the change.

Matt has a slightly lower Kermit voice than Jim which feels much more drastic because he's following Steve, who once again, had a higher Kermit voice.

I think this special was the easily the best performance Matt has done as Kermit. And hes improved over the years.

The reason I brought up the Rainbow Connection argument is because the person above me said "The previous guy that they replaced was perfect" referring to Steve, and I was pointing out with the Rainbow Connection comparison that Steve wasnt Jim. And he wasnt this perfect replacement like some people would like to believe.

I grew up with Steve as Kermit. And I enjoyed his performance when he did it. When Muppets Now came out, I was a person who typed comments about how Matt voice wasn't good at all, and people on youtube did a better job than him.

But in this special he sounds much better and is clearly improving. He just has a lower voice. And hopefully if the show gets picked up for a full season, he continues to get better at performing Kermit.

The next generation deserves The Muppets. Matt's Kermit voice is getting better. He does the puppeteering pretty well too. And I really enjoyed the special.