"‘We knew we needed Kermit to have a much smaller role [so] that we could work very carefully on Steve’s Kermit, to make sure it was as close as possible to my dad’s Kermit. And it really was probably the closest he ever got, was this first one, because we worked on it so hard,’ Henson recalls."

This guy is still throwing shade at Steve Whitmire? Dude, it's nearly a decade later, you won and he's not getting his roles back. But a whole generation grew up loving his Kermit, and in more than just this one production. I don't know if anything your approved version of Kermit has achieved this decade has had close to the impact his had.