A FROG AND A PIG IN ORLANDO: The Walt Disney Company has purchased the rights to the Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy characters from Jim Henson's heirs for an undisclosed sum. The move, hopefully, means we'll no longer be seeing the haphazard licensing of the Kermit character and subsequent abominations such as "Vomiting Kermit" and "Douchebag Kermit" will both be a thing of the past, along with that "Kermit and Big Bird Stoned" mp3 we were all subjected to a few years ago.
Then again, since the very disturbing incident the other day in which a worker dressed as Pluto was run over and killed by a float at Disney World, I'd watch my back if I were Kermit and Piggy. And considering what Kermit's been up to lately, do we need to worry about him running off with Minnie Mouse or something?
UPDATE: Oops, spoke too soon- Vomiting Kermit was on Conan tonight (Wednesday), complete with Mickey Mouse ears. Charming.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 18, 2004 10:24 AM