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Kermit Love

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Designer

The Resume

    (August 5, 1916-June 21, 2008)
    Born in Spring Lake, New Jersey
    Designed costumes for the ballets 'Rodeo' (1942), 'Fancy Free' (1946), 'Don Quixote' (1965), 'Parade' (1973), 'The Spellbound Child' (1975), 'Sorrow Floats' (1984) and 'The Nutcracker' (1987)
    Designed the Muppets Big Bird, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster
    Portrayed Willy the hot dog vendor in Sesame Street

Why he might be annoying:

    He encouraged Kevin Clash to audition for Sesame Street, paving the way for Elmo's future domination.
    Carroll Spinney said, 'He looked very much like Santa Claus but was a little more like the Grinch.'
    He and Jim Henson both denied that he was the namesake for Kermit the Frog.
    Google 'Kermit Love' without the safety filters and you can stumble across images that will never let you look at the Muppets the same way again.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He worked with Orson Welles' Mercury Theater and legendary choreographers George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Agnes DeMille and Twyla Tharp.
    He won an Emmy (1976) and a Daytime Emmy (1990) for his 'Sesame Street' work.
    He and partner Christopher Lyall were together for 50 years until his death.
    Kevin Clash said, 'For Kermit the costume was just the beginning. He taught how to create the character out of the costume.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 73 Votes: 65.75% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 71 Votes: 45.07% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 85 Votes: 67.06% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 88 Votes: 34.09% Annoying