Kermit was fashioned from an old coat belonging to Henson's mother and was named after one of Henson's childhood friends. Henson and his two-foot-tall puppet joined Sesame Street in 1969.

Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other Sesame Street characters, has died. He was 91.

SESAME STREET, Kermit the Frog (singing 'On My Pond'), with the fish, (Season 18, aired April 8, 1987)© Sesame Workshop/CTW/Everett Collection ...

Kermit the Frog, Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch Courtesy Everett Collection Ever since it premiered in 1969, “Sesame Street” has been dispensing wisdom to audiences of all ages. Some of it is ...

Muppets don’t run the creative process but they do get a show greenlit.) Shockingly, Sesame Street hasn’t been around since the invention of television. In fact, it didn’t air until 1969.