Jim pulled Kermit’s face into a mild grimace—and with a groan of exasperation skulked the frog away, out of camera shot. Joey stared after him. “I love you,” she said, matter-of-factly.

“I think people realized that if you put Kermit’s face up there, it was just as powerful,” Mrs. Henson, 76, said. “We were mostly just doing it to entertain ourselves.” ...

The watch does, however, contain one Easter egg—or maybe it’s a Kermit Day egg. For 24 hours on the first of every month, Kermit’s cheesing face spins into view inside the date window ...

University of Maryland graduates will hear from a speaker today who is small in size but big in pop culture, puppetry and songs about being green—Kermit the Frog. Kermit was invited to speak at ...