Talk:Character birthdays

Kermit's Birthday
Does anyone object to removing Kermit's birthday date, or better yet, adding a seperate section to this page, discussing it? Apparently May 9 was accepted as "official," as tracked in Talk:Kermit_the_Frog, based on an NPR report, which it was presumed may have been inspired by the start date for Sam and Friends. However, from the Wayback stored versions of Henson.com's question page, I found this: "The short answer is there is no official birthday for Kermit. However, there are other answers as well.

According to the recent book SESAME STREET UNPAVED by David Borgenicht, Kermit's birthday is "Leap Year Day" (February 29th). On April 13,1977, Kermit celebrated his 21st birthday on the "Dinah" show. Kermit first appeared on television in 1955 (so he would have been 22 in 1977, but many show business people fudge their ages a bit!). All that said, the official year is 1955, but there is no official date. Besides - do you count when the egg was laid or when the tadpole lost his tail?

Karen Falk Archivist The Jim Henson Company"

Unless there's an indication that the Company recently changed its mind (this answer seems to date from around 1999), I'm inclined to trust Karen Falk over NPR. -- Andrew Leal (talk ) 16:26, 15 October 2006 (UTC)