Waiting for Kermit

A series proposed to The Jim Henson Company by Darin McGowan concerning characters in the years before they met Kermit the Frog. After his pitch for this and two other animated series (Muppets 75 and American Mayhem), McGowan was told that the company would not be going in the direction of animation for the core Muppet characters. Shortly thereafter, the Muppets were sold to The Walt Disney Company.