Kermit's Swamp Years

Kermit's Swamp Years is a 2002 direct-to-video film, directed by David Gumpel, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets, including a 12-year-old Kermit and best friends Goggles and Croaker, who travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives. The film, which tells the story of Kermit the Frog's early life, is a prequel to The Muppet Movie. His true story, warts and all.taglines

Dialogue

 * Kermit: What was that?
 * Pilgrim: That was a pig.
 * Kermit: I hope I never see another one of those again as long as I live.


 * Goggles, Turtle #1: Oh... I get it! Dissection must be some kind of full body massage.


 * Goggles, Turtle #1: [reading a copy of this movie's script] Wait a minute... EVERY scene's a nude scene!


 * [Kermit catches a fly]
 * Horace D'Fly: [muffled] Hey, let me out, you don't know where I've been!
 * Kermit: [distorted] Okay.
 * [Kermit releases the fly]
 * Horace D'Fly: You used to be faster, Kermit.
 * Kermit: Well, you used to be thinner, Horace!
 * Horace D'Fly: Yeah, I really should stay off those Pu Pu platters!


 * Young Hugo Krassman: I'm not a froggy pants.


 * Waldorf: It sure was nice of the frog to let us be in this movie.
 * Statler: So people could see how young we look?
 * Waldorf: No, so we wouldn't have to watch it!

Tagline

 * His true story, warts and all.

Cast

 * William Bookston - Wilson
 * John Hostetter - Hugo Krassman
 * Christian Kebble - Young Jim Henson
 * Kelly Collins Lintz - Mary
 * Cree Summer - Pilgrim the Dog (voice), Kermit the Frog's Mom (voice)

Muppet performers

 * Steve Whitmire - Kermit the Frog, Young Kermit the Frog, Jack the Rabbit, Chico the Frog
 * Joey Mazzarino - Goggles the Toad, Joe the Armadillo, Turtle #1
 * Bill Barretta - Croaker the Frog, Horace D'Fly, Roy the Frog, Turtle #2
 * Alice Dinnean - Vicki the Snake, Kermit the Frog's Mom (puppeteer), Pilgrim the Dog (puppeteer)
 * John Kennedy - Arnie the Alligator, Blotch the Bullfrog, Monkey
 * Dave Goelz - Young Waldorf
 * Jerry Nelson - Young Statler, Robin the Frog

Locations
Leland, Mississippi