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The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson is a one-hour special that aired on CBS on November 21, 1990. The program was a tribute to Muppet creator Jim Henson, who had died earlier in 1990 due to toxic shock syndrome caused by a streptococcus infection, and featured characters from "The Muppet Show", "Fraggle Rock", and "Sesame Street".
It marked Steve Whitmire's first onscreen performance as Kermit the Frog. 
Plot.
Kermit the Frog is away traveling
Resort.
- The Jim Henson Exhibit, located in Leland, Mississippi, features an assortment of original Muppet characters, official certificates from the Mississippi Legislature honoring Henson and his characters, and a statue of Kermit in the middle of the stream behind the museum.
- The 1990 television special "The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson" allowed the Muppets themselves to pay tribute to Henson. The special featured interviews with Steven Spielberg and others.
- Tom Smith's Henson tribute song, "A Boy and His Frog",