Kermit Love
Kermit Love was a puppet designer/builder and actor who had a long association as a designer/builder with the Muppets, most notably on Sesame Street (where he also acted as Willy). He met Jim Henson through an urge by puppet builder Don Sahlin. Kermit once had a theater background within the ballet Fancy Free and the show Don Quixote where he made a marionette giant. Love put his theater work to the test by designing and building Big Bird in the beginning and Mr. Snuffleupagus in later seasons. He also worked with the Muppets as seen on The Great Santa Claus Switch, The Muppet Show, and The Muppet Movie, but Sesame Street was his domain, with Caroly Wilcox. He even puppeteered for the Julie on Sesame Street special back in 1974, filmed where The Muppet Show was taped. Outside of his work with the Muppets, Kermit Love remained busy as a freelancer with his own studio Great Jones Studio. His company designed and built puppets for several projects such as The Great Space Coaster, Gerbert,...