Puppeteer Steve Whitmire and his alter-ego Kermit the Frog.

Toughpigs ran a fantastic interview with Steve Whitmire this past week (click for parts one, two, three, four and five). In it, Joe Hennes chats with Steve about a bunch of topics, including the recent Muppet viral videos, the upcoming Letters To Santa special, the touchy subject of Disney’s attempt to recast the Muppets a few years ago, Disney’s future plans for the Muppets and how Kermit the Frog and Rizzo the Rat fall into different levels of spiritual and psychological development.