{"id":27403,"date":"2025-05-22T20:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kermit-the-frog-hopes-graduates-walk-away-inspired-from-his-university-of-maryland-commencement-speech\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T20:39:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:39:49","slug":"kermit-the-frog-hopes-graduates-walk-away-inspired-from-his-university-of-maryland-commencement-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kermit-the-frog-hopes-graduates-walk-away-inspired-from-his-university-of-maryland-commencement-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Kermit the Frog hopes graduates walk away &#8220;inspired&#8221; from his University of Maryland commencement speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Being green&#8217;s not easy, nor is the path to a diploma.<\/p>\n<p>Kermit the Frog, slated to speak at the University of Maryland&#8217;s commencement ceremony Thursday evening, joined &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; to preview his address with alum Gayle King.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m excited to finally get up there and start speaking, but until that happens, I&#8217;ll probably have some jitters,&#8221; Kermit said. &#8220;I like to take some calming breaths, maybe some word exercises, like &#8216;loads of locusts lounging on Lanai,&#8217; stuff like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kermit told King, who delivered her alma mater&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/cbs-gayle-king-to-deliver-university-of-marylands-2023-commencement-address-monday\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">2023 commencement address<\/a><\/span>, that he hopes graduates walk away &#8220;feeling a little inspired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If my speech can give the graduates a leg up on their exciting new adventures, I guess I&#8217;m going to feel like I&#8217;ve accomplished something amazing,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The frog will be the lone Muppet in attendance, as his family members \u2014 which number in the &#8220;thousands&#8221; \u2014 &#8220;live down at the swamp&#8221; and &#8220;don&#8217;t travel too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kermit&#8217;s longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/an-exclusive-interview-with-miss-piggy-after-muppets-milestone\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Miss Piggy<\/a>, is &#8220;summering on a beach somewhere exotic&#8221; and will skip the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She insists that it has nothing to do with the fact that I was asked to give the speech and she wasn&#8217;t,&#8221; Kermit said. &#8220;She had lots of input on the speech, especially the parts that mention her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday isn&#8217;t the frog&#8217;s first commencement.<\/p>\n<p>He last spoke at <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140705073031\/http:\/\/www2.southampton.liu.edu\/news\/commence\/1996\/kermit.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Southampton College&#8217;s 1996 ceremony<\/a>, where he accepted an honorary &#8220;Doctorate of Amphibious Letters&#8221; and told graduates, &#8220;May success and a smile always be yours \u2026 even when you&#8217;re knee-deep in the sticky muck of life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the University of Maryland in 1960. 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