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  <p><font size="3" face="Georgia">Kermit: Wow! Whoo!<br>

    Johnny: Say that again?<br>

    Kermit: No I was just talking about David&#8217;s wife, she&#8217;s &#8230;<br>

    Johnny: Oh yeah?<br>

    Kermit: &#8230;absolutely stunning. Yes, yes! Absolutely, just like that.<br>

    Johnny: Yours going the same way? My dog tags are panting! I wear them (?)all 

    the time&#8230; Russ Joyner is here, Ladies and Gentlemen, Russ is the General 

    Manager of this whole thing that we call &quot;Hollywood and Highland&quot;. 

    That includes the Kodak Theater, the Academy- everything! He is the man and 

    he is also Chairman of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Let me acknowledge 

    him now, Russ Joyner! Right over here&#8230;<br>

    Kermit: Oh&#8230; Great! Hi there Russ!<br>

    Johnny: Well in just a moment now we&#8217;re going to unveil the star, but 

    Kermit, I want you to know that the Los Angeles City Council has this proclamation 

    for you&#8230;<br>

    Kermit: Oh yeah?<br>

    Johnny: &#8230; and it says all the things we have been talking about. It 

    was instigated by Eric Garcetti, the Councilman who has Hollywood Boulevard, 

    signed by Tom LaBonge, by all of them as a matter of fact&#8230;<br>

    Kermit: Yeah?<br>

    Johnny: &#8230;and I&#8217;ll just read the bottom and I will hold this for 

    you&#8230;<br>

    Kermit: ok&#8230;<br>

    Johnny: &#8230;until we have unveiled your star.<br>

    Kermit: ooh! ok&#8230;<br>

    Johnny: It says &quot;Now therefore be it resolved that by the adoption of 

    this resolution, the City Council of this City of Los Angeles, hereby congratulates 

    Kermit the Frog&#8230;<br>

    Kermit: That&#8217;s me!<br>

    Johnny: &#8230;on this well-deserved honor of receiving his star on world-famous 

    Hollywood Walk of Fame. <br>

    Kermit: Aw!<br>

    Johnny: &#8230; and Kermit, as the Mayor of Hollywood, I do hereby proclaim 

    this Kermit the Frog Day in Hollywood!!<br>

    (applause)<br>

    Kermit: That&#8217;s wonderful! Thank you Sir! <br>

    Johnny: (says something I couldn&#8217;t hear above the cheering)<br>

    Kermit: Thank you Mr. Mayor! </font></p>

  <p><font size="3" face="Georgia">Johnny: Alright!<br>

    Kermit: Yes!<br>

    Johnny: Everyone! I&#8217;ll tell you what&#8230;<br>

    Kermit: Yep?<br>

    Johnny: Come on! We&#8217;re gonna go unveil the star&#8230;<br>

    Kermit: Are ya?<br>

    Johnny: &#8230;and I&#8217;ll beat you there!<br>

    Kermit:: Are ya? I just wanna say a couple of words. Uh, uh, I wanna thank 

    you all for coming here today, and uh, I feel like I&#8217;ve been preparing 

    for this day my entire life because after all these years of working with 

    Miss Piggy I sort of know what it&#8217;s like having thousands of people 

    walk all over you every day. <br>

    (laughter)<br>

    Kermit: I wanna thank everyone for their kind words, Johnny and David and 

    Charlie and, and everybody! Uh, and uh now as you may know, frogs aren&#8217;t 

    usually very comfortable being so close to busy roads, so it gives us a kind 

    of run down feeling. But uh, oh that&#8217;s a Fozzie Bear joke. But I want 

    to take this opportunity to thank the folks at Hollywood and Highland and 

    the Kodak Theater for giving such a great location&#8230; and I promise them 

    I will keep that star shiny and they should feel free to cover me with the 

    red carpet any time they want. Um, but the most important people I wanna thank 

    today are all of you who are over here who are the fans, you know because 

    uh, you represent all the people have given me such a great career, and, and, 

    and, because of you, thanks to you , a short green talking frog from the swamp 

    made a huge splash in Hollywood. And because of you I&#8217;m able to stand 

    here today uh, on a huge stack of phone books, uh&#8230;<br>

    (laughter)<br>

    Kermit: &#8230;but uh and accepting one of the greatest honors in show business. 

    Uh, and it really is a great honor. When I look around, I was looking yesterday 

    and I saw all the great performers who have stars nearby, uh and I&#8217;m 

    proud to be their new neighbor, especially like my friend Edgar Bergen, whose 

    magic with Charlie McCarthy kind of inspired my career. <br>

    (applause)<br>

    Kermit: &#8230;yeah, and my closest friend, Jim Henson. Now, Jim not only 

    inspired by career, he actually inhabited it.<br>

    (laughter)<br>

    Kermit: &#8230;and Jim was a great man whose work moved us all, especially 

    me. Ha! And I know truthfully he would be very, very happy about our receiving 

    this honor today. You know at the end of <em>The Muppet Movie</em> I had a 

    line that sort of sums up what I and Jim Henson and everybody else who&#8217;s 

    a part of this great Jim Henson Company uh, tries to accomplish through the 

    years, and that line was, &quot;I have a dream, it&#8217;s about singing and 

    dancing and making people happy and that&#8217;s the kind of dream that gets 

    better the more people you share it with, and I found a whole bunch of people 

    who share the same dream and that kind of makes us a family&quot;, and that 

    includes everybody who&#8217;s here today too. Thanks to Hollywood, I&#8217;ve 

    had a chance to share that dream with all of you and thanks to the lovers, 

    and the dreamers and you, Hollywood has made me a part of their family. Thank 

    you all!!<br>

    (cheering)<br>

    (Sweetums appeared at the podium and addressed the crowd for a while before 

    the star was unveiled. He was kind enough to make himself available for photos 

    after the ceremony, and in that heat too!)</font></p>

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