| It's not easy being green, whether you're an amphibian or a reptile — just ask Kermit, the lovable Muppet who originally debuted as a lizard-like creature. The first Kermit puppet had a slender body, rounded feet, and lacked the pointed collar the current Kermit has — features that gave off a nondescript, vaguely reptilian appearance. It was designed in 1955 by creator Jim Henson using materials taken from his mother's old coat, a pair of his blue jeans, and ping-pong balls for eyeballs. The resulting puppet was not assigned a specific species — Henson preferred somewhat abstract characters — but he looked more like a lizard than a frog. Kermit — in his original lizardy form — made his TV debut in 1955 on the comedy show Sam and Friends. Afterward, the puppet underwent alterations that gave it a more frog-like appearance, such as flippers for feet. People began informally referring to Kermit as a frog, including late-night host Johnny Carson in 1965. Henson himself began describing Kermit as a frog-type Muppet by the late '60s, though these were still unofficial designations. According to Henson, Kermit didn't officially transform into a frog until the 1971 TV special The Frog Prince, by which point he was formally credited as "Kermit the Frog." According to Disney (the current parent company of the Muppets), Henson once said that Kermit's evolution wasn't a carefully orchestrated decision: "He just slowly became a frog." | 
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