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Kermit always struck me as one of the more emo characters on a fairly emo children’s TV show, a quality I attributed to lingering Seventies damage and PBS funding. However, I might have been wrong about that. On his MySpace page, Kermit explains:

Soon after the death of Jim Henson, Sad Kermit spiraled downward into a life full of addiction, romance and pain. The songs and videos on this webpage shed light on Sad Kermit’s descent into his dark, hurting world.

Kermit’s page includes videos for several of his songs, and man, are they depressing. I’d seen his performance of Trent Reznor’s “Hurt” and thought it was surprisingly good, but wait ‘til you see Kermit sing Elliot Smith’s “Needle in the Hay,” complete with a re-enactment of the suicide scene from The Royal Tenenbaums. It’s beginning to look as if Kermit’s big problem with Sesame Street might be that the show isn’t nearly emo enough.

(Via Buzzfeed.)