Kermit rolls a joint in joke email

www.ananova.com ^ | 04/08/03 | Staff Writer

[bedolido]

An animated clip of Kermit the Frog rolling a cannabis joint is being circulated by email in Chile.

The clip shows Kermit teaching new cannabis users how to roll a joint, reports Las Ultimas Noticias online.

The email is believed to have been created as a joke but advertiser Paula Rojas says it could damage the image of the children's character.

She said: "I have seen many characters being used in a improper way but it is the first time I've seen a children's character being used to promote drugs.

"That is serious. And unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do to stop it."

A spokesman for Disney Chile, who hold the rights to the frog's image in Chile, said: "Kermit is one of the most famous characters we have, it is not a surprise to us that his image is being used in such way."

Story filed: 16:05 Tuesday 8th April 2003

[One_who_hopes_to_know]

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[ravinson]

Heh, give Kermy a break. Frogs can get glaucoma, cancer, MS, and many of the hundreds of ailments for which medical marijuana provides relief. If he just wanted to get high, he'd lick his skin.

[William Terrell]

Does Miss Piggy know about this?

Where do you think he gets it?

[Bella_Bru]

This is not new. There is an MP3 clip called kermit and Big Bird stoned. It's been around for several years. I think it started as a radio bit.