In addition, one of the cast insisted on a black muppet but Jim Henson told him that the muppets weren't supposed to have a race which was why they came in multiple colors.

“He said we need to represent black kids, not just by having black cast members, but also in the Muppet-sphere,” Kamp told The Post. “Jim Henson said the Muppets have no color, but Matt felt the default setting for the Muppets was a white guy because the guys who operated them were white.”

Robinson prevailed.