Lena Horne meets Kermit ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)

"It's not easy bein' green..."

"Bein' Green" was a song written for Kermit the Frog by that great 'Sesame Street' songwritin' legend, the late Joe Raposo.

It's a slow but uplifting song about identity and self-worth. And who better to sing it than ol' Kerms? BECAUSE KERMIT THE FROG IS COOL, DAMMIT!!!!! (And he's green.)

Around 1974, the ol' Ses made a new "Bein' Green" segment in which Lena Horne appeared and sang this song as a duet with Kermit:



(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPvZR6DTbq8)

Lena Horne died Sunday at the age of 92.

Many folks who are now only 30 or younger actually became interested in Lena Horne's music because they saw that segment being rerun on 'Sesame Street'. Remember when she did commercials for the Gap? By that time, she was probably considered a hero to teenagers who saw her on 'Sesame Street' when they were preschoolers.