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"Bein' Green" (also known as "It's Not Easy Bein' Green") is a song written by Joe Raposo, originally performed by Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog on both Sesame Street and The Muppet Show (in the episodes "Peter Ustinov" and "Peter Sellers"). It later was covered by Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Van Morrison, and other performers.
The Negro Motorist Green Book (also, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, or Green-Book) was a guidebook for African American roadtrippers. It was founded by Victor Hugo Green , an African American, New York City postal worker who published it annually from 1936 to 1966.
The book is written as a follow-up to a 2005 book titled It's Not Easy Being Green and contains references to Kermit's song "Bein' Green". [3] The memoir begins with Kermit's beginnings as one of over 2,000 tadpole children; the first chapter retcons the film Kermit's Swamp Years in many ways by reimagining the character's childhood.
According to Kermit, It's not easy being green, but the frog is going to have to change his tune. Being green is getting easier every day. What was once labeled 'hippie' has become hip and whether ...
A portion of the guitarist's song lyrics were later quoted in the book It's Not Easy Being Green. Endersby's other acting credits included roles in a few 70s Canadian features, including Homer, Rip-Off, and Sunday in the Country. In recent years, Endersby has switched to writing and directing, and also produced the TV movie The Challengers.
A book entitled It's Not Easy Being Green: One Family's Journey Towards Eco-Friendly Living by Dick Strawbridge was released to accompany the series. [ citation needed ] Series two mostly focused on the Strawbridges helping others to achieve their eco-friendly goals, rather than on their own residence.
Strawbridge, along with his family, filmed three series of It's Not Easy Being Green for BBC Two. In series 1, which was shown on 28 March 2006, the family moved to a new home in Tywardreath near St Austell, Cornwall and attempted to live as green a life as possible, using renewable energy and environmentally friendly resources. The second ...
Can we imagine ourselves back on that awful day in the summer of 2010, in the hot firefight that went on for nine hours? Men frenzied with exhaustion and reckless exuberance, eyes and throats burning from dust and smoke, in a battle that erupted after Taliban insurgents castrated a young boy in the village, knowing his family would summon nearby Marines for help and the Marines would come ...