caption birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
wim t. schippers in 2009 groningen , netherlands wim t. schippers 01 july 1942 wim t. schippers.jpg wim t. schippers
 willem theodoor schippers artist actor , comedian , television director , and voice
wim t. schippers

wim t. schippers -lrb- ; born 1 july 1942 -rrb- is a dutch artist , comedian , television director , and voice actor .
during the 1960s , he worked mostly as a visual artist , associated with the international fluxus-movement .
as a television writer , director , and actor he is responsible for some of the most notable and controversial shows on dutch televisions from the 1960s to the 1990s , creating a number of lasting characters and enriching the language with terms and expressions first coined in his shows .
in addition , he voiced the characters of ernie and kermit the frog on the dutch version of `` sesame street '' .
for his shows , he has written over three hundred songs , and his reputation has changed from being dutch television 's '' `` enfant terrible '' '' to an acknowledged master in a variety of genres .
