1970

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TVGuide: December 12, 1970

Television

• Hey Cinderella! on ABC, April 10
• Sesame Street Season 2 begins on PBS, November 9
• The Great Santa Claus Switch on CBS, December 20
• Canada's Sesame Street begins airing

Appearances

• The Muppets perform "Octopus' Garden" on The Ed Sullivan Show, March 1
• The Muppets perform "Come Together" on The Ed Sullivan Show, April 12
• Kermit performs "What Kind of Fool Am I?", with interruptions from Grover, on The Ed Sullivan Show, May 31
• Grover performs his Near and Far routine on The Tonight Show

Albums

• The Sesame Street Book & Record (LP)

Non-fiction Books

• Time Piece: Film Study

People

• Fran Brill joins Sesame Street
• Heather Henson is born
• Richard Hunt joins Muppets, Inc.
• Jerry Nelson joins Muppets, Inc. full-time

Press

• Big Bird appears on the cover of Time magazine, November 23
• Muppets and Ed Sullivan appear on the cover of TV Guide, December 12

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