1976

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Contents 1 Television & Movies 2 International Television 3 Storybooks 4 Albums 5 Muppet Character Debuts 6 Merchandise 7 Parades

Television & Movies

• The Land of Gorch sketches finish airing on NBC's Saturday Night Live, January 10 - September 18
• The Muppet Show begins airing in syndication, September
• Sesame Street: "Season 8" begins on November 29

International Television

• Sesamstraat begins airing in the Netherlands
• Sesam begins airing in Sweden

Storybooks

• Grover's Little Red Riding Hood
• How to Be a Grouch
• I am a Monster
• The Sesame Street Book of Fairy Tales
• The Sesame Street Mother Goose
• Where Are You, Cookie Monster?
• Would You Like to Play Hide & Seek in This Book With Lovable, Furry Old Grover?

Albums

• The Frog Prince re-released
• The Muppet Alphabet Album re-released

Muppet Character Debuts

• The Muppet Show:

Recurring Characters: Fozzie Bear, Scooter, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, The Newsman, Muppy, Wayne and Wanda, Hilda, Marvin Suggs, The Muppaphone, Uncle Deadly, The Gogolala Jubilee Jugband

Recurring Background Characters: Lenny the Lizard, Behemoth, Timmy Monster, The Fazoobs, Shakey Sanchez

• Sesamstraat: Pino, Tommie

Merchandise

• The Sesame Street 1976 Calendar
• Gorham Sesame Street Figurines

Parades

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features a Sesame Street float

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