1979

Television & Movies

• The Muppets Go Hollywood on CBS, May 16
• The Muppet Movie released June 22
• The Muppet Show Season 4 begins in syndication, September
• Sesame Street Season 11 begins airing on PBS
• John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together on ABC, December 5

International Television & Movies

• The Muppet Movie (Mupparna) premiers in Sweden, September 29.
• Barrio Sésamo premieres in Spain
• Iftah Ya Simsim premieres in Kuwait

Appearances

• 60 Minutes features a report on The Muppet Show, March 17
• Kermit the Frog guest-hosts The Tonight Show, April 2
• Miss Piggy presents an Academy Award with Johnny Carson
• Big Bird is featured in Bob Hope's special The Road to China on NBC, September 15
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features Miss Piggy in a Rolls Royce, followed by the rest of the Muppets in the Electric Mayhem Bus
• The Muppets visit The Mike Douglas Show to promote The Muppet Show, December
• The failed pilot for The Orson Welles Show features the Muppets and an interview with Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Books

• The Amazing Mumford Forgets the Magic Words!
• Big Bird's Rhyming Book
• Cookie Monster's Book of Cookie Shapes
• Cookie Monster's Storybook
• Ernie's Work of Art
• The Four Seasons
• Learn at Home the Sesame Street Way
• The Many Faces of Ernie
• The Up and Down Book
• The Sesame Street Library (Volumes 13-15)

Albums

• The Muppet Movie (soundtrack)
• A Christmas Together
• Muppet Show Music Album in UK

Sesame Street:

• At Home With Ernie and Bert
• Every Body's Record
• Welcome!
• Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation
• The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street
• Sesame Disco
• Dinah! I've Got A Song

Merchandise

• Muppet Valentines from Hallmark
• Sigma Christmas ornaments
• Picco watches
• Keds sneakers
• Martex sheets and towels
• Stormin' Norman disco jackets
• 1979 Sesame Street Calendar

Muppet Character Debuts

• Sesame Street: Osvaldo the Grouch, Honkers, Telly Monster, Elmo (as a minor character)
• The Muppet Show: Foo Foo, background figures such as Wolfhound, Butch the Tiger, Lyle the Dog, and others
• Barrio Sesamo: Caponata, Perezgil
• Iftah Ya Simsim: No'Man, Melsoon, Yaqut

Attractions

• The Art of the Muppets exhibit debuts at Lincoln Center in New York City

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