2001

Television & Movies

• Sesame Street Season 32 airs on PBS, January 1
• Farscape Season 3 premieres on Sci Fi, March 16
• A&E Biography: Sesame Street special premieres on A&E, March 18
• Evening at Pops: 2001 airs, August 9
• Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola premieres on Hallmark Channel, September 3
• Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story premieres on CBS, December 2

International Television & Movies

• The Hoobs premieres in the UK on January 15
• Muppets Juleeventyr (The Muppet Christmas Carol) airs on TV3 Denmark, December 23
• Weihnachten bei Familie Otter (Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas) premiers in Germany on KiKa, December 26
• Der Froschprinz (The Frog Prince) premiers in Germany on ZDF, December 27

Appearances

• Elmo is a featured celebrity voice in the Talking Taxi promotion throughout the year
• Kermit the Frog appears on The Daily Show, February
• Kermit the Frog Hollywood Squares, April 30 - May 4
• Big Bird, Bert and Ernie appear on Between the Lions, episode 222, May 1
• Kermit the Frog America's Funniest Home Videos, May
• Muppets make guest appearance as competitors on Family Feud, November 9-13
• Kermit the Frog on Live with Regis and Kelly, December 24
• Bert and Elmo appear as celebrity guests on Between the Lions
• Kermit the Frog on The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon

Live Appearances

• Kermit the Frog, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, and Sweetums at the opening ceremony of Muppet*Vision 3D at Disney California Adventure, February 7
• Kermit the Frog at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, June 14
• Elmo at the 4th Annual White Rose Awards Gala, November 13

Events

• Muppet*Vision 3D opens at Disney California Adventure, February 7
• MuppetFest fan convention in Santa Monica, December 8 - 9

Videos

• The Muppet Movie, June
• The Muppets Take Manhattan, June
• The Great Muppet Caper, July
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
• A Muppet Family Christmas
• The Best of the Muppet Show
• Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (video)
• Potty Time with Bear
• Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf
• Elmo's World: Wild Wild West
• Kids' Favorite Songs 2

Books

• Animal Friends
• Bear's Super Shape Search
• Bear's Hide-and-Seek
• G is for Growing
• Head, Shoulders, Nose and Toes
• If You're Happy and You Know It... Clap Your Paws!
• Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles
• No Cookies?
• Poehéé! Het Verhaal Van Sesamstraat
• Santa Visits the Big Blue House

Behind the scenes

• Eric Jacobson secretly debuts as the new performer of Miss Piggy in a video greeting during MuppetFest
• David Rudman begins to regularly perform Cookie Monster on Sesame Street

Stage Shows

• Sesame Street Live presents Everyone Makes Music
• Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage closes on August 4
• Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage (Disney-MGM Studios) opens on October 1

Parades

• Disney's Stars and Motor Cars Parade debuts at Walt Disney World, October 1
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features a Sesame Street Float, and the debut of the new Big Bird Balloon

Websites

• Tough Pigs, fan site, August

See also

• 2001: A Space Odyssey

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