Contents 1 Television & Movies 2 International Television & Movies 3 Awards 4 Appearances 5 International Appearances 6 Live Appearances 7 Events 8 DVD Releases 9 International DVD Releases 10 Books 11 Albums 12 Action Figures 13 Christmas Ornaments 14 Other Merchandise 15 Behind the scenes 16 Stage Shows 17 On the Web 18 Business 19 Muppet Character Debuts 20 Muppet Character Exits 21 People 22 Parades

Television & Movies

• Sesame Street Season 36 premieres on PBS, April 4
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz airs on ABC, May 20
• Breakfast with Bear premiers on Disney Channel, June 20
• MirrorMask limited theatrical release, September 30

International Television & Movies

• Sisimpur begins airing in Bangladesh, April
• Le Muppet Show, the pilot for Muppet TV airs on French network TF1, November
• Sandtrolden released in Denmark, December 25
• Muppet Babies repeats start syndicating on the UK Disney Channels

Awards

• Quill Book Award for "Health/Self Improvement" awarded to It's Not Easy Being Green, October 11

Appearances

• Muppets' Pizza Hut commercial debut, February 6
• The Muppets appear on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, March 6
• The Muppets appear on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - How'd They Do That?, March 7
• Grover appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live, April 4
• Elmo appears on The Tony Danza Show, April 11
• The Muppets appear on America's Funniest Home Videos May 8
• Fozzie Bear appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live, May 13
• Statler and Waldorf appear on The Tony Danza Show, May 16
• Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear appear on Good Morning America, May 19
• Miss Piggy and Kermit appear on Live with Regis and Kelly, May 19
• Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on The Tony Danza Show, May 23
• Kermit the Frog in German BMW commercial, print, and online ads
• Muppets' recording of "Mahna Mahna" used in a Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper commercial
• Kermit, Miss Piggy and Pepe the King Prawn appear on Mike's Super Short Show, August
• Muppets' Disney Channel Bumpers debut, September 12
• Cheryl Henson and Kevin Clash appear on The Today Show to promote It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider, September 21
• Kermit in Target after-Thanksgiving Wake-up Call Commercials
• "Mahna Mahna" remade for New Zealand CanTeen commercial
• Kermit and Miss Piggy appears on The Tony Danza Show, November 3
• Elmo, Grover, Telly, and Rosita appear on Emeril Live, November 4
• Elmo appears on The Tony Danza Show, November 3
• Pepe the King Prawn appears on The Late Late Show November 17
• Statler and Waldorf on ESPN's Reel Classics Extra
• Pepe sing Christmas Carols on The Late Late Show, December 19
• Kermit and Miss Piggy sing Christmas Carols on The Tony Danza Show, December 20
• Big Bird (Vogel) and Rosemarie Truglio appear on The Today Show to promote the "Adventures of Little Big Bird" (4107 & 4108), December 28
• Gonzo appears on the Paul Williams dualdisc/video release I'm Going Back There Someday

International Appearances

• Ernie, Bert, Elmo and Cookie Monster appeared on Open Huis in Sesamstraat, September 3

Live Appearances

• Miss Piggy appears at the New York Fashion Week, February 4
• Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie and Pepe at the 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, April 27
• Miss Piggy at London Fashion Week, September 18
• Kermit and Miss Piggy, at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Plaza, September 28
• Kevin Clash and Elmo at Quill Book Awards, October 11

Events

• Lisa Henson & Neil Gaiman present premiere screenings of MirrorMask at the Sundance Film Festival, January 25
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz window display at Macy's in New York City, March 20
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz premiere at the 4th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, April 27
• Sesame Place celebrates its 25th anniversary, May 7
• Muppet Presentations at National Fantasy Fan Club, July 9
• The Jim Henson Company celebrates its 50th anniversary with several events
  • "50 years of the Jim Henson Company" events at both The Museum of Television and Radio facilities in NY and LA, September 24
  • Brian and Heather Henson celebrate "50 years of the Jim Henson Company" at the Salt Lake City Library in UT, September 28-30
• Kermit the Frog celebrates his 50th anniversary
  • Kermit visits Kermit, TX, October 14
  • Kermit visits NASA's Johnson Space Center (Huston, TX), October 15
  • Kermit visits the Rockettes (New York, NY), November 4

DVD Releases

• Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away, January 4
• Mother Goose Stories: Humpty Dumpty, January 25
• Mother Goose Stories: Jack and Jill, January 25
• Fraggle Rock: Live By The Rule of the Rock, April 26
• Elmo's World: Food, Water & Exercise, May 10
• Sesame Street: Dance and Move (Box Set), May 10
• Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies, May 10
• Sesame Street: Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street, May 10
• Animal Jam: Springin', May 24
• Animal Jam: Hug-A-Day, May 24
• Bear in the Big Blue House: Early to Bed, Early to Rise, June 7
• Bear in the Big Blue House: Sense-sational, June 7
• Bear in the Big Blue House: Storytelling with Bear, June 7
• Bear in the Big Blue House: Visiting the Doctor with Bear, June 7
• Sesame Street: Sing Along With Sesame (Box Set), June 14
• Sesame Street: Stories Games & Songs (Box Set), June 14
• Sesame Street: Big Bird's Story Time, June 14
• Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories, June 14
• Sesame Street: All Star Alphabet, August 2
• Sesame Street: Friends to the Rescue, August 2
• The Muppet Show: Season One, August 9
• The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, August 9
• Fraggle Rock: Doing Things That Doozers Do, September 6
• Fraggle Rock: Complete First Season, September 6
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas: Collector's Edition, October 4
• Sesame Street: Check-Up Time Elmo, October 4
• Sesame Street: Learning to Add and Subtract, October 4
• The Muppet Movie: Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition, November 29
• The Great Muppet Caper: Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition, November 29
• The Muppet Christmas Carol: Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition, November 29
• Muppet Treasure Island: Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition, November 29
• Animal Jam: Let's Jam Together, December 13
• Animal Jam: Shake a Leg, December 13

International DVD Releases

• Four DVDs of Fragglerne, July 14
• Dance Your Cares Away, July 25

Books

• Big Steps for Little Monsters
• Elmo's Night Before Christmas
• What Belongs?, January
• What Is Missing?, January
• Get Moving With Grover, July 26
• It's Not Easy Being Green - And Other Things to Consider, September 14

Albums

• Best of the Muppets, May 17
• Bear in the Big Blue House: Greatest Hits, June 28
• The Muppet Christmas Carol: Special Edition Soundtrack, November 22

Action Figures

• Frog Scout Leader Kermit Action Figure
• Penguins Action Figures
• The Rainbow Connection Kermit Action Figure
• Uncle Deadly Action Figure
• Cabin Boy Gonzo and Rizzo Action Figures
• Super Grover Action Figure

Christmas Ornaments

• Hallmark Keepsake Christmas Ornament, "A Season To Sing"

Other Merchandise

• Bow Biters
• Fraggle Rock UNO released, July
• Jim Henson and Muppets Commemorative postage stamps released, Hollywood, California, September 28

Behind the scenes

• Eric Jacobson begins to regularly perform Sam the Eagle starting with The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
• Bill Barretta begins to regularly perform Dr. Teeth starting with The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
• The Jim Henson Company begins to develop a Fraggle Rock movie

Stage Shows

• Sesame Street Live presents Super Grover! Ready For Action!
• Sesame Place debuts Countdown to Halloween for its Count's Halloween Spooktacular

On the Web

• From the Balcony test pilot posted, February 25
• From the Balcony episodes 1-14, starts June 24
• Muppets Mobile launches in the UK, September 23
• Sesame Street Mobile Store launches, November 17
• Muppet Wiki launches, December 5

Business

• The Jim Henson Company celebrates its 50th anniversary
• The London branch of the Jim Henson Creature Shop closed, June
• The Jim Henson Honors started by the Jim Henson Company, December 21

Muppet Character Debuts

• Sesame Street: Murray Monster
• Sesamstrasse: Moni, Lena
• Sisimpur: Halum, Ikri Mikri, Shiku, Tuktuki

Muppet Character Exits

• Sesamstrasse: Tiffy

People

• Jerry Juhl dies, September 26
• Jim Henson honored at The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame with special wall statue, September 28

Parades

• The Tournament of Roses Parade features a Sesame Street float, January 1
• Indy 500 Parade features Kermit the Frog and Elmo balloons
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Super Grover Balloon, Kermit Balloon, and a Sesame Street Float
• McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade features balloon versions of Bear with Tutter, Animal, Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, Miss Piggy and Kermit
• 6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade features balloon versions of Kermit and Oscar
• San Diego Holiday Parade features an Elmo balloon

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