2007

Chris moves to Sesame Street

Television & Movies

• The Hoobs begin airing in the US on PBS Kids Sprout
• Sesame Street Season 38 premieres, August 13
• Tinseltown premieres, November 2
• Elmo's Christmas Countdown, December 23

International Television

• Jalan Sesama begins airing, expected late 2007
• Vila Sésamo programming block, launched October 2007 on Brazil's TV Cultura
• Miss Piggy makes a guest appearance on the pre-taped special An Audience with Celine Dion on British ITV1, December 22

Appearances

• Miss Piggy on The Today Show, January 5
• Kermit the Frog on The Climate Code, January 7
• Kevin Clash, Elmo and Gary Knell on CNBC's The Big Idea, January 16
• The Muppets Take Manhattan as part of TCM's 31 Days of Oscar, February 9
• Kevin Clash on Wisconsin Public Television podcast, February 20
• Kermit makes a brief appearance in a Ford commercial, April
• Elmo and Cookie Monster on The Today Show, May 10
• Elmo on Good Morning America, June 19
• Grover and Elmo on Celebrating the Music of Paul Simon, June 27
• Miss Piggy, Gonzo and Rizzo on KTLA Morning News, August 1
• Miss Piggy on The Late Late Show, August 2
• Miss Piggy on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, August 7
• Miss Piggy on The Today Show, August 7
• Elmo on The Today Show, August 10
• Kermit, Miss Piggy, Animal, Beaker, The Swedish Chef and Chickens on America's Got Talent, August 21
• The Muppets and Bear on The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, September 2-3
• Oscar the Grouch on The Late Late Show, September 18
• Count von Count on Dancing with the Stars - The Results , October 2
• Elmo on The View, October 10
• Kermit on Sunday NFL Countdown, October 14
• Kermit makes a special appearance on Deal or No Deal, November 9
• Kermit helps Paula in a Thanksgiving Episode of Paula's Party, November 9
• Kermit on 50 Greatest TV Icons, November 16
• Kermit in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, November 16
• Kermit hosts a block of classic films on TCM, November 21
• Elmo on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, November 25
• Elmo on a Target advent calendar-like commercial, November-December
• Kermit on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008, December 31

Events

• Muppets, Music & Magic (Wexner Center, Columbus, OH), March 17-24
• Muppets, Music & Magic (The Brattle Theatre, Boston, MA), March 30 - April 3
• Muppets, Music & Magic (The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA), June 21 - July 1
• Henson Company presentation at Comic-Con in San Diego, July 27
• Muppets, Music & Magic (The Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington Long Island, NY), August 10 - 12
• The Muppets Say Cheese on display (The Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington Long Island, NY), August 10 - 20

Home Video

• The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Cat's Family & Friends, January 23,
• Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?, February 6
• Sesame Street TV Episode Fun Packs: Volumes 1 & 2, March 6
• Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together, April 3
• The Best of the Jimmy Dean Show: Volume 1, April 24
• Dinosaurs: The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons, May 1
• Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Country Songs, June 5
• Sesame Street: Ready For School, July 24
• The Muppet Show: Season Two, August 7
• The Best of the Jimmy Dean Show: Volume 2, August 7
• The Dark Crystal: 25th Anniversary Edition, August 14
• Labyrinth: Anniversary Edition, August 14
• Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season, September 11
• Play With Me Sesame: Playtime with Grover, October 23
• Play With Me Sesame: Good Night Sesame, October 23
• Sesame Street: Old School: Volume 2, November 6

Books

• Guess Who, Elmo!, January 9
• Sesame Street: Lots of Opposites, January 9
• Sesame Street: Let's Match, January 9
• Sesame Subjects: My First Book About Reptiles, January 23
• Sesame Street: Good Night, Tucked in Tight, January 23
• Sesame Street: Me and My Friends, February 28
• Sesame Street: Big, Bigger, Biggest, March 27
• Sesame Street: Field Trip!, March 27
• C is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street, April 17
• Sesame Street: I'm a Helper, June 26
• Sesame Street: When I Grow Up, June 28
• Elmo's World: Teachers!, July 24
• Sesame Subjects: My First Book about Insects, July 24
• Sesame Street: Let's Eat, July
• Sesame Street: My First Library, July
• Sesame Street Number Party (Wipe Off Shape Book), August
• Sesame Street Elmo Superstar (Karaoke Book), August
• Sesame Street ABC's and 123's (Wipe Off Activity Kit), August
• Sesame Street Alphabet Party (Wipe Off Shape Book), August
• Sesame Street: Elmo's Favorite Places‎, September 11
• Sesame Street: Guess Who, Abby!‎, September 11
• Sesame Beginnings: It's Naptime, Little One, September 25
• Sesame Street Carry-along Stories, September
• Return to Labyrinth: Part 2, October 9
• Sesame Street: Music Player Storybook, October 30
• Legends of the Dark Crystal #1 - The Garthim Wars, November 13

Albums

• The Dark Crystal: 25th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack, July 14
• The Fraggle Rockin' Collection, October 30

Action Figures

• Jareth the Goblin King Action Figure, April
• City Critters, July
• Talking Jareth Action Figure, September

Misc. Merchandise

• Animal photo puppet replica, "fall"

On the Web

• The Jim Henson Company Podcast, episodes 4 - 20
• The Skrumps: 17 videos posted on Yahoo! Kids, January 10 - October 24
• The MuppetCast fan-made podcast launched, April 11
• The Sesame Street Podcast launches, September 18

International music videos

• "Bert, oh Bert"

Stage Shows

• Sesame Street Live presents When Elmo Grows Up

Attractions

• The Muppet Mobile Lab debuts at Disney California Adventure, March 1
• Elmo and the Bookaneers stage show debuts at SeaWorld Orlando, April 2
• Jim Henson's Fantastic World
  • Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock, AR), September 7 - November 25
  • Arizona Museum for Youth (Mesa, AZ), December 15 - 31

Muppet Character Debuts

• Sesamstrasse: Wolf vom Wörtersee
• Vila Sésamo: Bel
• Jalan Sesama: Tantan, Momon, Putri, Jabrik

Muppet Character Exits

• Sesamstrasse: Moni, Feli Filu

Parades

• UBS Parade Spectacular features balloons of Bear from Bear in the Big Blue House, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Kermit, Miss Piggy
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Abby Cadabby Balloon, Kermit Balloon, and a Sesame Street Float, November 22
• Bear in the Big Blue House's Pip and Pop and Tutter are among the Playhouse Disney float at the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade, December 25
• McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade features balloon versions of Bear with Tutter, Cookie Monster, Big Bird and Elmo
• 6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Miss Piggy balloon

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