South Dakota is the 40th state of the United States of America.

• Mount Rushmore is located in South Dakota. A Muppet version of the mountain landmark was featured in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence and Muppets Tonight.

• Aerial shots of Mount Rushmore were used in The Muppet Movie when Fozzie Bear sang "America."

• In the 1963 film "Charlie Magnetico" for the Bell Data Communications Seminar, the main Magnetico Electronics Inc. office is located in a shack in Dickerson, South Dakota.

• In the film Follow that Bird, when asked if there are any questions, Oscar the Grouch asks, "What's the capital of South Dakota?"

• In the video, Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game, Mary and her little lamb are said to hail from Nursery Rhyme, South Dakota.