
Added by ScarecroeThe Empire State Building is a 102-story building in the heart of New York City.
- In The Muppets Take Manhattan, Kermit the Frog yells from the building's observation deck to prove his dedication to staying in New York and working on the Muppets' Broadway show.
- Quongo the gorilla sings "It's Lonely at the Top" for the UK Spot of episode 403 of The Muppet Show from the building.
- Baby Animal climbed the Empire State Building in a Muppet Babies King Kong spoof in "Piggy's Hyper-Activity Book".
- The books Special Delivery, and When Is Saturday? show the building in the skyline.
- The book What's a Fraggle? features Uncle Traveling Matt in a backdrop of New York City, and the Empire State Building.
- Big Bird sees a rock formation that is as tall as the building in the book Big Bird Visits Navajo Country.
- Bert and Ernie visit the building in the Sesame Street coloring book Let's Take a Trip!
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- The Empire State Building features a film entitled "New York Skyride," (narrated by Kevin Bacon) which has several movie posters in the waiting area, including King Kong and The Muppets Take Manhattan.
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Uncle Traveling Matt and the New York City Skyline
"It's Lonely at the Top"
from a Sesame Street t-shirt
Bert and Ernie admiring the Empire State Building.
A 1955 photograph of Jim Henson with a view of New York City; sourced from a Red Book entry.