2013

Television & Movie s

 *  SESAME STREET  sea s on 44 , Sep tem ber 1 6
 *  Lady Gaga & the Muppet s ' Holiday Spectacular ,  N O V E M B E R   2 8 

Appearance s

 * The Swedish Chef in  Sport s Center  commercial s on  E S P N , January
 *  BIG BIRD  with Michelle Obama  in "  Let ’ s Move !  " P S A s, F e b r u a r y
 *  KERMIT THE FROG ,  Miss Piggy  ,  Fozzie Bear  &  Animal  o n  Good Luck Charlie  ,  APRIL  2 8
 *  Gobo  &  Red Fraggle  host the Fraggle Roc k - a thon  on  The Hub ,  APRIL   2 1
 *  Rosita ,  OSCAR THE GROUCH  ,  Telly  , & Ismael C r ú z Cordova  on  Good  Morning Am é r i ca !  , May 1 0
 *  Rosita  & Armando ,  Despierta Am é r i ca  , May 1 3
 *  ERIC JACOB S ON  & the Muppet   Work s hop  on  C NN , July 7
 *  Rosita ,  Elmo  ,  Cookie Monster  ,  Grover  , & Lola  , with  Armando  ,  Despierta Am é r i ca  , July 1 2 , first televise d performance by  Ryan Dillon
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  & Steve Martin  on  Funny or Die , August 2 1
 *  Elmo ,  Grover  ,  Abby Cadabby  ,  Rosita  ,  Cookie Monster  , Murray  ,  The Count  , &  BIG BIRD  on  Good  Morning Am é r i ca  , Sep tem ber 1 3
 *  Cookie Monster  on  The Wendy Will i am s Show , Sep tem ber 2 5
 *  Elmo ,  Grover  ,  Zoe  ,  Abby Cadabby  ,  Cookie Monster  , Murray  ,  The Count  ,  BIG BIRD  &  Snuffy  on  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon  , Sep tem ber 2 5
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  &  BIG BIRD  on  The Colbert Report , Sep tem ber 2 6
 *  Grover  &  BERT  on 5 F act s , Oct o ber 9
 *  FRANK OZ  & Brian Jay Jones  promoting  JIM   HE N SON  : The Biography  on  Today ,  OCT O BER 1 5 
 *  Count von Count  on  Katie ,  OCT O BER 3 1 
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  & Pepe  on  The View , N o v e m b e r 1 3

Live Appearance s

 *  BIG BIRD  at Qualcomm  ’ s  C E S  2 0 1 3, January 7
 * Alan,  Bob  ,  Gordon  ,  Maria  ,  Gina  ,  Rosita  ,  GRUNDGETTA  , &  Herry Monster  at  From B road way With Love : A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook  , January 2 8
 * Sonia Manzano,  JOEY MAZZARINO  , supervising produce r  Nadine Zylstra  & researcher Autumn Zitani , " Master Class with  SESAME  Work shop  : Inspiring the Global Child " ,  T I FF K i d s International Film Festival  ,  APRIL   1 9  ( full eve n t  APRIL   1 8  to  2 1  )
 *  Miss Piggy ,  Gobo Fraggle  ,  OSCAR T HE GROUCH  ,  CAROLL SPINNEY  ,  ERIC JACOB S ON  & John Tartaglia  at  M O M I  , May 2 1
 *  Rosita  &  Abby Cadabby , with a walk - a round   Cookie Monster  ,  Little  C h i l d r e n , Big Challenge s : Incarceration  eve n t
 * Maria (  Sonia Manzano  ) &  Cookie Monster  (  DAVID RUD MAN  ), & walk - a round character s o f  Elmo  ,  Cookie Monster  , &  Grover   1 0 t h Annual W TT W K i d s Fun & Run , August 2 5
 *  Red Fraggle ,  Mokey Fraggle  , Karen Prell  ,  Kathryn Mullen  , &  Michael Frith  at  Dragon Con  , Sep tem ber
 * The ca st of  SESAME STREET  on a float f or the   Macy ’ s   Thank s giving Day   Parade , N o v e m b e r 2 8.

International Appearance s

 *  Ernie  on  D A S ! , January 2
 * Pferd &  Wolle  on  D A S ! , January 3
 *  Ernie  &  BERT  on  D A S ! , January 4
 *  Elmo  on  D A S ! , January 5
 * Finchen &  Wolf  on  D A S ! , January 6
 *  Ernie  &  BERT  on Ge r m an   N D R   Info  radio ( video available ), January 7
 * H . Melvin Ming,  Cookie Monster  (  DAVID RUD MAN  ) ,  Pferd  ,  Wolle  ,  Finchen  ,  Elmo  ,  Ernie  &  BERT  at  Sesamstrasse  ’ s 4 0 t h anniversary press conference birth day party ,  S am s on  ,  Ernie  &  BERT  a t t h e 4 0 t h anniversary live concert (  Hamburg  ,  Ger m a n y  ) , January 7 ( live  appearance s )
 *  Ernie ,  BERT  &  Elmo  on  Hamburg   Journal  , January 7
 *  Ernie  &  BERT  on German   N - J O Y  radio ( video available ), January 8
 *  Ernie  &  BERT  on  T V Total , January 3 1
 *  Miss Piggy  on  Red Nose Day  ( Pepe  in promo s ), March 1 5
 *  Ernie  &  BERT  on  S W R 3 late night  ( Ge r m a n y  ),  APRIL   1 2
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  on  SUN  rise ,  APRIL  2 6
 *  Ernie  on  Hamburg   Journal , May 1 4
 *  Ernie  at  4 0 Jahre Sesamstrasse  exhibition open i n g night launch p art y in Hamburg ,  German y  , May 1 4 ( live  appearance )
 * S am s on,  Ernie  &  BERT  on  Wer hat ’ s gesehen ?  , June 1 6
 *  Ernie  at the 1 0  t h annual  Hamburg Animation Award s , August 6 ( live  appearance )
 *  Ernie ,  BERT  ,  Elmo  , Wolf  &  Preston Rabbit  on  Das Herbstfest der Träume  , Oct o ber 1 2 ( live  T V  appearance )
 *  Elmo  on  SUN  rise ,  OCT O BER 1 5 
 *  Ernie ,  BERT  ,  Elmo  , Wolf  &  Preston Rabbit  on  Das Magazin zum Herbstfest  , Oct o ber 1 8
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  &  Miss Piggy  at  Robbie William s : One Night at the Palladium  in L o n d o n , N o v e m b e r 8 ( live  appearance )

International Television & Movie s

 * Tr ee house T V will give up the right s to  SESAME STREET  &  it  s s pin - off s

Book s

 *  T ale s of a Six t h - Grade Muppet : Where No Muppet H as Gone Before , May 1 4
 *  JIM   HE N SON  : The Biography ,  Sep tem ber   2 4 

Story book s

 *  The Muppet s : For the Love of  Miss   Piggy , January 2
 *  Elmo  ’ s Daddy , January 8
 *  SESAME  Beginning s : I t ’ s Time ! , January 8
 *  Tuck Me In,  Elmo  !  , January 8
 *  The Muppet s : Easter Eggstravaganza ! , F e b r u a r y 5
 *  Elmo  at the Zoo , F e b r u a r y 5
 *  The Muppet s :  Fozzie  ’ s Funny Business ,  APRIL  2
 *  The Muppet s :  Bunsen  &  Beaker  Save the Show , Sep tem ber 3

Video

 *  Elmo  ’ s W or l d : All Day With  Elmo , F e b r u a r y 5
 *  Fraggle Roc k : The Complete First Sea s on   ( re - release ) , March 1 2
 *  Fraggle Roc k : The Complete Second Sea s on   ( re - release ) ,  APRIL  1 6
 *  Elmo  the Musical , May 7
 *  Fraggle Rock : Meet The Fraggle s , May 1 4
 *  Fraggle Roc k : The Complete Third Sea s on   ( re - release ) , May 1 4
 *  Fraggle Rock : 3 0 t h Anniversary Complete Series Collect i on , May 1 4
 *  Fraggle Roc k : The Complete Fourth Sea s on   ( re - release ) , June 11
 *  The  JIM   HENSON  Collect i on , June 11
 *  Art s & Craft s Play date , July 9
 *  The Muppet Movie :   The   Nearly   3 5 t h   Anniversary   Edition , Blu - ray , August 1 3
 *  C is f or Cook in g , Sep tem ber 1 0
 *  Be in g Brave , Oct o ber 1
 *  Emmet Otter ’ s Jug Band Chris t m as  &  The Chris t m as T o y , Oct o ber 8
 *  F air y t ale Fun , N o v e m b e r 5
 *  Muppet Treasure Is la n d  &  The Great Muppet Caper :   Of   Pirate s   &   Pig s   Collect i o n , Blu - ray , D e c e m b e r 1 0

International Home Video

 *  Eine Möhre für Zwei D V D 7 : Die neue Brille , F e b r u a r y 8
 *  Eine Möhre für Zwei D V D 8 : Alles Schrott ? , F e b r u a r y 8
 *  Sesamstrasse - Class i c s : Die 7 0 e r Jahre , N o v e m b e r 2 9

Video Game s

 *  Kinect  SESAME   STREET  T V , sea s on 2 , January 7
 *  My Muppet s Show  app, June 1 7 ( in Australia  ) , August 1 ( world wide release )

Comic s

 *  SESAME   STREET  Issue 1 - I is for Imagination , May 1

Merchandise

 * Muppet  Wacky Wobble r s
 * Muppet  Vinylmation , series 3 , July 2 6
 * Plushy Pencil Pal s

Album s

 *  The Muppet Movie  ( C D reissue ), August 1 3
 *  Dream a Dream & See , Sep tem ber

Theme park

 *  Spaghetti  Space Chase , in door  SESAME STREET  ride at Universal Studio s Sing a pore  , March 1

Web content

 * " Can You Tell - y Me How to Get to a Billion ?  ", F e b r u a r y 1 4
 * " Rick y Gervais &  Pepe   the   King   Prawn  on the Set of  Muppet s   Most   Wanted , F e b r u a r y 2 5
 * "  Count  ing t he " You " s in You Tube ", March 6
 * "  SESAME   STREET  Explore s National Park s ", June 4
 * " Royal Baby Congratulations from  Miss   Piggy  &  KERMIT   THE   FROG  ! ", July 22
 * "  ME  Want I t ( B ut  ME  Wait ) ", August 5
 * "  SESAME   STREET  : Little Discoverer s : Big Fun Wit h Science, Math & M or e " , Sep tem ber
 *  Mupp i s ode , D e c e m b e r 5

Behind the scene s

 *  MATT VOGEL  begin s to regularly perform  Count von Count 

P e o p l e

 *  JANE HENSON  die s,  APRIL   2
 * Faz Fazakas die s, September  3 0
 * Leo n a r d Jack s on die s, December  22

Event s
D e c e m b e r 1 3, 2 0 1 2  -  APRIL    7  May 5 , 2 0 1 3 ( extended ) ( as  Herzlichen   Glückwunsch   zum   4 0 . !   Ein   Ausflug   i n   die   Welt   der   Sesamstraße  )
 *  4 0 Jahre Sesamstrasse  anniversary  exhibit i on
 * Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen ( Ber l in ,  German y  ) ,
 * Altonaer Museum ( Hamburg ,  Ge r m a n y  ) , May 1 5 , 2 0 1 3 - March 1 6 ,  2 0 1 4
 *  Sesamstrasse  4 0 t h anniversary birth day party & concert ( Hamburg ,  German y  ) , January 7
 * Original National C h i l d r e n ’ s Museum  open in g ; the museum &  it  s  SESAME STREET  display were bumped up to D e c e m b e r  2 0 1 2.
 *  Fraggle Rock  3 0 t h Anniversary boutique at F A O Schwarz   in  New York City ,  APRIL