1987

Television & Movie s

 *  Fraggle Rock  Sea s on 5  begin s airing on  H B O  January 5 ( final season)
 *  The Story Teller  begin s airing on N B C , January 3 1
 *  Inside the Labyrinth  documentary release d February 1 8
 *  Puppet man  pilot air s C B S , July 3
 *  Down at Fraggle Rock  documentary on H B O , July 1 3
 *  Fraggle Rock ( animate d )  begin s airing on N B C , September 1 2
 *  Muppet Babies  Sea s on 4  begin s  C B S , September 1 9
 *  SESAME STREET  Sea s on 1 9 , November 1 6
 *  A Muppet Family Chris t mas  on C B S , December

International Television

 *  Muppet Babies  begin s airing in German y  on Z D F, September 2 0
 *  SESAME   STREET  Canada  increase s Canadian  content, w it h new character s  Basil  ,  Dodi  , &  Louis.

Appearance s & E vent s

 *  JIM HEN SON  inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame , aired November 3 0
 *  KERMIT THE FROG ,  Fozzie Bear  , &  Miss Piggy  help host  Night line  , November 6

Story book s

 *  Baby   KERMIT  & the Magic Trunk 
 *  Baby   Piggy  at the Bat 
 *  The Best Babysitter in the World 
 *  BIG   BIRD  ’ s Bed time Story 
 *  BIG   BIRD  ’ s  BIG  Book 
 *  BIG   BIRD  ’ s Busy Day 
 *  Don ' t Be Shy 
 *  Ernie  ’ s Neighborhood 
 *  Goo d Morning, Little  BERT  ! 
 *  Good Night, Little  Grover  ! 
 *  Grover  and the New Kid 
 *  Grover  Takes Care of Baby 
 *  Little   Ernie  ’ s Animal Friend s 
 *  M o n s t e r s, M o n s t e r s ! 
 *  Play time with  BIG   BIRD 
 *  A  SESAME   STREET  Chris t mas 
 *  A Sitter for Baby Monster 
 *  The Tale of the Bunny Picnic 
 *  A Visit to the  SESAME   STREET  Museum 
 *  Wait f o r  Me  ! 
 *  What ' s Up in the Attic ? 

Album s

 *  The  BEST  o f  SESAME   STREET 

Video s

 *  BIG   BIRD  ’ s Story Time 
 *  Getting Read y for School 
 *  Learn in g to Add & Subtract 
 *  Muppet Babies   Video Story book s 
 *  Sing Along 

Merchandise

 *  BIG BIRD  Story Magic
 * M c D ona l d ' s  Muppet Babies   1 9 8 7 Happy Meal Toy s
 *  Muppet   Magazine  issue s 1 6  -  2 0

Behind the scene s

 *  Inner Tube , a pilot for  T h e  JIM   HENSON  Hour  , is t ape d

Stage Show s

 *  SESAME STREET   Live  present s  BI G   BIRD  &amp; the A B C s 
 *  Muppet Babies Live  present s  Muppet Babies : Magic Box 

Muppet Character  Debut s

 *  SESAME STREET  - Baby Natasha
 *  SESAME   STREET  Canada  - Basil ,  Dodi  , &  Louis.

Attract i on s & E vent s

 *  JIM   HENSON  ’ s Muppet s, Monster & Magi e , Deutsche s Film museum , Frankfurt am Main ,  German y  : November 2 9 , 1 9 8 7 to January 2 4 ,  1 9 88

Parade s

 *  Macy ' s   Thanks giving Day   Parade  feature s the  KERMIT THE FROG  Balloon