1983

Television & Movie s

 *  The World of the Dark Crystal  on P B S , January 9
 *  Fraggle Rock  Sea s on 1  begin s on  H B O , January 1 0
 *  Fraggle Rock  Sea s on 1  begin s on  C B C
 *  Rocky M o u n t a i n Holiday  on A B C , May 1 2
 *  DON ’ T  Eat the P i c t u r e s  on P B S , November 1 6
 *  SESAME STREET  Sea s on 1 5 , November 2 1
 *  SESAME STREET  episode 1 8 3 9  (  Mr . Hooper  ' s  death  ) on  P B S , November 2 4
 *  BIG   BIRD  i n China  on N B C

International Television

 * The French   co - product i on  of  Fraggle Rock  begin s air in g in  France  on F R 3, November
 *  Die Fraggle s  (  Fraggle Rock  ) begin s air in g in German y  on Z D F, November 1 6
 *  Barrio  SÉSAMO  begin s it s  second run in  Spain
 *  SESAME  begin s air in g in the Philippine s
 * German y ' s  Sesamstrasse  celebrate s  1 0  t h Anniversary

Story book s

 *  BIG   BIRD  &amp;  LITTLE   BIRD  ’ s  BIG  &amp; Little Book  ( reissue version with new illustration s by A . Delaney  )
 *  BERT  & t he Missing Mop Mix - Up 
 *  The Case of the Missing Mother 
 *  The City  WORM  & the Country  WORM 
 *  DON ’ T  Cry,  BIG   BIRD 
 *  Early  BIRD  on  SESAME   STREET 
 *  Ernie  ’ s Little L i e 
 *  Every one Make s Mistake s 
 *  Grover  Goes to School 
 *  I  Can Do It  Myself 
 *  T h e Muppet s on the Road 
 *  People in My Family 
 *  Pig s in Space 
 *  Puppy L o v e 
 *  T h e Radish Day Jubilee 
 *  Red & the Pumpkin s 
 *  T h e  SESAME   STREET  Question & Answer Book About Animal s 
 *  T h e  SESAME   STREET  Treasury  series begin s
 *  T h e  SESAME   STREET  Word Book 
 *  T h e Twiddlebug s ' Dream House 
 *  You Are the Star of a Muppet Adventure 

Non - fiction Book s

 *  The Making of T h e Dark Crystal 

Album s

 *  The  BEST  of  Bert 
 *  T h e  BEST  of  BIG   BIRD 
 *  The  BEST  of  Cookie   Monster 
 *  T h e  BEST  of  the   Count 
 *  The  BEST  of  Ernie 
 *  The  BEST  of  Grover 
 *  The  BEST  o f  OSCAR   THE   GROUCH 
 *  Born t o Add 
 *  Fraggle Rock 
 *  The Gang ' s  ALL  Here ! 
 *  Rocky M o u n t a i n Holiday 
 *  S u r p r i s e ! 

Video s

 *  The Dark Crystal  ( Thorn / E M I Video UK release )
 *  De Freggel s 1  ( from the Dutch  co - product i on of  Fraggle Rock  )
 *  De Freggel s 2 
 *  De Freggel s 3 
 *  De Freggel s 4 
 *  De Freggel s 5 
 *  De Freggel s 6 
 *  Emmet Otter ' s Jug Band Christ mas  ( Muppet  Home Video )
 *  Fraggle Song s 
 *  T he  FROG  Prince  ( Muppet  Home Video )
 *  The Great Muppet Caper  ( 2 0 t h Century Fox Video )
 *  H e y Cind er e ll a !  ( Muppet  Home Video )
 *  T he Muppet Musician s o f Bremen  ( Muppet  Home Video )

Merchandise

 *  BIG BIRD  ’ s sprinkle r
 *  BIG BIRD  Xylophone
 * Muppet Magazine begin s, January
 * A me r i can Telecommunication s  KERMIT  phone
 *  Alpha Beam wit h  Ernie 
 *  BIG   BIRD  ’ s Egg Catch 
 *  Cookie Monster  Munch 
 * Doozer wind - up toy s
 *  Fraggle   Rock  doll s ( Tomy )
 *  The Fraggle Trap Game 
 * Happy House Book s coloring book s
 *  OSCAR  ’ s  TRASH  Race 
 *  Pig s in Space  video game
 * Tomy Muppet wind - up toy s
 * Muppet stationery set ( Empire Pencil Corp )

Stage Show s

 *  SESAME STREET   Live  show  Around the World  debut s

Muppet Character  Debut s

 *  Fraggle Rock  - Gobo Fraggle ,  Mokey Fraggle  ,  Wembley Fraggle  ,  Wembley Fraggle  ,  Boober Fraggle  ,  Uncle Travel in g Matt  ,  Sprocket  ,  Marjory the  TRASH  Heap  ,  Philo & Gunge  ,  P a G org  ,  M a G org  ,  Junior G org
 *  Sesamstrasse  - Finch en

Peo ple

 * Olamide Faison is born