2011

Television & Movie s

 *  Be in g  Elmo  : A Puppeteer ’ s Journey  premiere s a t  sun  dance, January 2 3
 *  SESAME STREET  Sea s on 4 2 , Sep tem ber 2 6
 *  SESAME   STREET  : Grow in g Hope Again s t Hunger , Oct o ber 9
 *  The Muppet s  is release d, No ve m b er 2 3

International Television & Movie s

 *  Sesamstraat  celebrate s it  s 3 5 t h sea s on
 *  Sesamstrasse  3 8 t h sea s on
 *  Eine Möhre für Zwei  2| 2 n d sea s on, premiere s Oct o ber 1 9 on K I . K A
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in Can a d a , No ve m b er 2 3
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in India  &  Mexico , No ve m b er 2 5
 *  Sim Sim Humara  premiere s, Pakistan , No ve m b er 2 6
 *  Baghch - e - Simsim  premiere s, Afghanistan , D e c e m b e r 1
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in Brazil , D e c e m b e r 2
 *  Ernie  &  Bert  Song s  premiere s D e c e m b e r 5 on K I . K A
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in Sin g a pore, Malaysia & Israel  , D e c e m b e r 8
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in Unite d Arab Emirate s & Bahrain, D e c e m b e r 9
 *  Märchen song s  premiere s D e c e m b e r 1 3 on K I . K A
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in Bahrain, Kuwait & Lebanon , D e c e m b e r 1 5
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in Chile , D e c e m b e r 2 9
 *  The Muppet s  is release d in Estonia, D e c e m b e r 3 0

Commercial s

 * Alamo Rent a Car
 * A M C Theatre s policy trailer, Oct o ber 9
 * C M A ad s, with  MISS PIGGY  , No ve m b er
 * U L Lab s, with  KERMIT THE FROG  ,  Beaker  ,  DR . BUNSEN HONEY DEW  , &  T he Swedish Chef 
 * Wonderful Pistachio s, with  KERMIT THE FROG  , debuted Sep tem ber 1 8

Appearance s

 *  Elmo ,  Cookie Monster  , &  Telly Monster  on  Top Chef  , Febr u a r y 1 6
 *  Elmo  on  The Dr . Oz Show , March 3 0
 *  Elmo  on  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , May 3
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  report s from the world premiere of  P ir ate s of the Caribbean : On Strange r Tide s  at Disney land , May 7
 *  Elmo  on  Good Morning Am e r i ca , May 2 0
 *  Grover  at the Salute to Israel Parade , June 5
 *  Elmo  at the N A S A  shuttle program of  Cape Canaveral Air Force Station , July 6
 *  STEVE WHITMIRE  &  KERMIT THE FROG  at the National Puppetry Festival in Atlanta, Georgia , July 1 5
 *  MISS PIGGY  on  Take Two with Phineas & Ferb , August 2 0
 *  MISS PIGGY  &  Animal  on  The Tonight Show , August 3 1
 *  Elmo ,  Grover  ,  Cookie Monster  , Rosita  ,  OSCAR T HE GROUCH  , &  SLIME Y  on  Good  Morning Am e r i ca  , Sep tem ber 2 0
 *  Elmo  on  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , Sep tem ber 2 6
 *  MISS PIGGY  on  So Random ! , Oct o ber 2
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  on  Entertain men t Tonight , Oct o ber 4
 *  Elmo  &  KEVIN CLASH  on  The View , Oct o ber 4
 *  Elmo  &  KEVIN CLASH  on  Night line , Oct o ber 4
 *  Elmo  &  KEVIN CLASH  on  Erin Burnett Out Front , Oct o ber 4
 *  KEVIN CLASH  o n  The Daily Show , Oct o ber 4
 * The Muppet s on  WW E   Raw ,  Oct o ber 3 1
 *  Elmo  &  KEVIN CLASH  on  The Gayle King Show , No ve m b er 1
 *  KEVIN CLASH  on  The Take a way , No ve m b er 3
 *  MISS PIGGY  on  The Tonight Show , No ve m b er 4
 *  The Muppet s :   Exclusive   Access   Sneak   Peek  during  A B C Family ’ s  " Double Date Night ", No ve m b er 5
 * Jason Segel on  The Tonight Show , No ve m b er 8
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  on  The Ellen DeGeneres Show , No ve m b er 9
 *  KEVIN CLASH  on  The Wendy Will i am s Show , No ve m b er 9
 *  MISS PIGGY  at the C M A A war d s , No ve m b er 9
 * Carlo Alban on  The Take a way , No ve m b er 9
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  at the Latin Grammy s ,  N O V E M B E R   1 0 
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  &  MISS PIGGY  on  Desperate House wives , No ve m b er 1 3
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  &  MISS PIGGY  on  Dancing with the Star s , No ve m b er 1 4
 *  AMY ADAM S  on  The Tonight Show , No ve m b er 1 4
 *  MISS PIGGY  on  Jimmy Kimmel Live , No ve m b er 1 4
 * Jason Segel on  Late Show with David Letter man , No ve m b er 1 4
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  &  Gonzo the Great ,  D R . BUNSEN HONEY DEW  &  Beak er  , &  Statler  &  Waldorf  o n E S P N ’ s   Mike & Mike  , No ve m b er 1 5
 *  AMY ADAM S  on  The Ellen DeGeneres Show , No ve m b er 1 5
 * The Muppet s on  Dancing with the Star s , No ve m b er 1 5
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  &  MISS PIGGY  on  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , No ve m b er 1 6
 * The Muppet s on  Good  Morning Am e r i ca , No ve m b er 1 7
 *  Animal  on  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , No ve m b er 1 8
 * Jason Segel on  Saturday Night Live , No ve m b er 1 9
 * Jason Segel on  Live ! with Regis & Kelly , No ve m b er 2 1
 * Jason Segel on  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , No ve m b er 2 1
 *  MISS PIGGY  on  Chelsea Lately , No ve m b er 2 1
 * Jason Segel on  The Late Late Show , No ve m b er 22
 *  MISS PIGGY  on  Live ! with Kelly , No ve m b er 2 3
 *  KERMIT THE FROG ,  MISS PIGGY  ,  T he Swedish Chef  , & an Any thin g Muppet  ( via the  Muppet What not Work s hop  ) on  The Chew  , No ve m b er 2 3
 * Jason Segel on  The Marilyn Denis Show , No ve m b er 2 4
 *  KEVIN CLASH  on N P R ' s  Tell Me More , No ve m b er 2 8
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  on The National Chris t m as Tr ee Light in g  ceremony, D e c e m b e r 1
 *  MISS PIGGY  on  C M A Country , D e c e m b e r 1
 *  OSCAR THE GROUCH  on  A Michael Bublé Chris t m as , D e c e m b e r 6
 *  Elmo  on  The  SUNNY  Side Up Show , D e c e m b e r 1 3
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  &  MISS PIGGY  on  WW E   Tribute   to   the   Troop s , D e c e m b e r 1 3
 *  Elmo  on  The Nate Berkus Show , D e c e m b e r 1 6
 *  Cookie Monster  on  The Dr . Oz Show , D e c e m b e r 1 9
 *  Elmo  host s  Elmo  ’ s   Movie   Merry - Thon , a programming b lock on Sprout  , D e c e m b e r 2 3 &  2 4
 *  Statler  &  Waldorf ,  KERMIT THE FROG  , &  Gonzo the Great  on the  Disney Park s Chris t m as Day Parade  ,  2 5
 *  Elmo  at the Kennedy Center Honor s , D e c e m b e r 2 7

 See   also :  '' The Muppet s promotion a l appear ance s.   Note   that   KERMIT THE FROG   w as   schedule d   to   appear   on   The Tonight Show   No ve mb er   11,   but   did   not   appear. ''

Live Appearance s

 *  Elmo  &  Cookie Monster  at Minneapolis - St . Paul International Air port , May 2
 *  Elmo  &  Cookie Monster , &  Grover  at LaGuardia Air port  , May 3
 *  Elmo  &  Grover  at H art s field - Jack s on Atlanta International Air port , May 5
 *  OSCAR T HE GROUCH  &  CAROLL SPINNEY , Nellis Air Force Base  , June
 * Various  SESAME STREET  character s ,  Annual  SESAME  Work s hop Benefit Gala  , June 1
 * Roscoe Orman, accept in g an award for  SESAME STREET  at the  Television Critic s Association A ward s  , August 6
 * Walk - a round  Sweet um s ,  KERMIT THE FROG  , &  Rowlf the Dog  at the  D 2 3 Expo  in Anaheim ,  California  , August 1 9
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  &  MISS PIGGY  at the D 2 3 Expo  in Anaheim,  California  , August 2 0
 *  MISS PIGGY  at  New York   Fashion Week , Sep tem ber 8
 *  OSCAR T HE GROUCH  &  CAROLL SPINNEY , Academy of Pediatric s  National Conference & Exhibition , Boston ,  OCT O BER 1 5 
 * The Muppet s on  WW E   Raw ,  Oct o ber 3 1
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  & Jason Segel  at  STAR S Benefit Gala , No ve mb er 1
 *  Abby Cadabby  & Gordon  at the launch of  Families N ear & Far  ( families n ear & far . org ), No ve mb er 5
 *  Sweet um s ,  Animal  ,  Fozzie B ear  ,  Walter  ,  Gonzo the Great  ,  Rowlf the Dog  ,  KERMIT THE FROG  & , &  Statler  &  Waldorf  at the world premiere of  The Muppet s  at the El Capitan Theatre  in  Holly wood  ,  California  , No ve mb er 1 2
 *  Murray Monster  with Nolan Gould  at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, No ve mb er 1 5
 *  MISS PIGGY  at The Trevor Project  ’ s Trevor Live fun d raise r, D e c e m b e r 4

International Appearance s

 *  Elmo  on  App Central , May 3 1
 *  Elmo  on  App Central , June 1
 *  Ernie ,  BERT  , Carsten Morar - Haffke  ,  Mart in Paas  &  Charlie Kaiser  on  Morgenmagazin  , Oct o ber 2 5
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  on C P 2 4 Break fast , Oct o ber 2 5
 * Jason Segel on  Break fast Television , Oct o ber 2 5
 *  KERMIT THE FROG  on  George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight , No ve mb er 3
 *  Ernie ,  BERT  , Carsten Morar - Haffke  &  Mart in Paas  o n  Mikado am Morgen  , Dec e m ber 4

Video Game s

 *  Little  BIG  Planet  add - on s, January 1 8 & Dec e m ber
 *  Read y, Set ,  Grover  !  , August 2
 *  Once Up on a  Monster , Oct o ber 11

Home Video

 *  Shalom  SESAME  : Shabbat Shalom,  Grover  !  , January 11
 *  Shalom  SESAME  :  Grover  Plant s a Tr ee , January 11
 *  Shalom  SESAME  : Mitzvah on the  STREET , January 11
 *  SESAME   STREET  : Sill y Story time , Febr u a r y 1
 *  Elmo  ’ s World : Penguin s & Animal Friend s , March 1
 *  Shalom  SESAME  : Be Happy, It ’ s Purim !  , March 8
 *  Shalom  SESAME  : It ’ s P ass over,  Grover  !  , March 8
 *  Wild Word s & Out door Adventure s ,  APRIL  5
 *  Elmo  ’ s Travel Song s & Game s , May 3
 *  Shalom  SESAME  :  Grover  L ear n s Hebrew , May 1 0
 *  Shalom  SESAME  :  Count  d own to Shavuot , May 1 0
 *  Elmo  ’ s World : P e o p l e in Your Neigh b or hood , June 7
 *  BEST  of  SESAME   STREET  Spoof s ! , July 5
 *  The  BEST  Pet in the World , July 2 6
 *  BIG   BIRD  ’ s Wish , July 2 6
 *  L ear n in g Letter s with  Elmo , August 2
 *  Shalom  SESAME  : The Stick y Shofar , August 2 3
 *  Shalom  SESAME  : M o n s t e r s in the Sukkah , August 2 3
 *  Elmo  ’ s Music Magic , Sep tem ber 6
 *  Elmo  ’ s Shape Ad venture , Oct o ber 11
 *  Shalom  SESAME  : Ad venture s in Israel , Oct o ber 11
 *  Bye - Bye Pacifier !  BIG  Kid Stories with  Elmo , No v e m b e r 1
 *  Sing in g with the Star s 

International Home Video

 *  Ernie  und  BERT  im Land der Träume D V D 2 , February 11
 *  Die Muppet Show : Sea s on 2 , March 2 4
 *  Die Muppet Show : Sea s on 3 , May 1 9
 *  Die Fraggle s : The Complete Series , May 2 0
 *  Ernie  und  BERT  im Land der Träume D V D 3 , Sep tem ber 9
 *  Ernie  und  BERT  im Land der Träume D V D 4 , D e c e m b e r 9

Album s

 *  The  GREEN  Album , August 2 3
 *  SESAME   STREET  Music : Amazon Sample r , August 3 0
 *  The Muppet s ( sound t rack ) , No v e m b e r 1

Book s

 *  JIM   HENSON  : The Guy Who Played with Puppet s , August 2 3
 *  T ale s of a Six t h - Grade Muppet , August 2 3
 *  B Is for Baking : 5 0 Yummy Dishes to Make Together , Sep tem ber 6
 *  Fraggle Rock Classic s Volume 1 , Sep tem ber 1 3
 *  Doodling with  JIM   HENSON , Oct o ber 1
 *  The Muppet s : The Movie Junior Novel , Oct o ber 11
 *  The Muppet s : The Reusable Sticker Book , Oct o ber 11
 *  FROG S  Are Funny , Oct o ber 11
 *  I  Am  KERMIT   THE   FROG , Oct o ber 11
 *  A Tale of Sand , graphic novel , D e c e m b e r
 *  Memoir s of a Muppet s Write r , D e c e m b e r 5
 *  JIM   HENSON  ’ s The Story teller  graphic novel, D e c e m b e r 6
 *  The Dark Crystal : Volume 1  graphic novel, D e c e m b e r 2 7

Story book s

 *  BIG   BIRD  at Home , Feb r u ary 8
 *  Elmo  & His Friend s , Feb r u ary 8
 *  GROUCHES  Are  GREEN , March 8
 *  Doodle Dandy , May 1 0
 *  Elmo  &  Abb y  ’ s Wacky Weather Day , July 2 6
 *  Sing - A long Hol i day Song s , August 1
 *  Elmo  ’ s Magical Mix - Up , August 9
 *  Oops ! , August 9
 *  Adventure s in Story Land , Sep tem ber 1
 *  Elmo  Love s You : Pop - Up Book , Sep tem ber 1 3
 *  A  SESAME   STREET  Chris t m as Story , Sep tem ber 1 8
 *  Elmo  ’ s Little Dreidel , Sep tem ber 2 7
 *  Elmo  ’ s Alphabet Soup , Sep tem ber 2 7
 *  Opposite Day , Oct o ber 1
 *  Elmo  ’ s Merry Chris t m as , Oct o ber 2 5
 *  Abby  ’ s Pink Party , Dec e m ber 2 7
 *  El mo  ’ s Walk in the Woo ds , Dec e m ber 2 7

Comic s

 *  Die Muppet Show Band 1 : Applaus, Applaus , Applaaauuus !  ,  APRIL   8 
 *  Die Muppet Show Gratis Comic Tag 2 0 11 , May 1 4
 *  Die Muppet Show Band 2 : Auf Schatzsuche , June 9
 *  Die Muppet Show Spezial 1 : Muppet Peter Pan , August 4

Merchandise

 *  Abby Cadabby  plush purse
 * An t s in the  CAN 
 *  BIG BIRD  Stack - a -  NEST 
 * Muppet costume s for  Little  BIG  Planet 2 , January
 * Muppet  Vinylmation , series 2| 2  ,  APRIL   1 5
 * Star War s Muppet s act i on figure s, winter
 * Muppet nail polish
 * Hasbro  SESAME   STREET  Play set , figure s , & vehicle s
 * Luck y Duck s :  SESAME   STREET  Edition

Attract i on s & Eve n t s

 *  JIM HENSON  ’ s  Fantastic World 
 * Museum of Science & Industry ( Chicago, I L ) , January 1 - January 2 3
 * Lake view Museum of Art & Science ( Peoria, I L ) , F e b r u a r y 1 2 - May 1
 * The Museum of the Moving Image  ( Astoria, Queen s ,  N Y  ) , July 1 6 - January 1 6 ,  2 0 1 2
 * Schuif Gezellig Aan in Alkmaar, January 1 - F e b r u a r y 2 8
 * Toon Seum exhibit " The Art of  CAROLL SPINNEY  ", N o v e m b e r 6 ,  2 0 1 0  to January 3 0 , 2 0 11
 *  Elmo  ’ s Red Tie Ball in Providence, Rhode Island, March 5
 *  JIM HENSON  name d a Disney Legend  at the D 2 3 Expo in Anaheim, California , August 1 9
 * Toon Seum present s " Animating  Haring  ! ", featuring art by  Bill Davis  , create d f or  Keith Haring  - inspire d animation on  SESAME STREET  , Oct o ber 22 , 2 0 11 to F e b r u a r y 2 6 ,  2 0 1 2
 * World premiere of  The Muppet s  a t the El Capitan Theatre in Holly wood ,  California  , No ve m b er 1 2
 * New Muppet  cloth in g, original art work , & skate deck s are debuted at D 2 3 ’ s  Muppet  - acular   Mayhem   at   D   Street  eve n t in Anaheim ,  California  , No ve m b er 1 7
 * The El Capitan Theatre host s  Disney ’ s   Most   Sensational   Muppet   Party !  at  Disney  ’ s Soda Fountain & Studio Store in  Holly wood ,  California  , No ve m b er 2 3 - January 5 ,  2 0 1 2
 *  The Muppet Chris t m as Carol  is 1| 1  of the film s screened at D 2 3 ’ s  Disney   &   Dickens  eve n t in Burbank,  California  , D e c e m b e r 5 & 6

Muppet Character  Debut s

 *  The Muppet s  :  Walter , ' 8 0 s Robot  ,  Miss Poogy
 *  SESAME STREET  :   Grow in g   Hope   Again s t   Hunger  : Lily
 *  Sim Sim Humara  : Rani ,  Munna  ,  Haseen O Jameel  ,  Baaji  ,  B ail y

Music Video s

 *  T he Muppet Show  " Theme Song  " w it h  O K Go
 * " Forget You  " from  The Muppet s 
 * " Man or Muppet  " from  The Muppet s 

International Music Video s

 *  T he Muppet Show  " Theme Song  " w it h  Elio

Parade s

 *  6 a b c Thank s giving Day Parade  feature s balloon version s of  KERMIT THE FROG  & Buddy from  Dinosaur Train  & t he walk - a round character cast o f  SESAME STREET  (  Elmo ,  Ernie  ,  BERT  ,  Cookie Monster  ).
 *  Miss Piggy  in Mickey ’ s Costume P art y Caval cade  at  Disney l an d , f all
 * Toronto San t a C la u s Parade  feature d a  The Muppet s  float .  Elmo ,  Abby  , &  Cookie Monster  appeared out side the Royal Ontario Museum before the  parade.
 *  Macy ’ s   Thank s giving Day   Parade , N o v e m b e r 2 4 ,  SESAME STREET  f l oat ,  KERMIT THE FROG   Balloon .