1977

Television & Movie s

 *  The Muppet Show  Sea s on 2 begin s in syndication in the Unit ed St ates  & on the I T V collective of net work s in the United Kingdom, September
 *  SESAME STREET  Sea s on 9 , November 7
 *  Emmet Otter ' s Jug Band Christ mas  on H B O

International Television

 *  Vil a  SÉSAMO  end s it s  run on Globo, March 4
 *  Die Muppet Show  begin s air in g in Germany  o n Z D F, December 3
 *  1, Rue  SÉSAME  begin s air in g in France

Appearance s

 *  JIM HENSON  appear s with a Green Frackle ,  Nigel  ,  Floyd Pepper  ,  Scooter  , & a  Muppet   pig  in an  Ame ri can Express  commercial , filmed February 11
 *  BIG BIRD  appear s on the cover of  Sport s Illustrate d , June
 *  The Muppet Show  character s  appear o n German T V special  Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten# 11  o n Z D F, December 1
 *  Russell Harty ,  U K   22   September 
 *  The Bob Hope All Star Christ mas Comedy Special , December 1 9

Story book s

 *  The Alphabet Book 
 *  BIG   BIRD  &amp;  LITTLE   BIRD  ’ s  BIG  &amp; Little Book 
 *  BIG   BIRD  ’ s Red Book 
 *  Cookie   Monster  & the Cookie Tr ee 
 *  The   Count  ’ s Number Parade 
 *  The  Ernie  &  BERT  Book 
 *  The Great Cookie Thief 
 *  OSCAR  -  THE  -  GROUCH  ’ s Alphabet of  TRASH 
 *  The  SESAME   STREET  Little Library 
 *  The  SESAME   STREET  Mix or Match Story book 
 *  The  SESAME   STREET  Riddle Book 
 *  What  Ernie  &  BERT  Did on The ir Summer Vacation 

Album s

 *  Are n ' t You G l a d You ' r e You ? 
 *  Bob Sing s ! 
 *  Happy Birth day from  SESAME   STREET 
 *  T he Muppet Show 
 *  T he Muppet Show Music Hall 
 *  Number s ! 
 *  The  SESAME   STREET  Fairy Tale Album 
 *  SESAME   STREET  Gold 
 *  Sign s ! 
 *  Sleep y time  BIRD 
 *  What Time Is It on  SESAME   STREET  ? 

Peo ple

 * Louise Gold join s  T he Muppet Show  as  their  first  British   Muppet   performer  ( start in g in July 1 9 77 ).

Award s

 * " T he Muppet Show album  " win s a  Grammy Award  for Best Musical  Album  for Chil dren.

Mile stone s

 * " T he Muppet Show album  " reaches # 1 5 3 o n  Bill b oar d  ' s Top L P ' s & Tape s chart.

Muppet Character  Debut s

 *  T he Muppet Show  -
 * Recurring Character s  :  Beak er ,  D r . Julius Strange pork  ,  Link Hog throb  ,  Mean Mama  ,  Dog lion  ,  Luncheon Counter Monster  ,  Lubbock Lou  ,  Bubba  ,  Slim Wilson  ,  Zeke  ,  Gramps  ,  Lou  ,  The Flying Zucchini  Brother s  ,  Emily Bear  ,  J . P . Grosse


 * Recurring Back g round Character s  :  Quongo ,  Deer  ,  Mickey Moose  ,  Canary  ,  Harold  ,  The Singing Food  ,  Afghan Hound  , a  Piglet  , 3| 3  smaller  Crocodile s


 *  Emmet Otter ' s Jug Band Chris t mas  -  Emmet Otter , Harvey Muskrat , Charlie Beaver  ,  Wendell Porcupine  ,  Alice Otter  ,  Hetty Muskrat  ,  Harrison Fox  ,  Gretchen Fox  ,  Doc Bullfrog  ,  Will Possum  ,  Will Possum  ,  Yancy Woodchuck  ,  Shirley & Nat Muskrat  ,  Melissa Rabbit  ,  Squirrel s  ,  Chuck Stoat  ,  Harvey Beaver  ,  Stanley Weasel  ,  Fred Lizard  ,  Howard Snake  ,  Cat fish


 *  Sesamstraat  : Troel

Parade s

 *  Macy ' s   Thanks giving Day   Parade  feature s the debut of the  Kermit the Frog  Balloon