40 years of Sesamstrasse.
Mando, Sesame Street's new neighbor
Television & Movies[]
- Sesame Street season 44, September 16
- Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular, November 28
Appearances[]
- The Swedish Chef in SportsCenter commercials on ESPN, January
- Big Bird with Michelle Obama in "Let's Move!" PSAs, February
- Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Animal on Good Luck Charlie, April 28
- Gobo and Red Fraggle host the Fraggle Rock-athon on The Hub, April 21
- Rosita, Oscar the Grouch, Telly, and Ismael Crúz Cordova on Good Morning America, May 10
- Rosita and Mando, ¡Despierta América!, May 13
- Eric Jacobson and the Muppet Workshop on CNN, July 7
- Rosita, Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Lola, with Mando, ¡Despierta América!, July 12, first televised performance by Ryan Dillon
- Kermit the Frog and Steve Martin on Funny or Die, August 21
- Elmo, Grover, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Murray, The Count, and Big Bird on Good Morning America, September 13
- Cookie Monster on The Wendy Williams Show, September 25
- Elmo, Grover, Zoe, Abby, Cookie Monster, Murray, The Count, Big Bird and Snuffy on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, September 25
- Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on The Colbert Report, September 26
- Grover and Bert on #5Facts, October 9
- Frank Oz and Brian Jay Jones promoting Jim Henson: The Biography on Today, October 15
- Count von Count on Katie, October 31
- Kermit and Pepe on The View, November 13
Live Appearances[]
- Big Bird at Qualcomm's CES 2013, January 7
- Alan, Bob, Gordon, Maria, Gina, Rosita, Grundgetta, and Herry Monster at From Broadway With Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook, January 28
- Sonia Manzano, Joey Mazzarino, supervising producer Nadine Zylstra and researcher Autumn Zitani, "Master Class with Sesame Workshop: Inspiring the Global Child", TIFF Kids International Film Festival, April 19 (full event April 18 to 21)
- Miss Piggy, Gobo Fraggle, Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney, Eric Jacobson and John Tartaglia at MOMI, May 21
- Rosita and Abby Cadabby, with a walkaround Cookie Monster, Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration event
- Maria (Sonia Manzano) and Cookie Monster (David Rudman), and walk-around characters of Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Grover,[1][2] 10th Annual WTTW Kids Fun and Run, August 25
- Red Fraggle, Mokey Fraggle, Karen Prell, Kathryn Mullen, and Michael Frith at Dragon Con, September
- The cast of Sesame Street on a float for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 28.
International Appearances[]
- Ernie on DAS!, January 2
- Pferd & Wolle on DAS!, January 3
- Ernie and Bert on DAS!, January 4
- Elmo on DAS!, January 5
- Finchen and Wolf on DAS!, January 6
- Ernie & Bert on German NDR Info radio (video available), January 6
- H. Melvin Ming, Cookie Monster (David Rudman), Pferd, Wolle, Finchen, Elmo, Ernie & Bert at Sesamstrasse's 40th anniversary press conference birthday party, Samson, Ernie & Bert at the 40th anniversary live concert (Hamburg, Germany), January 7 (live appearances)
- Ernie, Bert & Elmo on Hamburg Journal, January 7
- Ernie & Bert on German N-JOY radio (video available), January 8
- Ernie & Bert on TV Total, January 31
- Miss Piggy on Red Nose Day (Pepe in promos), March 15
- Ernie & Bert on SWR3 latenight (Germany), April 12
- Oscar the Grouch on Sunrise, April 26
- Ernie on Hamburg Journal, May 14
- Ernie at 40 Jahre Sesamstrasse exhibition opening night launch party in Hamburg, Germany, May 14 (live appearance)
- Samson, Ernie and Bert on Wer hat's gesehen?, June 16
- Ernie at the 10th annual Hamburg Animation Awards, August 6 (live appearance)
- Ernie, Bert, Elmo, Wolf & Preston Rabbit on Das Herbstfest der Träume, October 12 (live TV appearance)
- Elmo on Sunrise, October 15
- Ernie, Bert, Elmo, Wolf & Preston Rabbit on Das Magazin zum Herbstfest, October 18
- Kermit and Miss Piggy at Robbie Williams: One Night at the Palladium in London, November 8 (live appearance)
Books[]
- Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Where No Muppet Has Gone Before, May 14
- Jim Henson: The Biography, September 24
Storybooks[]
- The Muppets: For the Love of Miss Piggy, January 2
- Elmo's Daddy, January 8
- It's Time!, January 8
- The Muppets: Easter Eggstravaganza!, February 5
- Elmo at the Zoo, February 5
- The Muppets: Fozzie's Funny Business, April 2
- The Muppets: Bunsen and Beaker Save the Show, September 3
Home Video[]
- Elmo's World: All Day With Elmo, February 5
- Fraggle Rock: The Complete First Season (re-release), March 12
- Fraggle Rock: The Complete Second Season (re-release), April 16
- Elmo the Musical, May 7
- Fraggle Rock: Meet The Fraggles, May 14
- Fraggle Rock: The Complete Third Season (re-release), May 14
- Fraggle Rock: 30th Anniversary Complete Series Collection, May 14
- Fraggle Rock: The Complete Fourth Season (re-release), June 11
- The Jim Henson Collection, June 11
- Arts and Crafts Playdate, July 9
- The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition, Blu-ray, August 13
- C is for Cooking, September 10
- Being Brave, October 1
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas and The Christmas Toy, October 8
- Fairytale Fun, November 5
- Muppet Treasure Island & The Great Muppet Caper: Of Pirates & Pigs Collection, Blu-ray, December 10
International Home Video[]
- Eine Möhre für Zwei DVD 7: Die neue Brille, February 8
- Eine Möhre für Zwei DVD 8: Alles Schrott?, February 8
- Sesamstrasse - Classics: Die 70er Jahre, November 29
Video games[]
- Kinect Sesame Street TV, season 2, January 7
- My Muppets Show app, June 17 (in Australia), August 1 (worldwide release)
Comics[]
Merchandise[]
- Muppet Wacky Wobblers
- Muppet Vinylmation, series 3, July 26
- Plushy Pencil Pals
Albums[]
- The Muppet Movie (CD reissue), August 13
- Dream a Dream and See, September
Theme park[]
- Spaghetti Space Chase, indoor Sesame Street ride at Universal Studios Singapore, March 1
Web content[]
- "Can You Tell-y Me How to Get to a Billion?", February 14
- "Ricky Gervais and Pepe the King Prawn on the Set of Muppets Most Wanted", February 25
- "Counting the "You"s in YouTube", March 6
- "Sesame Street Explores National Parks", June 4
- "Royal Baby Congratulations from Miss Piggy & Kermit the Frog!", July 22
- "Me Want It (But Me Wait)", August 5
- "Sesame Street: Little Discoverers: Big Fun With Science, Math and More", September
- Muppisode, December 5
People[]
- Jane Henson dies, April 2
- Faz Fazakas dies, September 30
- Leonard Jackson dies, December 22
Events[]
- 40 Jahre Sesamstrasse anniversary exhibition
- Sesamstrasse 40th anniversary birthday party & concert (Hamburg, Germany), January 7
- Original National Children's Museum opening; the museum and its Sesame display were bumped up to December 2012.
- Fraggle Rock 30th Anniversary boutique at FAO Schwarz in New York City, April
Sources[]
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