The Grand Canyon is a gorge carved by the Colorado River and located in Arizona. Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent for preservation of the area, and folk legend states that the canyon was created by Paul Bunyan.

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• Aerial shots of the Grand Canyon, located in Arizona, were used in The Muppet Movie as Fozzie Bear sang "America".

• Grover Knover is supposed to jump the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle in the 1974 special Out to Lunch; Kermit the Frog ends up going into the canyon instead.

• When Grover pretends to drive Gordon's car in Sesame Street episode 1056, he points out the Grand Canyon along the way.

• Baby Scooter visits the Grand Crayon in the Muppet Babies coloring book Muppet Babies Visit the Fifty States.

• In the book Muppets on the Road, the Muppets set off on a cross-country trip from New York City to the Grand Canyon.

• The song "The Last Cookie Roundup" features Cookie Monster telling the story of his trip to the Grand Cookie Canyon to find a cookie.

• Big Bird watches a sunset in the Grand Canyon in the book Big Bird Visits Navajo Country.

• Bert and Ernie visit the Grand Canyon in the Sesame Street coloring book Let's Take a Trip!.

Big Bird visits the Grand Canyon in Big Bird Visits Navajo Country

Bert and Ernie brave donkeys to see the Canyon.

Muppets on the Road