1971

Television & Movies

 * The Frog Prince in syndication
 * Sesame Street Season 3 begins on PBS, November

International Television

 * Sesamo Apriti begins airing in Italy

Appearances

 * Some Muppet musicians, joined by Mahna Mahna on drums, perform in "The Wild String Quartet" on The Ed Sullivan Show, January 17
 * The Muppets make their last appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show with "The Glutton," February 12
 * Many of the regular characters on Sesame Street join the Boston Pops Orchestra for Evening at Pops, September 12
 * The Muppets are guests on Goldie Hawn's TV special Pure Goldie
 * The Muppets perform with Nancy Sinatra in her stage show in Las Vegas

Storybooks

 * Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
 * The Monster at the End of This Book
 * People in My Family
 * People in Your Neighborhood
 * The Sesame Street Storybook
 * The Together Book

Non-fiction Books

 * All About Sesame Street

Albums

 * Bob McGrath from Sesame Street
 * The Frog Prince
 * The Muppet Alphabet Album
 * The Official Sesame Street 2 Book and Record Album
 * Susan Sings Songs from Sesame Street
 * The Year of Roosevelt Franklin

Character Debuts

 * The Frog Prince: Sweetums, Frogs, Robin, King Rupert the Second
 * Sesame Street: Snuffleupagus, The Amazing Mumford, Prince Charming, Gladys the Cow, Natalie the Cow, Maria, Luis, David, Rafael, Molly the Mail Lady, Ralph and Wally