2006

Television & Movies

 * The World According to Sesame Street opens at the Sundance Film Festival, January 21
 * Sesame Street Season 37 premieres, August 14
 * Eight previously unaired episodes of Bear in the Big Blue House premiere on Disney Channel, week of April 24

International Television

 * Best Ever Muppet Moments (UK), March 11
 * Galli Galli Sim Sim begins airing in India
 * Sesame English premieres in Poland/Hungary/Croatia

Appearances

 * Kermit on ESPN's Cold Pizza, February 2
 * Kermit on Martha, February 2
 * Miss Piggy and Jessica Simpson's Pizza Hut commercials debut, February 5
 * Kermit's Ford Escape Hybrid commercial debuts, February 5
 * Elmo on The Tony Danza Show, February 10
 * Kevin Clash and Elmo on The Oprah Winfrey Show, February 27
 * Statler and Waldorf at the Oscar's Red Carpet and wrap-up shows, March 5
 * Miss Piggy (ranking #41) on E!'s 101 Incredible Celebrity Slimdowns 60 - 41, March 15
 * Kermit and Piggy at the TV Land Awards, March 22
 * Sesame Street characters on Jeopardy, April 4
 * Kermit on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, April 9
 * Pepe on The Late Late Show, June 19
 * Elmo on A Capitol Fourth, July 4
 * Oscar the Grouch on Martha, July 10 (edited rerun)
 * Abby Cadabby on the Today Show, August 14
 * Abby Caddaby as "Person of the Week" on ABC World News Tonight, August 18
 * Kevin Clash and Elmo on the Today Show, September 6
 * Miss Piggy on the Today Show, September 14
 * Abby Cadabby on The View, October 4
 * Kermit on Martha, October 5
 * Cookie Monster on Martha, October 24

Events

 * "Return to Fraggle Rock" screening held (Dallas, TX), January 21
 * Jim Henson Legacy Screening with Heather Henson (Austin, TX), February 26
 * Jim Henson's Puppet Improv (Aspen, CO), March 8 & 11
 * Muppets and Mechanisms exhibit opens at the Smithsonian Institution with puppets from Sam and Friends
 * Muppets Ahoy! debuts on Disney Cruise Lines, July
 * Kevin Clash and Elmo appearance at New York Barnes and Noble to promote My Life As A Furry Red Monster, September 14th
 * Kermit at Michigan State University, September 28th-30th

Album Releases

 * John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (Limited Collector's Edition), July 25
 * A Green and Red Christmas, October 17

DVD Releases

 * Fraggle Rock: Down in Fraggle Rock, January 17
 * The Cat's Home But Not Alone, January 24
 * Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky, January 31
 * MirrorMask, February 14
 * Sesame Beginnings: Beginning Together, March 21
 * Sesame Beginnings: Make Music Together, March 21
 * Sesame Street: Guess That Shape and Color, April 4
 * Dinosaurs: The Complete First and Second Seasons, May 2
 * The StoryTeller: The Definitive Collection, May 23
 * Elmo's Easy As 123, June
 * Elmo's Easy As ABC, August
 * Talk, Listen, Connect, August
 * Elmo's World: Pets, August 1
 * Elmo's Potty Time, August 22
 * Fraggle Rock: Complete Second Season, September 5
 * The World According to Sesame Street, October 24
 * Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 1, October 24
 * Sesame Street Christmas Carol, November 14
 * Saturday Night Live: The Complete First Season, December 5

Books

 * Jim Henson: Puppeteer and Filmmaker, April 30
 * Elmo's Easy As 123, June
 * Sesame Street Dad: Evolution of an Actor, June 30
 * Elmo's Easy As ABC, August
 * Before You Leap, September 5
 * My Life as a Furry Red Monster, September 5
 * Please Do Not Open this Book!, September 26
 * Wubba-Wubba Woo!, September 26

Christmas Ornaments

 * American Greetings Muppet Christmas Ornaments, September

On the Web

 * From the Balcony episodes 15-34