New Mexico

New Mexico, the forty-seventh state of The United States of America, has been featured or referenced in various Muppet productions.

Sesame Street
The state of New Mexico in general served as the backdrop for a series of episodes in Season 7 of Sesame Street. Big Bird, Buffy, and other characters visited pueblos and learned about Southwest culture.

The Great Muppet Caper
Though much of The Great Muppet Caper was filmed and set in London, England, the opening scenes, in which Kermit the Frog and friends descend in a hot air balloon to a bustling city street below, were filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Elmopalooza!
Chauffering the various adults from Sesame Street to the studio, Grover takes a wrong turn and winds up in Roswell, New Mexico, best known as the alleged site of alien landings.