2014

Abby on the observation deck of the Empire State Building.

Television & Movies

• Muppets Most Wanted, March 21
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge, March 25
• I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, April 27
• Sesame Street season 45, September 15

International Television & Movies

• Muppets Most Wanted is released in the Philippines, March 21
• Muppets Most Wanted is released in the UK, March 28
• Muppets Most Wanted is released in Australia and New Zealand, April 3
• Muppets Most Wanted is released in Singapore, April 24
• Muppets Most Wanted is released in Argentina, Germany, and The Netherlands, May 1
• Muppets Most Wanted is released in France, May 7
• The Furchester Hotel, September 26

Commercials

• Lipton, with Kermit, Miss Piggy, Animal and Baby Animal
• Toyota, with The Electric Mayhem, Rowlf, Kermit and featuring Terry Crews
• Wonderful Pistachios, with Miss Piggy

Appearances

• Miss Piggy, Tina Fey and Kermit the Frog on Extra, January 8
• Matt Vogel and Martin P. Robinson on CBS This Morning, January 13
• Kermit, Terry Crews, Floyd and Zoot on Access Hollywood, January 21
• Kermit on Good Morning America, January 28
• The Muppets on The Puppy Bowl, February 2
• Kermit on Live with Kelly & Michael, February 3
• Oscar the Grouch on The Sunny Side Up Show, February 28
• Miss Piggy on QVC's Red Carpet Style - Live from L.A., February 28
• Miss Piggy on E! Countdown to the Red Carpet, March 2
• Miss Piggy on E! News, March 3
• Gonzo on Jimmy Kimmel Live, March 3
• Tina Fey on The Tonight Show, March 3
• Kermit, Miss Piggy and Constantine on The Bachelor, March 3
• Miss Piggy on Entertainment Tonight, March 3 or 4
• Kermit on ¡Despierta América!, March 4
• Sam the Eagle on Jimmy Kimmel Live, March 4
• Ricky Gervais on Jimmy Kimmel Live, March 5
• Ty Burrell on Live! with Kelly & Michael, March 6
• Animal and Fozzie Bear on The Arsenio Hall Show, March 6
• Ricky Gervais on Conan, March 11
• Ricky Gervais on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, March 12
• Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Miss Piggy on POPSUGAR Now, March 13
• Miss Piggy on Live! with Kelly & Michael, March 14
• Cookie Monster on Hello Ross, March 14
• The Muppets on QVC, March 16
• Kermit on The Tonight Show, March 17
• The Swedish Chef and Constantine on The Chew, March 18
• Kermit and Miss Piggy on Today, March 19
• Miss Piggy on Watch What Happens Live, March 19
• Ricky Gervais on The Queen Latifah Show, March 19
• Miss Piggy on The Wendy Williams Show, March 20
• Kermit and Miss Piggy on The Queen Latifah Show, March 21
• The Muppets in Club Penguin, March 20 - April 1
• Abby Cadabby on NBC Chicago Morning, April 1
• Telly Monster on #5Facts, April 3
• Caroll Spinney and Oscar the Grouch on CBC The National, April 28
• Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Animal on A Capitol Fourth, July 4
• The Muppets on The View, August 8
• The Muppets on Express Written Consent, August 8
• Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Murray Monster, and Big Bird on The Tonight Show, September 11
• Kermit on CBS This Morning, September 12
• Elmo and Cookie Monster on The Queen Latifah Show, September 17
• Elmo and Grover on Watch What Happens Live, November 19
• Miss Piggy on Michael Bublé's Christmas in New York, December 17
• Big Bird and Cookie Monster on The Colbert Report, December 18
• Ernie and Bert on Oprah: Where Are They Now?, December 21

Live appearances

• Telly Monster (Martin P. Robinson), Grundgetta (Pam Arciero), and Rosita (Carmen Osbahr) at the Silvermine School of Art, March 30
• Abby Cadabby lit the Empire State Building blue for World Autism Awareness Day, April 2
• Cookie Monster at PBS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, SF Giants game and Off the Grid gathering in Daly City, May 13
• Caroll Spinney and Oscar the Grouch at L.A. Film Festival (Grand Performances Q&A), June 14
• Grover (Eric Jacobson), Murray (Joey Mazzarino), and Cookie Monster (David Rudman) appear on the Sesame Street panel at San Diego Comic-Con, July 27
• The Muppets at Brooklyn Cyclones game (Coney Island, NYC), August 4
• Constantine at Disney's Hollywood Studios, August 25
• Sesame Street characters at New York City's Shakespeare in the Park, September 5-7
• Caroll Spinney, Matt Vogel and Constantine at Brooklyn Academy of Music, October 25
• Kermit the Frog giving a TED talk in Jackson, Mississippi, November 6
• Emilio Delgado, Bob McGrath, Sonia Manzano, Alan Muraoka, Roscoe Orman of Sesame Street, joined by Pam Arciero with Leona of Between the Lions, Mt. Sinai Children's Hospital, December 10
• The Sesame Street Muppets at The Mormon Tabernacle Choir's annual Christmas concert series, December 11-14

International Appearances

• Cookie Monster on Studio 10, March 19
• The Muppets on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, March 22
• Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy on The One Show, March 25
• Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy in Berlin, March 28 (live appearances)
• Animal on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, March 29
• Caroll Spinney (and Big Bird) at TIFF Kids, April 13-14
• Caroll Spinney, CBC News, April 28
• Caroll Spinney and Oscar the Grouch, Q with Jian Ghomeshi, April 29
• Kermit the Frog, Statler and Waldorf on ITV's A Christmas Cracker, December 26

Books

• The Muppets Character Encyclopedia, February 7

Comic Books

• The StoryTeller: Witches, September 17
• The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow, October 1
• Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring, October 8

Storybooks

• The Muppets: Kermit's Double Trouble, February 11

Home Video

• Be a Good Sport, January 21
• Elmo and Friends. February
• Elmo's World: All About Animals, March 4
• Alphabet Songs, May 6
• Monster Manners, June 10
• Learning Rocks, June 22
• Muppets Most Wanted, August 12
• Elmo the Musical - Volume 2: Learn and Imagine, August 12
• M is for Mystery. September 2
• It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Blu-ray, October 7
• Elmo's Super Numbers, October 7
• Cookie Monster and Friends
• Big Bird and Friends

International Home Video

• Fragglerne DVD vol. 1-3, July 3
• Fragglene DVD vol. 1-3, August 6
• Fragglit DVD vol. 1-3, August 8
• Fragglene DVD vol. 4-6, September 3
• Fragglit DVD vol. 4-6, September 13

People

• John Henson dies, February 14
• Oswald Morris dies, March 17
• Gerry Parkes dies, October 19

Behind the scenes

• Fran Brill retires from Sesame Street.

Muppet Character Debuts

• Muppets Most Wanted: Constantine
• Galli Galli Sim Sim: Raya

Events

• 40 Jahre Sesamstrasse anniversary exhibition
  • Altonaer Museum (Hamburg, Germany), May 15, 2013 - March 16, 2014
    (as Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 40.! Ein Ausflug in die Welt der Sesamstraße)

Exhibits

• The Art of Sesame Street at Port Discovery Children's Museum, February 22 to September 1
• Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival, March 5 to May 18
• "Somebody Come and Play:" 45 Years of Learning with Sesame Street at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, September 18, 2014 to January 31, 2015

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