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Jim Henson celebrates 10 years of the Center for Puppetry Arts, "The Muppets Take Atlanta"
Georgia is the 4th state of the United States of America.
- Steve Whitmire and Peter Linz are both natives of Georgia. Whitmire grew up in Atlanta, GA.
- Tales of the Tinkerdee was taped in Atlanta, GA.
- The original Kermit the Frog balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was constructed in 1977 at the Goodyear plant in Rockmart, GA.
- A scene set in Kermit's Swamp from The Muppet Movie was filmed in Georgia.
- Atlanta, GA has the Center for Puppetry Arts where the Henson family donated 300 to 500 Muppets and props. The exhibit opened in 2015.
- Atlanta Opera's production in November 2007 of Hänsel und Gretel featured a large scale Witch built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.
- In the Muppet Babies coloring book Muppet Babies Visit the Fifty States, Georgia is represented as a spoof of Gone with the Wind, with Baby Piggy as Scarlett and Baby Kermit as Rhett.
- Georgia is home to a large part of the Okefenokee Swamp.
- According to "The Ex-Factor", Denise is from Georgia.
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