Good Morning America

Good Morning America is a breakfast television news and talk show broadcast on the ABC television network; the show has been airing five days a week since November 3, 1975. Show hosts have included Lara Spencer, Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, and Chris Cuomo. Longtime anchor Charles Gibson left the program in 2006 to become the lead anchor of ABC World News until retiring in 2009, with Diane Sawyer taking over Gibson's spot. Weekend anchors include Kate Snow. Sam Champion is the show's longtime weather anchor.

The Muppets have appeared on the show many times. They are a particular favorite of Gibson's, and Kermit the Frog appeared on Gibson's final broadcast in 2006 to say goodbye.

In 1992, the Muppets appeared in a series of ten weekly sketches produced for Good Morning America (referred to as "Muppet Moments") spoofing current events of the day -- the presidential election, the Winter Olympics and tax day. These sketches were written by Jim Lewis, Craig Shemin, and Louise Gikow, under the supervision of Jerry Juhl. See below for details and video clips.

Appearances

Picture	Date	Description
	Summer, 1976	Kermit the Frog promotes The Muppet Show. (transcript)
	November 1977	A three-day report about the making of the second season of The Muppet Show. The first two segments were pre-taped at the Muppet Workshop in New York in September 1977; the third segement was taped on the set of the show in London in November (during production of episode 221.) The first day featured David Hartman interviewing Jim Henson and meeting Dave Goelz and Mari Kaestle in the Muppet Workshop as they worked on the Ballerina Pig for episode 213. Day two feautred Henson along with Faz Fazakas (discussing eye mechanisms) and Frank Oz, Michael Frith, and Caroly Wilcox (discussing the creation of Bob Hope's horse). The third day, shot on the set of The Muppet Show, showed Bob Hope and his horse in action.
	June 23, 1981	Jim Henson appeared live via satellite
	December 24, 1982	Miss Piggy and David Hartman sing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" as a duet. Piggy says what she wants most for Christmas: "Peace for the world... protection for endangered species... and a mink stole." In a similarly outspoken manner, she declares what she wants for the New Year: "I would like to be a wife and mother... I would like to swing from a tree... I would like to have the whole shebang."
	July 12, 1984	Joel Siegel reviews The Muppets Take Manhattan. Miss Piggy speaks with David Hartman, dodging questions about her relationship with Kermit.
	February 13, 1987	Kermit and Piggy talk about Valentine's Day.
	February 13, 1988	Kermit and Piggy celebrate Valentine's Day. (transcript)
	May 19, 1988	The Swedish Chef appears in a segment filmed in Sweden with Charles Gibson and chef Jonny Johansson, presenting a smorgasbord to the viewers and eventually serving meatballs by tossing them in the air with a tennis racket. Henson was assisted by Richard Hunt and Alex Rockwell for this appearance.
	August 28,‎ 1989	Jim Henson and Michael Eisner appear live from Disney-MGM Studios with walk-around versions of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy to discuss the prospective Henson/Disney deal. Henson wore a Mickey tie; Eisner wore a Kermit tie.
	May 1991	A behind the scenes feature about Muppet*Vision 3D. Joel Siegel interviews Frank Oz, Michael K. Frith, Rizzo the Rat and Miss Piggy.
	February 18 - April 21, 1992	Series of weekly Muppet sketches; see below
	December 10, 1992	Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Rizzo, and Michael Caine are interviewed by Joel Siegel during a visit to the set of The Muppet Christmas Carol. (video)
	December 11, 1992	Brian Henson appears to promote The Muppet Christmas Carol.
	February 25, 1993	H. Ross Parrot appears to respond to H. Ross Perot's comments about his Muppet likeness's Sesame Street debut on a previous episode.
	April 15, 1993	H. Ross Parrot returns to talk about Tax Day.
	February 7, 1996	Kermit and Piggy promote Muppet Treasure Island and announce Muppets Tonight. Bad Polly and Clueless Morgan make their TV debut.
	December 23, 1997	Santa Kermit and his frog elves (Lisa Buckley, Joey Mazzarino, and Matt Vogel) stop by to sing "Jingle Bells."
	May 1, 1998	Kermit the Frog appeared to say farewell to Gibson when he left the first time to give the spot to Kevin Newman.
	December 11, 2002	Reporter Kermit appeared with Yankees slugger Jason Giambi promoting a Toys Я Us shopping spree sponsored by the Boys & Girls Club and the Muppets' "Priceless Memories" MasterCard commercial.
	December 15, 2004	"Muppet Day at GMA!" with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Statler and Waldorf, and Penguins
	May 19, 2005	Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Ashanti, promoting The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
	February 2, 2006	Kermit the Frog, promoting his upcoming commercial for the Ford Escape Hybrid
	June 28, 2006	Kermit the Frog, for Charlie Gibson's last day
	December 7, 2006	Kermit the Frog, promoting Before You Leap and A Green and Red Christmas
	June 19, 2007	Elmo promotes the book C is for Cooking
	December 21, 2007	Brad Paisley, Grover, and Elmo appear to promote Elmo's Christmas Countdown.
	May 4, 2008	Rosita appears to promote Talk, Listen, Connect, with Jeanette Betancourt (Sesame Workshop Vice President for Education, Research and Outreach), and a military family.
	July 31, 2008	Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on ABC News Now via satellite to promote Studio DC Hosted by Dylan and Cole Sprouse.
	November 17, 2008	Pepe the King Prawn appears on Good Morning America's ABC News Now to promote It's Hard Out Here for a Shrimp.
	October 5, 2009	Kermit the Frog appears to promote Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.
	November 9, 2009	Oscar, Zoe, Grover, Abby Cadabby, Roscoe Orman, Joan Ganz Cooney, Fran Brill, Caroll Spinney appear to promote Sesame Street’s 40th Anniversary. (YouTube)
	September 24, 2010	Elmo, Super Grover 2.0, and Carol-Lynn Parente appear to promote Sesame Street’s 41st season and discuss the show's controversial Katy Perry video. During the segment, George Stephanopoulos repeatedly asks Elmo for his autograph, to give to his daughter; Elmo tried to defer it until after the segment, given Elmo's rod arms. (YouTube)
	November 26, 2010	Elmo and Mariana Chilton of Witnesses to Hunger share healthy eating tips in segment "Elmo's Healthy Message". Pre-taped with Dan Harris.
	May 20, 2011	Elmo and Beth Kobliner appear to promote Sesame Street's latest resource video For Me, For You, For Later and explains how saving money helps kids and their parents learn how to manage the saving of the value of money.
	September 20, 2011	Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Oscar, Slimey, and Carol-Lynn Parente appear to promote Sesame Street's 42nd season.
	November 17, 2011	Kermit, Miss Piggy, The Swedish Chef, Gonzo, Rizzo, Animal, Fozzie, Camilla, a Turkey, Pepe, Mahna Mahna, and the Snowths, make appearances. A GMA version of The Muppet Show Theme is sung and "Mah Na Mah Na" is performed. The Muppets, its soundtrack, and the Never-Ending Mahna Mahna Phenomahna are promoted.
	January 5, 2012	Elmo and Cookie Monster appear to promote B Is for Baking: 50 Yummy Dishes to Make Together and explain how to make "Elmo's Red Velvet Cupcakes".
	March 13, 2012	Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Walter make appearances to promote The Muppets video release. Kermit is featured early on wearing his reporter outfit. Later, the three of them lead a sing-along of "Rainbow Connection."
	September 19, 2012	Elmo, Big Bird, Grover, Bert, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Murray Monster appear to promote the 43rd season of Sesame Street. (YouTube)
	November 27, 2012	"The Muppets Take Good Morning America". Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, The Swedish Chef, Rizzo, and Pepe appear. (YouTube) They perform "All I Need is Love" with Lo-Co and the Snowths. (YouTube) Kermit and Dolly Parton sing "Islands in the Stream" with a gaggle of chickens.
	May 10, 2013	Rosita, Oscar, Telly, and Ismael Crúz Cordova appear to promote Cordova's new role in Season 44.
	September 13, 2013	Elmo, Grover, The Count, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Murray Monster, and Big Bird appear to promote the 44th season of Sesame Street. A behind-the-scenes feature on the celebrity Word of the Day segments is shown.
	January 28, 2014	Kermit makes some brief appearances throughout the show, at one point reading a newspaper advertising Muppets Most Wanted. Later, he presents a clip of the Muppets' Toyota Highlander commercial. The "Pop News" portion of the show features a story on Dr. Ruster's role in the Sesame mini-series Super Healthy Monsters.
	March 14, 2014	The Muppets appear in promotion with Muppets Most Wanted. Constantine poses as Kermit, while the real Kermit is locked out. (YouTube) Later, the Swedish Chef cooks with Emeril Lagasse. (YouTube) Other Muppets appearing include Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Walter, Scooter, Pepe, Bobo, Bunsen and Beaker.
	March 21, 2014	Miss Piggy, Walter, Ricky Gervais, and Ty Burrell promote Muppets Most Wanted.
	April 10, 2014	Pepe and the Swedish Chef participated in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Disney's "it's a small world" attraction and appeared as part of a montage of singers around the globe singing "It's a Small World".
	September 12, 2014	Cookie Monster, Grover, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, and Snuffy appear for a "Sesame Street Takeover". Additionally, portions of the show take place on the Sesame Street set, including a musical number featuring James Monroe Iglehart with the Sesame cast, and a live performance of "Rock Star" by the band A Great Big World.
	November 10, 2014	Elmo and Grover appear to promote Sesame Street’s 45th Anniversary.
	March 30, 2015	Cookie Monster appears.
	May 25, 2015	Elmo, Rosita, and Grover show off recipes from the book Let's Cook! (YouTube)
	September 16, 2015	Miss Piggy is interviewed about her break-up with Kermit.
	September 21, 2015	A behind-the-scenes feature on ABC's The Muppets with appearances by Kermit, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Pepe. (YouTube)
	January 15, 2016	Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Rosita, Telly, Ernie, and Carol-Lynn Parente appear to discuss Sesame Street's 46th season. A pre-recorded segment on the new season features on-set interviews with Big Bird, Abby, and Elmo.
	February 1, 2016	Kermit appears to promote the mid-season return of ABC's The Muppets.
	February 23, 2016	Lara Spencer goes behind-the-scenes of The Muppets and plays hard-to-get with Pepe. (YouTube)
	December 16, 2016	Cookie Monster appears as a guest-judge for GMA's "Great American Christmas Cookie Search." (YouTube)
	October 6, 2017	Big Bird, Rosita, and Abby Cadabby promote the Traumatic Experiences initiative.
	March 16, 2018	Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Fran Brill and Bill Barretta are interviewed by Lara Spencer in promotion with Muppet Guys Talking. (YouTube), (YouTube)
	December 6, 2018	Cookie Monster appears in a video message promoting his secret Double Chocolate cookie recipe for GMA 25 Days of Cookies. Michael Strahan promotes Cookie's book The Joy of Cookies.
	April 1, 2019	Paula Faris visits the set of Sesame Street to meet Julia and her family, and to speak with Jeanette Betancourt about the debut of the characters. Elmo and Abby Cadabby also appear. (YouTube)
	August 24, 2019	Kermit talks about the Muppets coming to Disney+. (YouTube)
	May 29, 2020	Elmo and Cookie Monster talk to Micahel Strahan about The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and answer questions from kids.
	July 27, 2020	Kermit and Miss Piggy appear to promote Muppets Now. (YouTube)
	December 10, 2020	Cookie Monster appears to promote the "12 Days of Cookies" event. (YouTube)
	October 6, 2021	Taraji P. Henson appears to promote Muppets Haunted Mansion, showing a clip of "Tie the Knot Tango."
	October 13, 2021	Pepe appears to promote Muppets Haunted Mansion.
	May 8, 2024	Robin Roberts visits the Sesame Street set to interview Elmo and Rosemarie Truglio about mental health, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. (YouTube), (YouTube)
	May 29, 2024	Ron Howard is interviewed in promotion with Jim Henson: Idea Man. (YouTube)
	December 23, 2024	Pepe the King Prawn appears in a pre-taped message during the "Pop News" segment, reacting to the viral memes utilizing his image. (YouTube)

Related appearances

Picture	Date	Description
	August 22, 2012	Good Afternoon America Grover made an appearance on a short-lived afternoon edition of GMA. He was first called in as a special correspondent on the then-upcoming documentary I Am Big Bird. (YouTube) Later on, Grover helped promote Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me, encouraging a group of children to brush their teeth to the music video "Brushy Brush." (YouTube)
	November 5, 2012	Day of Giving Grover and Sonia Manzano were among the celebrities who participated in the GMA Telethon as part of ABC's day-long donation for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
	May 20, 2020	GMA Digital Elmo appears in a web video with GMA chief medical correspondent Jennifer Ashton to talk about caring for each other amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (YouTube)
	October 21, 2020	GMA3: What You Need To Know Count von Count appears to promote The Sesame Street Podcast with Foley & Friends.
	April 26, 2021	GMA3: What You Need To Know Big Bird appears in promotion with ABC's Sesame Street documentary, 50 Years of Sunny Days. With the Oscars occurring the previous night, he acknowledges that Sesame Street has its own Oscar. He also describes going bird-watching with Wes. (YouTube)
	October 8, 2021	Gonzo and Yvette Nicole Brown, Miss Piggy and Darren Criss appear on a web exclusive segment for Muppets Haunted Mansion. (YouTube)
	November 27, 2023	GMA3: What You Need To Know Elmo and Rosemarie Truglio appear to promote Sesame Street: The Musical. (YouTube)
	November 13, 2024	GMA3: What You Need To Know Elmo and Rosemarie Truglio appear in honor of World Kindness Day. (YouTube)

Sketches

In 1992, the Muppets appeared in a series of short comedy sketches that appeared on Tuesdays.

Video	Title / Description
	Muppet Campaign February 18, 1992 Miss Piggy and Gonzo face off in a political debate. Gonzo behaves bizarrely, keeps changing the subject, and basically does everything except address the issues. Naturally, he wins the debate.
	The Muppet Games February 25, 1992 A report by Louis Kazagger on the Geek Winter Games (a much cheaper alternative to the Winter Olympics), where founding geek Gonzo demonstrates demolition speed skating.
	Pop Psychology March 3, 1992 A stressed out monster executive (Behemoth) listening to the radio hears a psychologist suggest that everyone should release their "inner child." Much to the monster's dismay, a child monster (Boo) literally keeps popping out from inside him.
	Super Tuesday March 10, 1992 Gonzo and Rizzo (two candidates from the 1992 election) try to persuade Muppets to vote for them (leading to a messy tug of war with a whatnot).
	Spring Training March 17, 1992 Louis Kazagger reports live from a baseball game, talking to the baseballs themselves.
	Setting Your VCR March 24, 1992 Two Whatnots demonstrate how to change the blinking 12:00 clock on your VCR (leading to one of the Whatnots going insane and blowing up the VCR.)
	Miss Piggy's Interview Show March 31, 1992 Miss Piggy reviews a book written by a levitating author.
	Gonzo's Scandal April 7, 1992 Two news reporters interview campaign front runner Gonzo the Great, but when Gonzo develops a sore elbow, the reporters start hounding him with a series of increasingly tabloid-style questions.
	Tax Audit April 14, 1992 An IRS auditor questions Fozzie Bear about outrageous deductions for items such as a rubber chicken, banana peels and custard pies. When Fozzie asks what the IRS wants from him, the auditor responds with a new rendition of "Money."
	Earth Day April 21, 1992 In honor of Earth Day, Kermit the Frog presents a live report from Planet Koozebane on their holiday rituals. The two Koozebanians in this sketch were originally used as Brool the Minstrel and Aretha on Fraggle Rock.

References

• In episode 103 of The Jim Henson Hour, Fozzie Bear accidentally locks Willard Scott in a closet and runs onto the set of The Today Show for help. When Fozzie finds out that he's on camera, he says "Good morning, America!", to which Jane Pauley responds "You watch your language!" A similar joke was used by a Muppet turkey appearing on the program on November 27, 2008.

• Many episodes of Dinosaurs feature a fictitious show called Good Morning Pangea.