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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 Christopher 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")[1] spoofing current events of the day -- the presidential election, the Winter Olympics and tax day. These sketches were written by Jim Lewis and Craig Shemin, under the supervision of Jerry Juhl.[2] See below for details and video clips.

Appearances

Picture Date Description
Noimage-landscape Summer, 1976 Kermit the Frog
Noimage-landscape September 1977 on the set of The Muppet Show episode 221[3]
Noimage-landscape June 23, 1981 via satellite[4]
Noimage-landscape 1984 Joel Siegel reviews The Muppets Take Manhattan. Miss Piggy speaks with David Hartman, dodging questions about her relationship with Kermit.
Noimage-landscape February 13, 1987 Kermit and Piggy talk about Valentine's Day.[5]
Noimage-landscape February, 1988 Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy
Noimage-landscape August, 1989 Jim Henson and Michael Eisner, 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.
Noimage-landscape February 18 - April 21, 1992 Series of weekly Muppet sketches; see below
Noimage-landscape December 11, 1992 Brian Henson promotes The Muppet Christmas Carol.
Noimage-landscape 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.[6]
Noimage-landscape April 15, 1993 H. Ross Parrot returns to talk about Tax Day.[7]
February 7, 1996 Kermit and Piggy promote Muppet Treasure Island and announce Muppets Tonight. Bad Polly and Clueless Morgan make their TV debut.
GMA-SantaKermit&FrogElves(1997-12-23) December 23, 1997 Santa Kermit and his frog elves stop by to sing "Jingle Bells."
Noimage-landscape 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.
GMA-MuppetDayAtGMA!-Logo-(2004-12-15)
GMA-MuppetDayAtGMA!-Kermit,Piggy,Gonzo,Penguins-(2004-12-15)
December 15, 2004 "Muppet Day at GMA!" with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Statler and Waldorf, and Penguins
Gma May 19, 2005 Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear and Ashanti, promoting The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Noimage-landscape February 2, 2006 Kermit the Frog, promoting his upcoming commercial for the Ford Escape Hybrid
Noimage-landscape June 28, 2006 Kermit the Frog, for Charlie Gibson's last day
Noimage-landscape December 7, 2006 Kermit the Frog, promoting Before You Leap and A Green and Red Christmas
Noimage-landscape June 19, 2007 Elmo promotes the book C is for Cooking
GMA-TalkListenConnect-Rosita-(2008-05-04) 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.
Noimage-landscape July 31, 2008 Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on ABC News Now via satellite to promote Studio DC: Almost Live.
Noimage-landscape 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.
Noimage-landscape October 5, 2009 Kermit the Frog appears to promote Give a Day. Get a Disney Day.
GMA-HappyAnniversarySesameStreet!-(2009-11-09) 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)
Noimage-landscape 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)
GMA-Elmo-11-26-10 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.
GMA-ElmoKnowsMoney-(2011-05-20) May 20, 2011 Elmo appears 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.
Groverwashingwindows September 20, 2011 Elmo, Grover, Rosita, Cookie Monster, Oscar, Slimey, and Carol-Lynn Parente appear to promote Sesame Street's 42nd season.
Noimage-landscape 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.
GMA-ElmoandCookieMonster-(2012-01-05) 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".
GMA-IMG-2019-JPG 153444-(2012-03-13) 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."
GMA-SesameStreet-(2012-09-19) 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)
Gma nov 2012 a November 27, 2012 "The Muppets Take Good Morning America". Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, The Swedish Chef, Rizzo, and Pepe appear. 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.
Noimage-landscape May 10, 2013 Rosita, Oscar, Telly and Ismael Crúz Cordova appear to promote Cordova's new role in Season 44.
GMA-2013 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.
Kermit gma 2014 jan
Lara spencer good morning america jan 28 2014
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 Monstruos Supersanos.
Muppets on GMA March 14 2014
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March 14, 2014 The Muppets appear in promotion with Muppets Most Wanted. Constantine poses as Kermit, while the real Kermit is locked out. Later, the Swedish Chef cooks with Emeril Lagasse. Other Muppets appearing include Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Walter, Scooter, Pepe, Bobo, Bunsen and Beaker.
Noimage-landscape 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.
Noimage-landscape 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.
Noimage-landscape November 10, 2014 Elmo and Grover appear to promote Sesame Street’s 45th Anniversary.
Noimage-landscape September 21, 2015 A behind-the-scenes feature on ABC's The Muppets with appearances by Kermit, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Pepe.
GMA-01-15-16 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.
Noimage-landscape February 1, 2016 Kermit appears to promote the mid-season return of ABC's The Muppets.
Noimage-landscape February 23, 2016 Lara Spencer goes behind-the-scenes of The Muppets and plays hard-to-get with Pepe. (YouTube)
Noimage-landscape December 16, 2016 Cookie Monster appears as a guest-judge for GMA's "Great American Christmas Cookie Search." (YouTube)
Noimage-landscape March 16, 2018 Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Fran Brill and Bill Barretta are interviewed by Lara Spencer in promotion with Muppet Guys Talking.
Noimage-landscape 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.

Related appearances

Picture Date Description
GroverGAA 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. Later on, Grover helped promote Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me, encouraging a group of children to brush their teeth to the music video "Brushy Brush."

Noimage-landscape 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.

Sketches

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

Video Title / Description
Muppet Campaign
February 18

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

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

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

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

Louis Kazagger reports live from a baseball game, talking to the baseballs themselves.

Setting Your VCR
March 24

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

Miss Piggy reviews a book written by a levitating author.

Gonzo's Scandal
April 7

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

A 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

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

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

Sources

  1. Tough Pigs "An Interview with Craig Shemin, Part 1: Through the Eyes of a Fan"
  2. Lewis, Jim. Muppet Central Forum thread "The Brand New Ask Jim Lewis Thread"
  3. Jim Henson's Red Book 9/29/1977 – ‘Good Morning America shooting in our shop.’
  4. Jim Henson's Red Book 6/23/1981 - Live satellite TV - Good Morning America
  5. The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) TV Listings, February 12, 1987
  6. The Atlanta Constitution and News-Press (Fort Myers, Florida) TV listings
  7. The Times Herald (Port Huron, Michigan) TV listings
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