The Empire State Building

Baby Animal climbs to the top.

The Empire State Building is a 102-story building in the heart of New York City.

• In The Muppets Take Manhattan, Kermit the Frog yells from the building's observation deck to prove his dedication to staying in New York and working on the Muppets' Broadway show.

• Quongo the gorilla sings "It's Lonely at the Top" for the UK Spot of episode 403 of The Muppet Show from the building.

• Baby Animal climbed the Empire State Building in a Muppet Babies King Kong spoof in "Piggy's Hyper-Activity Book".

• The books Special Delivery, and When Is Saturday? show the building in the skyline.

• The book What's a Fraggle? features Uncle Traveling Matt in a backdrop of New York City, and the Empire State Building.

• Big Bird sees a rock formation that is as tall as the building in the book Big Bird Visits Navajo Country.

• Bert and Ernie visit the building in the Sesame Street coloring book Let's Take a Trip!

• On April 2, 2014, for World Autism Awareness Day, Abby Cadabby lit up the Empire State Building in blue, joined by Autism Speaks co-founders Suzanne Wright and Bob Wright.

• Miss Piggy's appearance in the Kate Spade New York web series, #missadventure takes place in an elevator in the building.

Muppet Mentions

• The Empire State Building features a film entitled "New York Skyride," (narrated by Kevin Bacon) which has several movie posters in the waiting area, including King Kong and The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Gallery

Uncle Traveling Matt and the New York City Skyline

"It's Lonely at the Top"

from a Sesame Street t-shirt

Bert and Ernie admiring the Empire State Building.

A 1955 photograph of Jim Henson with a view of New York City; sourced from a Red Book entry.

Links

• Official Empire State Building Website