Uncle Matt visits the CN Tower.
The most populous city in Canada, Toronto, Ontario has played host to the filming of many Muppet and Henson productions.
The Toronto Santa Claus Parade is an annual tradition, and has featured appearances from Sesame Street cast members. Kidomo has the Canadian rights to live meet-and-greet appearances of Sesame Street characters; Ontario Place theme park has hosted special appearances since 2008 of Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby.[1]
Appearances[]
Live appearances[]
- 1978: Ernie, Bert, Oscar the Grouch, Big Bird in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade; Michael Earl is the only known puppeteer for the float.
- 2008: Oscar (Caroll Spinney) at a Waste Reduction Week launch event at Rose Avenue Public School, Toronto.
- 2013 (scheduled): TIFF Kids International Film Festival features various Sesame activities and screenings, including appearances by Sonia Manzano, Murray Monster, Joey Mazzarino, Nadine Zylstra, Louis Mitchell, and Sesame Workshop researcher Autumn Zitani.
Television appearances[]
- Breakfast Television
- Canada AM
- CityNews
- CP24 Breakfast
- ET Canada
- eTalk
- The Hour/George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight
- The Social
Radio appearances[]
- 2009: Oscar on Q with Jian Ghomeshi for Waste Reduction Week
Filming locations[]
Jim's Red Book "Fraggle Rock Press"
Henson talks about why he chose Canada to film Fraggle Rock.
A number of Henson/Muppet productions have been filmed in Toronto, some of them taped at Toronto's VTR Productions/Robert Lawrence Studios (including a commercial for McGarry's Sausage).[1]
- Hey Cinderella! (1969)
- The Cube (1969) at Toronto's Glen-Warren Productions Limited
- The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970)
- The Frog Prince (1971) in Toronto
- The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972)
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) in Toronto
- The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) at Toronto
- Fraggle Rock (1983-1987) at Toronto's CBC Studios and on location around the Greater Toronto Area
- Follow That Bird (1985) at Kleinberg, Ontario's Toronto International Studios, as well as the towns of Bolton and Georgetown
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) at Toronto's Glen-Warren Productions Limited
- The Jim Henson Hour (1989) at Toronto and Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia (for "Lighthouse Island")
- Basil Hears a Noise (1990) at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto
Jim Henson Company's current productions have connections to Toronto; The Doozers is produced by Toronto's DHX Media, while Hi Opie! is distributed by Toronto's Marblemedia.
References[]
- In a 2007 episode, Telly Monster says that he is taking triangles in his toy train, to Toronto.
Connections[]
- Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams were performing in Toronto when scoring the instrumental "Animal, Come Back Animal" for The Muppet Movie.
- The Animation House Limited of Toronto animated the cartoon sequences of Follow That Bird.