2001

==Television & Movies==
*Sesame Street Season 32 airs on PBS, January 1
*Farscape Season 3 premieres on Sci Fi, March 16
*A&E Biography: Sesame Street special premieres on A&E, March 18
*Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola premieres on Hallmark Channel, September 3
*Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story premieres on CBS, December 2
==International Television & Movies==
*The Hoobs premieres in the UK on January 15
*Muppets Juleeventyr (The Muppet Christmas Carol) airs on TV3 Denmark, December 23
*Weihnachten bei Familie Otter (Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas) premieres in Germany on KiKa, December 26
*Der Froschprinz (The Frog Prince) premieres in Germany on ZDF, December 27
==Appearances==
* Elmo is a featured celebrity voice in the Talking Taxi promotion throughout the year
* Kermit the Frog appears on The Daily Show, February
* Kermit the Frog Hollywood Squares, April 30 - May 4
* Big Bird, Bert and Ernie appear on Between the Lions, episode 222, May 1
* Kermit the Frog America's Funniest Home Videos, May
* Muppets make guest appearance as competitors on Family Feud, November 9-13
* Kermit the Frog on Live with Regis and Kelly, December 24
* Bert and Elmo appear as celebrity guests on Between the Lions
* Kermit the Frog on The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
==Live Appearances==
* Kermit the Frog, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beaker, and Sweetums at the opening ceremony of Muppet*Vision 3D at Disney California Adventure, February 7
* Kermit the Frog at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, June 14
* Elmo at the 4th Annual White Rose Awards Gala, November 13
==Events==
*Muppet*Vision 3D opens at Disney California Adventure, February 7
*MuppetFest fan convention in Santa Monica, December 8 - 9
==Videos==
* Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf, January 9
* Elmo's Magic Cookbook, March 13
* Elmo's World: Birthdays, Games & More!, May 15
* The Muppet Movie, June 5
* The Muppets Take Manhattan, June 5
* The Great Muppet Caper, July 10
* Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
* A Muppet Family Christmas
* The Best of the Muppet Show
* Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (video)
* Potty Time with Bear DVD
* Kids' Favorite Songs 2, October 9
* Elmo's World: Wild Wild West, November 6
==Books==
*Animal Friends
*Bear's Super Shape Search
*Bear's Hide-and-Seek
*G is for Growing
*Head, Shoulders, Nose and Toes
*If You're Happy and You Know It... Clap Your Paws!
*Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles
*No Cookies?
*Poehéé! Het Verhaal Van Sesamstraat
*Santa Visits the Big Blue House
==Behind the scenes==
*Eric Jacobson secretly debuts as the new performer of Miss Piggy in a commercial for Virgin Atlantic
*David Rudman begins to regularly perform Cookie Monster on Sesame Street
==Stage Shows==
* Sesame Street Live presents Everyone Makes Music
* Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage closes on August 4
* Playhouse Disney: Live on Stage (Disney-MGM Studios) opens on October 1
==Parades==
* Disney's Stars and Motor Cars Parade debuts at Walt Disney World, October 1
* Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features a Sesame Street Float, and the debut of the new Big Bird Balloon
== Websites==
*Tough Pigs, fan site, August
==See also==
* 2001: A Space Odyssey
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