1980

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==Television==
*Sesame Street Season 12, November 24
*Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas first airs on network television (ABC), December 15
*The Muppet Show Season 5 begins in syndication in the US; ITV begins airing season in October in the United Kingdom
==International Television & Movies==
*Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch at the TV Week Logie Awards (Australia), March 14
*Ich war frei, ich war glücklich (Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring) premieres in Germany on ZDF, May 15
*Muppet Movie released in Germany, June 12
*Barrio Sésamo ends its first run in Spain
==Appearances==
*Kermit and Miss Piggy appear at the 52nd Academy Awards, April 14
*Oscar the Grouch on Eileen & Friends, September 14
==Live Appearances==
*Big Bird, Oscar, and Bruno at a Portland Symphony Orchestra concert, May 3
*The Muppets at the World Puppetry Festival, June 8-16
* Big Bird at Sesame Place, opening day
==Events==
*The Muppet Stuff store opens on Lexington Avenue in New York City
==Storybooks==
*The Amazing Mumford Presents All About Bones
*Anybody Can Play
*Big Bird Follows the Signs
*The Case of the Missing Duckie
*The Count Counts a Party
*The Count's Counting Book
*Don't Forget the Oatmeal!
*Down on the Farm with Grover
*Farley Goes to the Doctor
*Fix It, Please
*Going Up: The Elevator Counting Book
*Grover's Book of Cute Little Baby Animals
*The House That Biff Built
*I Can Do It Myself
*If I Lived Alone
*Look What I Found!
*Molly Moves to Sesame Street
*Monsters Come in Many Colors!
*Muppets at Sea
*Robin Hood
*The Sesame Street Dictionary
*The Sesame Street Pet Show
*The Sesame Street Storybook Alphabet
*Show and Tell
*Special Delivery
*Spring Cleaning
*The Tool Box Book
*Twiddlebugs at Work
*Vegetable Soup
*What Did You Bring?
==Non-fiction Books==
*The Art of the Muppets
*Sesame Street Sign Language Fun
==Videos==
*The Muppet Movie (Magnetic Video)
==Albums==
*Big Bird's Birdtime Stories
*Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
*In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record
*Love
*The People in Your Neighborhood
==Merchandise==
*The Miss Piggy Calendar 1980
*The Sesame Street Calendar: The 1980 World Games
*Big Bird talking plush
*Picco clocks
*Sigma Christmas ornaments
*Kermit stocking hanger
==Stage Shows==
*Sesame Street Live premieres with A Sesame Street Mystery: The Case of the Missing Rara Avis
== Muppet Character Debuts ==
*The Muppet Show: Rizzo the Rat, Pops, Lips, Gaffer, Armstrong the Chicken Hawk (prototype), Betsy Bird, Angus McGonagle, six Pirate Frackles, The Frog Scouts, Raccoons, Sheep
*Sesame Street: Forgetful Jones, Clementine, Dr. Nobel Price, Honkers, Grundgetta, Masha
*Sesamstraat: Ieniemienie
==Milestones==
* "A Christmas Together album" reaches #26 on Billboard's Top LPs and Tapes chart.
==People==
* Chris Knowings is born, February 25
==Locations==
*Sesame Place amusement park opens in Langhorne, Pennsylvania
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 1980