1978

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==Television & Movies==
*Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring on CBS, March 9
*Bob Hope's Birthday Special, May 29
*The Muppet Show Season 3 begins in syndication, September; ITV airings in the United Kingdom begin in November
*NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney, September 13 and 17
*Sesame Street Season 10, November 27
*Christmas Eve on Sesame Street on PBS, December 3
*A Special Sesame Street Christmas on CBS, December 8
*The Muppet Movie begins filming in July.
*Taping for The Muppet Show scheduled for February 12 to May 15, October 1 to December 15David Lazer letter, December 16, 1977.
==Appearances==
* Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch appear on I Love You, February 14
* Kermit and Fozzie appear with Dr. Jerry Nelson on The Vent Event, March 3
* Big Bird appears on Tomorrow's Stars, June 17
==Books==
*The Count's Poem
*Ernie's Telephone Call
*The Exciting Adventures of Super Grover
*Grover's Own Alphabet
*Grover's Super Surprise Book
*The Muppet Show Book
*The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook
*The Sesame Street Cookbook
*The Sesame Street Library (Volumes 1-12)
*Who Am I?
==Albums==
*The Muppet Show 2
*Sesame Street 10th Anniversary Album
*David, Daydreamin' on a Rainy Day
*Fair Is Fair
*On the Street Where We Live - Block Party!
*Sesame Street Fever
*Sesame Street Story Time
*Sing Sang Song Singalong
==People==
* John Tartaglia is born, February 16
* Don Sahlin dies, February 19
* Sam Pottle dies, July 4
* Michael K. Frith becomes Vice President of Henson Associates
* Kathryn Mullen and Steve Whitmire join The Muppet Show as Muppet performers
==Muppet Character Debuts==
* Sesame Street: Barkley, Two-Headed Monster
* The Muppet Show: Lew Zealand, Beauregard, Annie Sue, Gladys, Louis Kazagger, Camilla, Bobby Benson, Emily Bear
* Sesamstrasse: Samson, Tiffy, Finchen, Uli Von Bödefeld
* 1, Rue Sesame: Toccata, Mordicus, Trepido
==Merchandise==
*Sesame Street 1978 Calendar
*Big Bird's Big Water Show
*Big Bird's Schoolhouse Shape Sorter
* "Pin" the Tail on Big Bird
==Parades==
* Toronto Santa Claus Parade features a Sesame Street float
==Miscellaneous==
* The live dog used for Foo-Foo is born, December 13.
==Sources==
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