1981

==Television & Movies==
*The Muppet Show ends fifth season, begins series of syndicated repeats; United Kingdom completes series airing in March
*Here Come the Puppets! on PBS, January 4
*The Muppets Go to the Movies on ABC, May 20
*The Great Muppet Caper, June 26
*Sesame Street Season 13, November 23
*Of Muppets and Men: The Making of The Muppet Show in syndication
==International Television==
* Svenska Sesam airs in Sweden on SVT
*Sesame Street, dubbed into Mandarin, debuts on CCTVAmerican Businesses in China: Balancing Culture and Communication
==Appearances==
*Big Bird on Mitch Miller's Singalong Sampler, January 10
*Big Bird visits Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, June 3
*Beauregard's taxi and Sesame Street float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 26
==International Appearances==
*The Muppets appear in a number of Polaroid commercials in England
*Frank Oz (and Miss Piggy) appear on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs, August 29
*Oscar the Grouch co-hosts the CTV/CBC broadcast of the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, November 1
==Books/Magazines/In Print==
*Miss Piggy's Guide to Life
*Of Muppets and Men: The Making of The Muppet Show
*Jim Henson's Muppets Comic Strip, by Guy Gilchrist and Brad Gilchrist, begins running in newspapers in September
*Appearances on the cover of TV Guide and The Saturday Evening Post (the latter spoofed a Norman Rockwell painting)
*Miss Piggy gives an interview to World Over
*Kermit, Fozzie, and Gonzo appear on the cover of Dynamite, which includes an article on The Great Muppet Caper
*Miss Piggy and Kermit appear on the cover of SuperMag Vol. 6, No. 4
==Storybooks==
*ABC Toy Chest
*The Amazing Mumford Presents The Magic Weather Show
*Bert and Ernie On the Go
*Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
*A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch
*Ernie's Big Mess
*Fozzie's Big Book of Sidesplitting Jokes
*I Have a Friend
*Kermit and Cleopigtra
*The Little Red Hen
*Muppet Manners
*The Muppets Go Camping
*Oscar's Rotten Birthday
*Prairie Dawn's Upside-Down Poem & Other Nonsense From Sesame Street
*The Sesame Street Circus of Opposites
*The Sesame Street Sun
*Sesamstraat: Het Boek Van Tommie, Pino En Ienie Mienie
*The Whale Tale
*When I'm as Big as Freddie
*When Is Saturday?
==Albums==
*Bert & Ernie: Side By Side
*Camping in Canada
*Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra
*The Great Muppet Caper (soundtrack)
*Grin and Giggle with Big Bird
==Merchandise==
* The Miss Piggy Cover Girl Fantasy Calendar
* The Sesame Street 1981 Mother Goose Calendar
* The Great Muppet Caper Paint by Numbers kits
* Sigma Christmas ornaments
* The Great Muppet Caper glasses (McDonald's)
* The Great Muppet Caper Game
* The Great Muppet Caper Card Game
* Jim Henson's Muppet Show (Activity Book)
* Gorham Sesame Street Plates
==Stage Shows==
*Big Bird's Super Spectacular Totally Amateur Show debuts
==People==
*Martin P. Robinson joins Sesame Street
*David Rudman first works with the Muppets as a Muppet Workshop intern
==Sources==
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 1981