2002

==Television & Movies==
*Sesame Street Season 33, February 4
*Play with Me Sesame premieres on Noggin, April 1 (first season)
*Farscape Season 4 premieres on Sci Fi, June 7 (final season)
*Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin', July 14
*Kermit's Swamp Years released direct-to-video, September 3
*It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie premieres on NBC, November 29
==International Television==
*Gulliver's Travels airs in Denmark on DR, July 23 (part 1) & July 30 (part 2)
*I Love Muppets BBC documentary premieres in the UK
*Elmers Verden (Elmo's World) airs in Denmark on TV2
==Appearances==
* Kermit and Miss Piggy appear on The Today Show's 50th anniversary celebration, January 14
::Note: This is the last known appearance of Frank Oz as Miss Piggy.
* Kermit the Frog on Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments, April 29
* Bear appears at a Chicago Cubs game, April 26
* Kermit the Frog on Hollywood Squares, May 13-17
* Kermit, Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf in a series of Denny's commercials launched May 20
* Bear appears at a New York Mets game, June 23
* Kermit the Frog on Jeopardy!, June 28
* Kermit the Frog on Morning Edition, November 14
* Kermit the Frog on The Late Late Show, November 14
* Pepe the King Prawn in series of Long John Silver's commercials
* Kermit, Miss Piggy, Rizzo, Animal, Gonzo, Sam the Eagle, Fozzie, Pepe the King Prawn, and Rowlf the Dog star in a series of MasterCard commercials
* Kermit and Miss Piggy on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 28
* Kermit and The Snowths on The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon
* Kermit and Miss Piggy are featured in a series of UPS commercials
==Live Appearances==
* Super Grover and Maria at the Stage Deli, February 27
* Kermit the Frog receives a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, November 14
* Kermit at Macy's Windows unveiling, November 22
* Bruce McSpruce auctioned off for the Save the Children Festival of Trees
==Video==
*Computer Caper, February 12
*Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo!, May 14
*Bert and Ernie's Word Play, June 11
*Elmo Visits the Firehouse, September 3
*Kermit's Swamp Years, September 3
*Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!, September 24
*Elmo's World: Springtime Fun
==Albums==
*The Muppet Show: Music, Mayhem and More!
==Action Figures==
*Dr. Bunsen Honeydew Action Figure
*Crash Helmet Gonzo Action Figure
*Crazy Harry Action Figure
*Dr. Teeth Action Figure
*Dr. Teeth Variant Action Figure
*Electric Mayhem Playset
*Floyd Pepper Action Figure
*Fozzie Bear Action Figure
*Glamour Piggy Action Figure
*Holiday Kermit Action Figure
*Invisible Beaker Action Figure
*Invisible Fozzie Action Figure
*Kermit Action Figure
*Muppet Labs Playset
*Miss Piggy Action Figure
*Stuntman Gonzo Action Figure
*Tuxedo Kermit Action Figure
*Vacation Fozzie Action Figure
*Vanishing Cream Beaker Action Figure
==Video Games==
*Bear in the Big Blue House for Game Boy Color released
*Muppet Pinball Mayhem released
==Storybooks==
*ABC and Me!
*Bear's Valentine's Day
==Behind the scenes==
*Eric Jacobson begins to regularly perform Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal starting with It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
*Jerry Nelson transitions from full-time Muppet performing. He no longer puppeteers his classic Muppet characters, but dubs their voices for It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie and other projects, and still performs on Sesame Street.
*Steve Whitmire begins to regularly perform Statler starting with the "Keep Fishin'" music video
==Business==
* The Jim Henson Company sells its half of Hallmark Channel to Crown Media Holdings.
* Sesame Workshop sells its half of Noggin to Viacom's Nickelodeon.
==Music videos==
*"Keep Fishin'" from Weezer's album Maladroit
*"We Are Family"
==Stage Shows==
* Bear in the Big Blue House Live: A First Time for Everything
==Muppet Character Debuts==
*Takalani Sesame: Kami
*Sippuray Sumsum: Brosh, Noah
==Muppet Character Exits==
*Sesamstrasse: Buh
==Parades==
* Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features a Sesame Street Float, and the debut of the Kermit Balloon. Al Roker interviews Kermit and Miss Piggy for the occasion, November 28
==People==
*Bill McCutcheon dies, January 9
*Matt Robinson dies, August 5
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 2002