The Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, which is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry.
Jim Henson was posthumously inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 24, 1991 (Henson's 55th birthday).WalkOfFame.com - Jim Henson
Big Bird was inducted to the Walk of Fame on April 21, 1994.WalkOfFame.com - Big Bird Ruth Buzzi, Emilio Delgado, Michael Loman and Cheryl Henson also participated in the ceremony on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Galaxy Theatre Complex.
On November 14, 2002, Muppet fans gathered on Hollywood Blvd. to see Kermit the Frog receive his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.WalkOfFame.com - Kermit the Frog The ceremony was hosted by Johnny Grant, the honorary mayor of Hollywood. Among the celebrities in attendance were actor David Arquette, and family members Jane Henson, Brian Henson and Heather Henson. Sweetums also made an appearance. Part of the celebration was included as a featurette on the MGM DVD version of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as a Hidden Easter Egg.
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced on June 17, 2010 that the Muppets would be receiving a star on the Hollywood “Wocka Wocka” Famewalkoffame.com - The Muppets in the Motion Pictures category. Other inductees chosen at the same time include Laura Dern, Danny DeVito, Melissa Etheridge, Tina Fey, Neil Patrick Harris, Ed O'Neill, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and John Wells. There is a five year window of scheduling for the placement of the star (the 2,466th),Walk of Fame 2011 Selection and the date chosen was March 20, 2012, coinciding with the release of The Muppets on home video.WalkOfFame.com - The Muppets The star was unveiled on 6834 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the El Capitan Theatre. Guest speakers included then-president of Walt Disney Studios, Rich Ross and The Jim Henson Company CEO, Lisa Henson. Muppets in attendance were Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Pepe the King Prawn, Walter and Sweetums. The Muppet performers present included Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Eric Jacobson, Bill Barretta, Peter Linz, Matt Vogel, David Rudman, and Bruce Lanoil; many of whom appeared after the ceremony.Wilkie Matt. The Muppets at the Hollywood Wocka Fame. ToughPigs. March 26, 2012
After the ceremony, Brian Henson gave his thoughts on The Muppets;
File:hollywood walk of fame kermit.jpg|Kermit, receiving his star in 2002.
TheHollywoodWalkOfFame-TheMuppets-(2012-03-20)02.jpg|The Muppets, receiving their star on March 20, 2012 in front of the El Capitan Theatre.
TheHollywoodWalkOfFame-TheMuppets-(2012-03-20)03.jpg|With Rich Ross, Lisa and Brian Henson.
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==Stars and locations==
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==Jim Henson lamppost banner==
In 2010, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce placed commemorative banners along the walk. The Jim Henson Company sponsored a banner in honor of Jim Henson. The banner can be seen in a few scenes on Hollywood Boulevard in 2011's The Muppets.
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Image:Theatre_front_2011.jpg|For The Muppets filming, the exterior of the El Capitan theater stood in for the exterior of The Muppet Theatre.
Image:Themuppets2011_jh_cameo.jpg|The banner can also be spotted during the musical finale of The Muppets.
==References==
* In Miss Piggy's Hollywood, Miss Piggy displays the established stars to the viewers, eventually showing that she has a star as well. However, Gonzo reveals that unlike the other stars, Miss Piggy's star is portable.
* In the Muppet Babies episode "This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood," Baby Piggy imagines having a star on the Walk of Fame.
* In the Sesame Street coloring book Let's Take a Trip!, Bert and Ernie visit the "Hollywood Walk of Fame", however Ernie is shown leaving his handprints in cement à la Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
* In The Muppets episode "Little Green Lie," Miss Piggy, Kermit and Robin can be seen at the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a flashback photograph, encountering a Miss Piggy impersonator.
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==Connections==
Many celebrities with stars on the Walk of Fame have worked with the Muppets and the Jim Henson Company over the years.
*Paula Abdul
*Buzz Aldrin
*Debbie Allen
*Herb Alpert
*Julie Andrews
*Ed Asner
*Charles Aznavour
*Lauren Bacall
*Pearl Bailey
*Kenny Baker
*Anne Bancroft
*Drew Barrymore
*Harry Belafonte
*John Belushi
*Annette Bening
*Tony Bennett
*Jack Benny
*George Benson
*Edgar Bergen
*Milton Berle
*Halle Berry
*Jack Black
*Mel Blanc
*David Bowie
*Teresa Brewer
*Bernie Brillstein
*Garth Brooks
*Pierce Brosnan
*Sandra Bullock
*Bugs Bunny
*George Burns
*Carol Burnett
*LeVar Burton
*Red Buttons
*Dyan Cannon
*Art Carney
*The Carpenters
*Vikki Carr
*Johnny Carson
*Lynda Carter
*Johnny Cash
*Carol Channing
*Ray Charles
*Chevy Chase
*Kristin Chenoweth
*Petula Clark
*Roy Clark
*Rosemary Clooney
*James Coburn
*Joan Collins
*Phil Collins
*Imogene Coca
*Perry Como
*Alice Cooper
*Bill Cosby
*Celia Cruz
*Billy Crystal
*Ice Cube
*Jamie Lee Curtis
*Tyne Daly
*Rodney Dangerfield
*Ted Danson
*Tony Danza	
*Mac Davis
*Dom DeLuise
*Laura Dern
*Danny DeVito
*Destiny's Child
*Phyllis Diller
*Snoop Dogg
*Plácido Domingo
*Mike Douglas
*Charles Durning
*Roger Ebert
*Barbara Eden
*Gloria Estefan
*Melissa Etheridge
*Dale Evans
*Jamie Farr
*José Feliciano
*José Ferrer
*Tina Fey
*Arthur Fiedler
*Henry Fonda
*John Forsythe
*The Four Tops
*Michael J. Fox
*Dennis Franz
*Stan Freberg
*Morgan Freeman
*Kenny G
*Dizzy Gillespie
*Arthur Godfrey
*Whoopi Goldberg
*Cuba Gooding, Jr.
*Kelsey Grammer
*Lorne Greene
*Joel Grey
*Merv Griffin
*Buddy Hackett
*Arsenio Hall
*Mark Hamill
*The Harlem Globetrotters
*Neil Patrick Harris
*David Hasselhoff
*Tippi Hedren
*Florence Henderson
*Jimi Hendrix
*Taraji P. Henson
*Charlton Heston
*Bob Hope
*Lena Horne
*Ron Howard
*Hugh Jackman
*Mahalia Jackson
*Michael Jackson
*Samuel L. Jackson
*Al Jarreau
*Billy Joel
*Elton John
*Don Johnson
*Shirley Jones
*Casey Kasem
*Danny Kaye
*Gene Kelly
*Bob Keeshan
*Larry King
*Kevin Kline	
*Gladys Knight
*Ted Knight
*Don Knotts
*Patti LaBelle
*Burt Lancaster
*Michael Landon
*Martin Landau
*Nathan Lane
*John Lasseter
*Lassie
*Queen Latifah
*Cloris Leachman
*Jay Leno
*Jerry Lewis
*Shari Lewis
*Liberace
*John Lithgow
*Cleavon Little
*Rich Little
*Kenny Loggins
*Susan Lucci
*Tim McGraw
*Ed McMahon
*Garry Marshall
*James Mason
*Johnny Mathis
*Alan Menken
*Ethel Merman
*Lorne Michaels
*Bette Midler
*Liza Minnelli
*Lin-Manuel Miranda
*Dudley Moore
*Mary Tyler Moore
*Roger Moore
*Pat Morita
*Rita Moreno
*Mickey Mouse
*Richard Mulligan
*Eddie Murphy
*Anne Murray
*Mike Myers
*Jim Nabors
*Olivia Newton-John
*Leslie Nielsen
*Leonard Nimoy
*Ozzy Osbourne
*Bob Newhart
*Paul Newman
*Gary Owens
*Ed O'Neill
*Dolly Parton
*Mandy Patinkin
*Anthony Perkins
*Bernadette Peters
*Michelle Pfeiffer
*Regis Philbin
*The Pointer Sisters
*Vincent Price
*Richard Pryor
*Dennis Quaid
*Gilda Radner
*Lou Rawls	
*Helen Reddy
*Christopher Reeve
*Carl Reiner
*Little Richard
*Don Rickles
*John Ritter
*Joan Rivers
*Doris Roberts
*Smokey Robinson
*Chris Rock
*Kenny Rogers
*Roy Rogers
*Diana Ross
*Mickey Rourke
*RuPaul
*Pat Sajak
*Susan Sarandon
*Telly Savalas
*Tom Selleck
*William Shatner
*Martin Sheen
*Dinah Shore
*Beverly Sills
*The Simpsons
*Nancy Sinatra
*Steven Spielberg
*Robert Stack
*Sylvester Stallone
*Isaac Stern
*Patrick Stewart
*Rod Stewart
*Connie Stevens
*Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara
*Meryl Streep
*Loretta Swit
*Ed Sullivan
*George Takei
*Jeffrey Tambor
*Elizabeth Taylor
*Marlo Thomas
*Fred Travalena
*Randy Travis
*John Travolta
*Alex Trebek
*Carrie Underwood
*Dick Van Dyke
*Barbara Walters
*Raquel Welch
*Jerry Weintraub
*Orson Welles
*John Wells
*Dionne Warwick
*Vanna White
*Andy Williams
*Paul Williams
*Robin Williams
*Vanessa Williams
*Bruce Willis
*Oprah Winfrey
*Winnie the Pooh
*Henry Winkler
*Jonathan Winters
*Reese Witherspoon
*Stevie Wonder
*"Weird Al" Yankovic
==See also==
* Elstree Walk of Fame
==Sources==
==External links==
* Official site
* Muppet Central Article
* CNN Interview
* Jim Henson Walk of Fame pole banner
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