2002

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## Television & Movies

* *Sesame Street* Season 33, February 4
* *Play with Me Sesame* premieres on Noggin, April 1 (first season)
* *The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss* Season 1 premieres on PBS Kids, January 13
* *Farscape* Season 4 premieres on Sci Fi, June 7 (final season)
* *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

## 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

## 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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