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## Television & Movies

* *Farscape* Season 2 begins on Sci Fi, March 17
* *Sesame Street* Season 31 begins on PBS, January 3

## International Television & Movies

* *Takalani Sesame* begins airing in South Africa
* *Alam Simsim* begins airing in Egypt
* *Elmo au pays des grincheux*, March 15
* *Muppets Fra Rummet*, June 16
* *Elmo i Surmuleland*, July 7
* *Le Avventure de Elmo in Brontolandia*, July 7
* *Die Abenteuer von Elmo im Grummelland*, July 20
* *Rat*, October 6

## Appearances

* Bad Andy debuts in Domino's Pizza commercials
* Kermit the Frog on *Who Wants to Be a Millionaire*, November 14

## International Appearances

* The Swedish Chef at the *Europe MTV Music Awards* in Stockholm, Sweden, November 16
* Kermit the Frog on *I Love the 70s* on the BBC, August 26

## Live Appearances

* Count von Count visits Bruch-Monroe Elementary School for the Census in the Schools program, February 24
* Kermit the Frog on Capitol Hill for the introduction of the Shambala Wild Animal Protection Act of 2000, March 29
* Kermit the Frog's Henson Digital Performance System counterpart emcees the keynote speech and awards of SIGGRAPH 2000, July[2]
* Kermit co-hosts the opening of the new American Academy of Dramatic Arts, October 17

## Video

* Time-Life begins releasing complete episodes of *The Muppet Show* on VHS as *The Best of the Muppet Show*in December
* *CinderElmo*
* *Elmo's World: Babies, Dogs & More!* (VHS)
* *Elmo's World: Dancing, Music, Books!* (VHS)
* *Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!* (VHS)
* *Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More!* (VHS)
* *Let's Make Music* (VHS)

## International Video

* *Muppets aus dem All* (*Muppets from Space*) released in Germany on DVD and VHS, August 24
* *Muppets Fra Rummet* (*Muppets from Space*) released in Denmark on DVD and VHS, November 15.

## Storybooks

* *Bear's Berry Christmas*
* *Bear's Breakfast Treat*
* *Bear's Woodland Workout*
* *The Best Thanksgiving Ever!*
* *Brought to You by the Letter A*
* *Brought to You by the Letter B*
* *Brought to You by the Letter C*
* *Fun with 1, 2, 3*
* *Fun with A, B, C*
* *Fun with Colors and Shapes*
* *Fun with Opposites*

## Video Games

* Muppet RaceMania, October
* Muppet Monster Adventure, November 7
* Jim Henson's Muppets (GameBoy Color)

## Other Merchandise

* *Bear in the Big Blue House* talking cookie jar
* Jim Henson Bust
* Kermit light-up bust

## Behind the scenes

* Frank Oz stops performing his classic *Muppet Show* characters in new projects. Oz's *Sesame Street* Muppets are portrayed by other performers in his absence, but he returns to perform them occasionally until 2012.

## Business

* Charlie Chaplin Studios purchased by Henson family and leased to The Jim Henson Company
* EM.TV buys The Jim Henson Company, February
* Children's Television Workshop changes its name to Sesame Workshop
* EM.TV sells The Jim Henson Company's stakes in Odyssey Network and The Kermit Channel to Crown Media Holdings
* EM.TV sells The Jim Henson Company's rights to the *Sesame Street* Muppets to Sesame Workshop

## Stage Shows

* *Bear in the Big Blue House Live: Surprise Party*

## Muppet Character Debuts

* *Sesamstrasse*: Feli Filu, Wolle, Pferd
* *Alam Simsim*: Nimnim, Filfil, Khokha
* *Takalani Sesame*: Moshe, Zuzu, Zikwe, Neno

## Parades

* *Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade* features a *Sesame Street* Float.

## Sources

1. Hello, My Name Is Frank: My Sesame Street Ad (2010-10-19) (behind-the-scenes article on creating the ad by Frank Fusco)
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20010307022929fw\_/http://www.henson.com/company/press/072400.html