Muppet Stuff's 2021 Year in News!

Before we get too far into the new year, let's take a moment and look back at 2021.  

Barely before the year even began, Kermit and Fozzie got things started and "moved us right along" from 2020 and into 2021:

2021 in News:

Frank Oz's film version of Derek Delgaudio's play In & of Itself premiered on Hulu. 

Dinosaurs came to Disney+ , then The Muppet Show! The later came with a few warnings about harmful stereotypes. (conservatives lost their minds). 

DoorDash teamed up with Sesame Street.

The documentary Street Gang premiered.

Baby Sam Eagle made his Muppet Babies debut

The National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress honored the  ‘The Rainbow Connection.’

The Jim Henson Company teamed up with chef Duff Goldman for Duff’s Happy Fun Bake Time

ABC aired Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days.

We met the GLOP - The Glorious Ladies of Puppetry!

Sesame Street Introduced two New Black Muppets to Talk About Race 

(once again conservatives lost their minds)

Dinosaur Train's first full length "movie" - Adventure Island

Big Bird made a nest atop the The Met.

Disney & The Jim Henson Company announced a Jim Henson Bio-Pic

The Jim Henson Exhibition: "Imagination Unlimited” arrived in Michigan!

‘The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance’ Exhibit arrived at the Center Puppetry Arts

Pride came to Sesame Street as Sesame Street (finally) introduced a gay couple.
(and again, conservatives lost their minds).

The Jim Henson Company's adult improve puppet show Puppet Up! returned.

Elmo Got a Puppy

The Museum of the City of New York hosted many famous Puppets of New York 

The Jim Henson Company is developing "Jelly Bean Dream Machine" (working title), a new series with poet Kwame Alexander.

Baby Gonzo wore a dress (conservatives lost their minds),

and Muppet fan Emily Engel's made an amazing Muppet replica plush benefit The Trevor Project. 

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas Returned To The Stage only to be cut short due to COVID. 

Jim Henson’s London Home Honored with English Heritage Plaque

This year saw the Muppets' first Halloween special Muppets Haunted Mansion and with it the return of Sal Manilla and Dr. Phil Van Neuter. 

The Jim Henson Company announced an upcoming stop-motion animated series "How to Make Friends with a Ghost."

Ohio State's Marching band performed a halftime salute to Sesame Street.

The Sesame Street special "See Us Coming Together" introduces Ji-Young the first Korean American Muppet (and again conservatives lost their minds. Anyone else seeing a pattern?)

Fraggle Rock announced it was going "Back to the Rock"

The Sesame Street Podcast With "Foley And Friends" was renewed for two seasons

The Studebaker National Museum launched a campaign to restore a Fozzie Bear's natural habitat, a Studebaker.

and Disney delivered Letters To Santa via Disney+

Sadly, we lost a few people who worked alongside the Muppets this year. 

2021 In Memoriam:

Caroly Wilcox

Willard Scott:

Peter Harris:

Larry King:

Jessica Walter:

Isidore Mankofsky:

Cloris Leachman:

Bruce Kirby:

Charles Grodin:

Stephen J. Lawrence: 

all that and The Muppets Studio got a new logo!

As you can see a lot happened last year. 

Looking ahead there's new Fraggle Rock series Fraggle Rock: Back to The Rock, Labyrinth action figures and a chess set, more Storyteller comics, The Dark Crystal’s 40th anniversary, and much more still to be announced. 

So goodbye 2021, let's hope 2022 brings even more great things from our favorite felt friends.