Television & Movies
- The Frog Prince in syndication, May 12
- Sesame Street Season 3 begins on PBS, November 15
International Television
- Sesamo Apriti begins airing in Italy
Appearances
- Sesame Street cast and crew on Telescope, January 5
- Some Muppet musicians, joined by Mahna Mahna on drums, perform in "The Wild String Quartet" on The Ed Sullivan Show, January 17
- The Muppets make their last appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show with "The Glutton," February 12
- The Muppets appear as guests on Goldie Hawn's TV special Pure Goldie, February 15
- The Muppets perform with Nancy Sinatra in her stage show, Nancy `71, June 16-July 18
- Kermit and Rowlf on This Is Tom Jones, July 8
- Many of the regular characters on Sesame Street join the Boston Pops Orchestra for Evening at Pops, September 12
Storybooks
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
- The Monster at the End of This Book
- People in My Family
- People in Your Neighborhood
- The Sesame Street Storybook
- The Together Book
Non-fiction Books
People
- Eric Jacobson born, January 15
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo born, December 7
Albums
- The Frog Prince
- The Muppet Alphabet Album
- The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album
- The Year of Roosevelt Franklin
Muppet Character Debuts
- The Frog Prince: Robin the Frog, Sweetums, Frogs, King Rupert the Second
- Sesame Street: Mr. Snuffleupagus, The Amazing Mumford, Harvey Kneeslapper, Mr. Johnson, The Busby Twins, Little Jerry and the Monotones, Prairie Dawn, various Twiddlebugs
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