The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years is a one-hour special starring Jim Henson's Muppets. It was shot in Toronto, Ontario in 1985 and aired January 21, 1986 on CBS. Various Muppets from "The Muppet Show", "Sesame Street", "Sam and Friends", Uncle Traveling Matt and Sprocket the Dog from "Fraggle Rock", and other Muppet-related characters host a banquet to celebrate their thirtieth anniversary by presenting a retrospective of their film and television appearances. After a montage of various Muppet clips dating from 1955 to 1984, and overlaid with Ethel Merman singing "There's No
The Muppets Studio group. That same year, Disney contracted with Puppet Heap to rebuild, maintain, and create puppet characters for the Muppets Studio. In April 2007, the Muppets Holding Company changed its name to The Muppets Studio under new leadership by Special Events Group SVP Lylle Breier. In 2008, The Muppets Studio began a licensing agreement with F.A.O. Schwarz, to create a Muppet-themed boutique where customers can design their own Muppet. In 2013, Disney Theatrical Productions revealed that a show based on The Muppets was in active development and that a 15-minute show had been conducted by Thomas Schumacher to see how the