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The Gemini Awards are the Canadian television industry's top prize, the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy Award. The Canadian co-production of Sesame Street, Sesame Park, won multiple Geminis.
The Canadian Screen Awards replaced the Geminis and Genies in 2013.
1986, 1st[]
Won:
- Best Children's Series: Larry Mirkin
Nominated:
- Best Direction in a Comedy/Variety/Entertainment/Performing Arts Program or Series: "The Perfect Blue Rollie", Eric Till
1987, 2nd[]
Fraggle Rock
Won:
- Best Direction in a Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series: Eric Till
Nominated:
- Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series: David Young
- Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series: Brian Radford, Floyd Burrell, Peter Campbell
- Best Children's Series: Larry Mirkin
- Best Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore): Phil Balsam, Dennis Lee, Don Gillis
Down at Fraggle Rock: Behind the Scenes
Won:
- Best Children's Program: Diana Birkenfield, David Gumpel, Jim Henson
1994, 8th[]
Won:
- Best Animated Program or Series: Clive Smith, Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsh
1995, 9th[]
Jim Henson's Dog City
Nominated:
- Best Animated Program or Series: Clive Smith, Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert
1996, 10th[]
Jim Henson's Dog City
Nominated:
- Best Children's Program or Series: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Michael Frith, Brian Henson, Clive Smith
- Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program: David Finley
1999, 14th[]
Won:
- Best Pre-School Program or Series: Wendy Smith, Susan Sheehan, Duncan Lamb
Nominated:
- Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series: Bob Stutt
2000, 15th[]
Won:
- Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series: Sheila McCarthy
Nominated:
- Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series: Pier Kohl
2001, 16th[]
Sesame Park
Won:
- Best Pre-School Program or Series: Wendy Smith, Duncan Lamb, Susan Sheehan
- Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series: Eric Peterson as Old King Cole
Nominated:
- Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series: Pier Kohl
2007[]
Basil in the skit.
2007 Geminis Puppets Skit
The 2007 awards featured a pre-taped segment for the fictional charity, "Forgotten Lives Of Puppets", a senior's home for unemployed puppets. The segment ended as if it was a public service announcement, hosted by Camilla Scott.
A majority of the puppets were on loan from the CBC Museum, where they were on display at the time.
Included in the segment were Basil from Sesame Park, Gerome and Rusty from The Friendly Giant, costumed character Polkaroo from Polka Dot Door, and Casey and Finnegan of Mr. Dressup, locked in the show's Tickle Trunk. However, the segment primarily featured the puppets of Mike Harding (Applefun Puppetry), claiming they were also television veterans, when in actuality this was their first television appearance. One of Harding's characters, Lacy, is shown ready to give oral sex. Basil was shown early in the segment, playing a piano.
The segment sparked controversy after the family of Bob Homme, the creator and star of The Friendly Giant found the sketch in poor taste and said it was disrespectful to the late Homme. Soon after, the Homme family took back the loan of their father's puppets, from the CBC Museum; now only the stage wall remains. The Sesame Park characters remain on display at the museum.