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Media from 1984.

Carryovers

Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:

Movies

Title/Poster Notes
101 Dalmatians 1979 Poster
101 Dalmatians
Last released in theaters on June 7, 1979.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Sleeping Beauty 1979 Poster
Sleeping Beauty
Last released in theaters on September 28, 1979.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Lady and the Tramp 1980 Poster
Lady and the Tramp
Last released in theaters on March 7, 1980.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

The Wizard of Oz 1982 VHS
The Wizard of Oz
Available on VHS since October 25, 1980. Re-printed in 1982.
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The Aristocats
Last released in theaters on December 19, 1980.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Mary Poppins 1982 VHS
Mary Poppins
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Re-printed in 1982.
1981 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh VHS
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Available on VHS since June 26, 1981.
The Fox and the Hound 1981 Poster
The Fox and the Hound
Released in theaters on July 10, 1981.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Cinderella 1981 Poster
Cinderella
Last released in theaters on December 18, 1981.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Fantasia 1982 Poster
Fantasia
Last released in theaters on April 2, 1982.

Only available in soundtrack form.

Bambi 1982 Poster
Bambi
Last released in theaters on June 4, 1982.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

1981 Dumbo VHS
Dumbo
Available on VHS since July 1982.
1981 Alice in Wonderland VHS
Alice in Wonderland
Available on VHS since November 1982.
Peter Pan 1982 Poster
Peter Pan
Last released in theaters on December 17, 1982.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

The Sword in the Stone 1983 Poster
The Sword in the Stone
Last released in theaters on March 25, 1983.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1983 Poster
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Last released in theaters on July 15, 1983.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

The Rescuers 1983 Poster
The Rescuers
Last released in theaters on December 16, 1983; continued playing in theaters until 1984 and grossed about $21 million.

Books

Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Catinthehat book
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
Lorax
The Lorax (1971)
Only available in Japanese:

Nausicaa Vol. 1 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 2 (Japanese)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Music

The Wizard of Oz 1968 LP
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

TV Shows

Title Notes
Grinchnight title Pontoffelpock title
Grinch Night
Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano
No longer airing on television; last aired on ABC in 1980 and 1981.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Horton Hears a Who!
Available on VHS since December 1982.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! also reran on December 5, 1984.

Grinch title
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat
No longer airing on television; last aired on ABC in August 1983.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Logo 1971
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details.

Video Games

Title Notes
Donkeykong title Donkeykongjr nestitle Mariobros nestitle


Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr. and Mario Bros.

All three games were still only available in Japan as Famicom titles.

Paper money

The following was printed during fiscal year 1984:

Denomination Amount printed Notes
$1-A (1984)
$1
2,771,200,000 1,097,600,000 as Series 1981 notes;
1,673,600,000 as Series 1981A notes.
$2-B (1976)
$2
None whatsoever; most notes in circulation were still Series 1976.
$5-L (1984)
$5
716,800,000 396,800,000 as Series 1981 notes;
320,000,000 as Series 1981A notes.
$10-G (1984)
$10
812,800,000 512,000,000 as Series 1981 notes;
300,800,000 as Series 1981A notes.
$20-D (1984)
$20
1,292,800,000 832,000,000 as Series 1981 notes;
460,800,000 as Series 1981A notes.
$50-J (1984)
$50
128,000,000 All as Series 1981 notes.
$100-B (1982)
$100
137,600,000 All as Series 1981 notes.

All denominations now had standard print runs of 100,000 sheets.

Events in 1984

January 2–13 Episodes #1021–1030 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood aired on PBS for the last time. Episodes #1066 onwards aired the next week.
March 11 Nausicaa 1984 Poster

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind premiered exclusively in Japanese theaters.

Microsoft released DOS 2.11.
March 30 The Wizard of Oz reran on CBS.
April 2–6 Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Work" (episodes #1526–1530), premiered on PBS.
April 9 My Little Pony (1984)

My Little Pony premiered on local syndication. At the time, it was clearly not a series.

May 7–11 Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Grandparents" (episodes #1531–1535), premiered on PBS. These episodes were the last to have the 1971 PBS logo.
July 4 Donkeykong3 title

Donkey Kong 3 was released for use on the Family Computer in Japan.

July 27 The Jungle Book 1984 Poster

The Jungle Book was re-released in theaters. It grossed $23,456,945 during its run.

August 8 DOS 3.0

Microsoft released DOS 3.0.

Thelorax title

The Lorax aired on HBO for the last time.

August 13 Mister Rogers Goes to School reran alone every August for the next five years.
August 15–29 Hooberbloob title Drseussontheloose title Thecatinthehat title

The Hoober-Bloob Highway, Dr. Seuss on the Loose and The Cat in the Hat all aired on HBO for the last time.

September 10 1984 Jeopardy! Closing Logo

Jeopardy! premiered on local primetime syndication.

1983 Wheel of Fortune Logo

A second season of Wheel of Fortune began.

October 22 Reruns of all Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes to date from #1466 onwards on PBS began.

Effectively, the new series now aired during every calendar year's end from then on.

November 19–23 PBS (1984)

"Mister Rogers Talks About Food" (episodes #1536–1540) premiered on PBS. These were the first episodes to contain the 1984 PBS logo.

December 3 1984 Robin Hood VHS

Robin Hood was released on VHS as part of The Classics.

December 15 Nausicaa Vol. 3 (Japanese)

The third volume of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japanese bookstores.

December 21 Pinocchio 1984 Poster

Pinocchio was re-issued in theaters. This film contained a teaser trailer for The Black Cauldron, set to premiere in summer 1985.

By the end of this year, a total of at least 195 out of 400 remaining episodes of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood reran on PBS, having previously aired from October 19, 1981 to November 5, 1982, while those that previously aired in 1983 did not air again until April 1985 at the earliest.

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