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Media from 1989.

Carryovers

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

Movies
Mary Poppins 1988 VHS
Mary Poppins
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Last re-printed in 1988.
Dumbo 1985
Dumbo
Available on VHS since July 1982. Re-printed in 1985.
Aliceinwonderland 1986
Alice in Wonderland
Available on VHS since November 1982. Re-printed in 1986.
The Jungle Book 1984 Poster
The Jungle Book
Last released in theaters on July 27, 1984.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

1984 Robin Hood VHS
Robin Hood
No longer on sale as of January 31, 1987; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Fantasia 1985 Poster
Fantasia
Last released in theaters on February 7, 1985.

Only available in soundtrack form.

Pinocchio 1985
Pinocchio
No longer on sale as of February 28, 1987; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
The Black Cauldron Poster
The Black Cauldron
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure.
101 Dalmatians 1985 Poster
101 Dalmatians
Last released in theaters on December 20, 1985.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Warriors of the Wind VHS
Warriors of the Wind
Available on VHS since December 1985.

The original Japanese film was licensed by Animage Video.

Swordinthestone 1986
The Sword in the Stone
Available on VHS since March 1986.
The Great Mouse Detective Poster
The Great Mouse Detective
Released in theaters on July 2, 1986.

Only available in book and soundtrack form at the moment.

Sleepingbeauty 1986
Sleeping Beauty
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
My Little Pony The Movie 1986 VHS
My Little Pony: The Movie
Available on VHS since October 28, 1986.
Aristocats2
The Aristocats
Last released in theaters on April 10, 1987.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Snow White 1987 Poster
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Last released in theaters on July 17, 1987.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Ladyandthetramp 1987
Lady and the Tramp
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Manyadventures-pooh
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Still only aired occasionally on The Disney Channel.
Also available on VHS as three separate featurettes.
The Fox and the Hound 1988 Poster
The Fox and the Hound
Last released in theaters on March 25, 1988.

Only available in book and soundtrack form.

Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Only available in Japan at the moment, under license by Animage Video.

Both films received English dubs from Streamline Pictures this year.

Oliver & Company 1988 Poster
Oliver & Company
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million.
Cinderella 1988
Cinderella
Available on VHS until April 30, 1989.
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)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1986-1989)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Pinocchio (1986-1989)
Pinocchio
Dumbo (1986-1991)
Dumbo
Bambi (1986-1989)
Bambi
Cinderella (1986-1989)
Cinderella
Alice in Wonderland (1986-1989)
Alice in Wonderland
Peter Pan (1986-1991)
Peter Pan
Lady and the Tramp (1986-1991)
Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty (1986-1991)
Sleeping Beauty
101 Dalmatians (1986)
101 Dalmatians
The Jungle Book (1986)
The Jungle Book
Winnie the Pooh (1986)
Winnie the Pooh
The Sword in the Stone (1987)
The Sword in the Stone
The Great Mouse Detective (1987)
The Great Mouse Detective
The Aristocats (1988-1991)
The Aristocats
The Fox and the Hound (1988)
The Fox and the Hound
Only available in Japanese:
Nausicaa Vol. 1 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 2 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 3 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 4 (Japanese)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Castle in the Sky Vol. 1 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 2 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 3 (Japanese) Castle in the Sky Vol. 4 (Japanese)
Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 1 (Japanese) My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 2 (Japanese) My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 3 (Japanese) My Neighbor Totoro Vol. 4 (Japanese)
My Neighbor Totoro
Music
The Wizard of Oz 1968 LP
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (LP/Cassette)
My Neighbor Totoro LP
My Neighbor Totoro (LP; Japan only)
TV Shows
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1988 VHS Horton Hears a Who 1989 VHS
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Horton Hears a Who!
Available on VHS since December 1982, individually since 1986. Last re-printed in 1989.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Logo 1971
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details.
My Little Pony Vol. 1 1988 VHS My Little Pony Vol. 2 1988 VHS My Little Pony Vol. 3 1988 VHS My Little Pony Vol. 4 1988 VHS
My Little Pony Vol. 5 1988 VHS My Little Pony Vol. 6 1988 VHS My Little Pony Vol. 7 1988 VHS My Little Pony Vol. 8 1988 VHS
My Little Pony

Currently airing on local syndication. Comprised of 65 episodes.
Several episodes were also available on VHS since 1988.

Backyardshow 1989
Barney & the Backyard Gang
The first volume, The Backyard Show, was available on VHS since 1988.
Video Games
Title
Super Mario Bros.
Available for the NES since 1985; always bundled with Duck Hunt since late 1988.
Donkeykongclassics
Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.
Available for the NES since 1986; bundled together as "Donkey Kong Classics" since 1988.
Mariobros nestitle Donkeykong3 title
Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong 3
Available for the NES since 1986.
Smb2j title
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Available for the Famicom Disk System since 1986, and only in Japan.
Smb2title
Super Mario Bros. 2
Currently on sale for the NES.
Smb3title
Super Mario Bros. 3
Only available in Japan at the moment; however, it was teased on many Nintendo Power magazines this year.
Sega-master-system-logo Sega was currently selling games for the Sega Master System.

Paper money

The following was printed during fiscal year 1989:

Denomination Amount printed Notes
$1-C (1989)
$1
2,860,800,000 675,200,000 as Series 1985 notes;
2,185,600,000 as Series 1988 notes.
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg
$2
None whatsoever; most notes in circulation were still Series 1976.
File:$5-F (1989).jpeg
$5
835,200,000 396,800,000 as Series 1985 notes;
438,400,000 as Series 1988 notes.
$10-K (1986)
$10
771,200,000 All as Series 1985 notes.
$20-G (1987)
$20
1,526,400,000 All as Series 1985 notes.
File:$50-L (1989).jpeg
$50
134,400,000 64,000,000 as Series 1985 notes;
70,400,000 as Series 1988 notes.
$100-E (1990)
$100
201,600,000 76,800,000 as Series 1985 notes;
124,800,000 as Series 1988 notes.

All $100 bills labeled "Series 1981A" were also still in circulation.

Events in 1989

January 29 Catinthehat 1989vhs Lorax 1989vhs Drseussontheloose vhs Hooberbloob 1989vhs Grinchnight 1989vhs Pontoffelpock 1989vhs Grinch 1989vhs

The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss on the Loose, The Lorax, The Hoober-Bloob Highway, Grinch Night, Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano, and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat were all released on VHS for individual sale.

Shiningtimestation logo

Shining Time Station premiered on PBS, only airing on weekends. This series also introduced Thomas & Friends to North American viewers, starting with the first season.

February 20–24 Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Fun & Games", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1601–1605.
Dayatthebeach

A Day at the Beach was released on VHS.

March 13 Windows211

Microsoft released Windows 2.11.

March 17 The Rescuers 1989 Poster

The Rescuers was re-released in theaters one last time.

March 26 Season 2 episodes of Thomas & Friends began airing on PBS as segments to Shining Time Station.
April Dos4x

Microsoft released Version 4.01 of MS-DOS.

April 21 Sml title

Super Mario Land was released in Japan for use on the Game Boy, a new handheld console at the time.

May 1–5 Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Josephine the Short-Neck Giraffe", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1606–1610.

After this, reruns of the old series continued, in which only 310 episodes remained at the time.

May 12 The second season of Full House began reruns on ABC after it ended with 24 episodes.
June 12 Starting here, old episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood reran for the very last time on PBS, starting with episodes #1456–1460, followed by all 60 remaining episodes from 1970, and the first 10 from 1971.

By year's end, only 235 episodes from 1971–1975 were left.

June 18 Reruns of Shining Time Station began after the first season ended with 20 episodes.
July 14 Peter Pan 1989 Poster Robin Hood (1989-1991) The Rescuers (1989)

Peter Pan was re-issued in theaters. Along with it were Twin Books' first editions of Robin Hood and The Rescuers.

July 29 Kiki's Delivery Service Japanese Poster

Kiki's Delivery Service was released exclusively in Japanese theaters.

July 31 Sml

Super Mario Land was released for the Game Boy in North America.

August 14 Sega Genesis Logo

Sega introduced the Genesis to the North American market.

August 15 The Wizard of Oz 1989 VHS The Wizard of Oz 1989 CD

The Wizard of Oz was re-released on VHS as a "50th Anniversary Edition". This tape included bonus features at the end. A new version of the soundtrack album was released one month later.

August 25 Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 CD Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 1 (Japanese) Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 2 (Japanese) Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 3 (Japanese) Kiki's Delivery Service Vol. 4 (Japanese)

Kiki's Delivery Service's soundtrack was released in Audio CD format in Japan. A series of comic books based on the film were also released in Japanese bookstores.

September 1 Mylittlepony 1986tv

My Little Pony last aired on syndication on this date.

September 4 Smbss

On some stations, it was replaced by the premiere of the first video game based cartoon, the Super Mario Bros. Super Show.

Jeopardy 1989 Wheeloffortune 1989

The sixth season of Jeopardy! and the seventh season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication.

September 9 Kidsongstvshow 1987

The Kidsongs TV Show aired on local syndication for the last time. The nine music video shows still continued sales on VHS.

September 22 Fullhouse 1987

The third season of Full House premiered on ABC.

September 25 PBS (1989)

Reruns of all Mister Rogers' Neighborhood episodes to date from #1466 onwards on PBS began. This marked the first time they all carried the 1989 PBS logo shown above.

September 28 Bambi 1989

Bambi was released on VHS. This tape included a trailer for The Little Mermaid.

October 14 Cinderella aired on The Disney Channel for the first time.
November 13 First known broadcast of Horton Hears a Who! on TNT.
November 17 The Little Mermaid 1989 Poster The Little Mermaid 1989 CD The Little Mermaid Book Cover

The Little Mermaid was released in theaters. Its soundtrack was also released on CD and cassette, and the film also had a storybook adaptation.

November 20–24 "Mister Rogers Talks About When Parents Go to Work" (episodes #1611–1615) premiered on PBS.
December 18 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! aired on CBS for the last time.
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