Media from 1989.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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Mary Poppins |
Available on VHS since December 30, 1980. Last re-printed in 1988. | ||||||||||
Dumbo |
Available on VHS since July 1982. Re-printed in 1985. | ||||||||||
Alice in Wonderland |
Available on VHS since November 1982. Re-printed in 1986. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
Last released in theaters on July 27, 1984.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Robin Hood |
No longer on sale as of January 31, 1987; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Fantasia |
Last released in theaters on February 7, 1985.
Only available in soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Pinocchio |
No longer on sale as of February 28, 1987; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Black Cauldron |
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
Last released in theaters on December 20, 1985.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Warriors of the Wind |
Available on VHS since December 1985.
The original Japanese film was licensed by Animage Video. | ||||||||||
The Sword in the Stone |
Available on VHS since March 1986. | ||||||||||
The Great Mouse Detective |
Released in theaters on July 2, 1986.
Only available in book and soundtrack form at the moment. | ||||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Available on VHS since October 28, 1986. | ||||||||||
The Aristocats |
Last released in theaters on April 10, 1987.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Last released in theaters on July 17, 1987.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
No longer on sale as of March 31, 1988; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
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 |
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 |
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million. | ||||||||||
Cinderella |
Available on VHS until April 30, 1989. | ||||||||||
Books | |||||||||||
Horton Hears a Who! (1954) |
The Cat in the Hat (1957) |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957) |
Green Eggs and Ham (1960) |
The Lorax (1971) | |||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Pinocchio |
Dumbo |
Bambi | ||||||||
Cinderella |
Alice in Wonderland |
Peter Pan |
Lady and the Tramp | ||||||||
Sleeping Beauty |
101 Dalmatians |
The Jungle Book |
Winnie the Pooh | ||||||||
The Sword in the Stone |
The Great Mouse Detective |
The Aristocats |
The Fox and the Hound | ||||||||
Only available in Japanese: | |||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |||||||||||
Castle in the Sky | |||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro | |||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (LP/Cassette) |
My Neighbor Totoro (LP; Japan only) | ||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
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 |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony Currently airing on local syndication. Comprised of 65 episodes. | |||||||||||
Barney & the Backyard Gang |
The first volume, The Backyard Show, was available on VHS since 1988. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. |
Available for the NES since 1985; always bundled with Duck Hunt since late 1988. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. |
Available for the NES since 1986; bundled together as "Donkey Kong Classics" since 1988. | ||||||||||
Mario Bros. Donkey Kong 3 |
Available for the NES since 1986. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels |
Available for the Famicom Disk System since 1986, and only in Japan. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. 2 |
Currently on sale for the NES. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Only available in Japan at the moment; however, it was teased on many Nintendo Power magazines this year. | ||||||||||
Sega was currently selling games for the Sega Master System. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1989:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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$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 |
771,200,000 | All as Series 1985 notes. |
$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 |
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 |
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. |
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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. |
A Day at the Beach was released on VHS. | |
March 13 |
Microsoft released Windows 2.11. |
March 17 |
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 |
Microsoft released Version 4.01 of MS-DOS. |
April 21 |
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 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 was released exclusively in Japanese theaters. |
July 31 |
Super Mario Land was released for the Game Boy in North America. |
August 14 |
Sega introduced the Genesis to the North American market. |
August 15 |
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'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 |
My Little Pony last aired on syndication on this date. |
September 4 |
On some stations, it was replaced by the premiere of the first video game based cartoon, the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. |
The sixth season of Jeopardy! and the seventh season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. | |
September 9 |
The Kidsongs TV Show aired on local syndication for the last time. The nine music video shows still continued sales on VHS. |
September 22 |
The third season of Full House premiered on ABC. |
September 25 |
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 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 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. |