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Media from 1991.

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.
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.

Still available in book and soundtrack form.

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.
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.

Cinderella 1988
Cinderella
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1989; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
Kiki's Delivery Service
Only available in Japan at the moment, under license by Animage Video.

However, English dubs for all three films did exist since 1989 and 1990, respectively.

Oliver & Company 1988 Poster
Oliver & Company
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million.
The Wizard of Oz 1991 VHS
The Wizard of Oz
Available on VHS with closed captions since August 15, 1989. Special features removed this year.
Bambi 1989
Bambi
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1990; still available in most Blockbuster stores.
Warriors of the Wind 1990 VHS
Warriors of the Wind
Available on video from StarMaker Entertainment as of 1990.
My Little Pony The Movie 1989 VHS
My Little Pony: The Movie
Available on video from Video Treasures as of 1990.
Littlemermaid 1990
The Little Mermaid
Available on VHS until April 1, 1991.
Peterpan 1990
Peter Pan
Available on VHS until April 1, 1991.
The Rescuers Down Under Poster
The Rescuers Down Under
Continued playing in theaters until 1991 and grossed a box office total of $27,931,461.
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 (1989)
101 Dalmatians
The Jungle Book (1989-1991)
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
Robin Hood (1989-1991)
Robin Hood
The Rescuers (1989)
The Rescuers
The Little Mermaid Book Cover
The Little Mermaid
The Black Cauldron (1990)
The Black Cauldron
Oliver & Company (1990)
Oliver & Company
The Rescuers Down Under Book Cover
The Rescuers Down Under
Only available in Japanese:
Nausicaa Vol. 1 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 2 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 3 (Japanese) Nausicaa Vol. 4 (Japanese)
Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 1 Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 2 Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 3 Nausicaa Anicomic Vol. 4
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
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
Music
The Wizard of Oz 1989 CD
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (LP/Cassette)
My Neighbor Totoro LP
My Neighbor Totoro (LP; Japan only)
Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 CD
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japan only)
The Little Mermaid 1989 CD
The Little Mermaid
Kidsongs1990
Kidsongs
There were 11 existing titles so far to date in stores. The first nine videos were re-printed in 1990.
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

No longer airing on television as of 1989; still available on VHS while supplies lasted.

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
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat

Available on VHS for individual sale since 1989.

Backyardshow 1990 Threewishes 1990 Dayatthebeach 1990 Waitingforsanta Campfiresingalong Barneygoestoschool
Barney & the Backyard Gang

The first six volumes -- The Backyard Show, Three Wishes, A Day at the Beach, Waiting for Santa, Campfire Sing-Along and Barney Goes to School -- were available on VHS since 1990.

Shiningtimestation logo
Shining Time Station
Currently airing on PBS. Includes Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1 and 2.
Thomas&Friends2
Thomas & Friends
Available on VHS in four volumes since 1990.
Smbss
Super Mario Bros. Super Show
Currently airing on syndication. Comprised of 52 episodes.
Aosmb3
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
Currently airing on NBC. Comprised of 26 episodes.
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.
Sml title
Super Mario Land
Available for the Game Boy since 1989.
Smb3title
Super Mario Bros. 3
Available for the NES since 1990.

Paper money

The following was printed during fiscal year 1991:

Denomination Amount printed Notes
File:$1-I (1994).JPG
$1
3,212,800,000 All as Series 1988A notes.
$5-J (1990)
$5
979,200,000 All as Series 1988A notes.
$10-E (1991)
$10
812,800,000 All as Series 1988A notes.
$20-F (1991)
$20
1,926,400,000 All as Series 1988A notes.
File:$50-L (1989).jpeg
$50
128,000,000 All as Series 1988 notes.
$100-I (1992)
$100
956,800,000 211,200,000 as Series 1988 notes;
745,600,000 as Series 1990 notes.

The following was in circulation by year's end:

Denomination Estimate total Notes
File:$1-I (1994).JPG
$1
About 5.3 billion Most were Series 1988A.
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg
$2
Less than 450 million Mostly Series 1976.
$5-J (1990)
$5
About 1.28 billion Most were Series 1988A.
$10-E (1991)
$10
About 1.26 billion Most were Series 1988A, although a few Series 1985 notes were also used.
$20-F (1991)
$20
About 3.5 billion Most were Series 1988A, although some Series 1985 notes were also used.
File:$50-L (1989).jpeg
$50
About 712 million More than half were Series 1988.
$100-E (1990)
$100
More than 1.57 billion More than 60% were Series 1988 or older.

Events in 1991

January 1 Horton Hears a Who! aired on TNT for the last known time.
January 23 BetterLateThanNever 1991VHS Kidsongs verysillysongs

Two new videos were released -- Better Late Than Never and Other Thomas Stories, and Kidsongs: Very Silly Songs.

February 25–March 1 Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Growing", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1631–1635.
March 11 TheRescuers1991

The Rescuers was released on VHS in the UK.

April 22 Episodes #1211–1290 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood began airing on PBS for the last time.
May 3 Junglebook 1991

The Jungle Book was released on VHS.

May 10 The fourth season of Full House began reruns on ABC after it ended with 24 episodes.
May 17 Kidsongstvshow 1987

One episode of The Kidsongs TV Show was known to air on The Disney Channel on this date.

May 29 Nausicaa Vol. 5 (Japanese)

Volume 5 of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japanese bookstores.

June 11 Msdos5

Microsoft released MS-DOS 5.0.

June 23 Sonic1

Sonic the Hedgehog was released for use on the Sega Genesis.

July 12 101 Dalmatians 1991 Poster

101 Dalmatians was re-issued in theaters. Attached to it was a theatrical trailer for Beauty and the Beast.

Robinhood 1991 AliceinWonderland1991VHS Dumbo 1991 Swordinthestone 1991

Robin Hood, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo and The Sword in the Stone were re-released on VHS. The last two of these films restored the Buena Vista logo.

July 29–September 21 Barneyinconcert Rockwithbarney 1991vhs

Barney & the Backyard Gang: Barney in Concert and Rock with Barney were released on VHS.

These were the last two titles of the series.

August 13 Smw title

Super Mario World was released for use on the Super NES in North America.

August 26–30 Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Dress-Up", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1636–1640.

By this point, only 85 episodes from 1974 and 1975 remained on the network.

September 2 Jeopardy 1991 Wheeloffortune 1989

The eighth season of Jeopardy! and the ninth season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication.

September 14 Smw title

Super Mario World premiered on NBC. The other two Mario cartoons moved to The Family Channel.

September 17 Fullhouse 1987

The fifth season of Full House premiered on ABC. Older seasons began airing on daily syndication.

September 20 Therescuersdownunder

The Rescuers Down Under was released on VHS.

September 30 The first season of Shining Time Station began airing on weekdays.
October 20 Win30 multimedia

Microsoft released Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions.

October 25 Sonic-8-Bit-Title-Screen

Sonic the Hedgehog was released for use on the Sega Master System.

November 1 Fantasia

Fantasia was released on VHS.

November 18 A second season of Shining Time Station premiered on PBS. This season contained Season 3 episodes of Thomas & Friends.
November 22 Beautyandthebeast poster Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack CD Beauty and the Beast Book Cover

Beauty and the Beast premiered in theaters. Its soundtrack was also released in music stores, and books based on the film were released in bookstores.

November 25–29 "Mister Rogers Talks About Art" (episodes #1641–1645) premiered on PBS. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting returned as underwriter.
December 8 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! reran on TNT.
December 28 Sonic1gg-title

Sonic the Hedgehog was released for use on the Sega Game Gear.

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