Media from 1991.
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. | ||||||||||
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.
Still available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||
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 |
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
Available on VHS with closed captions since August 15, 1989. Special features removed this year. | ||||||||||
Bambi |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1990; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Warriors of the Wind |
Available on video from StarMaker Entertainment as of 1990. | ||||||||||
My Little Pony: The Movie |
Available on video from Video Treasures as of 1990. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
Available on VHS until April 1, 1991. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
Available on VHS until April 1, 1991. | ||||||||||
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! (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 | ||||||||
Robin Hood |
The Rescuers |
The Little Mermaid | |||||||||
The Black Cauldron |
Oliver & Company |
The Rescuers Down Under | |||||||||
Only available in Japanese: | |||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |||||||||||
Castle in the Sky | |||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro | |||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service | |||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (LP/Cassette) |
My Neighbor Totoro (LP; Japan only) |
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japan only) |
The Little Mermaid | ||||||||
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! 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 No longer airing on television as of 1989; still available on VHS while supplies lasted. | |||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||
Shining Time Station |
Currently airing on PBS. Includes Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1 and 2. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Available on VHS in four volumes since 1990. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Super Show |
Currently airing on syndication. Comprised of 52 episodes. | ||||||||||
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Currently airing on NBC. Comprised of 26 episodes. | ||||||||||
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 Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1989. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Available for the NES since 1990. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1991:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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File:$1-I (1994).JPG $1 |
3,212,800,000 | All as Series 1988A notes. |
$5 |
979,200,000 | All as Series 1988A notes. |
$10 |
812,800,000 | All as Series 1988A notes. |
$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 |
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 |
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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 |
About 1.28 billion | Most were Series 1988A. |
$10 |
About 1.26 billion | Most were Series 1988A, although a few Series 1985 notes were also used. |
$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 |
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. |
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January 23 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
One episode of The Kidsongs TV Show was known to air on The Disney Channel on this date. |
May 29 |
Volume 5 of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japanese bookstores. |
June 11 |
Microsoft released MS-DOS 5.0. |
June 23 |
Sonic the Hedgehog was released for use on the Sega Genesis. |
July 12 |
101 Dalmatians was re-issued in theaters. Attached to it was a theatrical trailer for Beauty and the Beast. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The eighth season of Jeopardy! and the ninth season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
September 14 |
Super Mario World premiered on NBC. The other two Mario cartoons moved to The Family Channel. |
September 17 |
The fifth season of Full House premiered on ABC. Older seasons began airing on daily syndication. |
September 20 |
The Rescuers Down Under was released on VHS. |
September 30 | The first season of Shining Time Station began airing on weekdays. |
October 20 |
Microsoft released Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions. |
October 25 |
Sonic the Hedgehog was released for use on the Sega Master System. |
November 1 |
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 |
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 |
Sonic the Hedgehog was released for use on the Sega Game Gear. |