Media from 1995.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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The Black Cauldron |
Unreleased since 1986 due to its commercial failure.
Still 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. | ||||||||||
Oliver & Company |
Continued playing in theaters until 1989 and grossed over $53 million.
Only available in book and soundtrack form. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
Available on VHS with closed captions since 1989. Bonus features removed since 1991. | ||||||||||
Bambi |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1990; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Castle in the Sky Kiki's Delivery Service |
Only available in Japan at the moment, under license by Animage Video.
However, they did have English dubs since 1989 and 1990, respectively. | ||||||||||
The Little Mermaid |
No longer on sale as of April 1, 1991; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Peter Pan |
No longer on sale as of April 1, 1991; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Jungle Book |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1992; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Rescuers Down Under |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Fantasia |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1992; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
101 Dalmatians |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Great Mouse Detective |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Rescuers |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Beauty and the Beast |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1993; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Pinocchio |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1994; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Aladdin |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1994; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
The Fox and the Hound |
Available on VHS until April 30, 1995. | ||||||||||
The Lion King |
Continued playing in theaters until early 1995 and grossed $312,855,561. | ||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Available on VHS since July 19, 1994. | ||||||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Available on VHS until April 30, 1995. | ||||||||||
Mary Poppins Dumbo Alice in Wonderland Robin Hood The Sword in the Stone Available on VHS as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection since October 28, 1994. | |||||||||||
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 Aristocats |
The Fox and the Hound |
Robin Hood |
The Little Mermaid | ||||||||
Beauty and the Beast |
Aladdin |
The Lion King | |||||||||
Only available in Japanese: | |||||||||||
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | |||||||||||
Castle in the Sky | |||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro | |||||||||||
Kiki's Delivery Service | |||||||||||
Music | |||||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro (Japan only) |
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japan only) |
The Little Mermaid | |||||||||
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||||||
Kidsongs |
There were 18 existing titles so far to date in stores. Everything released before 1994 was re-printed this year under license by Kid Vision. | ||||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on VHS since December 1982, individually since 1986. | ||||||||||
Available on VHS from Random House Home Video since 1992. | |||||||||||
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss on the Loose The Lorax The Hoober-Bloob Highway Available on VHS with sing-along lyrics since 1994. | |||||||||||
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood |
Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details. | ||||||||||
Waiting for Santa, Campfire Sing-Along, Barney Goes to School, Barney in Concert, Rock with Barney, Barney's Magical Musical Adventure, Barney's Imagination Island and Barney Live! in New York City were currently on sale. | |||||||||||
Barney & Friends |
Seasons 1 and 2 were currently airing on PBS. | ||||||||||
Shining Time Station |
All three seasons were currently airing on PBS, with Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1, 2 and 3 included. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Available on VHS in 12 volumes since 1994. Three of the volumes were discontinued this year due to Strand Home Video going out of business. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Bros. Super Show Super Mario World |
Currently airing on The Family Channel as "Mario All Stars". | ||||||||||
No longer airing on television as of December 1994. | |||||||||||
My Little Pony My Little Pony Tales |
Currently airing on The Disney Channel. | ||||||||||
The Kidsongs TV Show |
Season 1 was currently airing on PBS. | ||||||||||
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
Older episodes of both shows were currently airing on Game Show Network. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Bros. Donkey Kong 3 Kirby's Adventure |
All NES games, including these titles, were discontinued this year. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1989. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World |
Available for the Super NES since 1991. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog |
Available for the Genesis and Game Gear since 1991. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1992. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Kart |
Available for the Super NES since 1992. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins |
Available for the Game Boy since 1992. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 |
Available for the Master System, Game Gear and Genesis since 1992. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Adventure |
Available for the NES since 1993. | ||||||||||
Super Mario All-Stars |
Available for the Super NES since 1993. Included four games: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Bros. 2 and Super Mario Bros. 3. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog CD |
Available for the Sega CD since 1993. | ||||||||||
Sonic Chaos |
Available for the Sega Game Gear since 1993. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Pinball Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1993. | ||||||||||
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 |
Available for the Game Boy since early 1994. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble |
Available for the Sega Game Gear since October 1994. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Sonic & Knuckles |
Available for the Genesis since 1994. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Country |
Available for the Super NES since late 1994. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1995:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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File:$1-D (1996).jpeg $1 |
4,428,800,000 | 2,550,400,000 as Series 1993 notes; 1,878,400,000 as Series 1995 notes. |
$5 |
992,000,000 | 134,400,000 as Series 1988A notes; 716,800,000 as Series 1993 notes; 140,800,000 as Series 1995 notes (up to July 1995) |
File:$10-J (1994).jpeg $10 |
672,000,000 | Nearly all as Series 1993 notes; 4,480,000 Series 1990 Star Notes. |
File:$20-J (1996).png $20 |
2,476,800,000 | Nearly all as Series 1993 notes; 5,760,000 Series 1990 Star Notes; 83,200,000 as Series 1995 notes. |
$50 |
147,200,000 | All as Series 1993 notes. |
File:$100-L (1995).jpeg $100 |
595,200,000 | All as Series 1993 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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$1 |
About 6.3 billion | Comprised of Series 1988A, 1993 and 1995 notes. |
File:$2-I (1977).jpeg $2 |
About 500 million | Mostly Series 1976. |
File:$5-G (1994).png $5 |
About 1.5 billion | Comprised of Series 1988A, 1993 and 1995 notes. |
File:$10-J (1994).jpeg $10 |
About 1.41 billion | About half were Series 1990, and half were Series 1993. |
$20 |
More than 4.2 billion | Comprised of Series 1990, 1993 and a few 1995 notes. |
File:$50-C (1992).jpeg $50 |
About 928 million | About 70% were Series 1990. |
$100
|
More than 2.4 billion | At least 70% were Series 1990. |
Events in 1995
January 21 |
All That premiered on Nickelodeon. The first season started off with 14 episodes. |
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February 1 |
Kirby's Dream Course was released for use on the Super NES. |
February 7 |
The Season 2 of Barney & Friends episode "A Very Special Delivery!" was released on VHS as "Families are Special". |
February 20–24 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Fast & Slow", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1681–1685. |
February 21 |
Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories was released on VHS. This was the first Season 4 video. |
February 27–March 3 |
The first five episodes of a third season of Barney & Friends premiered on PBS. |
February 28 | A fourth season of Shining Time Station premiered on PBS. It only comprised of four full-hour specials. |
March 3 |
The Lion King was released on VHS in North America, while The Aristocats was released on VHS in the UK. |
March 12 | Barney Live! in New York City premiered on PBS. |
March 17 |
Sonic Drift 2 was released in Japan for use on the Game Gear. |
March 21 |
Kirby's Dream Land 2 was released in Japan. It was the first Kirby game to support the Super Game Boy. |
March 28 |
Classic Disney Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic was released on CD and cassette. |
April 11 |
Barney: Safety was released on VHS. It contained clips from Seasons 1–3 of Barney & Friends. |
May 1 |
Kirby's Dream Land 2 was released for use on the Game Boy in North America. |
May 2 | Anchor Bay Entertainment was formed; as a result, both Warriors of the Wind and My Little Pony: The Movie went out of print since then. |
May 30 | The eighth and final season of Full House began reruns on ABC after it ended with 24 episodes. |
June 3 | Sonic the Hedgehog no longer aired on ABC. |
June 7–13 | Episodes 6–10 of the third season of Barney & Friends premiered on PBS. |
June 23 |
Pocahontas was released in theaters, along with its soundtrack in music stores, and books based on the film in bookstores. The film grossed a total of $141,579,773. |
July 24–28 | Episodes 11–15 of the third season of Barney & Friends premiered on PBS. |
August 5 |
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island was released in Japan for use on the Super Famicom. |
August 7–11 | Episodes #1386–1390 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood aired on PBS for the last time. |
August 8 |
The Season 3 of Barney & Friends episode "On the Move" was released on VHS as "Making New Friends". |
August 15 |
Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories was released on VHS. |
August 24 |
Microsoft released Windows 95, as a successor to both Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS. The Plus! package contained the first version of Internet Explorer. |
August 28–September 1 | Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Everybody's Special", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1686–1690. |
Full House now only aired on off-network syndication after it last aired on ABC on August 29. | |
September 4 |
The 12th season of Jeopardy! and the 13th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. |
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and ABC's Sonic the Hedgehog began airing on the USA Network in rotation. | |
September 10 |
A digitally restored version of Sleeping Beauty premiered in theaters. |
September 12 |
Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic was released on CD and cassette. |
September 19 |
A new version of The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released in music stores. |
September 26 |
The Season 3 of Barney & Friends episode "Are We There Yet?" was released on VHS as "Riding in Barney's Car". |
October 2 |
A second season of the new Kidsongs TV Show premiered on PBS. New versions of two of the Kidsongs albums -- A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm and Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes -- were also released by Warner Bros. Records. |
The last five episodes of the third season of Barney & Friends premiered on PBS. | |
October 4 |
Cinderella was re-released on VHS as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection. |
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island was released in North America. | |
October 7 | A second season of All That premiered in Nickelodeon. |
October 16–20 | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: What Do You Do With the Mad That You Feel? (episodes #1691–1695) premiered on PBS. |
October 28 | Grinch Night premiered on TNT. |
October 30 | Reruns of the Kidsongs TV Show continued after the second season ended with 20 episodes. |
November 7 |
Barney Songs was released on VHS, containing songs from various Season 3 episodes. |
November 18 |
Two new Kidsongs titles were announced -- Let's Put on a Show! and Baby Animal Songs, both set for release in early 1996. |
November 22 |
Toy Story premiered in theaters, along with its soundtrack in music stores. The film grossed $146,198,683 by year's end. A teaser trailer for The Hunchback of Notre Dame was attached to most screenings. |
Internet Explorer 2 was released for Windows 3.1 and 95 users. | |
November 26 | The Cat in the Hat and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat aired on TNT. |
December 5 |
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest was released for use on the Super NES. |
December 14 |
Kirby's Block Ball was released in Japan for use on the Game Boy. |