Media from 1997.
Carryovers
Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:
Movies | |||||||||||
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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 |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1995; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1995; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||
The Lion King |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1996; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
No longer on sale; also never aired on television since September 4, 1995. | |||||||||||
Cinderella |
No longer on sale as of April 30, 1996; still available in most Blockbuster stores. | ||||||||||
Pocahontas |
Available on VHS since February 28, 1996. | ||||||||||
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
Available on VHS since March 27, 1996. | ||||||||||
The Aristocats |
Available on VHS since April 24, 1996. | ||||||||||
The Wizard of Oz |
New version available on VHS since September 10, 1996. | ||||||||||
Oliver & Company |
Available on VHS since September 24, 1996. | ||||||||||
Toy Story |
Available on VHS since October 29, 1996. | ||||||||||
Lady and the Tramp |
Re-released in theaters in some countries this year. | ||||||||||
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 |
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | ||||||||
The Aristocats |
The Fox and the Hound |
Robin Hood |
The Little Mermaid | ||||||||
Beauty and the Beast |
Aladdin |
The Lion King | |||||||||
Pocahontas |
Toy Story |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | |||||||||
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 |
Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |||||||||
The Lion King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
Pocahontas |
Toy Story |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | ||||||||
Classic Disney Vol. 1 |
Classic Disney Vol. 2 |
Classic Disney Vol. 3 | |||||||||
My Neighbor Totoro |
Kiki's Delivery Service |
Kidsongs New versions of two albums (A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm and Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes) were currently on sale. There were also 19 existing titles on video. | |||||||||
TV Shows | |||||||||||
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Horton Hears a Who! |
Available on VHS since December 1982, individually since 1986.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! was last re-printed in 1996 with previews included for the first time. | ||||||||||
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 with sing-along lyrics since 1994 and 1996; re-printed this year. | |||||||||||
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. The first six videos were all re-printed as of 1996. | |||||||||||
Barney & Friends |
Seasons 1, 2 and 3 were currently airing on PBS. | ||||||||||
Shining Time Station |
All four seasons were currently airing on PBS, with Thomas & Friends segments from Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 included. | ||||||||||
Thomas & Friends |
Available on VHS from Anchor Bay Entertainment since 1995. | ||||||||||
No longer airing on television as of December 1994. | |||||||||||
Full House |
All eight seasons were currently airing on syndication. | ||||||||||
The Kidsongs TV Show |
Currently airing on PBS. Comprised of 50 episodes. | ||||||||||
Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! |
Older episodes of both shows were currently airing on Game Show Network. | ||||||||||
All That |
3 was currently airing on Nickelodeon. Episodes from the first two seasons only aired occasionally. | ||||||||||
Arthur |
Season 1 was currently airing on PBS. | ||||||||||
Video Games | |||||||||||
Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Bros. Donkey Kong 3 Kirby's Adventure |
All NES games, including these titles, were discontinued since 1995. | ||||||||||
Super Mario Land |
Available for the Game Boy since 1989. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World |
Available for the Super NES 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. | ||||||||||
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 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. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Country |
Available for the Super NES since late 1994. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Course |
Available for the Super NES since 1995. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Dream Land 2 |
Available for the Game Boy since 1995. | ||||||||||
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island |
Available for the Super NES since October 1995. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest |
Available for the Super NES since December 1995. | ||||||||||
Sonic Drift 2 |
Available for the Game Gear since 1995. | ||||||||||
Pokémon |
Only available in Japan at the moment. | ||||||||||
Kirby's Block Ball |
Available for the Game Boy since 1996. | ||||||||||
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars |
Available for the Super NES since May 1996. | ||||||||||
Kirby Super Star |
Available for the Super NES since 1996. | ||||||||||
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble |
Available for the Super NES since 1996. | ||||||||||
Sonic the Hedgehog CD |
Available on PC CD-ROM since September 26, 1996. | ||||||||||
Sonic Blast/Sonic 3D Blast |
Available for the Genesis, Game Gear and Saturn since 1996. | ||||||||||
Super Mario 64 |
Available for the Nintendo 64 since 1996. |
Paper money
The following was printed during fiscal year 1997:
Denomination | Amount printed | Notes |
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File:$1-D (1996).jpeg $1 |
4,646,400,000 | All as Series 1995 notes. |
File:$2-B (1996).jpeg $2 |
102,400,000 | All as Series 1995 notes. |
$5 |
896,000,000 | All as Series 1995 notes. |
$10 |
998,400,000 | 192,000,000 as Series 1993 notes 806,400,000 as Series 1995 notes. |
File:$20-J (1996).png $20 |
1,881,600,000 | 230,400,000 as Series 1993 notes 1,651,200,000 as Series 1995 notes. |
$50 |
406,400,000 | 121,600,000 as Series 1993 notes 284,800,000 as Series 1996 notes. |
$100 |
649,600,000 | All as Series 1996 notes. |
The following was in circulation by year's end:
Denomination | Estimate total | Notes |
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File:$1-D (1996).jpeg $1 |
About 6.7 billion | Virtually all were Series 1995 notes. |
File:$2-B (1996).jpeg $2 |
More than 550 million | Mostly Series 1976 and 1996 notes. |
$5 |
About 1.56 billion | Virtually all were Series 1995 notes. |
$10 |
About 1.42 billion | Mostly Series 1993 and 1995 notes. |
File:$20-J (1996).png $20 |
About 4.4 billion | Mostly Series 1993 and 1995 notes. |
$50 |
About 964 million | Mostly Series 1993 and 1996 notes. |
$100 |
More than 2.9 billion | Mostly Series 1990, 1993 and 1996 notes. |
Events in 1997
January 6 |
Mario All Stars (comprising of Super Mario Bros. Super Show and Super Mario World) moved to the USA Network. |
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January 25 |
Kirby's Star Stacker was released in Japan for use on the Game Boy. |
February 4 |
Bambi was re-released on VHS. |
February 10 |
Mario Kart 64 was released in North America. |
February 11–15 | Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Sharing", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1711–1715. |
February 18 |
Thomas & Friends: Sing-Along & Stories was released on VHS. |
March 3 |
My Little Pony and My Little Pony Tales returned to The Disney Channel for one last run. |
March 4 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released on VHS. |
March 18 |
The bonus 2-pack Barney's Colors & Shapes was released on VHS. This marked the last time any episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 ever got home video releases. |
March 20 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles were released together as "Sonic & Knuckles Collection" for Windows 95. |
March 26 |
The Wizard of Oz was released on DVD. |
April 1 | A new Pokémon anime series launched in Japan. |
April 15 |
Kirby's Star Stacker was released in North America. |
May 30 | My Little Pony and My Little Pony Tales no longer aired on The Disney Channel, which itself gradually transitioned to basic cable. |
June 6 | Mario All Stars aired on the USA Network for the last time. |
June 27 |
Hercules was released in theaters, as so was its soundtrack in music stores, and books based on the film in bookstores. |
Buena Vista Home Video began releasing Studio Ghibli films on VHS under the "Ghibli ga Ippai Collection". The first to be released was My Neighbor Totoro. | |
July 12 |
Princess Mononoke premiered in Japanese theaters. |
August 19 |
Thomas Meets the Queen and Other Stories was released on VHS. By this point, all Season 4 episodes were now available on video. |
August 22 |
Sonic Jam was released for the Sega Saturn, as a compilation game consisting of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Sonic & Knuckles. |
August 25–29 | Episodes #1716–1720 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Be Yourself: That's the Best", premiered on PBS. |
August 26 |
A new version of Mary Poppins was released on VHS. |
September 1 |
A third season of The Kidsongs TV Show premiered on PBS. |
The 14th season of Jeopardy! and the 15th season of Wheel of Fortune began on local syndication. | |
September 12 |
After this date, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog aired on the USA Network for the last time. A few months later, Sonic the Hedgehog began reruns on syndication. |
September 16 |
Sleeping Beauty was re-released on VHS in North America. |
Classic Disney Vol. 4: 60 Years of Musical Magic was released in music stores. | |
September 19 |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was re-released on VHS as volume 3 of the Ghibli ga Ippai Collection. |
September 20 |
The first 10 episodes of a second season of Arthur premiered on PBS. |
September 22 |
12 years after its original 1985 theatrical release, The Black Cauldron was released on VHS in the UK. |
September 29 | Reruns of all 70 episodes of Kidsongs began after the third season ended with 20 episodes. |
October 10 | Shining Time Station gradually stopped airing on PBS stations. |
October 14 |
The Jungle Book was re-released on VHS. By this point, Hercules and Peter Pan were set for video re-releases in early 1998. |
October 27 | The Series 1996 $50 bills were released to circulation, making this denomination the last to have Robert E. Rubin's signature. |
November 14 |
The Little Mermaid was re-issued in theaters, alongside a re-relase of its soundtrack album. Attached to most screenings was a teaser trailer for Mulan. |
November 15 | A fourth season of All That premiered in Nickelodeon. |
November 18 |
Sonic R was released for the Sega Saturn. |
November 19 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Horton Hears a Who! were released on DVD. |
November 21 |
Diddy Kong Racing was released for use on the Nintendo 64. |
Kiki's Delivery Service was re-released on VHS as volume 4 of the Ghibli ga Ippai Collection. Castle in the Sky was set for a video re-release in 1998 at the earliest. | |
November 26 |
Microsoft re-released Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4 included. |
Kirby's Dream Land 3 was released for the Super NES. | |
December 1 | Further reruns of Barney & Friends removed the Barney Says segment. |
December 7 | Seven of the nine Dr. Seuss TV specials aired on Cartoon Network. |
December 10 |
Kidsongs: I Can Dance! and I Can Do It! were released on VHS. Sony Wonder also redistributed We Wish You a Merry Christmas. |
December 21 |
Yoshi's Story was released in Japan for use on the Nintendo 64. |
December 23 |
Sonic Christmas Blast aired on the USA Network for the last time. |
December 29 | When the first two seasons of Barney & Friends reran starting on this date, at least 20 episodes were permanently withdrawn from the schedule. |