1981

Media from 1981.

Carryovers

Current statistics of most released media as of January 1 this year:

Movies

Title/Poster	Notes
The Sword in the Stone	Last released in theaters on December 22, 1972. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Robin Hood	Released in theaters on November 8, 1973. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Bambi	Last released in theaters on June 20, 1975. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Last released in theaters on December 20, 1975. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Peter Pan	Last released in theaters on June 18, 1976. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Fantasia	Last released in theaters on April 15, 1977. Only available in soundtrack form.
The Rescuers	Released in theaters on June 22, 1977. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
The Jungle Book	Last released in theaters on June 9, 1978. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Pinocchio	Last released in theaters on December 15, 1978. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
101 Dalmatians	Last released in theaters on June 7, 1979. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Sleeping Beauty	Last released in theaters on September 28, 1979. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
Lady and the Tramp	Last released in theaters on March 7, 1980. Only available in book and soundtrack form.
The Wizard of Oz	Available on VHS since October 25, 1980.
The Aristocats	Last released in theaters on December 19, 1980; continued playing in theaters until 1981 and grossed about $18 million.
Mary Poppins	Available on VHS since December 30, 1980.

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)

Music

The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

TV Shows

Title(s)	Notes
Horton Hears a Who! The Lorax Dr. Seuss on the Loose The Cat in the Hat	No longer airing on television; last aired on CBS from 1978 to 1980.
Halloween is Grinch Night	No longer airing on television; last aired on ABC in October 1980.
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	Currently airing on PBS. See below for more details.

Paper money

The following was printed during fiscal year 1981:

Denomination	Amount printed	Notes
$1	1,954,560,000	1,784,320,000 as Series 1977A notes; 170,240,000 as Series 1981 notes.
$2	None whatsoever; most notes in circulation were still Series 1976.
$5	519,680,000	All as Series 1977A notes.
$10	536,320,000	All as Series 1977A notes.
$20	812,800,000	1,280,000 as Series 1981 notes; all the rest as Series 1977 notes.
$50	67,200,000	All as Series 1977 notes. Last printed in July 1981.
$100	118,400,000	All as Series 1977 notes. Last printed in July 1981.

Events in 1981

February 16–20	Five new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Divorce" premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1476–1480. Reruns of the old series continued on February 23.
February 27	The Wizard of Oz reran on CBS.
April 3	Alice in Wonderland was re-released in theaters for the last time, while Cinderella and Robin Hood were pushed back to later dates.
June 1–5	Five more new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, titled "Mister Rogers Talks About Competition", premiered on PBS. These were episodes #1481–1485.
June 26	Dumbo was released on VHS for rental only, while The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was released for both rental and sale.
July 9	Nintendo released Donkey Kong exclusively to arcades, during the second generation of video gaming. This was also Mario's first appearance in a video game.
July 10	The Fox and the Hound premiered in theaters.
July 20–24	"Mister Rogers Talks About Play" (episodes #1486–1490) premiered on PBS, followed by reruns of all episodes from #1461 to #1485.
July 31	Pontoffel Pock and His Magic Piano reran for the only time on ABC.
August 12	Microsoft released the very first Disk Operating System.
August 31	Reruns of the old series of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood continued after all 30 episodes of the new series to date aired this year.
September 10	The Hoober-Bloob Highway reran on CBS for the last time.
October 15	Alice in Wonderland was released on VHS for rental only. Like Dumbo, it wasn't available for sale.
November 2–27	Episodes #1031–1035, #1041–1050 and #1061–1065 of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood all aired on PBS for the last time. However, this wasn't officially confirmed until around late 1983 or early 1984.
December 6	How the Grinch Stole Christmas! reran on CBS this year.
December 18	Cinderella was re-issued in theaters.