Television & Movies

• Fraggle Rock Season 2 begins on HBO, January 2
• The Muppets Take Manhattan released, July 13
• Muppet Babies Season 1 begins on CBS, September 15
• Sesame Street Season 16, November 19
• Fraggle Rock: The Bells of Fraggle Rock on HBO, December 24
• Henson's Place documentary

International Television & Movies

• The UK co-production of Fraggle Rock begins, January 7

• Von Muppets und Menschen (Of Muppets and Men) airs in Germany on ZDF, July 12

• Die fantastische Miss Piggy Show (The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show) airs in Germany on ZDF, December 6

• Mupparna på Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan) premiers in Sweden, December 22

• Dubbed versions of Fraggle Rock air in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands

• The Captain, Sprocket and the Fraggles appear on Royal Variety Performance

Albums

• Silly Songs
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (soundtrack)
• Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along

Appearances

• Kermit and John Denver in Russia, November
• Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard, November 21
• Sweetums and Muppet Video Games on New Tech Times, November 29 & December 6

International Appearances

• Big Bird at the Lady Huntington Child Care Centre, North Melbourne, March 7^[1]
• Big Bird at the Moomba Festival, Melbourne, Australia, March 12^[2]
• Uncle Traveling Matt on Grosse Show für kleine Leute, December 1
• Espinete on Mazapán, December 26
• Big Bird in two parades in Australia^[3]

Awards

• Kermit is awarded the Amphibian American Music Achievement Award, July 29

Storybooks

• The Adventures of Ernie & Bert in Twiddlebug Land
• The Adventures of Grover in Outer Space
• Animal Go Bye-Bye
• A Baby Sister for Herry
• Best Friends (Fraggle Rock)
• Big Bird's Mother Goose
• Big Bird's Yellow Book
• The Doozer Disaster
• Every Morning at Play Group
• Grover Sleeps Over
• If I Were King of the Universe
• I'll Miss You, Mr. Hooper
• I Think That It Is Wonderful
• Lovable Furry Old Grover's Resting Places
• Lovable, Furry Old Grover in Please Don't Push the Red Button
• The Muppet Babies' ABC
• The Muppet Guide to Magnificent Manners
• Muppet Show Pop-Up Book
• My Doll Is Lost!
• No One Knows Where Gobo Goes
• Sprocket's Christmas Tale
• The Tale of Traveling Matt
• Two Wheels for Grover
• Wembley Fraggle Gets the Story
• Wembley Fraggle and the Magic Stone
• What Do Doozers Do?
• What's a Fraggle?
• Where's My Blankie?

Non-fiction Books

• Miss Piggy's Treasury of Art Masterpieces

Videos

• The Dark Crystal (Thorn/EMI Video)
• Doozer Music
• The Great Muppet Caper (re-release from CBS/Fox Video)
• The Muppet Movie (re-release from CBS/Fox Video)

Merchandise

• Miss Piggy's Art Masterpiece Calendar
• The 1984 Fraggle Rock Calendar
• Big Bird Dress 'N Play Doll
• Fraggle Rock Game
• Doozer Construction Game
• Fraggle Rock musical instruments (Noble & Cooley)
• Fraggle Rock valentines
• Muppet Learning Keys
• The Great Gonzo in WordRider

Music videos

• "I'm Gonna Always Love You" from The Muppets Take Manhattan

Behind the Scenes

• January - The songs from Ol' Brown Ears is Back are recorded.

Stage Shows

• The Muppet Show On Tour debuts

People

• Kevin Clash becomes a full-time Muppet performer and joins the Sesame Street troupe.
• Fay Ray is born

Parades

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features a Fraggle Rock Float which also features walk around characters.

See also

• Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Sources

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