Television & Movies

• Big Bird in Japan debuts on PBS, January
• Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting on NBC, April 7
• The Jim Henson Hour airs on NBC, April 14 - July 30
• The Ghost of Faffner Hall begins on HBO, September 11
• Muppet Babies Season 6 begins on CBS, September 16
• Sesame Street Season 21, November 13
• Muppet Babies Season 7 begins on CBS, December 2

Appearances

• Jim Henson and Kermit appear on The Tonight Show to promote The Jim Henson Hour, April 17
• Jim Henson appears on CBS This Morning, April 21
• Jim Henson and Kermit on The Pat Sajak Show, May 8
• Jim Henson, Kermit and Rowlf on The Arsenio Hall Show, May 22
• Kermit appears at the 3rd annual American Comedy Awards, May 23
• An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz taped, July

International Television & Movies

• Rua Sésamo begins airing in Portugal

Storybooks

• Adding Fraggles
• Alice's First Words
• Baby Kermit's Message
• Bert and the Magic Lamp
• Big Bird the Artist
• Big Bird Gets Lost
• Big Bird Meets the Orchestra
• Big Enough
• The Biggest Cookie in the World
• Frogs Only!
• Gonzo's Big Mess
• Gonzo the Great
• Grover's Adventure Under the Sea
• Happy Mother's Day!
• Head to Toe
• I Can't Wait Until Christmas
• I Want to Go Home
• It's No Fun to Be Sick!
• Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories
• Mokey Fraggle's New Colors
• Mom Gets a Job
• Muppet Babies Seasons
• On My Way with Sesame Street series
• Piggy the Explorer
• Piggy Gets the Jitters
• Splish-Splashy Day
• That Makes Me Angry!
• TV or Not TV
• When Oscar Was a Little Grouch
• The World According to Elmo

Merchandise

• Muppet Magazine issues 25 and 26
• The New Who's Who on Sesame Street coloring book
• Sing Along with Kermit and Friends book-and-tape sets

Stage Shows

• Sesame Street Live presents Silly Dancing

Behind the Scenes

• In August, Jim Henson enters into serious negotiations with Michael Eisner to sell his company to Disney. Negotiations would fall through the following year upon Henson's death.

Muppet Character Debuts

• The Jim Henson Hour: Clifford, Waldo C. Graphic
• Sesame Street: Preston Rabbit
• Sesamstrasse: Rumpel, Buh, Simson

People

• Joe Raposo dies, February 5
• Hans-Helmut Dickow dies, December 18
• Joey Mazzarino begins working with the Muppets
• Savion Glover joins the cast of Sesame Street

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