Television & Movies

• The Witches, February 16
• The Muppets at Walt Disney World on NBC, May 6
• Handmade Video pitch prepared, May 7
• Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music, May 16
• Mother Goose Stories begins on Disney Channel, August 26
• Muppet Babies Season 8 begins on CBS, November 10 (final season)
• Sesame Street Season 22, November 12
• The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson on CBS, November 21

International Television

• Die Muppets feiern Weihnacht (A Muppet Family Christmas) premieres in Germany on ZDF, December 23
• Basil Hears a Noise airs in Canada, December 26
• Living with Dinosaurs airs in the UK, December 30
• Sesam Stasjon begins airing in Norway

Appearances

• Muppets from The Jim Henson Hour guest star on The Cosby Show on NBC, January 11
• Big Bird on The Television Academy Hall of Fame, January 24
• Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration features Miss Piggy and Gonzo in a story-sketch, February 4
• Jim Henson appears on Good Morning America, March 28
• Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue features Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, and Baby Gonzo, April 21
• The Earth Day Special features Kermit the Frog, Robin the Frog and several other Muppets, April 22
• The Arsenio Hall Show features Jim Henson, Kermit the Frog, Kevin Clash, and Clifford, May 4

People

• Northern Calloway dies, Jan 9
• Jim Henson dies, May 16

Video

• Monster Hits!
• Sing Yourself Silly!
• Dance Along!
• Rock & Roll!
• Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Firehouse
• Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital
• Shalom Sesame series continues (shows 6-8)

Albums

• Put Down the Duckie!

Books

• Bert's Beautiful Sights
• Big Bird Is Yellow
• Elmo Gets Homesick
• Ernie and Bert's New Kitten
• Ernie and the Twiddlebug Town Fair
• Grover's Bad Dream
• I Did It!
• I Have to Go
• I Want to Go to School Too
• Muppet Babies' Classic Children's Tales
• Naptime
• Oscar's Grouchy Sounds
• Outside - Inside
• Say the Magic Word, Please
• See You Later, Mashed Potater!
• Sunny Day - Rainy Day
• The Treasure Hunt
• Wet Paint
• The Whole Wide World: A Question and Answer Book

Behind the scenes

• Muppet*Vision 3D is filmed, January
• The pilot for Little Mermaid's Island, a proposed show for Disney Channel, is taped.
• Billy Bunny's Animal Songs starts production.
• Steve Whitmire takes over performing Kermit the Frog, beginning with The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson.

Stage Shows

• Sesame Street Live presents Sleeping Birdie
• Sesame Street Live presents Let's Play School
• Here Come the Muppets live show premiered at the Disney-MGM Studios in Walt Disney World, Florida.

Merchandise

• Big Bird Presents the Nutcracker book-and-cassette set
• Big Bird's Hide & Speak
• Big Bird's Portable Piano
• Muppet plush line by Presents
• Radio Shack Big Bird radio
• McDonald's Muppet Babies 1990 Happy Meal Toys
• First Sesame Street General Store opens

Parades

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Kermit the Frog Balloon, November 22

Muppet Character Debuts

• Merry Monster
• Yaqut

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