1985

Television

 * Fraggle Rock Season 3 begins on HBO, January 7
 * Muppet Babies Season 2 begins on CBS, September 14
 * Sesame Street Season 17 (1985-1986) begins on PBS, November 18
 * Little Muppet Monsters airs on CBS, September 14 - 21
 * Jim Henson Presents miniseries

Movies

 * Follow That Bird released on August 2
 * Muppet Meeting Films: Muppet Lift Off

Appearances and Events

 * Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Kermit the Frog Balloon
 * The Captain, Sprocket and the Fraggles appear on The Royal Variety Performance
 * Night of 100 Stars features Jim Henson in a performance of "One" from "A Chorus Line", and the Muppets in a salute to New York City

Stage Shows

 * The Muppet Show On Tour: 2nd Edition begins
 * Sesame Street Live presents Save Our Street

Storybooks

 * Bert and the Broken Teapot
 * Big Bird's Book About the Earth and Sky
 * Big Bird Brings Spring to Sesame Street
 * Big Bird Can Share
 * Big Bird's Copycat Day
 * Big Bird's Day on the Farm
 * Big Bird Joins the Carnival
 * Boober Fraggle's Ghosts
 * The Cave of the Lost Fraggle
 * Cookie Monster's Blue Book
 * Count All the Way to Sesame Street
 * Follow the Monsters!
 * Fraggle Countdown
 * Gobo and the River
 * Goodnight Wembley Fraggle
 * Grover Learns to Read
 * Grover's Book of Cute Little Words
 * I Can Count to Ten and Back Again
 * I Want to Go Home!
 * The Last Days of Fraggle Rock
 * Meet the Fraggles
 * Mokey's Birthday Present
 * Muppet Babies at the Circus
 * Muppet Babies Night Light Book
 * Sprocket, Dog Detective
 * A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital
 * Waggleby of Fraggle Rock
 * When Grover Moved to Sesame Street

Non-fiction Books

 * Sign Language ABC with Linda Bove

Albums

 * Ernie Gets Lost (book/tape set)
 * Follow That Bird (soundtrack)

Videos

 * Children's Songs and Stories
 * Country Music with the Muppets
 * Fozzie's Muppet Scrapbook
 * Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
 * The Kermit and Piggy Story
 * Muppet Moments
 * The Muppet Revue
 * The Muppets Take Manhattan (CBS/Fox Home Video)
 * Muppet Treasures
 * Rock Music with the Muppets
 * Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Merchandise

 * Muppet Magazine issues 9-12
 * Fraggle Rock Comics first issue April
 * Muppet Babies Comics first issue May
 * Kermit's Electronic StoryMaker book/video game
 * The Great Gonzo in WordRider book/video game

People

 * Kevin Clash joins Sesame Street