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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
Appearances
- Kermit and John Denver in Russia
- Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard, 21 November
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
- 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
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
- Big Bird Dress 'N Play Doll
- Fraggle Rock Game
- Fraggle Rock Doozer Construction Game
- Fraggle Rock Drum
- Fraggle Rock Valentines
- Muppet Learning Keys
- The Great Gonzo in WordRider, December
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
- ↑ "Other events", The Age, 9 March 1984, page 2.
- ↑ "Moomba Events", The Age, 12 March 1984, page 2.
- ↑ "Puppeteer plays Big Bird character", Pacific Daily News (Agana Heights, Guam), 30 July 1985, pg 25.
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