1985

Mr. Snuffleupagus finally meets all of the adults on Sesame Street, including Phil Donahue.

Television & Movies

• Fraggle Rock Season 3 begins on HBO, January 7
• Follow That Bird released on August 2
• Muppet Babies Season 2 begins on CBS, September 14
• Little Muppet Monsters airs on CBS, September 14 - 21
• Sesame Street Season 17 begins on PBS, November 18 (Episode 2096, in which Mr. Snuffleupagus is revealed)
• Jim Henson Presents miniseries
• Muppet Meeting Films: Muppet Lift Off

International Television & Movies

• Die Muppets erobern Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan) released in Germany, March 22

Appearances and Events

• 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, March 10
• Big Bird on Midday, July
• Big Bird on Today, July 24
• Jim Henson and Kermit appear on Wogan, December 6
• Kermit and Miss Piggy host an episode of Great Performances featuring the San Francisco Ballet performing Cinderella on PBS, December 7
• Kermit the Frog on Happy New Year, America, December 31

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
• Ernie Gets Lost
• Follow the Monsters!
• Fraggle Countdown
• A Fraggle Rock Party
• Gobo and the River
• Goodnight Wembley Fraggle
• Grover Learns to Read
• Grover's Book of Cute Little Words
• The House of Seven Colors
• 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
• Welcome Home, Big Bird
• When Grover Moved to Sesame Street

Non-fiction Books

• Sign Language ABC

Albums

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

Videos

• Children's Songs and Stories
• Country Music with the Muppets
• Five Sesame Street Stories
• 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
• Three Sesame Street Stories

Merchandise

• Muppet Magazine issues 9-12
• Fraggle Rock comic book, beginning in April
• Muppet Babies Comics first issue May
• Kermit's Electronic StoryMaker book/video game
• Hallmark Fraggle Rock Christmas Ornament

Muppet Character Debuts

• Sesame Street: Hoots the Owl

People

• Desiree Casado born

Parades

• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade features the Kermit the Frog balloon.

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