1989

Television & Movies

• Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting on NBC, April 7
• The Jim Henson Hour airs on NBC, April 14 - July 30
• Kermit appears at the 3rd annual American Comedy Awards, May 23
• An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz taped, July
• The Ghost of Faffner Hall begins on HBO, September 11
• Muppet Babies Season 5 begins on CBS, September 16
• Sesame Street Season 21

International Television

• 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
• The Biggest Cookie in the World
• Gonzo's Big Mess
• Gonzo the Great
• Grover's Adventure Under the Sea
• Happy Mother's Day!
• I Can't Wait Until Christmas
• It's No Fun to Be Sick!
• Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories
• Mokey Fraggle's New Colors
• Mom Gets a Job
• Big Enough
• Head to Toe
• 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
• Are We There Yet?: Songs for Tiny Travelers book-and-tape set
• Count Me In! book-and-tape set
• Lullaby and Good Night book-and-tape set
• Sing Me a Story! book-and-tape set

Stage Shows

• Sesame Street Live presents Silly Dancing

Behind the Scenes

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

People

• Joe Raposo dies, February 5
• Joey Mazzarino begins working with the Muppets

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