1989

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==Television & Movies==
*Big Bird in Japan debuts on PBS, January
*Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting on NBC, April 7
*The Jim Henson Hour airs on NBC, April 14 - July 30
*The Ghost of Faffner Hall begins on HBO, September 11
*Muppet Babies Season 6 begins on CBS, September 16
*Sesame Street Season 21, November 13
==Appearances==
*Jim Henson and Kermit appear on The Tonight Show to promote The Jim Henson Hour, April 17
*Jim Henson appears on CBS This Morning, April 21
*Jim Henson and Kermit on The Pat Sajak Show, May 8
*Jim Henson, Kermit and Rowlf on The Arsenio Hall Show, May 22
*Kermit appears at the 3rd annual American Comedy Awards, May 23
*An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz taped, July
==International Television & Movies==
*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
*Big Enough
*The Biggest Cookie in the World
*Frogs Only!
*Gonzo's Big Mess
*Gonzo the Great
*Grover's Adventure Under the Sea
*Happy Mother's Day!
*Head to Toe
*I Can't Wait Until Christmas
*I Want to Go Home
*It's No Fun to Be Sick!
*Jim Henson's Bedtime Stories
*Mokey Fraggle's New Colors
*Mom Gets a Job
*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
*Sing Along with Kermit and Friends book-and-tape sets
==Stage Shows==
* Sesame Street Live presents Silly Dancing
==Behind the Scenes==
* In August, Jim Henson enters into serious negotiations with Michael Eisner to sell his company to Disney. Negotiations would fall through the following year upon Henson's death.
==Muppet Character Debuts==
* The Jim Henson Hour: Clifford, Waldo C. Graphic
* Sesame Street: Preston Rabbit
* Sesamstrasse: Rumpel, Buh, Simson
==People==
*Joe Raposo dies, February 5
*Hans-Helmut Dickow dies, December 18
*Joey Mazzarino begins working with the Muppets
*Savion Glover joins the cast of Sesame Street
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 1989