1984

==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==
*Silly Songs
*The Muppets Take Manhattan (soundtrack)
*Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along
==Appearances==
*Kermit and John Denver in Russia, November
*Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy appear on The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard, November 21
*Sweetums and Muppet Video Games on New Tech Times, November 29 & December 6
==International Appearances==
* Big Bird at the Lady Huntington Child Care Centre, North Melbourne, March 7"Other events", The Age, 9 March 1984, page 2.
* Big Bird at the Moomba Festival, Melbourne, Australia, March 12"Moomba Events", The Age, 12 March 1984, page 2.
*Uncle Traveling Matt on Grosse Show für kleine Leute, December 1
* Big Bird in two parades in Australia"Puppeteer plays Big Bird character", Pacific Daily News (Agana Heights, Guam), 30 July 1985, pg 25.
==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==
*Miss Piggy's Treasury of Art Masterpieces
==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==
*Miss Piggy's Art Masterpiece Calendar
*The 1984 Fraggle Rock Calendar
*Big Bird Dress 'N Play Doll
*Fraggle Rock Game
*Doozer Construction Game
*Fraggle Rock musical instruments (Noble & Cooley)
*Fraggle Rock Valentines
*Muppet Learning Keys
*The Great Gonzo in WordRider
==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==
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