1984

Media from 1984.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 99840000 B A 00000001 C – A 67200000 C
	Up to B 99840000 F B 00000001 G – B 28800000 I
	Up to C 99840000 B C 00000001 C – C 28800000 D
	Up to D 99840000 B D 00000001 C – D 70400000 C
	Up to E 99840000 C E 00000001 D – E 44800000 F
	Up to F 99840000 D F 00000001 E – F 16000000 G
	Up to G 99840000 D G 00000001 E – G 64000000 F
	Up to H 99840000 A H 00000001 B – H 64000000 B
	Up to I 70400000 A I 00000001 B – I 35200000 B
	Up to J 99840000 B J 00000001 C – J 60800000 C
	Up to K 99840000 C K 00000001 D – K 51200000 D
	Up to L 99840000 D L 00000001 E – L 92800000 F
$2 (Series 1976)
	A 00000001 A – A 29440000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 67200000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 33280000 A
	D 05440001 A – D 31360000 A
	E 23040001 A – E 56960000 A
	F 14720001 A – F 60800000 A
	G 08000001 A – G 75520000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 39040000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 14080000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 24960000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 41600000 A
	L 28160001 A – L 71680000 A
$5 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 51200000 A
	Up to B 99840000 B B 00000001 C – B 19200000 C
	Up to C 61440000 A
	Up to D 92160000 A D 00000001 B – D 12800000 B
	Up to E 40960000 B E 00000001 C – E 09600000 C
	Up to F 20480000 B F 00000001 C – F 09600000 C
	Up to G 44800000 B G 00000001 C – G 16000000 C
	Up to H 35840000 A H 00000001 B – H 09600000 B
	Up to I 21760000 A I 00000001 B – I 09600000 B
	Up to J 85760000 A J 00000001 B – J 12800000 B
	Up to K 57600000 A K 00000001 B – K 06400000 B
	Up to L 76800000 B L 00000001 C – L 25600000 C
$10 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 92160000 A A 00000001 B – A 12800000 B
	Up to B 66560000 C B 00000001 D – B 32000000 D
	Up to C 62720000 A C 00000001 B – C 09600000 B
	Up to D 46080000 A D 00000001 B – D 12800000 B
	Up to E 90880000 A E 00000001 B – E 12800000 B
	Up to F 40960000 A F 00000001 B – F 12800000 B
	Up to G 25600000 B G 00000001 C – G 19200000 C
	Up to H 33280000 A H 00000001 B – H 09600000 B
	I 00000001 B – I 16000000 B
	Up to J 43520000 A J 00000001 B – J 09600000 B
	Up to K 21760000 A K 00000001 B – K 06400000 B
	Up to L 96000000 A L 00000001 B – L 28800000 B
$20 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 17920000 B A 00000001 C – A 09600000 C
	Up to B 67840000 D B 00000001 E – B 60800000 E
	Up to C 72960000 A
	Up to D 98560000 A D 00000001 B – D 12800000 B
	Up to E 10240000 C E 00000001 D – E 16000000 D
	Up to F 29440000 A F 00000001 B – F 16000000 B
	Up to G 62720000 C G 00000001 D – G 22400000 D
	Up to H 47360000 A H 00000001 B – H 12800000 B
	I 00000001 B – I 12800000 B
	Up to J 19200000 B J 00000001 C – J 12800000 C
	Up to K 60160000 A K 00000001 B – K 09600000 B
	Up to L 83200000 C L 00000001 D – L 35200000 D
$50 (Series 1977)	Up to A 16640000 A
	Up to B 49920000 A
	Up to C 05120000 A
	Up to D 23040000 A
	Up to E 24320000 A
	Up to F 02560000 A
	Up to G 47360000 A
	Up to H 03840000 A
	Up to I 03840000 A
	Up to J 07680000 A
	Up to K 14080000 A
	Up to L 19200000 A
$50 (Series 1981)	A 00000001 A – A 08960000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 46080000 A B 00000001 B – B 09600000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 01280000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 15360000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 12800000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 01280000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 44800000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 01280000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 02560000 A I 00000001 B – I 03200000 B
	J 00000001 A – J 08960000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 10240000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 25600000 A
$100 (Series 1977)	Up to A 19200000 A
	Up to B 66560000 B
	Up to C 05120000 A
	Up to D 16640000 A
	Up to E 24320000 A
	Up to F 03840000 A
	Up to G 39680000 A
	Up to H 15360000 A
	Up to I 05120000 A
	Up to J 20480000 A
	Up to K 38400000 A
	Up to L 39680000 A
$100 (Series 1981)	A 00000001 A – A 02560000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 44800000 A B 00000001 B – B 12800000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 06400000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 02560000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 07680000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 20480000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 02560000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 07680000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 14080000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 15360000 A
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1981)
	A 67200001 C – A 09600000 D
	B 28800001 I – B 67200000 J
	C 28800001 D – C 60800000 D
	D 70400001 C – D 96000000 C
	E 44800001 F – E 06400000 G
	F 16000001 G – F 44800000 H
	G 64000001 F – G 32000000 G
	J 60800001 C – J 03200000 D
	K 51200001 D – K 86400000 D
	L 92800001 F – L 80000000 G
$1 (Series 1981A) In March 1984, Series 1981 notes phased out, leaving only the Series 1981A notes to remain in production.
	A 00000001 A – A 12800000 B
	B 00000001 A – B 22400000 D
	C 00000001 A – C 41600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 25600000 B
	E 00000001 A – E 83200000 C
	F 00000001 A – F 44800000 C
	G 00000001 A – G 51200000 C
	H 00000001 A – H 19200000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 41600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 03200000 B
	K 00000001 A – K 83200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 16000000 E
$5 (Series 1981)
	A 00000001 B – A 22400000 B
	B 19200001 C – B 51200000 C
	C 00000001 B – C 12800000 B
	D 12800001 B – D 38400000 B
	E 09600001 C – E 35200000 C
	F 09600001 C – F 35200000 C
	G 16000001 C – G 41600000 C
	H 09600001 B – H 22400000 B
	J 12800001 B – J 25600000 B
	K 06400001 B – K 38400000 B
	L 25600001 C – L 64000000 C
$5 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 25600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 76800000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 09600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 19200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 54400000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 51200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 73600000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 16000000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 22400000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 86400000 A
$10 (Series 1981)
	A 12800001 B – A 80000000 B
	B 32000001 D – B 35200000 E
	C 09600001 B – C 32000000 B
	D 12800001 B – D 22400000 B
	E 12800001 B – E 32000000 B
	F 12800001 B – F 32000000 B
	G 19200001 C – G 54400000 C
	H 09600001 B – H 22400000 B
	K 06400001 B – K 28800000 B
	L 28800001 B – L 48000000 B
$10 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 35200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 25600000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 16000000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 41600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 38400000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 38400000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 57600000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 28800000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 12800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 54400000 A
$20 (Series 1981)
	A 09600001 C – A 73600000 C
	B 60800001 E – B 92800000 F
	C 00000001 B – C 28800000 B
	D 12800001 B – D 48000000 B
	E 16000001 D – E 86400000 D
	F 16000001 B – F 64000000 B
	G 22400001 D – G 99200000 D
	H 12800001 B – H 28800000 B
	J 12800001 C – J 28800000 C
	K 09600001 B – K 35200000 B
	L 35200001 D – L 22400000 E
$20 (Series 1981A) In May 1984, for the $5, $10 and $20 denominations, Series 1981 notes phased out, leaving only the Series 1981A notes to remain in production.
	A 00000001 A – A 35200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 19200000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 09600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 60800000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 83200000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 35200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 99200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 32000000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 06400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 41600000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 25600000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 38400000 B
$50 (Series 1981)
	A 00000001 B – A 09600000 B
	B 09600001 B – B 32000000 B
	D 00000001 B – D 12800000 B
	E 00000001 B – E 12800000 B
	F 00000001 B – F 03200000 B
	G 00000001 B – G 22400000 B
	H 00000001 B – H 03200000 B
	J 00000001 B – J 09600000 B
	K 00000001 B – K 09600000 B
	L 00000001 B – L 09600000 B
$50 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 06400000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 12800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 06400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 09600000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 03200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 09600000 A
$100 (Series 1981)	A 00000001 B – A 06400000 B
	B 12800001 B – B 60800000 B
	C 00000001 B – C 06400000 B
	D 00000001 B – D 03200000 B
	E 00000001 B – E 16000000 B
	F 00000001 A – F 06400000 A
	G 00000001 B – G 12800000 B
	H 00000001 B – H 03200000 B
	J 00000001 B – J 16000000 B
	K 00000001 B – K 09600000 B
	L 00000001 B – L 09600000 B
$100 (Series 1981A) The $50 and $100 bills' Series 1981 notes phased out in October 1984, when production of Series 1981A notes began.	B 00000001 A – B 12800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 03200000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 03200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 09600000 A

Logos

Movie logos
Universal Pictures	1971–1990
Warner Bros.	1973–1984
Paramount Pictures	1975–1987
Buena Vista Distribution	1979–1984
Columbia Pictures	1981–1993	Seen on Ghostbusters.
20th Century Fox	1981–1994	Seen on Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and the 1984 VHS of Star Wars.
MGM/UA Entertainment	1983–1987
TriStar Pictures	1984–1993	This logo made its VHS debut on The Natural in November 1984.
Warner Bros. Pictures	1984–1990	This logo made its VHS debut on Purple Rain in November 1984.
Touchstone Films	1984–1985	Due to the rise of content that appeared to be too offensive for a PG rating on Walt Disney Pictures' films, Touchstone Films was founded in 1983 and began making its own films.
Broadcast television logos
CBS	1953–2007
ABC	1962–2007
NBC	1979–1986
PBS logos (including funding credits)
Public Broadcasting Service	1971–1984	The last new episodes of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to have this logo was the "Grandparents" week (1531–1535). It still appeared on reruns of older episodes until the late 1980s.
WGBH	1978–1993
The Caption Center	1980–1987	Seen on programs closed-captioned by The Caption Center.
National Captioning Institute	1982–1999	Seen on programs closed-captioned by the National Captioning Institute.
Family Communications	1984	Only seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
WNET	1984–1988
Corporation for Public Broadcasting	1984–1985	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters.
Public Television Stations
PBS	1984–1989	First appeared on October 1, 1984. On Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, it was first seen on the "Food" week (episodes 1536–1540) in November.
Cable television logos
HBO	1980–present
Cinemax	1980–1985
USA Network	1979–1996
Showtime	1981–1990
The Movie Channel	1981–1988
Nickelodeon	1981–1985
SuperStation WTBS	1981–1985
Disney Channel	1983–1986
CBN Cable Network	1983–1988
Nickelodeon	1984–2009	For one year, used with the old Nickelodeon logo.
Television distribution logos
Warner Bros. Television	1972–1984
Paramount Television	1975–1987
Universal Television	1975–1991
20th Television Fox	1981–1992
Columbia Pictures Television	1982–1988
Walt Disney Television	1983–1985
Sunbow & Marvel Productions	1984–1986	Seen on My Little Pony.
Warner Bros. Television	1984–1990
DiC Entertainment	1984–1987
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1984–1986	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
KingWorld	1984–1985	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Home media logos
Walt Disney Home Video	1978–1984
Walt Disney Home Video	1981–1986	Used domestically.
Warner Home Video	1981–1986
CIC Video	1981–1986	CIC Video distributed Paramount and Universal's films outside of North America.
Paramount Video	1982–1987	Only seen on VHS prints of Paramount-owned films without the 1975 Paramount Pictures logo.
MGM/UA Home Video	1982–1993	Seen on Horton Hears a Who! and How the Grinch Stole Christmas on VHS.
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	1983–1991
MCA Home Video	1983–1990
CBS/FOX Video	1983–1984
Walt Disney Home Video	1983–1987	Used internationally.
Walt Disney Classics	1984–1987	Only seen on the initial VHS release of Robin Hood.
CBS/FOX Video	1984–1988	Seen on the first VHS release of The Empire Strikes Back, and the 1984 re-print of the first Star Wars.
Children's Video Library	1984–1987	Seen on the first My Little Pony special on VHS.

Movies

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	Box office
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	May 25, 1983	$252,583,617 (May 25, 1983–March 11, 1984)
Ghostbusters	June 8, 1984	$221 million (June 8–December 31, 1984)

The Goonies began filming on October 22, 1984, continuing production for the rest of the year.

Meanwhile in Japan, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind first played in theaters on March 11, 1984. Not long afterwards, an English-language adaptation began production.

Of all animated features from Walt Disney Animation Studios, this was the order of when they were released on VHS or last released in theaters:

Title	Release date	Type of release
101 Dalmatians	June 7, 1979	Theatrical
Sleeping Beauty	September 28, 1979	Theatrical
Lady and the Tramp	March 7, 1980	Theatrical
The Aristocats	December 19, 1980	Theatrical
Dumbo	June 26, 1981	VHS
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	June 26, 1981	VHS
The Fox and the Hound	July 10, 1981	Theatrical
Alice in Wonderland	October 15, 1981	VHS
Cinderella	December 18, 1981	Theatrical
Fantasia	April 2, 1982	Theatrical
Bambi	June 4, 1982	Theatrical
The Three Caballeros	November 4, 1982	VHS
Fun and Fancy Free	November 4, 1982	VHS
Peter Pan	December 17, 1982	Theatrical
The Sword in the Stone	March 25, 1983	Theatrical
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	July 15, 1983	Theatrical
Make Mine Music	August 3, 1983	Disney Channel
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad	October 2, 1983	Disney Channel
The Rescuers	December 16, 1983	Theatrical
The Jungle Book	July 27, 1984	Theatrical
Robin Hood	December 6, 1984	VHS
Pinocchio	December 21, 1984	Theatrical

Saludos Amigos and Melody Time were not yet available.

In development were The Black Cauldron, now set for release in summer 1985, and The Great Mouse Detective.

Home video

Title	Latest release date	Notes
Walt Disney Home Video
Bedknobs and Broomsticks	October 21, 1980
Pete's Dragon	October 21, 1980
Mary Poppins	December 30, 1980
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	June 26, 1981	After 1984, this film was split into three individual parts on VHS.
Dumbo	July 1982
Alice in Wonderland	November 1982
Fun and Fancy Free	November 1982	In the late 1980s, this film was split into two individual parts on VHS.
The Three Caballeros	November 1982
Robin Hood	December 6, 1984	Launch title of the Walt Disney Classics, following its withdrawal from theaters after Dumbo, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Alice in Wonderland.
MGM/UA Home Video
The Wizard of Oz	October 25, 1980
CBS/FOX Home Video
Star Wars	November 13, 1984	Re-released with Hi-Fi Stereo and closed captioning.
The Empire Strikes Back	November 13, 1984

Books

Title	Notes
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)	Old copies of this book included the words "50 Word Vocabulary".
The Lorax (1971)

Television

Broadcasts

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
April 2–6, 1984	"Work" (1526–1530) premiered on PBS.
May 7–11, 1984	"Grandparents" (1531–1535) premiered on PBS.
August 13–17, 1984	For the first time ever, "Starting School" reran alone on PBS.
October 22, 1984	Reruns of episodes from the new series were pushed back to starting on this date, beginning with "Superheroes".
November 19–23, 1984	"Food" (1536–1540) premiered on PBS.
Out of 420 episodes of the old series, 195 reran this year (1021–1030, 1066–1070, 1076–1245 and 1251–1260). 30 of them were withdrawn in 1984.
My Little Pony
April 9, 1984	The first episode premiered on first-run syndication.
Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat	Last known broadcast on HBO on August 29, 1984.
The Lorax	Last known broadcast on HBO on August 8, 1984.
Dr. Seuss on the Loose	Last known broadcast on HBO on August 26, 1984.
The Hoober-Bloob Highway	Last known broadcast on HBO on August 15, 1984.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Reran on CBS on December 5, 1984.
Wheel of Fortune
June 15, 1984	New episodes of Season 1 ended on syndication.
September 10, 1984	Season 2 began on first-run syndication.
Jeopardy!
September 10, 1984	Season 1 began on first-run syndication.

Home video

Title	Release date	Notes
Horton Hears a Who! and How the Grinch Stole Christmas	December 1982	First Dr. Seuss specials ever seen on VHS.
My Little Pony	October(?) 1984

Software

Title	Release date(s)	Notes
IBM PC-DOS 3.0	August 1984	Introduced support for larger disks.

Video Games

Title	Console	Latest release date
Donkey Kong	Second-generation arcade	July 9, 1981
Donkey Kong Jr.	Second-generation arcade	August 1, 1982
Mario Bros.	Second-generation arcade	July 14, 1983
Donkey Kong 3	Second-generation arcade	October 1983

Totals

As of December 31, 1984:
Total movies released in theaters (out of 120 in the list)
Total movies released on VHS (out of 41 in the list)
Total Disney animated features released on VHS (out of 24 so far)
Total television series broadcasted (out of 25 in the list)
Number of cable networks on U.S. television
Total video games released (out of 150 in the list)

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