1999

Media from 1999.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
$1 (Series 1995)
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$2 (Series 1976)	A 00000001 A – A 29440000 A
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	J 00000001 A – J 24960000 A
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$2 (Series 1995)	F 00000001 A – F 96000000 A
File:$5-F (1995).jpg $5 (Series 1995)	A 57600001 B – A 25600000 C
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File:$10-G (1998).png $10 (Series 1995)	A 70400001 B – A 96000000 B
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	J 32000001 A – J 19200000 B
	K 44800001 A – K 51200000 B
	L 00000001 B – L 12800000 C
File:$20-A (1999).jpg $20 (Series 1996)	AA 00000001 A – AA 19200000 D
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	AC 00000001 A – AC 89600000 A
	AD 00000001 A – AD 25600000 B
	AF 00000001 A – AF 44800000 B
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	AI 00000001 A – AI 89600000 A
	AJ 00000001 A – AJ 64000000 C
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	AE 00000001 A – AE 70400000 A
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	AH 00000001 A – AH 16000000 A
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	AJ 03200001 A – AJ 16000000 A
	AK 00000001 A – AK 48000000 A
	AL 41600001 A – AL 86400000 A
File:$100-F (1997).png $100 (Series 1996)	AA 19200001 A – AA 70400000 A
	AB 00000001 B – AB 57600000 J
	AC 00000001 A – AC 25600000 A
	AD 25600001 A – AD 32000000 B
	AE 12800001 A – AE 38400000 B
	AF 00000001 A – AF 83200000 A
	AG 00000001 A – AG 96000000 A
	AH 00000001 A – AH 44800000 A
	AI 00000001 A – AI 12800000 A
	AJ 00000001 A – AJ 38400000 A
	AK 00000001 A – AK 83200000 A
	AL 48000001 A – AL 44800000 D
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1995)
	A 25600001 M – A 06400000 N
	C 25600001 F – C 76800000 F
	D 89600001 J – D 25600000 R
	E 89600001 N – E 06400000 T
	F 83200001 T – F 57600000 V
	G 38400001 P – G 19200000 Q
	H 12800001 G – H 64000000 K
	I 25600001 J – I 32000000 N
	J 38400001 J – J 83200000 T
	K 32000001 M – K 70400000 N
File:$1-A (2000).jpg $1 (Series 1999)	A 00000001 A – A 76800000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 57600000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 06400000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 89600000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 96000000 A
File:$5-F (1995).jpg $5 (Series 1995)	B 19200001 F – B 32000000 F
	C 32000001 B – C 70400000 B
	D 76800001 B – D 19200000 C
	E 64000001 D – E 25600000 E
	F 25600001 E – F 51200000 G
	G 89600001 D – G 12800000 F
	H 57600001 B – H 12800000 C
	I 57600001 A – I 70400000 A
	J 32000001 B – J 64000000 B
	K 25600001 C – K 70400000 C
	L 70400001 F – L 89600000 H
File:$10-G (1998).png $10 (Series 1995)	B 25600001 D – B 06400000 E
	C 57600001 A – C 51200000 B
	D 12800001 B – D 25600000 B
	E 51200001 C – E 96000000 C
	F 64000001 C – F 64000000 E
	G 70400001 D – G 51200000 E
	H 32000001 B – H 57600000 B
	J 19200001 B – J 51200000 B
	K 51200001 B – K 96000000 B
	L 12800001 C – L 83200000 C
File:$20-A (1999).jpg $20 (Series 1996)	AA 19200001 D – AA 83200000 I
	AB 12800001 G – AB 38400000 I
	AC 89600001 A – AC 06400000 F
	AD 25600001 B – AD 64000000 D
	AE 32000001 B – AE 83200000 D
	AF 44800001 B – AF 12800000 I
	AG 19200001 E – AG 51200000 L
	AH 51200001 B – AH 57600000 C
	AI 89600001 A – AI 12800000 B
	AJ 64000001 C – AJ 76800000 C
	AK 06400001 C – AK 76800000 C
	AL 70400001 C – AL 64000000 J
File:$50-L (1999).jpg $50 (Series 1996)	AA 16000001 A – AA 54400000 A
	AB 44800001 E – AB 99200000 E
	AC 57600001 A – AC 76800000 A
	AD 51200001 A – AD 19200000 B
	AE 70400001 A – AE 06400000 B
	AF 60800001 A – AF 19200000 B
	AG 25600001 B – AG 41600000 C
	AH 16000001 A – AH 28800000 A
	AI 19200001 A – AI 35200000 A
	AJ 16000001 A – AJ 57600000 A
	AK 48000001 A – AK 92800000 A
	AL 86400001 A – AL 19200000 C
File:$100-F (1997).png $100 (Series 1996)	AB 12800001 N – AB 99200000 W
	AF 16000001 C – AF 22400000 C
	AG 64000001 B – AG 44800000 C
	AH 73600001 A – AH 12800000 B
	AI 22400001 A – AI 32000000 A
	AJ 57600001 A – AJ 83200000 A
	AK 19200001 B – AK 44800000 B
	AL 60800001 D – AL 06400000 E

In 1999, Lawrence H. Summers took over as Secretary of the Treasury, and his signature first appeared on $1 bills labeled as "Series 1999".

Logos

Logos from movies:

Walt Disney Pictures	Paramount Pictures		Universal Pictures (new logo)		Columbia Pictures
20th Century Fox Film Corporation	Warner Bros. Pictures (new logo)		TriStar Pictures		Touchstone Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures (for Pixar films)		Pixar Animation Studios		DreamWorks SKG

Logos from terrestrial television:

NBC	CBS	ABC	PBS
PBS Kids (new logo)	FOX	WB Network	UPN

Logos from cable/satellite television:

HBO	Cinemax		File:Showtime logo 1997.png Showtime		File:The Movie Channel 2000.png The Movie Channel
Disney Channel	USA Network		Nickelodeon		Fox Family Channel
Cartoon Network		TBS		TNT
File:GSN 1997.png Game Show Network		Toon Disney		FX Network

Logos from television companies and stations:

Walt Disney Television	Paramount Television	File:Studios USA (1998).jpg Studios USA	Columbia TriStar Television
20th Century Fox Television		Warner Bros. Television
Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Viewers Like You		Family Communications	WGBH
DiC Entertainment	File:Sunbow Entertainment (1999).jpg Sunbow Entertainment (new logo)	KingWorld (new logo)	Buena Vista Television
The Britt Allcroft Company	Nickelodeon Productions	4Kids Entertainment (new logo)	WNET (new logo)

Logos from home media:

Walt Disney Home Video	Paramount Home Video		Universal Studios Home Video		20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Columbia TriStar Home Video (new logo)	Warner Home Video		CIC Video		Disney Videos
Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection	Touchstone Home Video		Sony Wonder		Together Again Productions
Random House Home Video	PBS Home Video		Barney Home Video		Lyrick Studios
DreamWorks Home Entertainment		Viz Video		Anchor Bay Entertainment

Logos from video games:

Nintendo 64	Game Boy Color	File:Sega Dreamcast.png Sega Dreamcast (new logo)

Movies

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	No. of theaters	Box office
The Wizard of Oz	November 6, 1998	404 (11%)	$14,817,226 (November 6, 1998–January 10, 1999)
A Bug's Life	November 25, 1998	2,551 (71.5%)	$162,798,565 (November 25, 1998–May 20, 1999)
File:Starwars4.jpg Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	May 19, 1999	3,126 (88%)	$430,237,852 (May 19–December 30, 1999)
Toy Story 2	November 24, 1999	3,257 (91%)	$199,843,054 (November 24–December 31, 1999)

VHS

All of the following titles were only available on VHS and not yet on DVD:

File:Starwars1 sevhs.jpg File:Starwars2 sevhs.jpg File:Starwars3 sevhs.jpg Star Wars: Original Trilogy
File:Goonies vhs.jpg The Goonies	File:Hook vhs.jpg Hook

From Walt Disney Home Video:

Dumbo	File:Wdmc petesdragon.jpg Pete's Dragon		The Sword in the Stone		Alice in Wonderland (UPDATED!)
File:Wdmc bedknobsandbroomsticks.jpg Bedknobs and Broomsticks	Robin Hood (UPDATED!)		The Lion King (used copies only)		File:Agoofymovie.jpg A Goofy Movie
Cinderella (used copies only)	Pocahontas (used copies only)		The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (used copies only)		The Aristocats (used copies only)
File:Homewardbound2.jpg Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco	File:Aladdin3.jpg Aladdin and the King of Thieves (used copies only)		Oliver & Company (used copies only)		File:Jamesandthegiantpeach.jpg James and the Giant Peach
Toy Story	Bambi (used copies only)		The Hunchback of Notre Dame		File:Funandfancyfree.jpg Fun and Fancy Free (used copies only)
Sleeping Beauty (used copies only)		File:Melodytime.jpg Melody Time		The Black Cauldron
File:Pocahontas2 vhs.jpg Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World		The Rescuers (NEW!)		Mulan (NEW!) (released on DVD later)
101 Dalmatians (NEW!) (released on DVD later)		File:Ichabodandmrtoad.jpg The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (NEW!)		The Great Mouse Detective (NEW!)

From Disney's Sing-Along Songs:

File:Dsas heighho(3).jpg Heigh Ho	File:Dsas zipadeedoodah(2).jpg Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah		File:Dsas youcanfly(3).jpg You Can Fly		File:Dsas barenecessities(3).jpg The Bare Necessities
File:Dsas underthesea(2).jpg Under the Sea	File:Dsas disneylandfun(2).jpg Disneyland Fun		File:Verymerrychristmassongs(3).jpg Very Merry Christmas Songs		File:Dsas ilovetolaugh(2).jpg I Love to Laugh
File:Dsas beourguest(2).jpg Be Our Guest	File:Dsas friendlikeme.jpg Friend Like Me		File:Dsas 12daysofchristmas(2).jpg The Twelve Days of Christmas		File:Dsas circleoflife.jpg Circle of Life
File:Dsas campoutatwdw.jpg Campout at Walt Disney World		File:Dsas letsgotothecircus.jpg Let's Go to the Circus!		File:Dsas beachpartyatwdw.jpg Beach Party at Walt Disney World
File:Dsas colorsofthewind.jpg Colors of the Wind		File:Dsas topsyturvy.jpg Topsy Turvy		File:Dsas pongoandperdita.jpg Pongo & Perdita
File:Dsas honortousall.jpg Honor to Us All		File:Dsas happyhaunting.jpg Happy Haunting Party at Disneyland		File:Fliksmusicaladventure.jpg Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom (NEW!)

DVD

File:Themask dvd.jpg The Mask			The Wizard of Oz (UPDATED!)			File:Matilda dvd.jpg Matilda			File:Ghostbusters dvd.jpg Ghostbusters (NEW!)
File:Ghostbusters2 dvd.jpg Ghostbusters II (NEW!)				File:Homealone dvd.png Home Alone (NEW!)				File:Homealone2.png Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (NEW!)

From Walt Disney Home Video:

File:Homewardbound dvd.jpg Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	Mary Poppins	File:101dalmatians 1998dvd.jpg 101 Dalmatians	File:Beautyandthebeast2 dvd.jpg Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
A Bug's Life (NEW!)	Pinocchio (NEW!)	101 Dalmatians (NEW!)	Hercules (NEW!)
Mulan (NEW!)	Peter Pan (NEW!)	Lady and the Tramp (NEW!)	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (NEW!)
A Bug's Life (NEW!)	The Little Mermaid (NEW!)	The Jungle Book (NEW!)	File:Mickeysonceuponachristmas dvd.jpg Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (NEW!)

Upcoming

How the Grinch Stole Christmas	This movie was filmed during the Christmas holidays of 1999.
Shrek	Currently in development.
Monsters, Inc.	Dan Gerson joined screenwriting of this film.
Ice Age	Story development began in the spring of 1999.

Books

Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who!		The Cat in the Hat		How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Green Eggs and Ham			The Lorax
Disney Publishing
The Lion King	Pocahontas		Toy Story		The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride		A Bug's Life		Toy Story 2 (NEW!)
Harry Potter
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone		Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (NEW!)		Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (NEW!)
Pokémon
File:Pokemon chapterbook1.jpg Chapter Book #1: I Choose You!		File:Pokemon chapterbook2.jpg Chapter Book #2: Island of the Giant Pokémon		File:Pokemon chapterbook3.jpg Chapter Book #3: Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon
File:Pokemon chapterbook4.jpg Chapter Book #4: Night in the Haunted Tower			Pokemon TV Animation Comic: I Choose You!

Music

The Lion King	File:Themask mmp.jpg The Mask	Classic Disney Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic	Pocahontas
Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic	The Wizard of Oz: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Toy Story: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack	Kidsongs: A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm
Kidsongs: Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Classic Disney Vol. 3: 60 Years of Musical Magic	File:Allthat album.jpg All That: The Album
File:Starwars4 soundtrack.jpg Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: Special Edition	File:Starwars5 soundtrack.jpg Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition	File:Starwars6 soundtrack.jpg Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi: Special Edition	Classic Disney Vol. 4: 60 Years of Musical Magic
Kidsongs: We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Kidsongs: I Can Dance!	Kidsongs: Meet the Biggles	Return to Pride Rock
Classic Disney Vol. 5: 60 Years of Musical Magic	A Bug's Life	File:Starwars1 soundtrack.jpg Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (NEW!)	Toy Story 2 (NEW)

Television

Broadcasts

Program title	Network	Current season	Broadcast dates
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood	PBS/PBS Kids	Season 29	January 1–December 31 (reruns) February 15–19, 1999 (Episodes 1736-1740) July 26–30, 1999 (Episodes 1741–1745) August 23–27, 1999 (Episodes 1746-1750)
Wheel of Fortune	Syndication	Seasons 16-17	January 1–June 4, 1999 (season 16) September 6–December 31, 1999 (season 17)
Jeopardy!	Syndication	Seasons 15-16	January 1–July 16, 1999 (season 15) September 6–December 31, 1999 (season 16)
Full House	Syndication TBS	Seasons 1-8	January 1–December 31, 1999 (reruns)
Barney & Friends	PBS	Seasons 1-3	January 1–September 3, 1999 (reruns) After 1999, only the later seasons continued in rotation.
The Kidsongs TV Show	PBS	Seasons 1-3	January 1–December 31, 1999 (reruns)
The Kidsongs TV Show	PBS	Season 4	May 23–July 25, 1999 (reruns)
Shining Time Station	Fox Family Channel	Seasons 2-3	January 2–May 28, 1999 (reruns)
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Toon Disney	Season 1	January 2–December 25, 1999 (reruns)
Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3	PAX	Season 1	N/A (probably early 1999)
Super Mario World	PAX	Season 1	N/A (probably early 1999)
All That	Nickelodeon	Season 5	January 2–October 23, 1999 (new episodes)
Pokémon	Syndication	Season 1	January 1–February 10, 1999 (reruns)
Pokémon	Kids' WB	Season 1	February 13–December 4, 1999
Sonic Underground	UPN	Season 1	August 31–December 31, 1999
Thomas & Friends (as Storytime with Thomas)	Fox Family Channel	Seasons 1-5	September 6–December 31, 1999
The Amanda Show	Nickelodeon	Season 1	October 16–November 20, 1999 (new episodes)
Sonic Christmas Blast	USA Network	N/A	December 1999

Further new feeds of PBS programming now used the phrase "contributions to your PBS station from Viewers Like You – thank you". However, very early broadcasts of children's programming within the PBS Kids era that began on September 6, 1999 still retained the "annual financial support of Viewers Like You" phrase in their funding credits.

Home video

Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat		Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories		How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Horton Hears a Who! (DVD)
Kidsongs
A Day at Old MacDonald's Farm	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing		Good Night, Sleep Tight		Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes
Home on the Range	A Day with the Animals		What I Want to Be!		Let's Play Ball
A Day at the Circus	A Day at Camp		Ride the Roller Coaster		Very Silly Songs
We Wish You a Merry Christmas		Play Along Songs		If We Could Talk to the Animals
I Can Go to the Country!	I Can Bop with the Biggles!		I Can Put on a Show!		I Can Sing Baby Animal Songs!
I Can Dance!	I Can Do It!		Billy's Birthday		Meet the Biggles
Barney & Friends
Barney Live! in New York City		Barney's Imagination Island		Barney Songs
File:Barneystalentshow.jpg Barney's Talent Show		File:Barneysfunandgames.jpg Barney's Fun & Games		File:Barneys1234seasons.jpg Barney's 1-2-3-4 Seasons
File:Barneysonceuponatime.jpg Barney's Once Upon a Time		File:Sensesationalday.jpg Barney's Sense-Sational Day		File:Musicalscrapbook vhs.jpg Barney's Musical Scrapbook
Thomas & Friends
Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories	James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories		Trust Thomas and Other Stories		Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories
Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories	Daisy and Other Thomas Stories		James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories		Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories
Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories	Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories		Thomas and His Friends Help Out		The Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories
File:ThomasSingAlong&Stories VHS.jpg Sing-Along & Stories	Thomas Meets the Queen and Other Stories		Thomas and His Friends Get Along		Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Other Stories
A Big Day for Thomas	Cranky Bugs (NEW!)		Races, Rescues and Runaways (NEW!)		10 Years of Thomas (NEW!)
Pokémon
1. I Choose You! Pikachu!	2. The Mystery of Mount Moon (NEW!)		3. The Sisters of Cerulean City (NEW!)		4. Poké-Friends (NEW!)
5. Thunder Shock! (NEW!)	6. Seaside Pikachu (NEW!)		7. Psychic Surprise (NEW!)		8. Primeape Problems (NEW!)
9. Fashion Victims (NEW!)	10. Fighting Tournament (NEW!)		11. The Great Race (NEW!)		12. Pikachu Party (NEW!)

Software

CD-ROM
Windows 98 Second Edition (NEW!)	Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 6a)
Windows apps
Internet Explorer 5 (NEW!)

Video Games

Game Boy Color
Wario Land II (UPDATED!)		Pokémon
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (NEW!)			Pokémon (Yellow) (NEW!)
PC (CD-ROM)
Sonic R			My Little Pony: Friendship Gardens
Nintendo 64
Super Mario 64	Mario Kart 64		Diddy Kong Racing		Yoshi's Story
Mario Party (NEW!)		Super Smash Bros. (NEW!)		Donkey Kong 64 (NEW!)
Sega Dreamcast
Sonic Adventure (NEW!)

Future releases

While no Kirby games were available this year, a new one for the Nintendo 64 was currently in development.

Websites

New for 1999:

http://www.vgmuseum.com
http://pbskids.org
http://disney.go.com - This site replaced disney.com.
http://members.xoom.com/kindarspiritf (Kirby's Rainbow Resort)
http://www.harrypotter.com (October 13)

Totals

As of December 31, 1999:
Total movies available (out of 120)
Total movies released on VHS (out of 41)
Total movies released on DVD (out of 119)
Total Disney animated features released on VHS (out of 38)
Total Disney animated features released on DVD (out of 38)
Total television series broadcasted (out of 25)
Total completed television series (out of 25)
Total video games released (out of 150)

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