“Poppin’ Fresh”, the Pillsbury Doughboy, is an advertising icon and mascot of
The Pillsbury Company, appearing in many of their commercials since his debut
on November 7, 1965. The Doughboy, a $16 doll made of clay, was originally
brought to live using the stop motion animation technique. Today, CGI is used
in the commercials. Character/Voice actor Paul Frees (below) was the first voice
of the Doughboy.

Paul Frees

The Sugar Bear originally appeared as a character in the 1964 ABC-TV
Saturday morning cartoon Linus the Lionhearted (1964-1969).

Walt Disney

The first of the Walt Disney anthology television series premiered on ABC,
Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show was originally hosted by
Walt Disney himself presenting a series of cartoons and other material from
the studio library. One-hour edits of recent Disney films were also aired and
occasionally, educational segments would be featured. The television series
continued to be produced by the Walt Disney Company under several titles
until 2008.

Filming a segment of Disneyland with Walt

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The Disney brothers from left: Roy and Walt 

After Walt Disney produced his short film "Alice’s Wonderland" in Kansas City, he 
entered into an agreement with New York Distributor, M.J. Winkler to release a 
series of "Alice Comedies" based on the films title character. That agreement on 
October 16, 1923 became the official founding date of the Walt Disney Company, 
known then as the “Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio”, with brothers Walt and Roy  
Disney, as equal partners. Today, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group is one of 
the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. 

The original Walt Disney Studio was located in the rear of
a small office occupied by a reality company in Los Angeles