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TELEVISION DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1965

Pillsbury-Doughboy

A 1965 TV commercial for Pillsbury Flaky Biscuits featuring one of the 
first appearances of the Pillsbury Doughboy (Poppin’ Fresh) who was 
voiced by Paul Frees (below).

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Paul Frees (Solomon Hersh Frees)

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FILM RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1942

Bambi-Movie-Poster

The animated film “Bambi” was produced by Walt Disney, the fifth in the
Disney Animated Classics series. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures
and opened initially at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY.  

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DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1930

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Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max
Fleischer
. She made her first appearance in the cartoon Dizzy
Dishes
, the sixth installment in Fleischer’s Talkartoon series.


 

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Max Fleischer, with his star performer, Betty Boop

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FILM’S US RELEASE ON THIS DAY IN 1951

aliceposter

The British-American animated fantasy film Alice in Wonderland was
produced by Walt Disney Productions and is the 13th film in the Walt
Disney Animated Classics series. It was first released in London on
July 26 for its world premier. The comedy-adventure film features the
voices of Kathryn Beaumont as Alice, and Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter.

alice_in_wonderland_1951
English writer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name,
Lewis Carroll

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FIRST CARTOON IN 3D ON THIS DAY IN 1953

Melody-1953-DisneyRKO

The Walt Disney short cartoon was shown at Disneyland in the
Fantasyland Theater as part of the 3D Jamboree. This film was
the first in a proposed series of shorts teaching the principles of 
music, called Adventures in Music. Only one other film in the series 
was made, Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom.

Disney-Adventures-In-Melody
Professor Owl

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