Hank Ketcham with his son Dennis, on whom the cartoon was based
Henry King Ketcham (March 14, 1920 – June 1, 2001)
Hank Ketcham was a Painter and cartoonist who created Dennis
the Menace comic strip in 1951. Ketcham was born in Seattle,
Washington and dropped out of the University of Washington
after one year and hitchhiked to California, hoping to work for
the Disney studios.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Mouse cartoons are coming back to TV as Disney attempts to revive one of the world’s most popular characters.
The 19 episodes, hand-drawn and in 2-D, will debut June 28 on the Disney Channel, Disney.com and the Watch Disney Channel app.
In a preview on Disney.com, Mickey and Minnie are working at a Paris cafe when
they face a shortage of croissants. In the 3-minute, 30-second cartoon, Mickey
goes on an adventurous trip through the city to fulfill their orders.
Walt Disney Co.’s CEO Bob Iger told CNBC on Tuesday that the shorts harken
back to the days of founder Walt Disney, highlighting Mickey’s "impish" and
"innocent" qualities.
Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger
Small Fry Club (also known as Movies for Small Fry) is one of the earliest TV
series made for children. It aired on the DuMont Television Network from
March 11, 1947 to June 15, 1951 and afterwards was produced and aired in
Boston on WBZ-TV until 1968. It was hosted by "Big Brother Bob Emery".
Bob Emery (Clair Robert Emery)
Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)
The author of immortal children’s poems was not a real doctor, but he
always dreamed of practicing medicine and added the Dr. to his name
upon receiving an honorary degree.
Geisel’s birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for
National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created
by the National Education Association.
