Tag: Animation
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This Day in Pop Culture for September 30
It was on this day that one of the most iconic of all of the Hanna-Barbera cartoons debuted on TV.
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This Day in Pop Culture for August 13
Without meaning to, Walt Disney’s animated “Bambi” led to a huge drop in hunting rifle sales when the film came out on this day in 1942.
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This Day in Pop Culture for August 12
It was on this day that Universal Pictures released its second version of the “Phantom of the Opera’, the only silent film won an Oscar and Mickey Mouse was copyrighted.
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This Day in Pop Culture for June 24
On this day in pop culture history, The Lion King roared into theaters and Wipeout debuted on ABC.
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This Day in Pop Culture for June 9
1934: Happy Birthday Donald The grumpy sidekick of Mickey Mouse, Donald Fauntleroy Duck, was “born” on this day in 1934 when he made his first big screen appearance in Walt Disney’s Silly Symphony short, The Wise Little Hen. He was pretty much on his best behavior for his first film, but he earned his reputation…
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This Day in Pop Culture for May 30
2003: Nemo is Found After years of success from films such as Toy Story and A Bug’s Life, it’s no surprise that Finding Nemo received a 99 percent “fresh” rating from Rotten Tomatoes when it opened in theaters on this day in 2003. Directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, the computer-animated film was produced by…
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