Animation Fun Facts for June 19, 2012

Birthdays: Moe Howard, Kathleen Turner the voice of Jessica Rabbit and Bob Abel's Sexy Robot, Pat Buttram, Zoe Saldana, -Neytiri in Avatar is 34 1921- Distributor AmadeeVan Beuren announced production of a new series of "Aesop’s Fables" cartoons to be done by former Bray director Paul Terry. Terrytoons studio is born. 1923 - "Moon Mullins," a Comic Strip, debuts. 1934-The Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, created. 1952 - "I've Got A Secret" debuts on CBS-TV with Garry Moore as host. Young Disney animator Eric Goldberg once appeared as a guest. 1978 – Garfield the Cat, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip 1998 Disney’s Muhlan premiered.