Animation Fun Facts for Jan 4, 2013

Burthdaze: Animation pioneer Emile Cohl, Louis Braille, General Tom Thumb, Jane Wyman, Jacob Grimm of the Brothers Grimm, Sterling Holloway the voice of Winnie the Pooh, Francois Rude, Dyan Cannon is 76, Floyd Patterson, Barbara Rush, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julia Ormond is 45 1946- Terrytoons "The Talking Magpies" the first Heckle and Jeckyl cartoons. 1954- Young truck driver Elvis Presley went into Sun Records recording studio in Memphis. He plunked down $4 to record two demos for his mothers’ birthday. " Casual Love Affair" and "I’ll Never Stand in your Way". The studio technician was impressed enough to play the demo for his manager who called back Presley for an audition. 1956- In the Peanuts comic strip Charles Schulz first had Snoopy stand up on two legs. 1956- Walt Disney had lunch with his old nemesis Max Fleischer, now retired. The meeting was arranged by Max’s son Richard Fleischer, who was working for Disney directing Twenty Thousand Leagues. Although everyone had a nice time, Richard later admitted he found the event depressing. Seeing his dad humbled:” It was like seeing David vanquished by Goliath..”