Saturday, November 29, 2014

Animation Fun Facts for Nov 29, 2014


Birthdays: Gaetano Donizetti, Busby Berkeley, C.S. Lewis, Louisa May Alcott, Chuck Mangione, Vin Scully, Gary Shandling is 65, Cathy Moriarity, Don Cheadle, Joel Coen is 60, Jacques Chirac, Howie Mandell, Susee “Chapstick” Chafee, Anna Faris is 38

1915- In the first years of animated films, one artist like Winsor McCay drew everything. This day John Randolph Bray's "Colonel Heeza Liar in Africa" cartoon debuted. Bray adapted Henry Ford's assembly line system to making animation, creating the job positions of layout, background painter, inkers, cel painters, checkers and camera. After 1919 Bray shifted his studio’s focus from entertainment to technical and training films. Paul Terry, Walter Lantz, Max & Dave Fleischer and Shamus Culhane all got their start at Bray's.


1942- U.S. declared coffee would be rationed along with sugar, gasoline and rubber. And lots more. People put their cars up on blocks "for the duration". Gas Ration cards were listed as C, B & A. The C card meant essential defense worker, police & fire, so they had unlimited access to gasoline. A cards were the least important. Lots of jokes in Looney Tunes about rationing cards.


1959-The Second Grammy Awards, broadcast for the first time on television. Bobby Darins’ rendition of Mack the Knife won top honors.


1972- Atari announced Pong, the first mass-marketed interactive game.

2001- former Beatle guitarist and composer George Harrison died of cancer.
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