Thursday, January 22, 2015

animation fun facts for Jan 22,2015



Birthdays: Sir Francis Bacon, D.W. Griffith, Charles Gordon Lord Byron, August Strindberg, Andre Marie Ampere (electric Amps), 1960’s UN Secretary General U- Thant, Ann Southern, Sam Cooke, John Hurt is 75, George McManus, Joseph Waumbaugh, J.J. Johnson, Seymour Cassell,  Jim Jarmusch is 62, Linda Blair is 57, Piper Laurie is 83, Diane Lane is 50


1918- A Manitoba judge tries to outlaw movie comedies, because they tend to make the public "too frivolous".

1938- On a bare stage, Thorton Wilder’s play Our Town premiered.

1947- Hollywood first commercial television station KTLA went on the air for regular broadcasting. At the time in all of LA there were only 350 TV sets.



1949-Tex Avery’s cartoon "Bad Luck Blackie".


1968-T.V. comedy review show Rowan & Martin’s Laugh In premiered. It launched the careers of Lilly Tomlin, Goldie Hawn and Eileen Brennan. You bet your sweet Bippy!

1975- Hollywood agents Ron Meyer and Michael Ovitz leave William Morris and form the Creative Artists Agency, or CAA.


1984- Apple releases the Macintosh I personal computer.



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