Animation Fun Facts for July 31, 2012

Birthdays: Liberace, Sherry Lansing, Geraldine Chaplin, Dean Cain, Ted Cassidy who played Lurch in the Adams Family, Wesley Snipes is 50, and according to J.K. Rowling, this is the birthday of Harry Potter 1930- Radio mystery show “The Shadow” premiered. “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows…heh, heh, heh.” Orson Welles did the voice of the crime fighting Shadow for a year in 1937 for $185 a week. 1992- Robin Harris' animated Feature Bebe's Kids premiered. 1995- The Walt Disney Company bought the ABC Network, the Discovery Channel and ESPN.