Animation Fun Facts for Oct 9, 2012

Birthdays: Camille Saint Saens, E. Howard Hunt, Jacques Tati, Alastair Sim, Bruce Catton, Joe Pepitone, cartoonist Mike Peters, Savannah, John Lennon, his son Sean Lennon, E. Howard Hunt, Scott Bakula, Tony Shalloub, Peter Tosh, Charles Rudolph Walgren-the inventor of the modern Drugstore, Guillermo Del Toro is 47, Tony Schaloub is 59, Pixar director Pete Doctor is 44. 1938 Eugene O'Neill's play 'The Iceman Cometh' opened. 1951- RKO Pictures asked Marilyn Monroe to please wear panties while working, She was distracting the film crew. 1986- The Fox Network's first program-the Joan River's Show, premiered. That show didn't last, but future hits like The Simpson's, Married With Children and the X-Files made Fox a major network in ten years.