Animation Fun Facts for Dec 5, 2012

Birthdays: Pope Julius II, Martin Van Buren , Walt Disney , Fritz Lang, Eugene Debs, George Armstrong Custer, Little Richard Penniman, Strom Thurmond, Otto Preminger, Calvin Trillin, Joan Didion, Jim Plunkett, Jose Carrerras, Margaret Cho is 45 1912- New York Hat directed by D.W. Griffith premiered. The first movie script written by Anita Loos, then 19. She became one of the finest Hollywood screenwriters ,who penned films like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 1952- The Abbott and Costello Television Show premiered. Where’s Hilary, Mr Fields and Stinky? “ Niagara Falls! Slooowwlly I turn! Step by Step! Step by Step!” 1974- The BBC aired the last Monty Python show.