Thursday, November 27, 2014

Animation Fun Facts for Nov 27, 2014 Thanksgiving


Birthdays: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jimi Hendrix would have been 74, Bruce Lee-original name Lee Jun Fan would have been 74, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg is 58, James Agee, Chaim Weizmann, Mafia Don Vito Genovese, Czech leader Alexander Dubcheck, David Merrick, Marshal Thompson, Robin Givens, Judd Nelson, Buffalo Bob Smith, William Fichtner is 59, Kathryn Bigelow is 63

1924- The First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. The marvel of the parade were large displays that moved down the street thanks to small automobiles concealed under them. They seemed to "float", so they are called parade floats today.  The huge balloons were added in 1927. Originally after the parade the balloons were let go to float away into the sky. Macy’s offered a bounty to people who found them after they landed, sometimes in rural New Jersey.

1933- Former Terrytoons animator Art Babbitt, now at Walt Disney's, writes to fellow animator Bill Tytla encouraging him to move to California. "Terry owes you a lot and Disney has plans for a full length color cartoon!"

1936- Max Fleischer's cartoon featurette, "Popeye meets Sinbad the Sailor".


1963- The Beatles release the single “ I Wanna Hold Your Hand.”

1967- The Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour.

1985- Steven Speilberg married Amy Irving. They divorced a few years later.

2002- Disney’s animated feature Treasure Planet opened in theaters.

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