#ClassicCartoons #InternetArchive #ImportantSite
If you aren't aware of this site, please check it out---they were recently emptied of something like 500,00 books but some greedy publishing company. I'll look for the link but, in the meanwhile, here's Betty Boop!
The Trailer is ready and that makes it a #worldpremiere! Dive into the whimsical world of @wackomedia's #SteamboatWillie Live!
Available now on itch https://wackomedia.itch.io/
This month in 1962 — THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW debuted on Saturday mornings on ABC.
A primetime version also ran 1960-62, but the Saturday show became the longest, continuously-running morning children's program in network TV history.
Happy birthday, LOONEY TUNES!
The first Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon short SINKIN’ IN THE BATHTUB was released on this day in 1930.
Tonight in 1962 — #TopCat aired its last original episode on ABC.
Hanna-Barbera’s 2nd prime-time cartoon (after #TheFlintstones) only produced 30 shows, but they were rerun for decades.
LOONEY TUNES Collector's Choice — coming to Blu-ray in May from Warner Archive.
20 new restorations + Blu-ray premieres!
And HBO Max can't yank it off your shelf!
https://www.animationscoop.com/warner-archive-collection-announces-looney-tunes-collectors-choice-blu-ray/ #LooneyTunes #ClassicCartoons
Today in 1973 — #CharlottesWeb premiered.
#DebbieReynolds (as Charlotte), #PaulLynde (as Templeton) and #HenryGibson (as Wilbur) starred in this animated musical based on the book by E.B. White.
Today in 1977 — #TheNewAdventuresOfBatman debuted on CBS.
#AdamWest and #BurtWard returned to voice the Caped Crusaders in this animated series from Filmation!
Today in 1940, #TomAndJerry chased each other into movie theaters for the first time in #PussGetsTheBoot!
#WilliamHanna and #JosephBarbera’s MGM short was nominated for an Oscar — and animation icons were born.
“I learned that you have to exaggerate everything in cartoons. It was great fun!”
— #JanetWaldo (1920-2016)
The voice of Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop, Josie from #JosieAndThePussycats and many more was born on this day.
@willmckinley One of my childhood favorites! #ChuckJones #ClassicCartoons
Tonight in 1975 — #RikkiTikkiTavi debuted on CBS.
#ChuckJones wrote, produced and directed this animated adaptation of the #RudyardKipling story about a brave mongoose.
#OrsonWelles, #JuneForay, #LesTremayne, #ShepardMenken and #LennieWeinrib provided voices.
It's streaming on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/301352/rikki-tikki-tavi
Happy 63rd birthday, #RockyAndBullwinkle!
It debuted Nov 19, 1959 as #RockyAndHisFriends w/ #JuneForay as Rocky and Natasha, #BillScott as Bullwinkle, #PaulFrees as Boris and #WilliamConrad as the Narrator.
#DawsButler (1916–1988) was #BornOnThisDay.
You may not know his name, but you know his voice: #YogiBear, #HuckleberryHound, #Snagglepuss, #WallyGator, #QuickDrawMcGraw, #PeterPotamus and more!