1962 In Animation
Events in 1962 in animation. Events January * January 6: The first episode of '' Beany and Cecil'' is broadcast. April * April 9: 34th Academy Awards: ''Surogat'' by Dušan Vukotić wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. July * July 23: Chuck Jones is fired by Warner Bros. Cartoons after they find out that he secretly worked for a rival cartoon studio, UPA, on the film '' Gay Purr-ee''. Jones will go to establish his own animation studio. September * September 3: The first episode of '' Wally Gator'' is broadcast. * September 21: Karel Zeman's ''The Fabulous Baron Munchausen'' is first released. * September 23: The first episode of '' The Jetsons'' is broadcast. * Specific date unknown: Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott and Hal Sutherland co-found the animation studio Filmation. October * October 19: Tatsuo Yoshida, Kenji Yoshida and Ippei Kuri establish Tatsunoko Productions. * October 28: The first episode of '' Fireball XL5'' is broadcast. November * Nove ...
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