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1968 In Animation
Events in 1968 in animation. Events February * February 12: The first episode of '' The Herbs'' airs. April * April 10: 40th Academy Awards: '' The Box'' by Fred Wolf wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. * April 29: The first episode of ''Les Shadoks'' airs. July * July 17: George Dunning's animated feature based on The Beatles, '' Yellow Submarine'', is first released. The innovative designs are done by Heinz Edelmann. September * September 14: ** The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's ''Wacky Races'' airs. It marks the debut of Penelope Pitstop and villainous characters Dick Dastardly and Muttley the dog. ** The first episode of '' The Batman/Superman Hour'' airs. ** The first episode of '' The Archie Show'' airs. * September 29: The first episode of '' Joe 90'' airs. October * October 31: Bruno Bozzetto's '' VIP, mio fratello superuomo'' premieres. December * December 6: Per Åhlin and Tage Danielsson's '' Out of an Old Man's Head'' premieres which mixes li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Herbs
''The Herbs'' is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond (creator of Paddington Bear), directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 ''Watch with Mother'' timeslot. There were 13 episodes in the series, each one 15 minutes long. A spin-off series entitled ''The Adventures of Parsley'' was transmitted from 6 April 1970 in the 5-minute period between the end of children's TV and the BBC Evening News. This had 32 episodes, some of which were released on VHS as ''Parsley the Lion and Friends''. ''The Herbs'' consisted of a fantasy mix of human and animal characters inhabiting the magical walled garden of a country estate. At the beginning of each episode, the narrator (Gordon Rollings) spoke the magic word, "Herbidacious", which caused the garden gate to open. As with ''The Magic Roundabout'', the sophisticated writing style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |