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1972 In Animation
Events in 1972 in animation. Events January * January 13: The first episode of ''The Adventures of Sir Prancelot'' airs. * January 24: The first episode of ''Loeki de Leeuw'' airs, a series of stop-motion shorts which serve as bumpers before and after commercial breaks on Dutch television. The shorts will continue until 31 December 2004. February * February 14: ** The first episode of ''Fingerbobs'' airs. ** ''The Lorax'' is first broadcast, based on Dr. Seuss' eponymous children's book. April * April 8: The first episode of ''The Most Important Person'' airs. * April 10: 44th Academy Awards: ''The Crunch Bird'' by Ted Petok wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. * April 12: Ralph Bakshi's debut film, ''Fritz the Cat'', is first released, based on the eponymous comic strip by Robert Crumb. The picture is the first animated film to receive an X-rating and be strictly marketed for adults. It manages to become a surprise box office hit. August * August 9: Bill Melende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Sir Prancelot
''The Adventures of Sir Prancelot'' is a British children's animated television programme written and produced by John Ryan for the John Ryan Studios company. It followed the adventures of Sir Prancelot, an eccentric inventor-knight who heads for the Crusades in the Holy Land. It was first transmitted on BBC 1 on Thursday, 13 January 1972. Plot To escape both his bank manager and his overbearing wife Lady Histeria, Prancelot decides to join the crusades. He is dismayed when he learns that Histeria intends to accompany him and eventually the entire household – including the children Sim and Sue, the miserly majordomo Girth, a cockney minstrel (who is also the show's narrator) and several serfs – set sail for adventure. They repeatedly fall foul of the dastardly Count Otto "The Blot" but always escape by some contrivance of Sir Prancelot himself. After many unlikely adventures they arrive in the Holy Land to discover they are 50 years too late. After a final showdown with Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bye, Bye, Blackboard
This is a list of animated cartoons that star Woody Woodpecker, who appeared in 203 cartoons (196 Woody shorts and 7 miscellaneous shorts) during and after the Golden age of American animation. All the cartoons were produced by Walter Lantz Productions, and were distributed by Universal Pictures, United Artists and Universal International. Also listed are miscellaneous cartoons that feature Woody but are not a part of the main short series, and the 2018 Woody Woodpecker web series. 1940s = Academy Award nominee/winner 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 Starting this year until the studio's hiatus, all shorts are distributed by United Artists. 1949 {, class="wikitable" , - !style="width:3em", # !style="width:15em", Title !style="width:7em", Date !style="width:10em", Director ! Notes , - , 31 , ''Drooler's Delight'' , April 25 , Dick Lundy , {{Plainlist, * Final Woody short distributed by United Artists. * Final Woody ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wee Pals
''Wee Pals'' is an American syndicated comic strip about a diverse group of children, created and produced by Morrie Turner. It was the first comic strip syndicated in the United States to have a cast of diverse ethnicity, dubbed the "Rainbow Gang". Background When cartoonist Morrie Turner began questioning why there were no minorities in the comic strips, his mentor, ''Peanuts'' cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, suggested he create one. Morris' first attempt, ''Dinky Fellas'', featured an all-black cast, but found publication in only one newspaper, the ''Chicago Defender''. Turner integrated the strip, renaming it ''Wee Pals'', and on February 15, 1965, it became the first American syndicated comic strip to have a cast of diverse ethnicity. Initially syndicated by Lew Little Enterprises, it was then carried by the Register and Tribune Syndicate, before moving to United Feature Syndicate in the 1970s. When it debuted, the strip originally appeared in only five daily newspapers, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Power
''Wee Pals'' is an American syndicated comic strip about a diverse group of children, created and produced by Morrie Turner. It was the first comic strip syndicated in the United States to have a cast of diverse ethnicity, dubbed the "Rainbow Gang". Background When cartoonist Morrie Turner began questioning why there were no minorities in the comic strips, his mentor, ''Peanuts'' cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, suggested he create one. Morris' first attempt, ''Dinky Fellas'', featured an all-black cast, but found publication in only one newspaper, the ''Chicago Defender''. Turner integrated the strip, renaming it ''Wee Pals'', and on February 15, 1965, it became the first American syndicated comic strip to have a cast of diverse ethnicity. Initially syndicated by Lew Little Enterprises, it was then carried by the Register and Tribune Syndicate, before moving to United Feature Syndicate in the 1970s. When it debuted, the strip originally appeared in only five daily newspapers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anteojito Y Antifaz, Mil Intentos Y Un Invento
''Anteojito y Antifaz, mil intentos y un invento'' (English title: ''Anteojito and Antifaz, A Thousand Attempts and One Invention'') is a 1972 Argentine animated comedy-drama film written and directed by Manuel García Ferré. The film premiered in Argentina on September 14, 1972. It was re-released on July 12, 2001. Plot Anteojito is a poor orphan 10-year-old boy who lives with his Uncle Antifaz in an apartment house in a city named Villa Trompeta. Uncle Antifaz tries to invent an invisibility formula with Anteojito's help, and Cachavacha, a witch and Uncle Antifaz's neighbor who lives in the apartment right under his, tries to steal it as revenge for to his explosions destroying her apartment. Anteojito sells some balloons and meets his friend Buzoncito, a little red mailbox. The balloons he was selling escape when he argues with a group of brats who mocked him. The circus comes to town and he helps out a friendly clown and his sick daughter by posing as a second, singing, clown. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel García Ferré
Manuel García Ferré (8 October 1929 – 28 March 2013) was a Spanish Argentine animation director and cartoonist. Biography García Ferré was born in Almería, Spain, in 1929. He arrived in Argentina in 1947, and worked for advertising agencies while studying architecture. In 1952 his character Pi Pío was accepted and published by the important magazine ''Billiken''. In 1964 he created '' Anteojito'', a children's magazine which at its height in the 1970s, had a circulation of 300,000 copies. As director of his own animation studio, García Ferré created numerous animated TV series and films. The most influential of these was '' Hijitus'', aired between 1967 and 1974 on Channel 13. The first animated television series in Argentina, ''Hijitus'' was also aired elsewhere in the region and became the most successful television series of its kind in Latin America. He managed ''Anteojito'' magazine until its last issue in 2002, and from 1985 to 2007 he was editor of another publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Code Of Practices For Television Broadcasters
The Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters, also known as the Television Code, was a set of ethical standards adopted by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) of the United States for television programming from 1952 to 1983. The code was created to self-regulate the industry in hopes of avoiding a proposed government Advisory Board and satisfying parental concerns over violence and other matters.Vincent LoBrutto, “The Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters”, in ''TV in the USA: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas'', vol. 1 (Santa Barbara, Cal.: Greenwood, 2018), 30. Prior to the Television Code, the 1935 NAB Code of Ethics for radio was applied to television but fewer than half of television stations subscribed to it; when the Television Code was first issued, two-thirds of stations became subscribers. Content The code was first issued on December 6, 1951, and amended multiple times, especially in the wake of the 1950s quiz show scandals, Congressio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (often abbreviated as CN) is an American cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It is a part of The Cartoon Network, Inc., a division that also has the broadcasting and production activities of Boomerang, Cartoonito, Adult Swim, and Toonami under its purview. Founded by Ted Turner (who appointed Betty Cohen as the first president of the network), the channel was launched on October 1, 1992, and primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. ET/ PT on weekdays and 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. ET/PT on weekends. Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6–14, while its early morning Cartoonito block is aimed at preschoolers and kindergarteners aged 2–6, and the channel shares channel space with its sister network Adult Swim, which targets older teenagers and young adults, 18–34. Cartoon Network offers an alternate Spanish-language au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
''Wait Till Your Father Gets Home'' is an American comedy animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974. The show originated as a one-time segment on ''Love, American Style'' called "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father". The same pilot was later produced with a live cast (starring Van Johnson), but with no success. The show was the first primetime animated sitcom to run for more than a single season since fellow Hanna-Barbera show ''The Flintstones'' more than ten years earlier, and would be the only one until ''The Simpsons'' seventeen years later. The show was inspired by ''All in the Family''. Premise The show features Harry Boyle, wife Irma, daughter Alice, and sons Chet and Jamie. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.Iverson, Paul: "The Advent of the Laugh Track". Hofstra University archives; February 1994. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Osmonds
The Osmonds were an American family music group who reached the height of their fame in the early to mid-1970s. The group had its best-known configurations as a quartet (billed as the Osmond Brothers) and a quintet (as the Osmonds). The group has consisted of siblings who are all members of a family of musicians from Ogden, Utah, and have been in the public eye since the 1960s. The Osmond Brothers began as a barbershop quartet consisting of brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay. They were later joined by younger siblings Donny and Jimmy, both of whom enjoyed success as solo artists. With the addition of Donny, the group became known as the Osmonds; performing both as teen idols and as a rock band, their peak lasted from 1971 to 1975. Their only sister Marie, who rarely sang with her brothers at that time, launched a successful career in 1973, both as a solo artist and as Donny's duet partner. By 1976, the band was no longer producing hit singles; that year, they transitione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Osmonds (TV Series)
''The Osmonds'' is a 1972 ABC-TV Saturday morning cartoon series produced by Rankin/Bass Productions starring the Osmond Brothers. Each episode features the family in a different location around the world, with young Jimmy's antics usually driving the plot of the episode. As with most television series oriented around bands, the Osmonds' songs were featured prominently in the series. The series also featured their talking pet dog, Fuji. Marie Osmond did not appear in the series (save for being briefly depicted in "Transylvania,") as she would not make her performing debut until 1973. An abridged version of their hit song "One Bad Apple" was used for the opening and closing credits of the show. Like '' The Jackson 5ive'', it used a laugh track created by Rankin/Bass Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment (founded and formerly known as Videocraft International, Ltd. and Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.) was an American production company located in New York City, and known for its sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to close its in-house cartoon studio. Headquartered in Cahuenga Blvd. until 1998 and then Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California, until going defunct, it created many television shows, theatrical films, televised movies and specials, including ''Huckleberry Hound'', ''Quick Draw McGraw'', ''The Flintstones'', ''Yogi Bear'', ''The Jetsons'', ''Jonny Quest'', ''Wacky Races'', ''Scooby-Doo'' and ''The Smurfs''. Its productions have won a record-breaking 8 Emmy Awards. Its fortunes declined by the 1980s as the profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication. Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991 when Turner Broadcasting System took over and used its ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
