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The year 1960 in animation involved some animation-related events.
Contents
1 Events
1.1 January
1.2 February
1.3 April
1.4 June
1.5 August
1.6 September
1.7 October
1.8 December
1.9 Specific date unknown
2 Films released
3 Television series debuts
4 Births
5 Deaths
5.1 January
5.2 May
5.3 November
6 Sources
Events
January
January 21: Wolfgang Reitherman's Goliath II, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers. [1]
February
February 8:
Mel Blanc receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first voice actor for animated cartoons to receive this honour. [2]
Walt Disney receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first animator to receive this honour. [3]
George Pal receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [4]
February 23: The first episode of Torchy the Battery Boy is broadcast. [5]
February 25: The first episode of Four Feather Falls is broadcast. [6]
April
April 4: 32nd Academy Awards: Moonbird by John Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. [7]
June
June 20: 12th Primetime Emmy Awards: The Huckleberry Hound Show wins an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming. It's the first animated TV series to receive this honour. [8]
August
August 14: The anime film Alakazam the Great by Taji Yabushita and Daisaku Shirakawa premiers. [9]
September
September 3: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon From Hare to Heir premiers. [10]
September 30: The first episode of The Flintstones is broadcast, the first American prime time animated television series to become a ratings hit. It marks the debut of Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Betty Rubble. [11]
October
October 11: The first episode of The Bugs Bunny Show is broadcast. [12]
December
November 7: The first episode of the Mister Magoo TV series is broadcast. [13]
December 3: Chuck Jones' High Note premiers. [14]
Specific date unknown
- The first episode of the Popeye the Sailor TV series is broadcast. [15]
- The first episode of Snip and Snap is broadcast. [16]
- Valentin Lalayants, Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg's It Was I Who Drew the Little Man premiers. [17]
Films released
Television series debuts
Births
September 27 - J. Allen Williams, American animator (Darkstar: The Interactive Movie).
Deaths
January
January 26: Riley Thomson, American comics artist and animator (Warner Brothers Animation, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 47. [18]
May
May 27: Edward Brophy, American comedian and actor (voice of Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo), dies at age 65. [19]
November
November 14: Walter Catlett, American actor (voice of the Fox in Pinocchio ), dies at age 71. [20]
Sources
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