January 8:Soupy Sales, American comedian, actor, radio/television personality and jazz aficionado (voice of the title character in theDonkey Kong segment ofSaturday Supercade), (d.2009).[1]
March 25:Gene Shalit, American retired journalist, television personality, critic and author (voice of Gene Scallop in theSpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Krusty Sponge", himself inThe Critic episodes "Pilot", "Marty's First Date" and "Siskel and Ebert & Jay & Alice").
August 7:T. S. Sullivant, Americancartoonist, (theanatomical accuracy of his work was greatly helped byEadweard Muybridge's photographic studies of human and animal movement. It was the visuals and the action in his cartoons that were most often the "gag"—frequently the caption added little to the enjoyment of the cartoon. Sullivant had an enormous influence on the early history ofAmerican animation, second perhaps afterWinsor McCay. He was especially influential in theWalt Disney Studios afterT. Hee brought in a collection of Sullivant clippings to use as inspiration for the "Dance of the Hours" sequence inFantasia. His influence is also apparent inthe Walrus inAlice in Wonderland and the elephants inDumbo), dies at age 71.[63]
^"'Dropouts' cartoonist Howard Post dies in NJ at 83". Associated Press. May 24, 2010. Alternate source: "'Dropouts' cartoonist Howard Post dies in NJ at 83", Associated Press viaThe Washington Post, May 24, 2010
