The first episode ofPaddington is broadcast, based on the eponymous children's books byMichael Bond.[3]
January 11: An animated TV special based on the2000 Year Old Man sketch is broadcast on CBS, withMel Brooks andCarl Reiner reprising their characters. The animation is produced by Leo Salkin Films.[4]
August 20:Ralph Bakshi's filmCoonskin, a combination of animation and live-action, premieres. It flops at the box office due to accusations of racism,[11] but decades later became acult classic and shed its undeserved bad reputation.[12]
The first episode ofThe Tom & Jerry Show airs, which isTom and Jerry's first television show. This show gained negative attention by fans of the theatrical shorts from the golden era due to the result that the duo are shown as friends as slapstick violence were grounded by theSeal of Good Practices at the time. This cartoon ended after one season while regarding these issues.[18]
December 7:Hardie Albright, American actor (voice of adolescent Bambi inBambi), dies at age 71.[74]
December 18: Ray Bailey, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Brothers), dies at age 62.[75]
December 24:
Harold Mack, British animator and comics artist (worked for Gaumont British Animation, British Animated Pictures andMarten Toonder's animation studio, founder of the Anglo-Dutch Group), dies at age 67.[76]
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