Nov. 19, 2009
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — June Foray
briankistler — 16 years ago(September 02, 2009 05:40 PM)
That date will be the 50th anniversary of Rocky and His Friends-renamed two years later as The Bullwinkle Show-June's most famous show! How about that??? The 50th anniversary is very soon upon us!!!
True, normally the show would have debuted in September, but it did not. There were problems getting it on the air in September. If you read Keith Scott's book about Bullwinkle, and Jay Ward cartoons in general, he talks all about how the show premiered late: November 19, 1959
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FelixtheCat — 16 years ago(February 03, 2010 02:15 PM)
Though a bit off topic, I believe this date is also the 90th anniversary of Felix the Cat's debut in silent short, though he was called Master Tom in that first cartoon. The short was entitled Feline Follies. (If it didn't debut on the 19th, it was 11/9/1919. I have seen both dates listed.)
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briankistler — 16 years ago(February 04, 2010 04:14 AM)
You're probably right. I do not think that Felix the Cat would have had any lasting presence or memory for anyone, however, if it had not been for the cartoon with sound that started I guess in the 50s or the 60s. I do vaguely remember hearing that the cartoon went back a long time before the TV show.
Brian