On today’s date in 1995, “The Little Lulu Show” premieres on HBO.
Based on characters by Marjorie Henderson Buell, the quick-witted girl can outsmart just about anyone. Regardless of situations, Lulu always has a solution. She’s friends with those like Tubby, Alvin, Annie, Willie.
On today’s date in 1949, “Bye, Bye Bluebeard” hit theaters.
Porky Pig eats food until he hears news of serial killer Bluebeard. The mouse disguises as Bluebeard to scare Porky. With the mouse tiny, the real BlueBeard tries to kill Porky, but the mouse helps Porky instead, so he earns shared food.
On today’s date in 1994, Cartoon Network Studios is founded.
Formed as a firm of Hanna-Barbera, it makes original cartoons. Though anthology show “What A Cartoon!” is its first creation, “Dexter’s Laboratory” is its first true series. Other shows include “The Powerpuff Girls” and “Samurai Jack”.
On today’s date in 1961, “What's My Lion?” hit theaters.
Rocky the Cougar proudly sits on his throne, but is nervous it’s hunting season. Elmer Fudd has a collection of hunted wildlife animals. Rocky pretends to be dead, but doing so would prove difficult.
On today’s date in 1951, “Fathers Are People” hits theaters.
George Geef (Goofy’s name in the short) is a new father having trouble nurturing his baby (Goofy Jr.). As his son ages by several years, the relationship worsens, due to his rebellious behavior.
On today’s date in 1945, “Peck Up Your Troubles” hits theaters.
Sylvester the Cat climbs up the tree to catch a woodpecker, but it greases the tree. Hector the Bulldog stops Sylvester cutting the tree. Sylvester thinks he killed the bird, but the bird fires up TNTs!
Formed by David Cook upon Sandy Cook’s idea, the retro retailer is known for its variety of VHS (though also some DVD) movies and video games available for customers on Friday and weekend nights! Be Kind, Rewind!
On today's date in 1982, "Q-Bert" releases in arcades.
On isometric views, Q-Bert's goal is to land on all the cubes' platforms at least once while also avoiding silly monsters and obstacles. He can also use elevating platforms by the sides to go back to the top if necessary.
On today's date in 1923, The Walt Disney Company is founded.
Established by Walt Disney & Roy O. Disney after Laugh-O-Gram Studios’ bankruptcy, they firstly made “Alice” and “Oswald” shorts before making “Mickey Mouse” and “Silly Symphonies” shorts, as well as feature films and amusement parks!
On today’s date in 1999, “Pac-Man World” releases for the Sony PlayStation.
Pac-Man goes to Ghost Town upon learning his family got mistakenly captured by the ghosts of Toc-Man. Besides chomping dots and ghosts, Pac-Man can butt-bounce and rev-roll his way through six worlds of 3D gameplay!
On today's date in 1937, "Clock Cleaners" hit theaters.
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy all clean a city’s tall clock tower. As Mickey cleans inside, a stork stubbornly stays. Meanwhile, Donald whacks the mainspring with a mallet and two mechanical statues hit Goofy whilst cleaning the bell!
On today’s date in 1932, “Touchdown Mickey” hit theaters.
Mickey Mouse leads his team; Mickey's Manglers, comprising of a head butting goat, a long wiener dog, and a large powerful pig, against the many similar big black cats of Alley Cats in football. Goofy serves as the umpire via radio.
Established by Jeffrey Katzenberg (for whom was fired by Disney), alongside Steven Spielberg and David Geffen, they went on to produce many critically acclaimed CGI films.
🌟 Though “ANTZ” (1998) is their first film, “Shrek” (2001) is their savior!
On today’s date in 1996, “KaBlam!” premieres on Nickelodeon.
Created by Bob Mittenthal, Will McRobb, & Chris Viscardi, the first NickToon anthology show has some segments like “Henry & June”, “Prometheus & Bob” and “Sniz & Fondue”.
🌟 Nick’s first “All-That” (1994-2005) spin-off. 🚫 May 27, 2000
On today’s date in 1958, “Hook, Line and Stinker” hit theaters.
Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner. This time, Wile’s traps of a washtub with a TNT, a sledgehammer, ACME Bird Seeds on train tracks, a harpoon, dropping a piano from a rope, and a cannonball contraption all humorously backfire!
On today’s date in 1980, “PAC-MAN” releases in arcades.
Created by Toru Iwanta of Namco, the most iconic arcade puts Pac-Man to chomp pac dots throughout the maze, but must evade Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde.
🌟 Grand debut of Pac-Man and the Ghosts! 🌟 Puck-Man became Pac-Man to stop a slur word.
On today’s date in 1998, “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald” retails direct-to-video.
Created by Klasky Csupo (of “Rugrats” fame) and based on McDonald's McDonaldland characters, Ronald McDonald, Grimace, Hamburglar, Birdie, and friends adventure throughout McDonaldland!
On today’s date in 1965, “Milton the Monster” premieres on ABC.
Created by Hal Seeger, Milton the Monster is the creation of Prof. Montgomery Weirdo & Count Kook. Despite Milton a Frankenstein-esque Monster, he’s a happy-go-lucky fellow. Prof. Weirdo's nemesis is Prof. Fruitcake,
