1991 in animation
Events
January
- January 10: The Simpsons episode Bart Gets Hit by a Car first airs, with Dr. Nick Riviera and Lionel Hutz making their debuts.[1]
- January 24: The Simpsons episode One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish first airs, guest starring Larry King and George Takei.
- January 31: The Simpsons episode The Way We Was first airs, being the first flashback episode of the series.
February
- February 7: The Simpsons episode Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment first airs, with Troy McClure making his debut, voiced by Phil Hartman.[2]
- February 14: The Simpsons episode Principal Charming first airs, with Groundskeeper Willie, Hans Moleman and Squeaky Voiced Teen making their debuts.[3]
- February 21: The Simpsons episode Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? first airs, with Herb Powell and Mona Simpson making their debuts.[4]
March
- March 7: The Simpsons episode Bart's Dog Gets an 'F' first airs, guest starring Tracey Ullman. After the episode, the music video for Deep, Deep Trouble is first broadcast.
- March 20: The animation studio Rough Draft Studios is founded.
- March 26: 63rd Academy Awards:
- March 28: The Simpsons episode Old Money first airs, with Professor Frink making his debut.[6]
- March 31: The first episode of Darkwing Duck, broadcast by the Walt Disney Company, airs.[7]
April
- April 11: The Simpsons episode Brush with Greatness first airs, guest starring Ringo Starr.[8]
- April 25: The Simpsons episode Lisa's Substitute first airs, guest starring Dustin Hoffman, who is credited as Sam Etic. The episode is further notable for fleshing out Lisa Simpson's character.[9]
May
- May 2: The Simpsons episode The War of the Simpsons first airs, with Snake Jailbird making his debut.[10]
- May 9: The Simpsons episode Three Men and a Comic Book first airs, with Comic Book Guy and Radioactive Man making their debuts.[11]
July
- July 11: The Simpsons episode Blood Feud first airs.
- July 26: The American film studio Animal Logic is founded.
August
- August 2:
- Don Bluth's film Rock-a-Doodle premiers.[12]
- The film Rover Dangerfield, which features a dog modelled after comedian Rodney Dangerfield (who also voices himself), premiers.[13]
- August 11:
September
- September 3:
- The first episode of The Legend of Prince Valiant airs, based on the comics series Prince Valiant.[15]
- The first episode of Little Dracula airs.[16]
- September 7:
- Hammerman, a short-lived animated TV series based on the popularity of rapper M.C. Hammer, premieres, but is cancelled after only one series.[17]
- The first episode of Rupert airs, an animated TV series based on the British comics character Rupert Bear.[18]
- The first episode of Taz-Mania airs, which will popularize the Looney Tunes character Tasmanian Devil.[19]
- September 19: The Simpsons episode Stark Raving Dad, premieres, guest starring Michael Jackson, who is credited as John Jay Smith.[20]
- September 26:
- The first episode of Spider! airs.[21]
- The Simpsons episode Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington first airs.
- September 28: The first episode of Mr. Bogus airs, an adaptation of a series of French-Belgian claymation shorts, here done in traditional animation.[22]
October
- October 2: Nelvana's critically acclaimed adaptation of Hergé's comics series Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin is first broadcast.
- October 3 : The Simpsons episode When Flanders Failed first airs.
- October 10: The Simpsons episode Bart the Murderer first airs, in which Fat Tony, Legs and Louie making their debuts.[23]
- October 11: Gertie the Dinosaur is added to the National Film Registry.[24][25]
- October 17: The Simpsons episode Homer Defined first airs, guest starring Magic Johnson and Chick Hearn.
- October 24: The Simpsons episode Like Father, Like Clown first airs, where Krusty the Clown is revealed to be Jewish; it also guest stars Jackie Mason.[26]
- October 28: The first episode of Once Upon a Time... The Americas airs.
- October 31: The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror II first airs.
November
- November 7: The Simpsons episode Lisa's Pony first airs.
- November 14: The Simpsons episode Saturdays of Thunder first airs.
- November 21: The Simpsons episode Flaming Moe's first airs, guest starring the band Aerosmith.[27]
- November 22:
- The Walt Disney Company releases Beauty and the Beast.[28]
- Universal Pictures releases An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, a sequel to An American Tail.[29]
- November 30:
- The first episode of Æon Flux airs.[30]
- The first episode of Liquid Television airs.[31]
December
- December 5: The Simpsons episode Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk first airs.
- December 26: The Simpsons episode I Married Marge first airs.
Specific date unknown
- The animation studio Dong Woo Animation is founded.
- Turner Broadcasting purchases animation studio Hanna-Barbera.
Films released
Television series debuts
| Date | Title | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 25 | The Pirates of Dark Water | ABC, Syndication | 1991–93 |
| March 1 | Toxic Crusaders | Syndication | 1991 |
| August 11 | Doug | Nickelodeon | 1991–94 |
| Rugrats | 1991–94, 1996–04 | ||
| The Ren & Stimpy Show | Nickelodeon, MTV | 1991–96 | |
| September 3 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | The Family Channel | 1991–93 |
| Little Dracula | Fox Kids | 1991–99 | |
| September 7 | Little Shop | 1991 | |
| Taz-Mania | 1991–95 | ||
| September 8 | Darkwing Duck | The Disney Channel, Syndication, ABC | 1991–92 |
| Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars | Syndication | 1991 | |
| September 14 | Super Mario World | NBC | |
| Wish Kid | |||
| Space Cats | |||
| Yo Yogi! | |||
| ProStars | |||
| Hammerman | ABC | ||
| Mother Goose and Grim | CBS | 1991–92 | |
| Where's Wally? | 1991 | ||
| Back to the Future | 1991–92 | ||
| September 15 | Young Robin Hood | Syndication | |
| September 16 | James Bond Jr. | ||
| September 28 | Mr. Bogus | 1991–93 | |
| November 30 | Liquid Television | MTV | 1991–95 |
| Æon Flux |
Television series endings
| Date | Title | Channel | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 26 | Piggsburg Pigs! | Fox Kids | 1990–91 | Cancelled |
| February 16 | Zazoo U | |||
| February 22 | Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears | NBC, ABC, Syndication | 1985–91 | Ended |
| May 11 | Swamp Thing (1991) | Fox Kids | 1990–91 | Cancelled |
| May 20 | Toxic Crusaders | Syndication | 1991 | |
| August 8 | TaleSpin | The Disney Channel, Syndication | 1990–91 | |
| August 17 | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | ABC | 1988–91 | |
| September 10 | Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates | Fox Kids | 1990–91 | |
| October 5 | The Real Ghostbusters | ABC, Syndication | 1986–91 | Ended |
| October 26 | Captain N: The Game Master | NBC | 1989–91 | Cancelled |
| The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | The Disney Channel, ABC | 1988–91 | ||
| November 2 | Muppet Babies (1984) | CBS | 1984–91 | Ended |
| November 16 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990) | CBS, Fox Kids | 1990–91 | Cancelled |
| November 23 | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | Fox Kids | ||
| November 30 | Little Shop | 1991 | ||
| December 1 | Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars | Syndication | ||
| December 6 | Beetlejuice | ABC, Syndication | 1989–91 | |
| December 7 | Hammerman | ABC | 1991 | |
| Super Mario World | NBC | |||
| Wish Kid | ||||
| Yo Yogi! | ||||
| ProStars | ||||
| December 8 | The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda | Syndication | 1990–91 | |
| December 14 | Where's Wally? | CBS | 1991 | |
| Space Cats | NBC | |||
| Unknown | Wake, Rattle, and Roll | Syndication, The Disney Channel | 1990–91 |
Births
January
- January 18: Britt McKillip, Canadian actress and singer (voice of Princess Cadance in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic).
April
- April 10: AJ Michalka, American actress and singer (voice of Stevonnie in Steven Universe, Catra in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power).
June
- June 9: Abe Groening, American television writer and production assistant (Disenchantment).
- June 29: Danielle Weisberg, American production assistant (The Simpsons).
July
- July 12: Erik Per Sullivan, American former actor (voice of Sheldon in Finding Nemo, Mino and Baby Bug in Arthur and the Invisibles).
August
- August 28:
- Kyle Massey, American actor (voice of Huntsboy #88 in American Dragon: Jake Long, Chad 3000 in the Yin Yang Yo! episode "Skirting the Issue", Milo in Fish Hooks, Mr. Spoony in Mighty Magiswords, Jeremy in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
- Brian Hull, American actor, impressionist and internet personality (voice of young Sideburns Stabbington in the Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure episode "No Time Like the Past", Dracula in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania).
December
- December 17: Daniel Tay, American actor (voice of Doogal in Doogal).
- December 19: Libe Barer, American actress (voice of Violet Sabrewing in DuckTales, Casey in Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur).
- December 20: Jason Szwimer, Canadian voice actor (voice of James in Arthur's Perfect Christmas, D.W. Read in seasons 7-10 of Arthur and Postcards from Buster, Elf in Caillou's Holiday Movie, Phil in The Tofus).
- December 26: Eden Sher, American actress (voice of Star Butterfly in Star vs. the Forces of Evil).
- December 31: ND Stevenson, American cartoonist and animation producer (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power).
Deaths
January
- January 12: Keye Luke, Chinese actor (voice of Brak in Space Ghost, Charlie Chan in The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Zoltar and The Great Spirit in Battle of the Planets), dies at age 86.
- January 30: John McIntire, American actor (voice of Mr. Digger in The Fox and the Hound), dies at age 83.[32]
February
- February 1: Jimmy MacDonald, Scottish-American animator, actor, musician and sound effects maker (Walt Disney Company, voice of Mickey Mouse between 1948-1977, original voice of Chip, Gus and Jaq and Humphrey the Bear, the unlucky wolf in The Sword in the Stone), dies at age 84.[33][34]
- February 2: Franco Latini, Italian voice actor (dub voice of Donald Duck and Tom Cat from Tom & Jerry), dies at age 63.[35]
- February 3: Nancy Kulp, American actress (voice of Frou-Frou in The Aristocats), dies at age 69.[36]
March
- March 4: Vance Colvig, American clown and voice actor (voice of Chopper in The Yogi Bear Show), dies at age 72.[37]
- March 14: Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin), dies at age 40.[38]
- March 26: Lechosław Marszałek, Polish animated film and TV series director (Reksio, worked on Bolek i Lolek, Studio Filmów Rysunkowych), dies at age 69.[39]
April
- April 19: Frederik Bramming, Danish animator and comics artist (made advertising animated shorts for Bergenholz), dies at age 79.[40]
- April 25: Carl Brandt, American musician (The Dick Tracy Show, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, Tom & Jerry), dies at age 76.
- April 28: Ken Curtis, American singer and actor (voice of Nutsy the vulture in Robin Hood), dies at age 74.
- April 30: Roy Seawright, American special effects maker and animator (animated the Tin soldiers sequence in the Laurel & Hardy film Babes in Toyland and the dinosaur sequences in One Million B.C.), dies at age 85.[41]
May
- May 14: Joy Batchelor, British animator, film producer and director (Halas & Batchelor, Animal Farm, the animated music video of Love Is All by Roger Glover), dies at age 77.[42]
September
- September 3: Frank Capra, Italian-born American director, producer and writer (creator of Private Snafu, directed Our Mr. Sun and Hemo the Magnificent), dies at age 94.
- September 14: Lisa Michelson, American voice actress (dub voice of Satsuki Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki in Kiki's Delivery Service), dies at age 33 in a car accident.
- September 24: Dr. Seuss, American children's novelist, illustrator, animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 87.[43]
- September 27: Floyd Huddleston, American songwriter (The Aristocats, Robin Hood), dies at age 73.
- September 29: Ed Barge, American animator (Harman-Ising, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Ralph Bakshi), dies at age 81.
October
- October 26: Henry Wilson Allen, aka Heck Allen, American novelist and animation writer (Barney Bear, worked for Tex Avery), dies at age 79.
November
- November 11: Morton Stevens, American composer (Tiny Toon Adventures), dies from pancreatic cancer at 62.
- November 25: Eleanor Audley, American actress (voice of Lady Tremaine in Cinderella and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 86.
- November 27: Harry Everett Smith, American experimental filmmaker (Early Abstractions, Heaven and Earth Magic), dies at age 68.
December
- December 29: Tony Strobl, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, scriptwriter for Duck Tales), dies at age 76.[44]
Specific date unknown
- David Hamilton Grant, British pornographic producer and convicted criminal (produced the pornographic animated short Snow White and the Seven Perverts), dies at age 52 of an alleged contract killing.[45]
See also
Sources
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- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment". BBC. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Principal Charming". BBC. Archived from the original on October 4, 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
- Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? at IMDb
- "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Old Money". BBC. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
- Darkwing Duck at IMDb
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Brush with Greatness". BBC. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Lisa's Substitute". BBC. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "War of the Simpsons". BBC. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Three Men and a Comic Book". BBC. Retrieved July 30, 2007.
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- Rover Dangerfield at IMDb
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- The Legend of Prince Valiant at IMDb
- Little Dracula at IMDb
- Hammerman at IMDb
- Rupert at IMDb
- Taz-Mania at IMDb
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Stark Raving Dad". BBC. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
- Spider! at IMDb
- Mr. Bogus at IMDb
- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian. "Bart the Murderer". BBC. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
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- Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Flaming Moe's". BBC. Retrieved April 12, 2008.
- Janet Maslin (November 13, 1991). "Review/Film; Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' Updated in Form and Content". The New York Times. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
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- Liquid Television at IMDb
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External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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