1991 in animation
Events
January
- January 10: In The Simpsons episode Bart Gets Hit by a Car Dr. Nick Riviera and Lionel Hutz make their debut. [1]
February
- February 7: In The Simpsons episode Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment Troy McClure makes his debut. [2]
- February 14: In The Simpsons episode Principal Charming Groundskeeper Willie, Hans Moleman and Squeaky Voiced Teen make their debut. [3]
- February 21: In The Simpsons episode Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Herb Powell (voiced by Danny DeVito) and Mona Simpson make their debut. [4]
March
- March 26: 63rd Academy Awards:
- March 28: In The Simpsons episode Old Money Professor Frink makes his debut. [6]
- March 31: The first episode of Darkwing Duck, broadcast by the Walt Disney Company, is broadcast. [7]
April
- April 11: In The Simpsons episode Brush with Greatness Ringo Starr is special guest voice.[8]
- April 25: In The Simpsons episode Lisa's Substitute Dustin Hoffman is special guest voice. The episode is furthermore notable for fleshing out Lisa Simpson's character. [9]
May
- May 2: In The Simpsons episode "The War of the Simpsons" Snake Jailbird makes his debut. [10]
- May 9: In "Three Men and a Comic Book", Comic Book Guy and Radioactive Man make their debut.[11]
July
- 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 is broadcast, based on the comics series Prince Valiant. [15]
- The first episode of Little Dracula is broadcast. [16]
- September 7:
- The first episode of Hammerman, a short-lived animated TV series based on the popularity of rapper M.C. Hammer, is broadcast and cancelled after only one series. [17]
- The first episode of Rupert is broadcast, an animated TV series based on the British comics character Rupert Bear. [18]
- The first episode of Taz-Mania is broadcast, which will popularize the Looney Tunes character Tasmanian Devil. [19]
- September 19: In The Simpsons episode Stark Raving Dad Michael Jackson is special guest voice. [20]
- September 26: The first episode of Spider! is broadcast. [21]
- September 28: The first episode of Mr. Bogus is broadcast, 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 10: In The Simpsons episode Bart the Murderer Fat Tony, Legs and Louie make their debut. [23]
- October 11: Gertie the Dinosaur is added to the National Film Registry. [24][25]
- October 24: In The Simpsons episode Like Father, Like Clown Krusty the Clown is revealed to be Jewish. [26]
- October 28: The first episode of Once Upon a Time... The Americas is broadcast.
November
- November 21: In The Simpsons episode Flaming Moe's the band Aerosmith is special guest voice. [27]
- November 22:
- The Walt Disney Company releases Beauty and the Beast. [28]
- Don Bluth 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]
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 (Original series) | Nickelodeon | 1991–94 |
| Rugrats | Nickelodeon | 1991–04 | |
| 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
- December 17: Daniel Tay, American actor and voice actor (voice of Doogal in Doogal).
Deaths
January
- 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, voice 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 (Italian 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 Yogi Bear), dies at age 72. [37]
- March 14: Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (wrote songs for The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin), dies at age 40 from AIDS. [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 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 14: Lisa Michelson, American voice actress (dub voice of Satsuki Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro, dub voice of 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 Brothers Animation), dies at age 87.[43]
- 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 25: Eleanor Audley, American actress (voice of Lady Tremaine in Cinderella and Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 86.
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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