timeline

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  • Steam Boat Wille

    Steam Boat Wille
    STEAMBOAT WILLIE
    featuring Mickey Mouse—becomes the first cartoon with the sound printed on the film,
    and is the first notable success for Walt Disney Studios, founded in Los Angeles in 1923.

  • The golden age of animation

    The golden age of animation
    In 1930 Bugs Bunny came along and was introduced to the world.

  • Snow White

    Snow White
    Walt Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated
    feature to use hand-drawn animation.

  • The America TV ERA

    The America TV ERA
    The animation industry began to adapt to the fact that television continued its rise as the
    entertainment medium of choice for American families. Studios created many cartoons for TV, using a “limited animation” style. By the mid ‘80s, with help from cable channels such as The Disney Channel and Nickolodeon, cartoons were ubiquitous on TV.

  • YOGI BEAR

    YOGI BEAR
    The Yogi Bear Show, a spin-off of Huckleberry Hound
    (another Hanna-Barbera production), debuts on national TV.)

  • THE PINK PHINK

    THE PINK PHINK
    DePatie-Freleng Enterprises wins the Academy Award for Best Short Film
    for The PinkPhink (of the Pink Panther series) and continues to
    create shorts for theatrical release.

  • THE SIMPSONS

    THE SIMPSONS
    The Simpsons is an American adult animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running American scripted primetime television series.