Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/July/July 17

Events

• 1937 – Elmer Fudd, originally Egghead, is a Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, first debuting as Egghead in Egghead Rides Again

Films released

• 1921 – Felix Left at Home (United States)
• 1930 – Honolulu Wiles (United States)
• 1943 – Porky Pig's Feat (United States)
• 1943 – Tin Pan Alley Cats (United States)
• 1948 – The Truce Hurts (United States)
• 1968 – Yellow Submarine, a British animated feature film based on the music of The Beatles was released by United Artists.
• 1992 – Off His Rockers (United States)
• 2013 – Turbo (DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Studios, United States)

Television series and specials

• 1989 – A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration! 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera, an American animated special airs on TNT
• 1997 – Cartoon Cartoons, an animated television block begins (logo pictured) airing on Cartoon Network
• 1999 – SpongeBob SquarePants, an American animated television series officially debuts on Nickelodeon

Births

• 1917 – Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist (d. 2012)