


December 4: Bill Melendez's A Boy Named Charlie Brown is first released, the first animated feature based on Peanuts.November 16: Fyodor Khitruk's Winnie-the-Pooh is first released.It would later inspire the long-running animated series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. November 12: Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, an animated special based on the standup routines of Bill Cosby is broadcast on NBC.It is primarily live-action but also has animated segments. November 10: The first episode of Sesame Street is broadcast on television.It is the longest-running animated TV series in the world, still being on the air as of 2022. The first episode of Sazae-San is broadcast.The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast which features surreal animated intermezzos, created by Terry Gilliam.The first episode of Moomin, an anime adaptation of Tove Jansson's novel series Moomins is broadcast in Japan.September 20: The last Merrie Melodies animated short, Injun Trouble, is released.The Scooby-Doo franchise will go on to become a major pop-cultural icon, with numerous spin-offs, direct-to-video films, and two live-action films. The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! premieres on CBS.The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines is broadcast.September 6: The first episode of The Pink Panther Show is broadcast.


July 26: The last Looney Tunes theatrical animated short, Bugged by a Bee by Bob McKimson, is first released.June 1: The Woody Woodpecker cartoon Tumble Weed Greed by Paul J.May 24: Sugar, Sugar, a song from The Archies, is released as a single and becomes a surprise number one-hit in many countries.April 14: 41st Academy Awards: The Walt Disney Company production Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day by Wolfgang Reitherman wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
