Question: Which film was released first, The Three Lives of Thomasina or The Shaggy Dog?
Context: The Shaggy Dog is a 2006 American family comedy film directed by Brian Robbins and written by Geoff Rodkey, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley.  It is the second remake of the 1959 film of the same name, which was first remade as a television film in 1994.  Both the 1959 and 1994 features, as well as the 1976 theatrical sequel and the 1987 television sequel, had a character named Wilby Daniels transforming into an Old English Sheepdog, whereas this remake presents a character named Dave Douglas transforming into a Bearded Collie.  It stars Tim Allen, Robert Downey, Jr., Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Spencer Breslin, Jane Curtin, Zena Grey and Philip Baker Hall. The Return of the Shaggy Dog is a 1987 American two-part made-for-television comedy film produced by Walt Disney Television.  The film is set in the 17 years between the events portrayed in "The Shaggy Dog" (1959) and "The Shaggy D.A." (1976).  It was broadcast on November 1 and 8, 1987 as a "Disney Sunday Movie" presentation on ABC. "Shah Guido G." is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov.  It was first published in the November 1951 issue of "Marvel Science Fiction" and reprinted in the 1975 collection "Buy Jupiter and Other Stories", where Asimov explains his love of puns.  It is an example of a shaggy dog story, as indicated by the title ("Shahgui Dog"). Matthew Adam Garber (25 March 1956 – 13 June 1977) was a British child actor, best known for his role as Michael Banks in the 1964 film "Mary Poppins".  He also starred in two other Disney films, "The Three Lives of Thomasina" and "The Gnome-Mobile", all three times appearing alongside actress Karen Dotrice. The Shaggy Dog is a black-and-white 1959 Walt Disney film about Wilby Daniels, a teenage boy who by the power of an enchanted ring of the Borgias is transformed into the title character, a shaggy Old English Sheepdog.  The film was based on the story "The Hound of Florence" by Felix Salten.  It is directed by Charles Barton and stars Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk, Jean Hagen, Kevin Corcoran, Tim Considine, Roberta Shore, and Annette Funicello.  This was Walt Disney's first live-action comedy. Karen Dotrice ( ; born 9 November 1955) is a British actress, known primarily for her role as Jane Banks in Walt Disney's feature film adaptation of the "Mary Poppins" book series.  Dotrice was born in Guernsey to two accomplished stage actors.  Her career began on stage, and expanded into film and television, including starring roles as a young girl whose beloved cat magically reappears in Disney's "The Three Lives of Thomasina" and with "Thomasina" co-star Matthew Garber as one of two children pining for their parents' attentions in "Poppins".  She appeared in five television programmes between 1972 and 1978, when she made her only feature film as an adult.  Her life as an actress concluded with a short run as Desdemona in the 1981 pre-Broadway production of "Othello". The Shaggy D.A. is a 1976 American comedy film and a sequel to "The Shaggy Dog" (1959) produced by Walt Disney Productions.  It was directed by Robert Stevenson and written by Don Tait, based on the original film and inspired by the long out-of-print Felix Salten novel, "The Hound of Florence." The Three Lives of Thomasina is a 1963 British fantasy film starring Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, child actor Matthew Garber and child actress Karen Dotrice in a story about a cat and her influence on a family.  The screenplay was written by Robert Westerby and Paul Gallico.  It was based upon Gallico's 1957 novel "Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God".  The film was directed by Don Chaffey, and shot in Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland, and Pinewood Studios, England.  "Thomasina" has been broadcast on television and released to VHS and DVD. Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God or Thomasina is a 1957 novel by Paul Gallico about a cat who is owned by a child whose father is very strict and needs to understand about how love is powerful enough to help others.  The book was made into the Disney film "The Three Lives of Thomasina" starring Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Patrick Mcgoohan and Susan Hampshire and directed by Don Chaffey. Zoom is a 2006 American family adventure film based upon the children's book "Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy" by Jason Lethcoe.  Directed by Peter Hewitt, the film stars Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Ryan Newman, Kate Mara, Spencer Breslin, Michael Cassidy, Kevin Zegers, and Rip Torn.  It was written by Adam Rifkin and David Berenbaum.  It was theatrically released on August 8, 2006 by Columbia Pictures.  The film received negative reviews from critics, earned $12.5 million on a $35 million budget and was a box office bomb.  "Zoom" was nominated for one Razzie Award, Worst Actor for Tim Allen (also nominated for "" and "The Shaggy Dog"), but he lost to Marlon and Shawn Wayans for "Little Man".  "Zoom" was released on DVD on February 13, 2007 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Answer: The Shaggy Dog