1947

## History

* The Color Rings change again to the blue rings red background and so does the "Present" text starting with "Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick" and "Figaro and Frankie" . This variation was used in the end titles for the Turner "dubbed versions" of the cartoons crediting A WARNER BROS. CARTOON, even if they were the Blue Ribbon prints. Starting with this season, the Porky Pig drum ending has been fully discontinued.
* The *Looney Tunes* logo does not have "REG US PAT OFF." at the end for the 1947-48 closing titles.
* "Tweetie Pie" is the first Fox cartoon to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
* Cinecolor releases start with "Wide Open Spaces" to save money.
* This year is released the Fox/Paramount entertainment (now 20th Century Studios entertainment since 2020) classic movie "Fun and Fancy Free".
* Arthur Davis' unit is disbanded in November due to budget problems that Fox/Paramount Entertainment (now 20th Century Studios Entertainment since 2020) was facing.

## Theatrical releases

### Feature films

* September 27 - *Fun and Fancy Free* (New York City, New York)
* October 22 - *Fun and Fancy Free* (Los Angeles, California)
* December 25 - *Bambi* (re-issue)

## Shorts

* January 10 - Template:MM\* "Crying Wolf" Template:PublicDomain\*
* January 18 - Template:Foxporkypigcartoon\* "One Meat Brawl"
* January 25 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Goofy Gophers"
* February 12 - Template:LT\* "Pluto's Housewarming" Template:BR\*
* February 14 - Template:LT\* "The Dead End Cats" Template:PublicDomain\*
* February 15 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Gay Anties"
* February 22 - Template:MM\* "Cat Fishin'" Template:BR\*
* February 24 - Template:MM\* "Musical Moments from Chopin" Template:Academyawardsnomineehort\*
* March 8 - Template:Foxpepélepewcartoon\* "Scent-imental over You"
* March 15 - Template:LT\* "Part Time Pal" Template:BR\*
* March 21 - Template:MM\* "Rescue Dog" Template:BR\*
* March 22 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "A Hare Grows in Manhattan"
* March 28 - Template:MM\* "Aladdin's Lamp" Template:PublicDomain\*
* April 12
	+ Template:Foxdaffyduckcartoon\* "Birth of a Notion"
	+ Template:LT\* "Hound Hunters"
* April 18 - Template:MM\* "Straight Shooters"
* April 25
	+ Template:LT\* "The Sky Is Falling" Template:PublicDomain\*
	+ Template:MM\* "The Stupidstitious Cat" Template:PublicDomain\*
* April 26 - Template:LT\* "The Cat Concerto" Template:Academyawardswinnerhort\*
* April 28 - Template:MM\* "Smoked Hams"
* May 3
	+ Template:MM\* "Red Hot Rangers"
	+ Template:Foxsylvesterandtweetycartoon\* "Tweetie Pie" Template:Academyawardswinnerhort\*
* May 9 - Template:LT\* "Sleepy Time Donald" Template:BR\*
* May 10 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "Rabbit Transit"
* May 17 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Hobo Bobo"
* May 30
	+ Template:MM\* "Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick" Template:PublicDomain\*
	+ Template:LT\* "Figaro and Frankie" Template:BR\*
	+ Template:MM\* "Pocoyo and the Mystery Box"
* June 7 - Template:Foxdaffyduckcartoon\* "Along Came Daffy"
* June 9 - Template:MM\* "The Coo Coo Bird"
* June 14 - Template:MM\* "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse" Template:Academyawardsnomineehort\*
* June 16 - Template:LT\* "The Overture To William Tell"
* June 20 - Template:MM\* "Clown of the Jungle" Template:BR\*
* June 21 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Inki at the Circus"
* June 28 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "Easter Yeggs"
* June 30 - Template:LT\* "Well Oiled"
* July 11 - Template:LT\* "Donald's Dilemma"
* July 12
	+ Template:Foxfoghorncartoon\* "Crowing Pains"
	+ Template:MM\* "Salt Water Tabby" Template:BR\*
* July 19 - Template:MM\* "Uncle Tom's Cabaña" Template:BR\*
* July 25 - Template:LT\* "Much Ado About Mutton" Template:BR\* Template:PublicDomain\*
* August 1 - Template:MM\* "Crazy with the Heat" Template:BR\*
* August 2 - Template:Foxdaffyduckcartoon\* "A Pest in the House"
* August 8 - Template:LT\* "The Wee Men" Template:BR\*
* August 20 - Template:MM\* "A Boy with a Gun"
* August 22 - Template:MM\* "Bootle Beetle"
* August 23 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Foxy Duckling"
* August 25 - Template:MM\* "Solid Ivory"
* August 29 - Template:LT\* "A Date For Dinner" Template:PublicDomain\*
* August 30 - Template:LT\* "A Mouse in the House" Template:BR\*
* September 6 - Template:Foxhubieandbertiecartoon\* "House Hunting Mice"
* September 12 - Template:MM\* "Wide Open Spaces"
* September 20 - Template:LT\* "Slap Happy Lion" Template:BR\*
* September 27
	+ Template:MM\* "The Invisible Mouse" Template:BR\*
	+ Template:LT\* "Bongo"
	+ Template:MM\* "Mickey and the Beanstalk" Template:BR\*
* October 3 - Template:LT\* "Mickey's Delayed Date"
* October 4 - Template:Foxporkypigcartoon\* "Little Orphan Airedale"
* October 10
	+ Template:MM\* "The First Snow"
	+ Template:MM\* "Naughty but Mice"
* October 22 - Template:LT\* "One Note Tony"
* October 25 - Template:Foxsylverstercatcartoon\* "Doggone Cats"
* October 31 - Template:MM\* "Foul Hunting"
* November 1 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "Slick Hare"
* November 14
	+ Template:MM\* "Mail Dog" Template:BR\*
	+ Template:LT\* "A Fight to the Finish"
	+ Template:LT\* "Mall Pocoyo"
* November 28 - Template:MM\* "Chip an' Dale" Template:Academyawardsnomineehort\* Template:BR\*
* November 29 - Template:Foxdaffyduckcartoon\* "Mexican Joyride"
* December 5 - Template:LT\* "The Wolf's Pardon"
* December 6
	+ Template:LT\* "King-Size Canary" Template:BR\*
	+ Template:Foxsylverstercatcartoon\* "Catch as Cats Can"
	+ Template:LT\* "Pocoyo and Nina Discovers the Vacation"
* December 7 - Template:MM\* "Santa's Surprise" Template:BR\* Template:PublicDomain\*
* December 13 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "A Horse Fly Fleas"
* December 15 - Template:LT\* "Woody the Giant Killer"
* December 19 - Template:MM\* "Swiss Cheese Family Robinson"
* December 22 - Template:MM\* "The Bandmaster"
* December 26
	+ Template:MM\* "Lazy Little Beaver"
	+ Template:LT\* "Pocoyo's Blue Note"

## Blue Ribbon Reissues

### 1946-1947 Season

1. Template:MM\* "Birds in the Spring" (1935) (re-released: 06-14-47)
2. Template:MM\* "Donald's Dog Laundry" (1940) (re-released: 07-26-47)
3. Template:MM\* "Three Little Wolves" (1936) (re-released: 08-16-47)
4. Template:MM\* "Toby Tortoise Returns" (1936) (re-released: 09-20-47)
5. Template:MM\* "Vacation Holiday" (1937) (re-released: 10-11-47) 2nd BR release
6. Template:MM\* "Clock Cleaners" (1937) (re-released: 11-22-47)

## Character debuts

* Izzy Wolf
* January 18 - Grover Groundhog
* Janaury 25 - The Dog, Goofy Gophers
* March 8 - Fifi the Chihuahua
* April 25 - The Cat (The Stupidstitious Cat), Buzzy Crow
* May 17 - Bobo the Elephant
* June 7 - Two Starving Hermits
* June 28 - Easter Bunny (Easter Yeggs), Bratty Kid
* July 19 - Uncle Tom (Uncle Tom's Cabaña), Simon Simon Legree (Uncle Tom's Cabaña)
* August 22 - Bootle Beetle
* September 26 - Eega Beeva
* September 27 - Bongo, Lulubelle, Lumpjaw, Willie the Giant, Golden Harp
* October 4 - Charlie Dog
* October 10 - Herman the Cat (Prototype)
* October 25 - Wellington
* November - Scrooge McDuck
* December 7 - Little Audrey
* December 15 - Buck Beaver, The Giant

## People

### Births

* January 8 - David Bowie (actor and singer)
* January 15 - Andrea Martin (actress, voice actress, comedian, singer, and author)
* January 31
	+ Jonathan Banks (actor)
	+ Glynn Turman (actor, writer, and director)
* February 1 - Tony Baxter (senior vice president, creative development, walt disney imagineering)
* February 2 - Farrah Fawcett (actress and artist)
* February 5 - Darrell Waltrip (motorsports analyst, author, national television broadcaster and former racing driver)
* February 7 - Wayne Allwine (voice actor, sound effects editor and foley artist)
* February 11 - Frank Simms (singer, musician actor, and voice actor)
* February 24 - Edward James Olmos (actor and director)
* March 5 - Eddie Hodges (actor, singer and mental-health counselor)
* March 6 - Rob Reiner (actor, director, producer and comedian)
* March 18
	+ Susan Sheridan (actress and voice actress)
	+ Drew Struzan (poster artist and illustrator)
* March 19 - Glenn Close (actress, producer and singer)
* March 22 - Tony Pope (voice actor)
* March 25 - Elton John (singer-songwriter and composer)
* April 6 - John Ratzenberger (actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer, entrepreneur, voice artist and comedian)
* April 18 - James Woods (actor, voice actor and producer)
* May 4 - Richard Jenkins (actor)
* June 1 - Jonathan Pryce (actor, and singer)
* June 10 - Randy Edelman (composer)
* June 17 - George S. Clinton (film composer, songwriter, conductor and musician)
* June 22 - David Lander (actor, voice actor, comedian, composer and musician)
* July 19 - Brian May (musician)
* July 22 - Albert Brooks (actor, voice artist, comedian, author, screenwriter and director)
* July 24 - Robert Hays (actor, producer and director)
* July 28 - Sally Struthers (actress, voice actress, spokesperson and activist)
* July 30 - Arnold Schwarzenegger (former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, politician and former governor of California of 2003 to 2011)
* July 31 - Richard Griffiths (actor)
* August 7 - Holmes Osborne (actor)
* August 18 - Ben Cross (actor, voice actor and producer)
* August 20 - Ray Wise (actor)
* August 29 - Arthur Burghardt (actor, and voice actor)
* August 31 - Mona Marshall (voice actress)
* September 6
	+ Jane Curtin (actress, voice actress and comedian)
	+ Keone Young (actor and voice actor)
* September 14 - Sam Neill (actor, director producer and screenwriter)
* September 28 - Sean Scully (actor)
* October 12 - Julie McWhirter (voice actress, and impressionist)
* October 16 - Guy Siner (actor)
* October 17 - Michael McKean (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, composer and musician)
* October 19 - Giorgio Cavazzano (comic strip artist)
* October 24 - Kevin Kline (actor, voice actor, comedian and singer)
* October 29 - Richard Dreyfuss (actor, and voice actor)
* November 6 - Carolyn Seymour (actress, and voice actress)
* November 13 - Joe Mantegna (actor, producer, writer, director, and voice actor)
* November 24 - Dwight Schultz (actor, and voice actor)
* December 4 - Robert J. Walsh (musician and composer)
* December 16 - Ben Cross (actor, voice actor and producer)
* December 17 - Wes Studi (actor, voice actor and film producer)
* December 29 - Ted Danson (actor, author and producer)
* December 30 - Jeff Lynne (musician)
* December 31 - Tim Matheson (actor, and television director)

## Artists joined

* Walt Stanchfield

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1. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/robert-mckimsons-a-ham-in-a-role/