1936

## History

* The *Merrie Melodies* now use their famous opening Color Rings that are now forever associated with the cartoons. "Broken Toys" (1935) until "Orphan's Picnic" (1936) is used a variation: the 1935 "WARNER BROS. PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION" type. All MM cartoons afterward featured the WB shield zooming in and the words "VITAPHONE" and "Presents" being added above and below, respectively.
* For LT, "Betty Boop and the Little King" used the above "VITAPHONE" and "Presents", but "Not Now", "The Blow Out", "Betty Boop and Little Jimmy", and "We Did It" continued to use the 1935 "WARNER BROS. PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION" until "A Song a Day!" when the zooming WB shield started to be used.
* The Porky Signature theme debuts starting with "Making Friends". This theme would only be used for the 1936-37 season.
* Later, the theme was also changed to "Merrily We Roll Along" first heard in "Mickey's Elephant". "Broken Toys" also includes the "That's all folks!".
* The rings change from a dark blue to a lighter blue in the 1936-37 season, starting with "Mother Pluto".
* Mel Blanc joins the Disney/Warner Bros. Pictures Entertainment Studio crew.

## Theatrical Shorts

* January 3 -  "Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky"
* January 4 -  "Mickey's Polo Team"
* January 11 -  "I Wanna Play House"
* January 31 -  "Betty Boop and the Little King"
* February 7
	+ "A Clean Shaven Man"
	+ "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg"
* February 8 -  "The Cat Came Back"
* February 15 -  "Orphan's Picnic"
* February 28 -  "Not Now"
* March 6 -  "Brotherly Love"
* March 7
	+ "Mickey's Grand Opera"
	+ "Page Miss Glory"
* March 20 -  "Neptune Nonsense"
* March 27 -  "Betty Boop and Little Jimmy"
* March 28 -  "Elmer Elephant"
* April 3 -  "I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski"
* April 11 -  "I'm a Big Shot Now"
* April 18 -  "Three Little Wolves"
* April 24 -  "We Did It"
* May 1 -  "Bridge Ahoy!"
* May 2 -  "Let It Be Me"
* May 16 -  "I'd Love to Take Orders from You"
* May 22 -  "A Song a Day!"
* May 29 -  "Bold King Cole"
* May 30
	+ "Thru the Mirror"
	+ "Bingo Crosbyana"
* June 7 -  "What--No Spinach?"
* June 19 -  "More Pep"
* June 20
	+ "Mickey's Rival"
	+ "Moving Day"
* June 26 -  "I Wanna Be a Life Guard"
* June 27 -  "When I Yoo Hoo"
* July 17 -  "You're Not Built That Way"
* July 18 -  "I Love to Singa"
* July 24 -  "Let's Get Movin'"
* July 25 -  "Alpine Climbers"
* August 1 -  "Mickey's Circus"
* August 8 -  "Sunday Go to Meetin' Time"
* August 21 -  "Happy You and Merry Me"
* August 22 -  "Toby Tortoise Returns"
* August 29 -  "At Your Service Madame"
* August 30 -  "Never Kick a Woman"
* September 12 -  "Donald and Pluto"
* September 18 -  "Training Pigeons"
* September 19 -  "At Your Service Madame"
* September 25 -  "Little Swee'Pea"
* September 26 -  "Three Blind Mouseketeers"
* October 10
	+ "Mickey's Elephant"
	+ "Boulevardier from the Bronx"
* October 16 -  "Grampy's Indoor Outing"
* October 23 -  "Hold the Wire"
* October 26 -  "The Spinach Roadster"
* October 31 -  "The Country Cousin"
* November 7 -  "Don't Look Now"
* November 14 -  "Mother Pluto"
* November 20 -  "Be Human"
* November 27 -  "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor"
* November 28 -  "The CooCoo Nut Grove"
* December 4 -  "Christmas Comes But Once a Year"
* December 18 -  "Making Friends"
* December 19 -  "More Kittens"
* December 25 -  "I'm in the Army Now"

## Events

* September 28 - Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney and Leon Schlesinger about *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* on the Lux Radio Theatre.

## Character debuts

* January 4 - Jenny the Burro
* March 28 - Elmer Elephant, Tillie Tiger
* April 18 - Three Little Wolves
* June 20 - Mortimer Mouse
* July 25 - Bolivar
* August 1 - Salty the Seal
* September 26 - Three Blind Mouseketeers
* October 10 - Bobo the Elephant
* October 31 - Abner Countrymouse
* December 14 - Dr. Einmug

## People

### Births

* February 11 - Burt Reynolds (actor, director, and producer)
* February 29 - Alex Rocco (actor)
* March 9 - Marty Ingels (actor, voice actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer, and theatrical agent)
* May 17 - Dennis Hopper (actor, director, writer, film editor, photographer, and artist)
* May 23 - Charles Kimbrough (actor and voice actor)
* June 1 - Gerald Scarfe (cartoonist and illustrator)
* June 22 - Kris Kristofferson (singer, songwriter, musician, and actor)
* July 1 - Ron Masak (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
* July 24 - Ruth Buzzi (actress, voice actress, and singer)
* July 29 - Gerald B. Greenberg (film editor)
* August 15 - Mike Henry (actor and football player)
* August 18 - Robert Redford (actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist)
* September 14 - Toshiko Sawada (Japanese voice actress)
* September 24 - Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets)
* October 9 - Brian Blessed (actor, voice actor, author, director, and television presenter)
* December 8 - David Carradine (actor and martial artist)
* December 17 - Tommy Steele (singer and actor)
* December 22 - Héctor Elizondo (actor)