1942

## History

* The Looney Tunes series is back but now starting in 3-hue color production starting with "The Vanishing Private". 1942-43 season uses thicker Color Rings instead of the music note background from 1936-39. The black and white bylines "WARNER BROS." and "Present" were different from the color ones. For this year and the next since 1939 in black and white.
* This year is released a TCF/Paramount entertainment (now 20th Century Studios entertainment since 2020) classic animated movie "Bambi".
* This year is starting making the Propaganda cartoons made during the World War II since 1942 short "The New Spirit" until 1945 short "Swing Shift Cinderella" before ending of WWII in September 2nd 1945 after of Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

## Theatrical releases

### Feature films

* January 6 - *Fantasia* (severely edited version)
* February 13 - *Mr. Bug Goes to Town* premiered in Califonia.
* February 20 - *Mr. Bug Goes to Town* premiered in New York City, New York.
* August 13 - *Bambi* premieres in New York City, New York.
* August 14 - *Bambi* (Salt Lake City, Utah)
* August 21 - *Bambi*
* October 29 - *Bambi* (Hollywood, California)

## Shorts

* January 3 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Hop, Skip and a Chump"
* January 9 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Billion Dollar Limited" Template:PublicDomain\*
* January 12 - Template:MM\* "Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop"
* January 16 - Template:MM\* "The Village Smithy"
* January 17
	+ Template:MM\* "Fraidy Cat" Template:BR\*
	+ Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Bird Came C.O.D."
* January 23 - Template:MM\* "The New Spirit"
* February 6 - Template:MM\* "Pocoyo's Birthday Party"
* February 9 - Template:MM\* "The Hollywood Matador"
* February 27
	+ Template:MM\* "Pluto, Junior" Template:BR\*
	+ Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "The Arctic Giant" Template:PublicDomain\*
* February 28 - Template:Foxdaffyduckcartoon\* "Conrad the Sailor"
* March 14 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Crazy Cruise"
* March 20 - Template:MM\* "Symphony Hour"
* March 27 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "The Bulleteers" Template:PublicDomain\*
* March 28 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "The Wabbit Who Came to Supper" Template:PublicDomain\*
* April 10 - Template:MM\* "Donald's Snow Fight"
* April 11 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Horton Hatches the Egg"
* April 18 - Template:MM\* "Dog Trouble" Template:BR\*
* April 22 - Template:MM\* "Elly's Doll Fight"
* April 24 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "The Magnetic Telescope" Template:PublicDomain\*
* April 25 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Dog Tired"
* May 1 - Template:MM\* "Donald Gets Drafted"
* May 2 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "The Wacky Wabbit" Template:PublicDomain\*
* May 9 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Draft Horse"
* May 11 - Template:MM\* "Good-Bye Mr. Moth"
* May 15 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Electric Earthquake" Template:PublicDomain\*
* May 22 - Template:MM\* "The Army Mascot"
* May 23 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Lights Fantastic"
* May 30 - Template:MM\* "Puss 'n' Toots" Template:BR\*
* June 1 - Template:MM\* "Nutty Pine Cabin"
* June 6 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "Hold the Lion, Please"
* June 12 - Template:MM\* "Donald's Garden" Template:BR\*
* June 22 - Template:MM\* "Ace in the Hole"
* June 27 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Double Chaser"
* July 3 - Template:MM\* "The Sleep Walker"
* July 10 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Volcano" Template:PublicDomain\*
* July 11 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid"
* July 18 - Template:MM\* "The Bowling Alley Cat" Template:BR\*
* July 24 - Template:MM\* "Donald's Gold Mine"
* July 27 - Template:MM\* "Juke Box Jamboree" Template:Academyawardsnomineehort\* Template:BR\*
* August 1 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Foney Fables"
* August 8 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Squawkin' Hawk"
* August 14 - Template:MM\* "T-Bone for Two"
* August 22
	+ Template:MM\* "Blitz Wolf" Template:Academyawardsnomineehort\*
	+ Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "Fresh Hare" Template:PublicDomain\*
	+ Template:MM\* "Nina's Garden"
* August 29 - Template:MM\* "The Early Bird Dood It!" Template:BR\*
* August 30 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Terror on the Midway" Template:PublicDomain\*
* August 31 - Template:MM\* "Two Patos for Two"
* September 4 - Template:MM\* "How to Play Baseball"
* September 5 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "Fox Pop" Template:PublicDomain\*
* September 18 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Japoteurs" Template:PublicDomain\*
* September 19 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall" Template:PublicDomain\*
* September 25 - Template:LT\* "The Vanishing Private" Template:BR\*
* October 3 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Hep Cat"
* October 9 - Template:MM\* "The Olympic Champ"
* October 10 - Template:LT\* "Fine Feathered Friend" Template:BR\*
* October 16
	+ Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Showdown" Template:PublicDomain\*
	+ Template:MM\* "The Mouse of Tomorrow" Template:PublicDomain\*
* October 17 - Template:SillySymphonies\* "The Sheepish Wolf" Template:PublicDomain\*
* October 19 - Template:LT\* "The Loan Stranger"
* October 23 - Template:MM\* "How to Swim" Template:BR\*
* October 24 - Template:Foxdaffyduckcartoon\* "The Daffy Duckaroo"
* October 31 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "The Hare-Brained Hypnotist"
* November 6 - Template:LT\* "Sky Trooper" Template:BR\*
* November 17 - Template:MM\* "Pocoyo Got Fired"
* November 20
	+ Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Eleventh Hour" Template:PublicDomain\*
	+ Template:MM\* "Pluto at the Zoo" Template:BR\*
* November 21 - Template:Foxtweetycartoon\* "A Tale of Two Kitties" Template:PublicDomain\*
* November 27 - Template:MM\* "Frankenstein's Cat" Template:PublicDomain\*
* December 4 - Template:LT\* "How to Fish"
* December 5
	+ Template:Foxdaffyandporkycartoon\* "My Favorite Duck"
	+ Template:SillySymphonies\* "Ding Dog Daddy" Template:PublicDomain\*
* December 12 - Template:Foxbugsbunnycartoon\* "Case of the Missing Hare" Template:PublicDomain\*
* December 18 - Template:MM\* "Bellboy Donald"
* December 25 - Template:UniversalSuperMan41\* "Destruction, Inc." Template:PublicDomain\*
* December 30 - Template:MM\* "Robot Pocoyo"

## Character Debuts

* Conrad the Cat
* Pluto Junior
* Butch Bulldog
* Gunter the Goat, Paco
* Horton
* Leo the Lion
* Mouse, Cat, Bulldog
* Dinah the Dachshund
* Beaky Buzzard, Mama Buzzard
* Henry Hawk
* Bambi, Thumper, Flower, Friend Owl, The Great Prince of the Forest, Bambi's Mother, Thumper's sisters, Miss Bunny, Bluebelle, Faline, Man, Hunter Dogs, Ronno, Mrs. Quail, Geno and Gurri, Aunt Ena, Miss Skunk, Young Bucks, Possums
* Three Little Pigs, Adolf Wolf
* Worm, Bird, Cat
* Fox
* The Dover Boys, Dan Backslide, Dora Standpipe
* Proto-Sam Sheepdog, Proto-Ralph Wolf
* Cat
* Super Mouse
* Tweety, Babbit and Catstello
* Pete Junior

## People

### Births

* January 8 - Yvette Mimieux (actress)
* January 11 - Joel Zwick (director, screenwriter, and producer)
* January 27 - John Witherspoon (actor and comedian)
* March 6 - Lynda Petty (actress)
* March 7 - Michael Eisner (businessman, entertainment executive, and former CEO of Disney/SEGA Entertaimentent)
* March 25 - Richard O'Brien (actor, voice actor, writer, and musician)
* March 27 - Michael York (actor)
* April 24 - Barbra Streisand (actress, singer, and filmmaker)
* May 11 - Terry McGovern (actor, voice actor, television broadcaster, radio personality, and acting instructor)
* June 10 - Chantal Goya (actress and singer)
* June 14 - Allen Daviau (cinematographer)
* June 18
	+ Roger Ebert (journalist, film critic, and screenwriter)
	+ Paul McCartney (singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer)
* July 9 - Richard Roundtree (actor and model)
* July 13 - Harrison Ford (actor and producer)
* July 22 - Anthony James (actor)
* July 24 - Chris Sarandon (actor and voice actor)
* July 27 - Susan Silo (actress and voice actress)
* August 7 - Garrison Keillor (author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality)
* August 28 - Peter Bartlett (actor)
* September 18 - Marco Rota (comic artist)
* September 29
	+ Ian McShane (actor)
	+ Madeline Kahn (actress, comedian, singer, and voice over artist)
* October 3 - Steve Susskind (actor)
* October 20
	+ Robert Costanzo (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
	+ Earl Hindman (actor)
* October 22 - Annette Funicello (actress, singer, and Mouseketeer of The Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse Show in 1960s)
* October 26 - Bob Hoskins (actor and film director)
* October 31 - David Ogden Stiers (actor, voice actor, and conductor)
* November 1 - Marcia Wallace (actress and comedian)
* November 17 - Martin Scorsese (director, producer, actor, and comedian)
* November 18 - Susan Sullivan (actress and voice actress)
* November 20 - Joe Biden (politician, lawyer, author and current president of United States of America since 2021)
* November 24 - Billy Connolly (comedian, musician, presenter, actor, voice actor, and artist)

### Deaths

* March 28 - Albert Hurter (sketch artist and character animator)
* May 14 - Frank Churchill (composer)

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