June 22: Happy Tree Friends episode "From A to Zoo, part 2" premieres on some MTV channel.
June 27: The final episode of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi airs. The series is confirmed cancelled four months later, leaving 5 episodes unaired.[12]
Specific date unknown in June: Garrett Gilchrist, filmmaker and artist, released The Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut on the internet.[13] It is a fan restoration of
Richard Williams' unfinished work and was universally acclaimed over the terrible altered versions that were theatrically released in the 1990s.[14]
July
July 21:
Columbia Pictures' Monster House premieres. Despite its positive reception, it gained some infamy for its frightening content that was considered too dark for a less-restricted "PG rating".[15]
November 29:
EuropaCorp's Arthur and the Minimoys by
Luc Besson premieres in France and becomes the highest grossing movie in its home country.[22]The Weinstein Company would distribute the film as Arthur and the Invisibles two months later. The film was notoriously butchered for the western release, which received extremely negative reviews. Furthermore,
Harvey Weinstein was blamed for forcing it to be "American".[23]
December
December 25: Episode 13 with last three segments of
Happy Tree Friends TV season premieres, thus ending the TV series last original debut.
The pilot episode for Jimmy Two-Shoes was made, but was since refused to make any public appearances as it was deemed too dark and cynical to be marketed for the attended audiences.[26]
Walerian Borowczyk, Polish film director and animator (Renaissance, Jeux des Anges, Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal, Les Astronautes[37]), dies at age 82.[38]
Al Lewis, American actor (voice of the Godfather in Coonskin), dies at age 82.[39]
September 5:
Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife expert and environmentalist (voice of Trev in Happy Feet), dies at age 44.[65]
September 6:
Jan Svochak, Czech-American animator (
Famous Studios, Pelican, Elektra, Zanders, Perpetual Motion Pictures, Buzzco, J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, the Punchy advertisements), dies at age 81.[66]
December 8:
Martha Tilton, American singer (voice of Clarice in the Chip 'n' Dale cartoon Two Chips and a Miss), dies at age 91.[77]
December 18:
Joseph Barbera, American animator, storyboard artist, director and producer (
MGM, co-founder of
Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.[78]
December 25:
James Brown, American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader (voice of Hostage Negotiator in the Duckman episode "Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts", himself in The Simpsons episode "
Bart's Inner Child"), dies from heart failure at age 73.[79]
^Pitel, Laura (2006).
"Actor and storyteller famous for his role as Grandpa Munster". The Times. London, UK. Retrieved 20 March 2008. Lewis was born Albert Meister, probably in 1923, although he insisted that he was born in 1910. This, and Lewis's many other questionable stories, means that much of the actor's life is a broth of conjecture that his fans will no doubt squabble over for years to come.... He is survived by his second wife, Karen, and by three sons from his first marriage.
^AP, "Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, 73, dies" (CNN.com), 2006-09-13, web:
[1]: on death at home, with family.
Archived 21 September 2006 at the
Wayback Machine
June 22: Happy Tree Friends episode "From A to Zoo, part 2" premieres on some MTV channel.
June 27: The final episode of Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi airs. The series is confirmed cancelled four months later, leaving 5 episodes unaired.[12]
Specific date unknown in June: Garrett Gilchrist, filmmaker and artist, released The Thief and the Cobbler: The Recobbled Cut on the internet.[13] It is a fan restoration of
Richard Williams' unfinished work and was universally acclaimed over the terrible altered versions that were theatrically released in the 1990s.[14]
July
July 21:
Columbia Pictures' Monster House premieres. Despite its positive reception, it gained some infamy for its frightening content that was considered too dark for a less-restricted "PG rating".[15]
November 29:
EuropaCorp's Arthur and the Minimoys by
Luc Besson premieres in France and becomes the highest grossing movie in its home country.[22]The Weinstein Company would distribute the film as Arthur and the Invisibles two months later. The film was notoriously butchered for the western release, which received extremely negative reviews. Furthermore,
Harvey Weinstein was blamed for forcing it to be "American".[23]
December
December 25: Episode 13 with last three segments of
Happy Tree Friends TV season premieres, thus ending the TV series last original debut.
The pilot episode for Jimmy Two-Shoes was made, but was since refused to make any public appearances as it was deemed too dark and cynical to be marketed for the attended audiences.[26]
Walerian Borowczyk, Polish film director and animator (Renaissance, Jeux des Anges, Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal, Les Astronautes[37]), dies at age 82.[38]
Al Lewis, American actor (voice of the Godfather in Coonskin), dies at age 82.[39]
September 5:
Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife expert and environmentalist (voice of Trev in Happy Feet), dies at age 44.[65]
September 6:
Jan Svochak, Czech-American animator (
Famous Studios, Pelican, Elektra, Zanders, Perpetual Motion Pictures, Buzzco, J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, the Punchy advertisements), dies at age 81.[66]
December 8:
Martha Tilton, American singer (voice of Clarice in the Chip 'n' Dale cartoon Two Chips and a Miss), dies at age 91.[77]
December 18:
Joseph Barbera, American animator, storyboard artist, director and producer (
MGM, co-founder of
Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 95.[78]
December 25:
James Brown, American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader (voice of Hostage Negotiator in the Duckman episode "Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts", himself in The Simpsons episode "
Bart's Inner Child"), dies from heart failure at age 73.[79]
^Pitel, Laura (2006).
"Actor and storyteller famous for his role as Grandpa Munster". The Times. London, UK. Retrieved 20 March 2008. Lewis was born Albert Meister, probably in 1923, although he insisted that he was born in 1910. This, and Lewis's many other questionable stories, means that much of the actor's life is a broth of conjecture that his fans will no doubt squabble over for years to come.... He is survived by his second wife, Karen, and by three sons from his first marriage.
^AP, "Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, 73, dies" (CNN.com), 2006-09-13, web:
[1]: on death at home, with family.
Archived 21 September 2006 at the
Wayback Machine