Daily Birthdays and Events in Sci-Fi, Comics and related areas

July 21, 2011

Blondie & Dagwood, Sakura Wars, Tarzan the Ape Man, Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, Space: 1999, Donnesbury, The Clone Master, Mork & Mindy, Firefly.

It's just an explosion of birthdays and events today in comparison to other days lately.


Enjoy !!!




Birthdays

Ike Eisenmann 1962, actor, Scott Jordan - The Fantastic Journey (10 episodes, 1977), Randy - The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (2 episodes, 1979), Umpire/Boy Who Cried Wolf - Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979) (TV) (voice), Butch - The Little Rascals' Christmas Special (1979) (TV) (voice), Midshipman Peter Preston - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Bill Cody - Voyagers! (1 episode, "Sneak Attack", 1983), Nick - Challenge of the GoBots (4 episodes, 1985), Alexander Bumstead - Blondie & Dagwood (1987) (TV) (voice), Alexander Bumstead - Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout (1989) (TV) (voice).
Christopher Shea 1969, actor, Kazuma Shinguji, Additional Voices - Sakura Wars (1997) (V) (voice), Keevan - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1997-1998), Saowin - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Think Tank", 1999), Sajen / Andorian Captain Telev - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2002-2003).
C. Aubrey Smith 1863, actor, James Parker - Tarzan the Ape Man (1932). Was the inspiration for the Commander McBragg character on the "Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales" (1963) cartoon TV show.
Leigh Lawson 1945, actor, Zarl - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "One Moment of Humanity", 1976), David Leiber - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "The Small Assassin", 1988).
Garry Trudeau 1948, cartoonist, best known for the Doonesbury comic strip. In 1975, he became the first comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer, traditionally awarded to editorial-page cartoonists. He was also a Pulitzer finalist in 1990. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 in the category of Animated Short Film, for A Doonesbury Special, in collaboration with John Hubley and Faith Hubley. A Doonesbury Special eventually won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Special Prize in 1978. Other awards include the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Comic Strip Award in 1994, and the Reuben Award in 1995.
Art Hindle 1948, actor, Dr. Simon Shane - The Clone Master (1978) (TV), Dr. Geoffrey Howell, DDS - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Frank Trower - Total Recall 2070 (1 episode, "Eye Witness", 1999), Noah Kilmartin - Mutant X (1 episode, "Blood Ties", 2002).
Robin Williams 1952, actor, Popeye - Popeye (1980), Mork - Mork and Mindy (94 episodes, 1978-1982), Batty Koda - FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992) (voice), Timekeeper - From Time to Time (1992) (voice), Genie - Aladdin (1992) (voice), Genie - Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1995) (V) (voice), The Genie - Great Minds Think for Themselves" (1997) TV series (voice), Andrew Martin - Bicentennial Man (1999), Dr. Know - Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) (voice), Fender - Robots (2005) (voice), Ramon / Lovelace - Happy Feet (2006) (voice).
Jon Lovitz 1957, actor, The Radio - The Brave Little Toaster (1987) (voice), Ron Mills - My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Chula - An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) (voice), Emperor Tod Spengo - Mom and Dad Save the World (1992), Dr. Rudolph, Dentist - Coneheads (1993), Jay Sherman - The Critic (23 episodes, 1994-1995), Cheap-o - Stripperella (2 episodes, 2003-2004), Artie Ziff / Jay Sherman - The Simpsons (9 episodes, 1991-2007).


Events

1966, Special effects footage, using the refurbished 11-foot Enterprise studio model are filmed by The Westheimer Company for Star Trek: The Original Series.
1967, Planetside scene with the Gamma Trianguli VI natives are filmed for TOS: "The Apple".
1981, Design patent for a phaser is issued.
1987, Hand-to-hand combat scenes filmed for TNG: "Code of Honor".
1997, Deepwater Black airs on YTV Network.
2001, Cybergirl airs on Network Ten in Australia.
2003, Firefly, "Trash" airs.

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