On This Day In Video: 7/8/07

American Cartoonist William Hanna Born - 1910

Saturday, July 14, 2007

William Denby "Bill" Hanna was born on this day, July 14, 1910 (Died March 22, 2001).

Hanna was an American animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder, together with Joseph Barbera, of the Hanna-Barbera studio.

Hanna-Barbera Productions became by the late-1960s the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing hit programs such as The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, and Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! by the end of the decade.

Hanna and Barbera's 17-year partnership on the Tom & Jerry series resulted in 7 Academy Awards for Best Cartoon Short Subject, and 14 total nominations, more than any other character-based theatrical animated series.

Tom and Jerry - The Missing Mouse

The Flintstones - Mother In Law's Visit

Yogi Bear - The Daffy Daddy

The Jetsons Movie
Part 1

Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8

Jonny Quest - The Curse of Anubis

Scooby Doo Where Are You
Intros from the sixties to today

Labels: Hanna-Barbera, Jonny Quest, Scooby Doo, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear

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Rubik's Cube Inventor Born - 1944

Friday, July 13, 2007

Ernő Rubik was born on this day, July 13, 1944 and is a Hungarian inventor, sculptor and professor of architecture. He is best known for the invention of mechanical puzzles including Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Magic and Rubik's Snake.

The Cube in particular has been subject of many "amazing" feats over the years.....

3 Year Old Solves Rubik's Cube in 114 seconds

A 6 Year Old kid Solves it in 37 Seconds

How About One Handed in 20 Seconds?

Maybe Try Solving It With Your Feet?

Or Your Nose??

If you would like to learn how to solve a Rubik's Cube, here is the video for you. Although it says "easily", this guy does take 9 mins to explain it! :)

How To Solve A Rubik's Cube Easily

Labels: games, inventions, Rubik's Cube

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Kristi Yamaguchi Born - 1971

Thursday, July 12, 2007

American figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi was born on this day, 12th July 1971

Kristi Yamaguchi performing to Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" as her exhibition number at the 1991 World Championships where she won her first World title.

Kristi Yamaguchi: Pretty Woman

Kristi Yamaguchi at the 1992 Olympics

Kristi skating to Sting's "Desert Rose" at the 2000 Hershey's Figure Skating Challenge.

Kristi Yamaguchi: Desert Rose 2000

Labels: Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympics, skating, World Champion

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Sandinista Rebels Take Nicaragua - 1979

Monday, July 9, 2007

On 9th July 1979 in Nicaragua, General Anastasio Somoza was overthrown by the Sandinista rebels.

Nicaragua - A Nations Right To Survive is John Pilger's 1983 film about the small nation of Nicaragua and its right to survive without interference and investigates the corruption in Central America.

In 1979, the Sandinistas won a popular revolution in Nicaragua, putting an end to decades of the corrupt US-backed Somoza dictatorship. They based their reformist ideology on that of the English Co-operative Movement, but proved too 'radical' for the Reagan administration. In this film, Pilger describes the achievements of the Sandinistas and their "threat of a good example".

Nicaragua - A Nations Right To Survive (1983)