

December 31: Chuck Jones' One Froggy Evening, premieres, produced by Warner Bros.December 15: The first episode of A Rubovian Legend airs.December 10: The first episode of Mighty Mouse Playhouse airs.Avery left MGM in 1953, but the cartoon was only finished and released after he left. November 25: MGM releases Cellbound, a cartoon starring Spike the bulldog, directed by Tex Avery.November 12: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam short film Roman Legion-Hare, produced by Warner Bros.November 11: The Tom and Jerry short film Pecos Pest is first released, produced by MGM.October 28: MGM releases Deputy Droopy, a cartoon starring Droopy, directed by Tex Avery.October 3: The first episode of The Mickey Mouse Club airs on television.It launches the character as the star of a long-running series. September 17: Speedy Gonzales, who was earlier created by Bob McKimson, appears in a remodeled version in the Friz Freleng cartoon Speedy Gonzales, produced by Warner Bros.September 16: Vladimir Polkovnikov and Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya's The Enchanted Boy premieres, an animated feature based on Nils Holgersson by Selma Lagerlöf.


Magoo short film When Magoo Flew, produced by UPA and directed by Pete Burness, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. March 30: 27th Academy Awards: The Mr.February 12: Chuck Jones's Beanstalk Bunny premieres, starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd, produced by Warner Bros.It will become a full series a year later. January 29: The pilot episode of Art Clokey's Gumby airs.
