KID SHOWS (CONTINUED)

1930-1939

Lennie The Pee-Pee (1938) - Animated short. Earliest known version of the obscure A.A. Milne children's book about a kindly ratkangaroo and his band of mischievous weasels.

Armed Fhorses (1938) - Animated horses fight the Germans in World War I. [This animated short was used as an educational reel to teach kids about the coming war with Germany.]

Yakkety Yak (1930s) - The Yak that just wouldn't shut up. Starred in a series of shorts and is still a popular character in Eastern Europe.

1920-1929

Orange Ostrich (1929) - With the invention of TriMankaTate (Manka Bros. cutting edge film coloring process), Ollie Ostrich was transformed into Orange Ostrich. [Audiences in 1929 were so horrifed at seeing such a shockingly colored ostrich - that riots occurred in several theaters.]

Bill Frog (1927) - Early cartoon character that was actually the first animated animal to talk. [Audiences in 1927 were so horrified when a human voice came out of a frog that there was a general panic which included two murders.]

Ollie Ostrich (1924) - Manka Bros. first animated character! Ollie Ostrich starred in a series of shorts where the crazy Ollie always gets into trouble on the farm, the big city and other planets.