Were The Absent-Minded Professor and Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. made in the same year?
Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Lt. Robin Crusoe USN is a 1966 comedy film released and scripted by Walt Disney, and starring Dick Van Dyke as a U.S. Navy pilot who becomes a castaway on a tropical island. Some filming took place in San Diego, while a majority of the film was shot on Kauai, Hawaii.
His Mouse Friday His Mouse Friday is a 1951 one-reel animated cartoon and is the 59th "Tom and Jerry" cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby for Metro Goldwyn Mayer. It was animated by Kenneth Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson and Ed Barge and released in theatres on July 7, 1951 and July 25, 1958 for reissue. The title is a pun combining references to the film "His Girl Friday" and the character of Friday from the novel "Robinson Crusoe".