Twenty years ago today, animator Nick Park's first Wallace and Gromit short film "A Grand Day Out" was unveiled. Many many years later, many many awards later and many wheels of cheese later, Wallace and Gromit have become icons of British animation and filmmaking. To celebrate, here's "A Grand Day Out" in its entirety. Oh Wallace, how you've changed.

You can join the W&G birthday celebration here at WallaceandGromit.com. And if you go to Google.co.uk today, you'll notice that even Google is getting in on the Wallace and Gromit party.

Also check out the Wikipedia article for a little history on the pair.

Also, to celebrate the anniversary, Telltale games is offering episode 3 of the Wallace and Gromit PC game for free and discounting the entire series down to $20. Aaand it's going to be on Xbox Live Arcade! These offers are only good for this week, so get it quick. More info at Telltale Games.

It's also the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, which is cool... happy birthday Big Bird and shit, but Wallace and Gromit for the win.