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Jerry Eisenberg
Jerry Eisenberg (December 3, 1937 – February 11, 2025) was an American television producer, animator, storyboard artist, and character designer, primarily known for his work at Hanna-Barbera Productions and Ruby-Spears Productions.Shostak, Stu (03-11-2011).with Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kress. ''Stu's Show''. Retrieved 2-28-2025 Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kress were all former employees of Hanna-Barbera over the years, and relate the history of the studio to host Stu Shostak Early life Eisenberg was born in New York City on December 3, 1937. He was the son of Harvey Eisenberg, an animator and comic book artist associated with ''Tom and Jerry'' and the other characters from the MGM cartoon studio. They were of German descent. Jerry Eisenberg quit art school to take his first job, as an inbetweener for MGM, in 1956. The studio closed seven months after Eisenberg's hire, and he went on to work as an assistant to Ken Harris at Warner Bros. Cartoons. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wacky Races (1968 TV Series)
''Wacky Races'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Heatter-Quigley Productions. It aired on CBS as part of its Saturday-morning schedule from September 14, 1968, to January 4, 1969 and then reruns the next season. The series features 11 different cars racing against each other in various road rallies throughout North America, with all of the drivers hoping to win the title of the "World's Wackiest Racer". The show was inspired by the 1965 comedy film ''The Great Race''. This was the only non-game show produced by Heatter-Quigley; the show was intended as a game show in which children would guess the winner of each race, and those who answered correctly would win prizes, but CBS dropped these elements during development. The cartoon had many regular characters, with 23 people and animals on the 11 race cars. After its network run on CBS, ''Wacky Races'' ran in syndication from 1976 to 1982. Seventeen 20-minute episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Mouse
''Disney's House of Mouse'' (or simply ''House of Mouse'') is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation that originally aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC and Toon Disney from January 13, 2001, to October 24, 2003, with 52 episodes. The show focuses on Mickey Mouse and his friends running a cartoon theater dinner club in the fictional setting of ToonTown, catering to many characters from Disney cartoons and animated movies while showcasing a variety of their cartoon shorts. The series is named after a common nickname or epithet for the The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Company. The animated series is a spin off of the series ''Mickey Mouse Works'', and featured many of the series' shorts as well as selection of brand new shorts, and classic Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck shorts from the 1930s–50s. During its time, the animated series held two nominations for awards, while select cast members won two awards for their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Histeria!
''Histeria!'' is an American animated series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation. Unlike other animated series produced by Warner Bros. in the 1990s, ''Histeria!'' was an explicitly educational program created to meet FCC requirements for educational/informational content for children. ''Histeria!'' aired on Kids' WB from September 14, 1998 to March 31, 2000, and continued to air reruns until August 30, 2001. The show was presented as a ''Saturday Night Live''-style sketch comedy, with its cast often filling the roles of historical figures. It was to be WB's most ambitious project since ''Animaniacs''. Like the aforementioned series, 65 episodes were originally going to be made, but due to being $10 million over budget, only 52 episodes were completed before production of the series was canceled in March 2000. Due to the high production costs, footage from previous episodes was often re-used and re-timed to match newly recorded audio, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvel Productions
Marvel Productions Ltd., later known as New World Animation, was an American production company owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of News Corporation which was founded in 1981 as the television and film studio subsidiary of the Marvel Entertainment Group, based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. It later became a subsidiary of New World Entertainment and eventually of News Corporation. The company as Marvel Productions produced animated television series, films and television specials such as '' Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'', '' The Incredible Hulk'', '' My Little Pony: The Movie'', '' The Transformers: The Movie'', and '' G.I. Joe: The Movie'' as well as '' The Transformers'' and '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' television series. Most of Marvel Productions/New World Animation's non-Hasbro-related back catalog is currently owned by The Walt Disney Company. History DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1963–1981) The company began in 1963 as DFE Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muppet Babies (1984 TV Series)
''Jim Henson's Muppet Babies'', commonly known by the shortened title ''Muppet Babies'', is an American animated television series produced by Marvel Productions for Jim Henson Productions. The show portrays toddler versions of the Muppets living together in a nursery under the care of a woman known as Nanny, involving the concepts of the power of imagination and creative problem-solving. The show's main target group is for children aged 2–5. The idea of presenting the Muppets as children appeared in a dream sequence in '' The Muppets Take Manhattan'' (1984), released two months before ''Muppet Babies'' debuted. The idea was a success, and it transformed into a spin-off. The show aired from September 15, 1984, to November 2, 1991, as part of the Saturday-morning cartoons lineup on CBS. The show received universal acclaim for its animation, visuals, writing, humor, educational values, and appeal to younger and older audiences. It spawned a successful merchandise and won seven D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thundarr The Barbarian
''Thundarr the Barbarian'' is an American Saturday morning animated series, created by Steve Gerber and produced by Ruby-Spears Productions. The series ran for two seasons on ABC from October 4, 1980, to October 31, 1981, and was rerun on NBC in 1983. Plot ''Thundarr the Barbarian'' is set in a future (c. 3994) post-apocalyptic wasteland of Earth divided into kingdoms and territories, the majority of which are ruled by wizards, and whose ruins typically feature recognizable geographical features from the United States, such as New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, Denver, Atlanta, Boston, San Antonio and its Alamo, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Cape Canaveral, and the Grand Canyon. Other episodes with recognizable settings are set outside the United States, and include Mexico and London. Another notable feature of this future Earth is that the Moon was broken in two pieces. The shattered moon and the ruins of the former human civiliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
''The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'' is an animated television series produced by Ruby-Spears Productions from 1979 to 1981; it was shown right after ''Super Friends'' on the ABC Network. The show featured various adventures of the DC Comics superhero Plastic Man. The anthology show included several components, including Plastic Man, Baby Plas, Plastic Family, Mighty Man and Yukk, Fangface and Fangpuss, and Rickety Rocket. By January 1980, it was cut down to 90 minutes, dropping off '' Rickety Rocket'', amidst low ratings. By the 1980–81 season, the format was reduced to a half-hour and it was retooled into ''The Plasticman/Baby Plas Super Comedy'' alongside two other Ruby-Spears productions ''Thundarr the Barbarian'' and '' Heathcliff and Dingbat''. The show was repackaged by Arlington Television into 130 half-hour episodes, and released into national, first-run-off-network daily syndication in 1984. ''The Plastic Man Comedy Show'' was produced and directed by Steve Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangface
''Fangface'' is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Ruby-Spears Productions for ABC. It premiered on September 9, 1978 and ended on November 10, 1979, with a total of 24 episodes over the course of 2 seasons. The executive producers were Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. Fangface appears in the third season of '' Jellystone!'' as the werewolf form of El Kabong. Overview Highly derivative of ''Scooby-Doo'' with elements from the Tasmanian Devil and '' I Was a Teenage Werewolf'' as well, ''Fangface'' features four teenagers — buff and handsome leader Biff, his brainy and beautiful dusky-skinned girlfriend Kim, short, stocky and pugnacious Puggsy and tall, skinny simpleton Sherman "Fangs" Fangsworth. Puggsy and Fangs are based on Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall of the '' Bowery Boys'' films. Opening narration The opening title narration, provided by John Stephenson, consists of the following: : ''Every 400 years, a baby werewolf is born into the Fangsworth family, and so when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Spears
Charles Kenneth Spears (March 12, 1938 – November 6, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Joe Ruby. In 1977, they co-founded the television animation production company Ruby-Spears Productions. Spears and Ruby created many other shows such as Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and Fangface. Spears also worked on the shows Sectaurs, Mister T and Alvin and the Chipmunks. Spears career began in 1959 when he started to work for Hanna-Barbera as a sound editor, at Hanna-Barbera. Spears met Ruby when ''Life Magazine'' was interviewing members at the studio and they worked together on animated projects. Spears worked for several other companies before Ruby-Spears such as DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and Sid and Marty Krofft. In 2020, Ruby died on August 26, and Spears died on November 6, 2020, from Lewy body dementia three months later. He was 82 years old. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ruby
Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933 – August 26, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer, and music editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the animated ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Ken Spears. In 1977, they co-founded the television animation production company Ruby-Spears, Ruby-Spears Productions. Ruby would work with Spears and would co-create several other shows including, ''Fangface'', ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' and ''Jabberjaw'' among others. Ruby would meet Spears in 1959 at Hanna-Barbera, when the studio was being interviewed by Life Magazine and the two would start working together on animated shows. Before Ruby founded Ruby-Spears he would work with at several studios including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and with Sid and Marty Krofft. In 1996, the Ruby-Spears studio closed, and Ruby would keep working with Spears until his retirement in 2002. Ruby died on August 26, 2020. Spears die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Quest
''Jonny Quest'' is a science fiction–adventure media franchise created by Doug Wildey for Hanna-Barbera. It follows the character Jonny Quest, a young boy who joins his scientist father on various extraordinary adventures. The franchise started with a 1964–65 television series of the same name, and has come to include two sequel television series, two television films and three video games. It is currently owned by Warner Bros. after Hanna-Barbera was absorbed by Warner Bros. Animation and succeeded by Cartoon Network Studios. Original series (1964–65) ''Jonny Quest'', also known as ''The Adventures of Jonny Quest'', is the original American science fiction/adventure animated television series that started the franchise. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems. It was created and designed by comic-book artist Doug Wildey. Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure genre, including Doc Savage, Tom Swift, ''The Adventures of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
