Samuel Singer (August 27, 1912 – January 25, 2001) was an American animator and animation producer. He is best known as executive producer of '' The Adventures of Pow Wow'', a cartoon which also later appeared as a segment of early episodes ''

Captain Kangaroo ''Captain Kangaroo'' is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television progr ...

''. He also directed '' The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican'' and produced '' Bucky and Pepito''.

Animation historian While the history of animation began much earlier, this article is concerned with the development of the medium after the emergence of celluloid film in 1888, as produced for theatrical screenings, television and (non-interactive) home entertai ...

Jerry Beck has referred to Singer as "the

Ed Wood Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and pulp novel author. In the 1950s, Wood directed several low-budget science fiction, crime and horror films that later became cult cl ...

of animation" for his low-budget and generally ill-reviewed cartoons.

Career

Singer was born on August 27 of 1912 as Samuel Singer to Abraham and Ida Singer. In his early career, he worked at

Walt Disney Productions The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 1 ...

before leaving to pursue his animation career. Before that, Singer also worked for various other animation studios located in

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywoo ...

. In 1949, Singer created ''

Adventures of Pow Wow ''Adventures of Pow Wow'' is an American animated cartoon that was broadcast on the '' Captain Kangaroo'' show during the 1950s. The series is in the public domain due to failure to renew copyright. Plot The cartoon features the pre-adolescent Na ...

,'' which received generally negative reviews from critics, naming it as one of the worst television series of all time. He also created and executive produced '' The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican, Bucky and Pepito,'' and ''

Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse ''Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse'', is a 1960 children's cartoon television show, that was produced by Trans-Artists Productions, and syndicated by Tele Features Inc. The characters were originated and created by authors Bob Kane and Gerald J. R ...

.'' His final cartoon that he ever worked on was '' Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt.'' Instead of the show being created by Singer, he served as executive producer while

William Hanna William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator and cartoonist who was the creator of ''Tom and Jerry'' as well as the voice actor for the two title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the ani ...

and

Joseph Barbera Joseph Roland Barbera ( ; ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist who co-founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera. Born to Italian i ...

(founders of

Hanna-Barbera Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer t ...

along with

George Sidney George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics '' Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). With an extensive backgr ...

) created the show. The negative reception of his shows led to his retirement after ''Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt'' ended in 1966.

Death

Singer died on January 25, 2001, at the age of 88.

Filmography

Television

*''

'' (1949–1955) - Director *'' The Adventures of Paddy the Pelican'' (1950–1954) - Creator, writer, director, and voice of Paddy the Pelican and various *'' Bucky and Pepito'' (1959–1960) - Executive producer *''

'' (1960–1962) - Executive producer *'' Sinbad Jr. and His Magic Belt'' (1965–1966) - Executive producer * Tubby the Tuba 1975 - Animation supervisor

References

External links