> *Peggy Charren - Peggy Charren spearheaded a major movement (via her

>
> *Alfred Kahn - Alfred Kahn is the CEO of 4Kids Entertainment. Kahn has

>
> *Fred Calvert - Fred Calvert is the man who was chosen to finish "The
> Thief and the Cobbler" (or "Arabian Knight" as it was theatrically
> released as in the United States in 1995) after Richard Williams was
> fired from his 20+ year pet project.

> *Michael Eisner - Eisner gained a reputation during his time as the

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>>*Peggy Charren - Peggy Charren spearheaded a major movement (via her

>
> She may have led it, but it was parents (primarily mothers) who pushed for
> it. The Comic Book Code also greatly contributed to this idea.

>>*Fred Calvert - Fred Calvert is the man who was chosen to finish "The
>>Thief and the Cobbler" (or "Arabian Knight" as it was theatrically
>>released as in the United States in 1995) after Richard Williams was
>>fired from his 20+ year pet project.

>
> I had the impression the task was assigned to him. It's hard to say if it
> even would have been finished if Williams held onto it.

> A hate list for full animation "purists":
>
> William Hanna and Joseph Barbera-  limited tv animation pioneers.
> Repeating backgrounds, only the lips, arms, and legs of the characters
> move.  Produced nothing but copies of "Scooby Doo" in the 1970s.
>
> Lou Scheimer- Filmation Studios-  Adapted good established ideas with
> constantlly re-used animation movements and character designs.
> Stories taught (shudder) lessons.
>
> Mark Fowler-  FCC chairman in the 1980s.  Allowed weekday toy-based tv
> cartoon shows to premiere (the last being the 1970s "Hot Wheels"
> show)  beginning with "He-Man".
>
> Andy Heyward- DIC productions.  Produced a lot of 1980s-era tv
> cartoons...lots of overacting Canadian voice talent and cheap Japanese...

> A hate list for full animation "purists":
>
> William Hanna and Joseph Barbera- limited tv animation pioneers.
> Repeating backgrounds, only the lips, arms, and legs of the characters
> move. Produced nothing but copies of "Scooby Doo" in the 1970s.

>

>> William Hanna and Joseph Barbera-  limited tv animation pioneers.
>> Repeating backgrounds, only the lips, arms, and legs of the characters
>> move.  Produced nothing but copies of "Scooby Doo" in the 1970s.

>
> Among Cartoon Network Gen-X zombies, yes.
> Among actual animation enthusiasts, no:
>
> The historians credit Bill & Joe with, quote, "saving" animation by
> bringing exclusive toons to that new TV medium, after most studios
> closed down their animation divisions in the 50's--
> And giving a lot of the classic guys a reason to keep on working,
> including WB's Warren Foster and Michael Maltese (and their taste for
> old-radio Jack Benny humor), and Dan Gordon of wartime-Popeye fame.
> (Hey, they couldn't *all* go over and work for Walter Lantz, like Tex did.)
>
> Oh, and ftr, CN-Boy, Bill&Joe produced Scooby-Doo (hoping to keep the
> "adventure" idea going with their success on Jonny Quest), but most of
> the 70's clones were under Charles Nichols and Iwao Takamoto's watch,
> after studio regimes changed-- ...

>>>*Michael Eisner - Eisner gained a reputation during his time as the

>>
>> I understand he also use to program ABCs Saturday morning back in the 70s.
>> He single-handedly destroyed Disney animation...

>>And who, twelve years later went on to take credit for half of Disney's
>>hits, and stealing most of the others for another studio--whose
>>animation job he'd gotten on the strength of claiming credit for "Lion
>>King"--before making the (albeit misquoted) sweeping pronouncements that
>>instrumentally CAUSED Eisner to singlehandedly destroy Disney animation.
>>
>>There is no Eisner history without Jeffrey Katzenberg. No cel studio
>>would have been destroyed in 2002 without Shrek or Sinbad.
>>The two execs will be forever linked in historical destiny.

>
>
> You like Katz a *lot* more than I do.