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*Peggy Charren - Peggy Charren spearheaded a major movement (via her
watchdog group Action for Children's Television or ACT) to censor
cartoons during the 1970s and 1980s. In essence, she was pretty much
telling and bullying networks that animated shows couldn't show
violence and "anti-social behavior". In the end this left with really
no other option for viewers to only watch "pro-social" cartoons that
fits into her parameters. In return, Peggy Charren's biggest legacy
was probably that of the Children's Television Act of 1990. The
Children's Television Act of 1990 was further strengthened in about
1996 via the three hours of education mandate on broadcast networks.
Ironically, it really is the only reason Saturday morning cartoons
still exist among over-the-air broadcasters, since all the profitable
cartoons and kids shows have long since moved to cable (i.e. Cartoon
Network, NickToons, Toon Disney, etc.).
*Alfred Kahn - Alfred Kahn is the CEO of 4Kids Entertainment. Kahn has
basically been criticized by traditional anime fans, who believe that
his "Americanization" and censorship of anime licensed by 4Kids
tarnishes their original format.
*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.
*Jamie Kellner - Wrestling fans hate Jamie Kellner because he ordered
the cancellation of WCW programming on TBS/TNT. Eric Bischoff and his
group of investors were on the verge of purchasing WCW from Time
Warner. But when Kellner had the shows cancelled, this gave Vince
McMahon the opportunity to purchase his competition and have a virtual
monopoly on the North American pro wrestling market. Anyway, Jamie
Kelner was also the WB executive who made sweeping changes, which led
to the cancellation/retinkering of certain beloved Silver Age WB shows
(i.e. "Animaniacs", "Freakazoid!", "Road Rovers", "Histeria!", "The
Legend of Calamity Jane", and "Pinky and the Brain"). Kellner has been
maligned for allegedly ignoring such shows' popularity among older
demographics, among whom the programs often got higher ratings than in
the 2-11 demographic (a la "Pokemon") at which Kids' WB! was primarily
aimed.
*Bob Camp - Bob Camp is the guy who took over from John K./Spumco on
the production of "Ren and Stimpy" when Nickelodeon fired John K. When
Camp and his Games Animation production company took over, I think
that fans felt that the show became too reliant on cheap gross out
jokes. Ironically, when Spumco revived "Ren and Stimpy" on the "Adult
Party Cartoon" on SpikeTV, those episodes were even more hated by the
fans than the Games produced episodes.
*Michael Eisner - Eisner gained a reputation during his time as the
CEO of the Disney Company for allegedly micromanaging the Disney
animators out of their jobs, literally forcing Pixar away, killing a
lot of the "Disney Afternoon" style shows by only letting them run a
maximum of 65 episodes, and churring out straight-to-DVD/video "cheap-
quels" to films such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Lion King",
"Aladdin", "Cinderella", "Peter Pan", etc.
*Glen Kennedy - Kennedy's animation studio worked on "Tiny Toon
Adventures", "A Pup Named Scooby Doo", and many "Disney Afternoon"
shows. Animation fans have criticized Kennedy for his apparent knack
of sloppiness (e.g. often lumpy, bouncy, and stretchy movements) on
the shows he and his company worked on when compared to StarToons (who
also worked on "Tiny Toons").
*Mike Scully - Mike Scully was the show runner for "The Simpsons" from
1997-2001. During the time he was the show runner or exectutive
producer, there was an seemingly increased usage of celebrity guest
voices, more reliance on slapstick and lowbrow humor, and the
characters became more one-dimensional. In addition, many episodes
during this period centered around Homer, who was seemingly portrayed
as being very mean-spirited.
*Carl Macek - Macek was the producer and story editor of
"Robotech" (which was originally made up of three unrelated anime).
Fans of anime have criticized Macek (who has been dubbed "The
Antichrist" on usernet forums) for changing the dialogue in order to
remove what he called "ethnic gestures". Also, Macek has been heavily
criticized for the major, and some fans argue, pointless changes to
the dubbing of "Aura Battler Dunbine".
*Leon Schlesinger - Schlesinger's independent animation studio would
eventually become Warner Bros. Cartoons. Schlesigner had a reputation
for being a very hard-nosed business man. His animators worked in a
dilapidated studio, and he briefly shut down the studio in 1941 and
1942 when unionized employees demanded a pay raise. Also, animators
who worked with him also found him conceited and somewhat foppish,
wearing too much cologne and dressing like a dandy.
*Fred Quimby - Quimby was the producer in charge of the old Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Quimby was very unliked by those who
worked with him. He apparently had no sense of humor to call upon
(ironic considering that his studio produced the "Tom and Jerry"
cartoons). He also apparently knew nothing about animation, as
cartoons were a strange thing to him. Quimby was also known to turn
down requests for bigger budgets, raises and special dispensations of
funds.
*Paul Terry - Paul Terry was the founder of the Terrytoons animation
studio, who produced the "Mighty Mouse" and "Heckle and Jeckle"
cartoons among others. Through much of its history, the studio was
considered one of the lowest quality houses in the field. Terry was
extremely conservative at producing cartoons. So to that end,
Terrytoons had the lowest budgets and it was among the slowest to
adapt to new technologies such as sound (in about 1930) and
Technicolor (in 1942), while its graphic style remained remarkably
static for decades. Terrytoons' rather inflexable release schedule
allowed them to provide a new cartoon every other week, regardless of
the cost to the quality of the films.
watchdog group Action for Children's Television or ACT) to censor
cartoons during the 1970s and 1980s. In essence, she was pretty much
telling and bullying networks that animated shows couldn't show
violence and "anti-social behavior". In the end this left with really
no other option for viewers to only watch "pro-social" cartoons that
fits into her parameters. In return, Peggy Charren's biggest legacy
was probably that of the Children's Television Act of 1990. The
Children's Television Act of 1990 was further strengthened in about
1996 via the three hours of education mandate on broadcast networks.
Ironically, it really is the only reason Saturday morning cartoons
still exist among over-the-air broadcasters, since all the profitable
cartoons and kids shows have long since moved to cable (i.e. Cartoon
Network, NickToons, Toon Disney, etc.).
*Alfred Kahn - Alfred Kahn is the CEO of 4Kids Entertainment. Kahn has
basically been criticized by traditional anime fans, who believe that
his "Americanization" and censorship of anime licensed by 4Kids
tarnishes their original format.
*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.
*Jamie Kellner - Wrestling fans hate Jamie Kellner because he ordered
the cancellation of WCW programming on TBS/TNT. Eric Bischoff and his
group of investors were on the verge of purchasing WCW from Time
Warner. But when Kellner had the shows cancelled, this gave Vince
McMahon the opportunity to purchase his competition and have a virtual
monopoly on the North American pro wrestling market. Anyway, Jamie
Kelner was also the WB executive who made sweeping changes, which led
to the cancellation/retinkering of certain beloved Silver Age WB shows
(i.e. "Animaniacs", "Freakazoid!", "Road Rovers", "Histeria!", "The
Legend of Calamity Jane", and "Pinky and the Brain"). Kellner has been
maligned for allegedly ignoring such shows' popularity among older
demographics, among whom the programs often got higher ratings than in
the 2-11 demographic (a la "Pokemon") at which Kids' WB! was primarily
aimed.
*Bob Camp - Bob Camp is the guy who took over from John K./Spumco on
the production of "Ren and Stimpy" when Nickelodeon fired John K. When
Camp and his Games Animation production company took over, I think
that fans felt that the show became too reliant on cheap gross out
jokes. Ironically, when Spumco revived "Ren and Stimpy" on the "Adult
Party Cartoon" on SpikeTV, those episodes were even more hated by the
fans than the Games produced episodes.
*Michael Eisner - Eisner gained a reputation during his time as the
CEO of the Disney Company for allegedly micromanaging the Disney
animators out of their jobs, literally forcing Pixar away, killing a
lot of the "Disney Afternoon" style shows by only letting them run a
maximum of 65 episodes, and churring out straight-to-DVD/video "cheap-
quels" to films such as "The Little Mermaid", "The Lion King",
"Aladdin", "Cinderella", "Peter Pan", etc.
*Glen Kennedy - Kennedy's animation studio worked on "Tiny Toon
Adventures", "A Pup Named Scooby Doo", and many "Disney Afternoon"
shows. Animation fans have criticized Kennedy for his apparent knack
of sloppiness (e.g. often lumpy, bouncy, and stretchy movements) on
the shows he and his company worked on when compared to StarToons (who
also worked on "Tiny Toons").
*Mike Scully - Mike Scully was the show runner for "The Simpsons" from
1997-2001. During the time he was the show runner or exectutive
producer, there was an seemingly increased usage of celebrity guest
voices, more reliance on slapstick and lowbrow humor, and the
characters became more one-dimensional. In addition, many episodes
during this period centered around Homer, who was seemingly portrayed
as being very mean-spirited.
*Carl Macek - Macek was the producer and story editor of
"Robotech" (which was originally made up of three unrelated anime).
Fans of anime have criticized Macek (who has been dubbed "The
Antichrist" on usernet forums) for changing the dialogue in order to
remove what he called "ethnic gestures". Also, Macek has been heavily
criticized for the major, and some fans argue, pointless changes to
the dubbing of "Aura Battler Dunbine".
*Leon Schlesinger - Schlesinger's independent animation studio would
eventually become Warner Bros. Cartoons. Schlesigner had a reputation
for being a very hard-nosed business man. His animators worked in a
dilapidated studio, and he briefly shut down the studio in 1941 and
1942 when unionized employees demanded a pay raise. Also, animators
who worked with him also found him conceited and somewhat foppish,
wearing too much cologne and dressing like a dandy.
*Fred Quimby - Quimby was the producer in charge of the old Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio. Quimby was very unliked by those who
worked with him. He apparently had no sense of humor to call upon
(ironic considering that his studio produced the "Tom and Jerry"
cartoons). He also apparently knew nothing about animation, as
cartoons were a strange thing to him. Quimby was also known to turn
down requests for bigger budgets, raises and special dispensations of
funds.
*Paul Terry - Paul Terry was the founder of the Terrytoons animation
studio, who produced the "Mighty Mouse" and "Heckle and Jeckle"
cartoons among others. Through much of its history, the studio was
considered one of the lowest quality houses in the field. Terry was
extremely conservative at producing cartoons. So to that end,
Terrytoons had the lowest budgets and it was among the slowest to
adapt to new technologies such as sound (in about 1930) and
Technicolor (in 1942), while its graphic style remained remarkably
static for decades. Terrytoons' rather inflexable release schedule
allowed them to provide a new cartoon every other week, regardless of
the cost to the quality of the films.