Stu Shostak has a great guest today on Stu's Show. It's my buddy, Willie Ito…truly a legend in the field of animation. How many other people do you know who worked with Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Walt Disney? Willie started in the business as an in-betweener on Lady and the Tramp. He then moved over to Warner Brothers and worked in layout on Looney Tunes. Then he worked with Clampett on the Beany & Cecil cartoon show. Then he went to Hanna-Barbera where he was one of the key designers of their shows from 1962 through 1977, starting (I believe) on The Jetsons. And then he went back to Disney and worked on their comic strips…and at various points in there, he drew comic books for Western Publishing and…
Well, a pretty impressive career, wouldn't you say? Bet Stu doesn't get through half of that, especially if he starts by discussing Willie's childhood, some of which was spent in an internment camp during World War II. (December 7 is a good day to discuss that.)
As if that weren't enough, Willie will be joined in Stu's studio by another great animation artist, Jerry Eisenberg. But I told you about Jerry the last time he was on the show. There will also be call-ins from audio wiz Joe Bevilacqua to talk about his new audio book on the life of Alan "Fred Flintstone" Reed, and I think I'm going to be on briefly to note the fifth anniversary of Stu's Show. Like just talking to Willie isn't enough.
Wanna hear all this? Of course you do so I'll remind you again how to do that. You have two choices…
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So tune in today…and if you miss it live, remember that Stu's running a sale at the moment. Go to his archives, place four shows in your online shopping cart…and when you check out, you'll be charged for three.