Opening frame, Nat Rrain' The Disappearance of the Chesepian Indians.

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Good co-authored (auto)biography on Lou Scheimer. Scheimer was a prolific, pioneering cartoon artist & producer. Book gives a detailed account of Scheimer's career, includes a lot of Scheimer's early, personal artwork thru his professional jobs & creations. I liked the chapter on the '70s animated Star Trek series, was pretty sophisticated for a Saturday morning cartoon, and included/expanded a lot of original Star Trek's actors & canon. Netflix is currently carrying the series.

The Scheimer shows that probably influenced and entertained me the most were Fat Albert & the original (He-Man) Masters of the Universe. Scheimer shares behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the development of Cosby's Fat Albert. 

This building in Reseda housed Scheimer's old Filmation studio. I didn't realize the building's history when I was working close by in Encino, circa mid-2ooos. It's hard to picture an era, when Reseda's streets were clean.

I remember He-Man's intro screen lit up like this.. unaware of the history & hard work Scheimer, Hal Sutherland, and Filmation had put into cartoon development and syndication.