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Introduced in 1999 was a cartoon featuring an underwater setting and unique characters based on marine life that would eventually become one of the most popular and recognizable cartoons ever made. Finding an individual who had never heard of the famous show would be a difficult task. Conceived by animator and former marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg, Spongebob Squarepants has left a remarkable impact on cartoons and has firmly placed itself as one of the best cartoons ever made. The series is…

I did my paper on Shel Silverstein.Shel silverstein was a successful kids author, cartoonist, poet, and folk songwriter. He was born in Chicago Illinois on September 25, 1930.He started drawing and writing a young age. He went to study at Chicago academy of fine arts (known today as Art institute of Chicago) but then dropped out to join the army in 1953. While in the army he drew and wrote cartoons where they were published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes magazine. (www.thefamouspeople.com)…

Lloyd Augustus Hall was born in Elgin, Illinois on June 20th, 1894. While growing up he was an honors student at West Side High School in Aurora, Illinois. He was captain of the school debate team while competing in baseball, football, and track. He graduated high school at the top 10 of his class. Hall then chose to attend Northwestern University. In 1916, he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry. He then graduated, earning a degree from the University of Chicago. Through a…

can't wait to see what becomes of those dreams. Walt made his parents very proud and he helped them live a better life then he had. After Walt got his start he then ”wanted to make his own animation cartoons. He started his own company called Laugh-O-Gram. He hired some of his friends including Ubbe Iwerks. They created short animated cartoons” this was a good job for him because it helped him learn about animation and new things about having his own company. Unfortunately he had to go bankrupt,…

Strangely enough one of my close friends shares a birthday with the famous symbolic interactionism theorists because Herbert George Blumer who is a white male was born on March 7th, 1900 in Missouri. He grew up on a farm with his mother being a homemaker and his father making cabinets. However, this small town feeling did not stop him wanting to be surrounded in the world of business. It is when he attended college was where Herbert got his first taste of the sociological and psychological…

For more than nine decades, the name Walt Disney has been preeminent in the field of family entertainment. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to today's global corporation, The Walt Disney Company continues to proudly provide quality entertainment for every member of the family, across America and around the world. Disney’s leadership teams manages the world’s largest media company and are the visionaries behind some of the most respected and beloved brands around the globe.…

The Walt Disney Animators’ Strike of 1941 During the early 1930s, unions began to organize in almost every industry across the nation, including the Hollywood entertainment industry. Unions for actors, directors, stagehands, and writers sprung up to collectively bargain for better working conditions. The Screen Cartoonist’s Guild was formed in 1938 to organize and unify the previously unrepresented cartoonists and animators in Hollywood. The Guild enjoyed success during its first year,…

Introduction to Walt Disney Walt Disney had a dream and he accomplished it.FF His dream was to have a great playground for the children and families in America. From this great idea he had he was an inspiration. Walt Disney is an inspiration because he had many challenges, that yet he had overcome them, he also had just a normal life, not good but not bad, he had thoughts about what he wanted to do that made him want to create a place like Disney, he led up to that and kept pursuing his dream…

“The Legacy of Walt Disney” Walt Disney once said “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” This quote states that Walt Disney is a dreamer, when he was young he dreamed of what he was going to be like when he is older, he is now a legacy. Throughout the Disney parks, his legacy still shines through, as if he were still there in the parks, today, and though he may be gone, he will be forever known in manys hearts. Walt Disney’s life started when he was born.…

The Giver One day a dog named Lucky was walking around his neighborhood looking to give help to the ones that need it. Lucky was a giver he as always, loved to give to fellow animals, he would go to the forest to pick out fruits to give to small animals that couldn’t go for them self’s because it was dangerous. So One that day Lucky walked into Old Lady Eve, she was an old cat that lived next to Lucky. When Lucky talked to her she asked “oh Lucky would you be a good boy and go and fetch me some…