Filmation's Co-Founder Norm Prescott Has Died - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

musicradio77 · 07-31-2005, 09:15 PM

I found it on the Animated News website. This is sad news for fans of the old Filmation series:

Variety notes that Filmation Studios co-founder and former disc jockey (one of the original "Live Five") Norm Prescott has died in Los Angeles. After producing the animated feature Pinocchio In Outer Space (1965), he partnered with former Bozo the Clown animator Lou Scheimer and former Disney animator Hal Sutherland to form Filmation Associates. The fledgling outfit took off with animated commercials until the studio bid successfully to translate the Superman comica as a television series. Under executive producer Prescott, Filmation went on to create hundreds of hours of animated TV shows (including Batman, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Mighty Mouse, Masters Of The Universe, and the animated Star Trek among many others) that used often-criticised cost-cutting animation techniques, though which have been getting revived attention on DVD. A slew of bigger budget, ambitious animated feature flops (including sequels to Pinocchio and Snow White) closed down the studio in 1993. Prescott's radio training did not go to waste, and he spoke for many characters in the Filmation shows, often as narrator, before retiring and becoming somewhat of a recluse at his Hollywood home.

Mikado · 07-31-2005, 09:46 PM

Filmation is often called the worst animation studio in history* ( Not MY words, so dont flame me) , but, thats nor here nor there, condolences to Mr Prescott's family

* Frankly though, the people who made Rocket Robin Hood werent much better

TJL · 07-31-2005, 10:00 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Filmation do the "Fat Albert" cartoons?

Mikado · 07-31-2005, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Filmation do the "Fat Albert" cartoons?

I believe you are correct....well, nothing says all of their stuff was bad, but , a lot of it was...I loved FA, btw

07-31-2005, 09:15 PM	#1
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	Filmation's Co-Founder Norm Prescott Has Died I found it on the Animated News website. This is sad news for fans of the old Filmation series: Variety notes that Filmation Studios co-founder and former disc jockey (one of the original "Live Five") Norm Prescott has died in Los Angeles. After producing the animated feature Pinocchio In Outer Space (1965), he partnered with former Bozo the Clown animator Lou Scheimer and former Disney animator Hal Sutherland to form Filmation Associates. The fledgling outfit took off with animated commercials until the studio bid successfully to translate the Superman comica as a television series. Under executive producer Prescott, Filmation went on to create hundreds of hours of animated TV shows (including Batman, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Mighty Mouse, Masters Of The Universe, and the animated Star Trek among many others) that used often-criticised cost-cutting animation techniques, though which have been getting revived attention on DVD. A slew of bigger budget, ambitious animated feature flops (including sequels to Pinocchio and Snow White) closed down the studio in 1993. Prescott's radio training did not go to waste, and he spoke for many characters in the Filmation shows, often as narrator, before retiring and becoming somewhat of a recluse at his Hollywood home.
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07-31-2005, 09:46 PM	#2
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,880	Filmation is often called the worst animation studio in history* ( Not MY words, so dont flame me) , but, thats nor here nor there, condolences to Mr Prescott's family * Frankly though, the people who made Rocket Robin Hood werent much better