After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like a contest between gladiators.

After I had done a handful of cartoons I was satisfied with, I started submitting them to the magazines.

I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall.

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.