Ep. 118: Building a Cartoon Empire – with animation producer Michael Hirsh

Michael Hirsh is a trailblazing producer of children’s programming and former head of Nelvana, Cookie Jar, and Wow! Unlimited Media. His shows include Inspector Gadget, The Care Bears Movie, Babar, The Berenstain Bears, Little Bear, Rolie Polie Olie, Franklin, The Magic School Bus, Beetlejuice, Eek! The Cat, Max & Ruby, and many more. His book is Animation Nation: How We Built a Cartoon Empire.
 
Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field
 
Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren
 
Animation Nation
https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/animation-nation/
 
Michael’s IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386650/
 
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