Alex Anderson

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Alex Anderson (1920-2010) speaks about his early years when he began his animation career at his uncle's Terrytoons. He talks about deciding to produce animated cartoons for television (at the time of the medium's introduction) and forming a partnership with Jay Ward to produce the first animated cartoon for television, Crusader Rabbit, which debuted in 1949. He describes the technique that was used for the series called "limited animation." He discusses the creation of the prototypes of "Rocky" and "Bullwinkle" and "Dudley Do-Right" – characters that Ward later used to create those classic cartoons. Karen Herman conducted the interview on July 20, 2001 at Anderson's home in Pebble Beach, CA.