It is no accident that I made Cartoon Town a simple little village - in many ways it mirrored my home town. And, yes, many of my puppet characters took on some of the more eccentric characteristics of people I… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
The puppet characters were combinations of people I had known and to some degree aspects of my own personality. Weird was based on someone I knew in Chicago. Dirty Dragon was based on a good friend I had in Indianapolis. — William Jackson Copy Share Image
The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in puppetry, however,… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
I have no idea how to become successful in children's tv programming today other than to say that whereever you find that rare animal… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
A lot of industry groups have said they support a federal law. They don't want to have to deal with 50 different state laws. — William Jackson Copy Share Image
It is no accident that I made Cartoon Town a simple little village - in many ways it mirrored my home town. And, yes,… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
When I was nine years old I use to copy ( not trace ) the covers of the Donald Duck comics. Many years later… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not up on today's television for children, because it's mostly cartoons that don't seem to interest me. — William Jackson Copy Share Image
I pitched my last children's show presentation in the mid 1980's. The era of locally produced children's shows was over and the networks were… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
The puppet characters were combinations of people I had known and to some degree aspects of my own personality. Weird was based on someone… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
I would not have done much differently, but I would have loved to have done everything better. The truth is, I think I was… — William Jackson Copy Share Image
It seems after the disaster many good things and blessings happen,. — William Jackson Copy Share Image
Some folks get nauseous, have body cramping -- they will get lightheaded and get a sense of fatigue. — William Jackson Copy Share Image
