MIKE GRACIA

Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875)

The Cat in the Hat is a 1957 children’s book written and illustrated
by the American author Theodore Geisel, using the pen name Dr.
Seuss.

The book was met with immediate critical and commercial success.

Three years after its debut, the book had already sold over a million
copies, and in 2001, Publishers Weekly listed the book at number
nine on its list of best-selling children’s books of all time. It was
adapted into a 1971 animated television special and a 2003 live-
action film.

Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel
(March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)

Time For Beany is a children’s television series, with puppets for characters,
which was broadcast locally in Los Angeles starting on February 28, 1949
and nationally (by kinescope) by the improvised Paramount Television
Network from 1950 to 1955. It was created by animator Bob Clampett,
who later reused its main characters for the animated series Beany and
Cecil. The show won three Primetime Emmy Awards for best children’s
show.

Voice artist Stan Freberg was one of the puppeteer’s on the show.

Pictured from left: Daws Butler and Stan Freburg behind the wall.

Stan Freberg (Stanley Friberg) (August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015)

TV’s "The Gene Autry Show" premiered on CBS July 23, 1950 with
91 episodes aired. 

Pat Buttram (left) as Gene’s side kick "Pat".

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry