157. Michael Hirsh Interview: Animation Nation
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Michael Hirsh is interviewed about his biography: Animation Nation: How We Built A Cartoon Empire We experience nervousness (0:01) No on 15 promo (2:16) Meeting Michael Hirsch (3:27) The Caillou question! (5:10) Career beginnings/Star Wars Holiday Special (7:08) Creating vs acquiring a show (16:08) Care Bears love & Important of libraries (17:43) Working with George Lucas (21:06) Tales from the Crypt show, cartoon, and comic (24:31) Hand drawn vs computer animation (26:49) Making 'mature' cartoons and evolving animation (29:10) What drew Michael Hirsch to animation & comic history: comic books and Canadian superheroes: Nelvana, Captain Canuck (37:16) Personal histories (42:18) End of interview chatting (47:21) Watch Star Trek (51:05) Wrap up (52:00) Get your copy of Animation Nation: How We Built a Cartoon Empire here: Amazon Barnes & Noble Follow Michael Hirsch:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61561135115040Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michaelhirshanimation/ Please remember to check out the No On 15! All-Cast podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 
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