A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch (1981).
Bill Davis (1953-2020)[1] was an animator and illustrator who illustrated three Sesame Street books The Amazing Mumford Presents the Magic Weather Show, Put & Play Magic Show and A Day in the Life of Oscar the Grouch. He went on to produce inserts for Sesame Street itself, including the adaptation of the book The Maestro Plays.
As an animator, Davis, with his wife Colleen Davis, operated Artbear Pigmation, a New York-state independent studio. For Children's Television Workshop, in addition to Sesame Street inserts, Davis designed and produced animated footage of Ernie and Bert, and occasionally other characters, for use in the opening titles for international series, including Shalom Sesame and Sesam, luk dig op. His animation of Keith Haring's artwork (specifically "Exit," "1-10" and "What Comes Next?") was featured in ToonSeum's exhibit "Animating Haring!"[2]
Outside of CTW, Davis famously animated the original opening sequence for Reading Rainbow (and other animated segments for the series) and contributed segments to The Puzzle Place, as well as work on the Marlo Thomas special Free to Be... You and Me. Other clients included Nickelodeon, CBS, and HBO.
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- ↑ D.W. Brooks Funeral Home obituary
- ↑ Kurt Shaw, "Keith Haring's artwork getting a move on", Pittsburgh Tribune, January 22, 2012.