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Buzz Potamkin is a Director and Producer American born on 22 october 1945
Marshall "Buzz" Potamkin (October 22, 1945 – April 22, 2012) was an American television producer. He was known for founding Perpetual Motion Pictures (later called Buzzco Associates) in 1968, which led to the production of hundreds of TV advertisements, including the Hawaiian Punch series, MTV's "Top of the Hour" (the moon man), and MTV's "I Want My MTV" campaign. He also established Southern Star Productions and produced the animated specials ''The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree in 1979 and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue'' in 1990, among others.
After working at The Walt Disney Company for a short period in 1991, Potamkin was hired by Fred Seibert as Hanna-Barbera Cartoon's head of production, where he oversaw all the studio's output and produced shorts for Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon! series.
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After working at The Walt Disney Company for a short period in 1991, Potamkin was hired by Fred Seibert as Hanna-Barbera Cartoon's head of production, where he oversaw all the studio's output and produced shorts for Cartoon Network's What a Cartoon! series.
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, 49minutesDirected by Buzz Potamkin
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Phil Hartman, Jim Cummings, Tom Arnold, Marie Osmond, Townsend Coleman, Gregg Edelman
Rating62%
In 1818, two mouse musicians named Buster and Chauncey visit the Alpine town of Oberndorf, Austria, where they plan to perform for the country's Queen during its annual Christmas pageant, which is organized by Oberndorf's Mayor Huffenmeier. At Oberndorf, an orphan girl named Christina is given asylum on the local church as she intends to go to Vienna where her aunt and uncle live, but a pair of thieves, the Duke of Raoche and his niece Lady Gretchen, who claim to be watching over the preparations for the pageant, have their sights set on seizing the riches stored inside the church. Buster and Chauncey also get settled in the church for the preparations, but a cat chases them causing a mess inside the church that Mayor Huffenmeier blames Christina for, but the church priest, Father Joseph, doesn't think Christina caused the mess. However, the Duke and Lady Gretchen manage to steal the riches and also kidnap Christina, leaving her necklace on the place where the riches were so Father Joseph and Mayor Huffenmeier believe she stole them. Buster and Chauncey later help Christina escape and the Duke and Lady Gretchen are caught, with the riches being recovered, proving that Christina is innocent all along, but the previous chase caused damage to the church's organ. Later on, the melody Chauncey has been playing repeatedly on his violin inspires the organist. Father Joseph, who has written a poem, uses the melody to compose "Silent Night" and perform it for the first time. The Queen then offers to take Christina to Vienna and Christina says goodbye to her new friends, Buster and Chauncey.
Mad Scientist (1988)
, 30minutesDirected by Buzz Potamkin
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Danny Mann, Brian Cummings
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Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Time travel films, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Jean Vander Pyl, Frank Welker, Betty Jean Ward, Russi Taylor, Henry Corden, Don Messick
Roles Executive Producer
Rating67%
The Bedrock Community Players are mounting A Christmas Carol, and all of the town's citizens are either planning to attend or be involved in the production: Barney Rubble is playing Bob Cragit, with Betty as Mrs. Cragit and his son Bamm-Bamm as Tiny Tim; Mr. Slate is Jacob Marbley; Wilma Flintstone is serving as the stage manager, while her daughter Pebbles plays Martha Cragit; even Dino has a role, playing the Cragit's family pet. It is Fred, though, who has landed the leading role of Ebonezer Scrooge. Unfortunately, he has let his role go to his head, thinking himself a star and spending all of his time rehearsing his lines rather than focusing on his job or family.
The Halloween Tree (1993)
, 1h9Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Ghost films
Actors Leonard Nimoy, Ray Bradbury, Alex Greenwald, Edan Gross, Andrew Keegan, Darlene Carr
Roles Executive Producer
Rating76%
The film opens to the voice of a narrator (Ray Bradbury) describing one small town's preparations for Halloween night. Four friends are shown at their respective homes donning costumes excitedly: Jenny as a witch, Ralph as a mummy; Wally as a monster; and finally Tom Skelton as a skeleton. They all hurry so as not be late meeting up with each other and the infamous Pip (described as their communal best friend and as a truly amazing person and friend which the narrator asserts by saying, "Some say that on the day he was born, all the soda pop bottles in the world fizzled over. Pipken, who could yell louder, sing better, and eat more popcorn. Pip, the greatest boy who ever lived"). Jenny, Wally, Ralph and Tom meet up, but Pip is absent. Believing it a trick, as Pip would never miss his favorite holiday, the four head to Pip's home on the edge of town.
The Town Santa Forgot (1993)
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Miko Hugues, Ashley Johnson, Philip Proctor, Hal Smith, Neil Ross
Roles Executive Producer
Rating71%
Jeremy Creek est un petit garçon très gâté qui exige que ses parents lui offrent tous les jouets qu'il désire. Un beau jour, ils décident tout de même de ne plus céder à ses caprices et de ne plus rien lui acheter. Très déçu, le garçonnet rédige une liste de souhaits qu'il envoie au Père Noël. Lorsque celui-ci la reçoit, il pense qu'il ne peut s'agir des souhaits d'un seul enfant, mais bien de ceux de tous les enfants d'une ville nommée Jeremy Creek. Noël ne sera alors plus jamais pareil pour Jeremy qui apprendra qu'offrir sans rien attendre en retour est le plus beau des cadeaux.
, 30minutesDirected by Milton Gray
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care
Actors Jason Marsden, Lindsay Parker, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Townsend Coleman, Jeff Bergman, Joey Dedio
Roles Producer
Rating59%
In Corey's bedroom, an unseen person steals her piggy bank from her dresser. The theft is witnessed by Papa Smurf, who emerges from a Smurfs comic book with the other Smurfs and alerts the other cartoon characters in the room (Garfield as a lamp, ALF from a framed picture, Baby Kermit as an alarm clock, Winnie the Pooh as a doll, Alvin and the Chipmunks from a record sleeve, and Slimer who passes through a wall).
Mad Scientist (1988)
, 30minutesDirected by Buzz Potamkin
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Danny Mann, Brian Cummings
Roles Producer
, 23minutesOrigin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Russi Taylor, Robert Ridgely, Bob Holt, Romeo Muller, Joan Gerber, Julie McWhirter
Roles Producer
Rating71%
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City chronicles Strawberry Shortcake's trip to Big Apple City (an obvious parallel to New York City, also known as the "Big Apple"), so she can compete in a baking contest at "the little theater off Times Pear" (referencing Times Square). Strawberry's journey, however, is in jeopardy due to the constant interference of the Peculiar Purple Pieman of Porcupine Peak, who is her only competition in the bake-off. The Pieman counts on his kohlrabi cookies and a little trickery to beat Strawberry and her famous shortcake. A "Spinach Village" is also mentioned, a reference to Greenwich Village.