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Ron: You know, I don’t think there’s ever
been a show, where I looked at it and
thought, “Gee, I’d like to work on that”
and then wasn’t able to work on it. I fell
in love with the Rugrats and then short-
ly, I was working on the Rugrats. It was
always kind of like that. Sometimes I
was assigned to a show like the Smurfs;
they needed a key story board person. I
didn’t even know who the Smurfs were,
but I agreed. Then when I started
studying the Smurfs I loved them.
Art Chowder: After working 50 plus years
in the industry, what do you think of this
new culture of on-line entertainment,
where anyone can post a song, cartoon,
or film and potentially make a living?
Ron: I’m too old to take much notice of
modern technology. I made children’s
films starting in 1958, working until
2008. Then came computers. Comput-
ers and Ronaldo are not good friends. I
don’t do much on my own PC other than
email, so my agent takes care of my on-
line presence.
Art Chowder: Have you ever brought your artwork to a Con, like Comic Con? Have
you ever seen people cosplaying your characters?
Ron: No. That’s all part of the modern world and I’ve just got a retirement gig. I
travel somewhere in America once a month and sell my paintings of the characters I
worked on. I keep up with the general news, but I don’t take too much notice of that
sort of thing.
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