name	Lou Scheimer
birth name	Louis Scheimer
birth date	October 19, 1928
birth place	Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaU.S.
occupation	Animator and voice actor
yearsactive	1957-1994
othername	Erik Gunder, Louis Scheimer
spouse	Jay Scheimer }}

Louis Scheimer (born October 19, 1928) is an Emmy and Grammy Award–winning American producer, one of the original founders of Filmation, an animation company, and also an executive producer of many of its cartoons (though only by name due to standardized crediting in most cartoons; Norm Prescott received similar treatment).

Career

Early in Filmation's history, Scheimer also contributed a number of guest or secondary voices for the various productions. Amongst these was the voice of N'kima, Tarzan's monkey companion in ''Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle'' (1976–1981).

Scheimer (pronounced SHY-mer) was most pro-active in the creation of the cartoon ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' and ''Bravestarr''. Aside from being the executive producer, he was also co-credited for the series' musical score under the pseudonym Erika Lane, and became a voice actor for the show (as he had done for many of his company's previous productions), going under the pseudonym Erik Gunden. Scheimer's contribution to the cast was in fact most notable as he voiced several supporting characters, including Orko (and other characters with a similar ''Smurfs''-voice), Stratos, King Randor and others, due to severe budget restrictions. The animated series also pioneered a type of programming known as first-run syndication. Also a first was the storyline being based on an action figure toy; prior to this time, FCC regulations had prohibited any type of children's programming being based on a toy. Scheimer transformed He-Man from a graphically violent version of ''Conan the Barbarian'' into a pro-social character, who imparted a life lesson to impressionable viewers in each episode.

Erika Scheimer, Lou's daughter, also did supporting female voices and occasional voice-acting for young boy characters. She would later star in the follow-up series ''She-Ra'', which Scheimer also produced.

Later career

In the late 1990s, Scheimer returned to the field of animation. A Dutch investment company, Dreamweavers, NV., approached Lou with a concept based on an off-kilter Dutchman's renderings of characters aimed at young adults. Scheimer went into production on an animated feature film entitled ''Robin and the Dreamweavers''. Robin, the first human ever born in cyberspace, battled the evil siren "Triple XXX" who desired an earthly body and gained power through mankind's baser carnal desires. The film, however, was never distributed.

Shortly thereafter, Scheimer underwent quadruple bypass surgery and was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Erika Scheimer quickly took control of her father's company and shut it down.

Currently, Scheimer is providing consultation work for Gang of Seven (G7) Animation.

Other voice roles

Lou Scheimer voiced characters for other Filmation cartoons besides ''He-Man.'' Most notably, he provided the voice to "Dumb Donald" on the long running ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.'' He was also the voice of Legal Eagle and the Brown Hornet's sidekick Stinger. He likewise served as the voice-over narrator during the opening credits of the majority of Filmation shows and cartoons. In ''Jason of Star Command'' and ''Space Academy,'' he was consistently heard as generic voices over intercoms. In the live action ''Ghost Busters'' series starring Forrest Tucker alongside Larry Storch with Bob Burns, his was the voice of "Zero," the unseen boss of the main characters.

Personal life

Married to Jay Scheimer (died 2009), they have one daughter Erika, and one son Lane.

References

External links

LouScheimerProductions.org

www.flashgordon.de Flash Gordon Community

Comic-Con - 2005 Guest

He-Man.org - He-Ro Series Bible

History

Guide To Animated Star Trek - Filmation Associates

Animated Views - A Fond Look Back At Filmation (Part 1) (October 31, 2004)

Animated Views - A Fond Look Back At Filmation (Part 2) (December 10, 2006)

LouScheimerProductions.com - My Dad: The Trend Setter (Archive)

Interviews

He-Man.org - Playthings Interview (June 1987)

The Unofficial Isis Appeciation Page - Interview (July 2002)

Newsarama - Interview (Pt. 1) (June 28, 2006)

Newsarama - Interview (Pt. 2) (July 5, 2006)

Newsarama - Interview (Pt. 3) (July 12, 2006)

Newsarama - Interview (Pt. 4) (July 18, 2006)

Masters Cast - Comic-Con Interview (Quicktime) (July 30, 2006)

Animation World Magazine - Interview (November 7, 2006)

Retro Crush - David Teague Interview

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show name	The Brown Hornet
creator	Bill Cosby
voices	Bill Cosby
country	United States
executive producer	Bill Cosby
company	Filmation
distributor	Group W Productions (''syndicated'')
network	CBS (1972-1984)First-Run Syndication (1984-1985)
website	}}

''The Brown Hornet'' was a show-within-a-show (or more accurately, a cartoon-within-a-cartoon) on the Filmation animated series ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' from 1979 to approximately 1984. The Brown Hornet was a show that Fat Albert's gang watched on a barely-working television in their clubhouse. Originally the Brown Hornet was presented on a radio program by Cosby as an African-American version of the Green Hornet. During the cartoon the character was rewritten as a space superhero.

The Brown Hornet was a bumbling superhero who always seemed to thwart the evil-doers and teach viewers a valuable lesson in the process. In each opening, The Brown Hornet and his sidekicks Stinger and Tweeterbell the Robot were facing certain doom until the Brown Hornet used his superpowers to save them all. Their victory would be fleeting, however, as the episode would often end with a new threat emerging.

In one episode of "Fat Albert", Weird Harold is seen playing a Brown Hornet arcade cabinet at a video arcade.

Inspiration

The Brown Hornet's name is a play on the name of the old time radio hero The Green Hornet; in fact, Bill Cosby had done a syndicated radio ''Brown Hornet'' series around 1970 that directly parodied the old program. However, this Brown Hornet is closer to a parody of Space Ghost - a space-faring, caped superhero.

Fictional theatrical film

The fictional film ''The Brown Hornet: The Great Galaxy World Adventure Movie'' was featured in ''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids: The Movie''.

A feature film is rumored to be in the works.

Voice cast

The Brown Hornet - Bill Cosby

Stinger - Lou Scheimer

Tweeterbell - Erika Scheimer

Announcer - Norm Prescott/Lou Scheimer

Other media

The Brown Hornet appeared in the ''South Park'' episode "Imaginationland."

Black Thought of the hip hop band The Roots mentions the Brown Hornet in the lyrics to ''Thought @ Work''.

The Artists

Produced By Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott

Vice President In Charge Of Production: Joseph Mazzuca

Executive Vice President/Creative Affairs: Arthur H. Nadel

Production Manager: Joseph Simon

Director In Charge of Animation: Gwen Wetzler

Animation Directors: Bob Arkwright, John Allan Armstrong, Kent Butterworth, Ed Friedman, Lou Kachivas, Marsh Lamore, Ernie Schmidt, Kay Wright, Lou Zukor

Story Director: Karl Geurs

Supervising Storyboard Artist: Mike Joens

Unit Supervisor: Wendell Washer

Storyboard Artists: Barry Caldwell, Paul Fennell, Sharon Forward, Mike Hazy

Production Designer: Bob Kline

Layout Director: Jim Fletcher

Asssistant Layout Supervisor: Irma Rosien

Layout: Alberto DeMello, Larry Eikleberry, Sharon Forward, Sergio Garcia, Wes Herschensohn, Carol Lundberg, Lorenzo Martinez, Greg Nocon, Norly Paat, John Perry, Rocco Pirrone, Virgil Raddatz, Louise Sandoval, Cliff Voorhees, David West

Color Director: Ervin L. Kaplan

Backgrounds: Barbara Benedetto, Alan Bodner, Sheila Brown, Dianne Erenberg, Vern Jorgensen, Ellen Kashan, Pat Keppler, Rolando Oliva, Tom O'Loughlin, Curt Perkins, Don Peters, Don Schweikert, Don Watson

Animators: Tom Baron, Arland Barron, James Brummett, Bill Carney, Pat Clark, Richard Coleman, James A. Davis, Ed DeMattia, Zeon Davush, Jeff Etter, Lillian Evans, Rick Farmiloe, Kennetha Gaebler, Miguel Garcia, Michael Gerard, Lee Halpern, Karen Haus, Brett Hisey, Chrystal Klabunde, Stephen Marsh, Larry Miller, Gale Morgan, Frank Nakielski, Eduardo Olivares, Jack Ozark, Bill Pratt, William Recinos, Bill Reed, Sonja Ruta, Don Schloat, Cheryl Selleck, Larry Silverman, James Simon, Kamoon Song, Michael Toth, Richard Trueblood, Bob Tyler, Dardo Velez, Larry White

Assistant Animation Supervisor: Marlene Robinson-May

Animation Check Supervisor: Joyce Gard

Xerography Supervisor: John Remmel

Paint Supervisor: Alla Marshall

Director Of Animation Photography: R.W. Pope

Camera: Gary Gunther, Richard Haas, Roncie Hantke, Dan Larsen, David J. Link, Craig Littell-Herrick, Jeffery Mellquist, Lin-Z Rogers, Dean G. Teves, David Valentine, Steven Wilzbach, F.T. Ziegler

Film Editors: Ron Fedele, Joe Gall, Hector C. Gika, Tom Gleason, Jim Puente, Robert Waxman

Film Coordinators: June Gilham, Toni Christiansen

Production Controller: Robert W. Wilson

Sound By Glen Glenn Sound

Color By Technicolor

Supervising Film Editor: George Mahana

Film Transfer: Paul Galloway

Background Music Composed By Ray Ellis And Norm Prescott

Music Published By Shermley Music Company, ASCAP

Educational Advisor: Dr. Gordon L. Berry from the Graduate School of Education at UCLA

Live Action Sequences Directed By Arthur H. Nadel

Executive Producer: William H. Cosby, Jr.

(c)Copyright 1980 Filmation Associates - Bill Cosby

A FILMATION PRODUCTION

External links

The Museum of Black Superheroes

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Brown Hornet may refer to:

''Brown Hornet'', a colloquial term for the European hornet

''The Brown Hornet'' the cartoon superhero

The Atom is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe.

There have been five characters who have shared the Atom codename. The original Golden Age Atom, Al Pratt, was created by Ben Flinton and Bill O'Connor and first appeared in All-American Publications' ''All-American Comics'' #19 (Oct. 1940). The second Atom was the Silver Age Atom, Ray Palmer, who first appeared in 1961. The third Atom, Adam Cray, was a minor character present in Suicide Squad stories. The fourth Atom, Ryan Choi, debuted in a new ''Atom'' series in August 2006. The fifth Atom from the 853rd Century first appeared as part of Justice Legion Alpha in August 1999.

The Atom has been the star of multiple solo series, and four of the five have appeared as members of various superhero teams, such as the Justice Society of America, the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Justice Legion Alpha.

Fictional character biographies

Al Pratt

The original Atom, Al Pratt, first appeared in ''All-American Comics'' #19 (Oct. 1940). He initially had no superpowers; instead, he was a diminutive college student and later a physicist who was depicted as a tough guy, a symbol of all the short kids who could still make a difference. Pratt was a founding member of the Justice Society of America, later gaining limited super-strength, and an energy charged 'atomic punch'. He died in the charge against Extant during the Zero Hour.

Ray Palmer

The Atom introduced during the Silver Age of comic books in ''Showcase'' #34 (1961) is physicist and university professor Ray Palmer (named for real-life science fiction writer Raymond A. Palmer, who was himself quite short). Using a mass of white dwarf star matter, he fashioned a lens which allowed him to shrink down to subatomic size. Originally, his size and molecular density abilities derived from the white dwarf star material of his costume, controlled by mechanisms in his belt, and later by controls in the palms of his gloves. Much later, he gained the innate equivalent powers within his own body. After the events of ''Identity Crisis'', Ray shrunk himself to microscopic size and disappeared. Finding him became a major theme of the Countdown year long series and crossover event.

Paul Hoben

Prior to Ray Palmer's fateful trip to the Amazon Jungle, he learns his wife Jean Loring had an affair with fellow lawyer Paul Hoben and the two divorce. Later, Palmer would offer his blessing to the couple who marry and offers Hoben his size-changing belt in order to protect Ivy Town (as Ray wished to remain with the Morlaidhans) which he accepts. His belt would later be stolen by Adam Cray. It should be noted, Hoben never takes up the costume or name of the Atom.

===Adam Cray===

Adam Cray, son of the murdered Senator Cray, first appeared as the Atom in the pages of ''Suicide Squad'' #44 by John Ostrander (August 1990). At first Cray was widely believed to be Ray Palmer in disguise (by both the fans and the characters). Actually Cray had been recruited by Palmer himself, who faked his death, in order to apprehend the Micro Squad (a group of villains that had been shrunk down) as well as uncover information about a shadowy government cabal, who were interested in Palmer's knowledge of the other heroes' secret identities (his own identity being no longer a secret).

While Palmer would infiltrate the Micro Squad, Cray would gather the attention of the Cabal as the new Atom, so that no one would notice Palmer assuming the identity of a fallen Micro Squad member.

Adam Cray ran with the Suicide Squad only for a short while, serving as a secret weapon most of the time, and his existence was for a while even unknown to others of the Squad. Cray even saves a wounded Amanda Waller from a group of assassins. At one point, Cray approaches Deadshot about the fact that Deadshot had murdered his father. Deadshot tells Cray that he would get one free shot at him. Soon after, on a mission, Cray is impaled through the chest by Blacksnake, a Micro Squad member who believes him to be Palmer.

After the murder of Cray (a move Palmer had not foreseen), Palmer reveals himself and defeats Cray's murderer. The ruse ended, Palmer explains himself to the Justice League, who had been searching for him, after hearing rumors of a new Atom.

During the events of ''Blackest Night'', Adam's corpse is reanimated as a member of the Black Lantern Corps alongside several other fallen Suicide Squad members. Following his reanimation, Adam and the other Black Lanterns travel to Belle Reve and attack Bane and Black Alice. Adam is apparently destroyed by the Manhunter's self destruct mechanism to unleashing an explosion of Green Lantern energy that eradicates the Black Lanterns.

===Ryan Choi=== Ryan Choi, as described by DC solicitations, is "a young hotshot professor who's filling the extra spot on Ivy University's teaching staff. .. and who inadvertently ends up filling the old Atom's super-heroic shoes". This new Atom is based on a redesign by Grant Morrison. He debuted in the ''Brave New World'' one-shot, a preview of upcoming projects, and then appeared in the series, ''The All-New Atom'', written by Gail Simone. He is later murdered by Deathstroke and his Titans.

Atom One Million

An unnamed scientist in the 853rd Century performed experiments in superstring theory that creates a singularity and whose radiation alters his physical make-up. When the singularity threatened to expand and destroy his universe, he enters it in an attempt to save the universe but instead finds himself on an interdimensional bridge to another universe as his own is wiped out, unable to stop it. At the end of the bridge, he finds Superman Prime who came to help but was too late. Stranded, he searches this universe for remnants of the one he lost, in time taking the name the Atom and joining the Justice Legion Alpha when he helped them defeat the Bizarro-Legion. This Atom's powers differ from his predecessors in that he doesn't shrink but breaks up into several smaller duplicates of himself divided amongst his mass. At atomic size, these duplicates can mimic elements such as gold and oxygen.

Other versions

Frank Miller portrayed Ray Palmer as a major player in ''Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again''. He was taken prisoner by Lex Luthor and made to live in one of his own petri dishes for a period of months until his rescue by Catgirl. He was then instrumental in the liberation of Kandor.

Tangent Comics

In the Tangent Comics print, The Atom is Arthur Harrison Thompson, a subject of radiation testing on human beings. The first hero in the Tangent timeline, he was succeeded by his son, who was killed by the Tangent Comics version of the Fatal Five, and a grandson named Adam, who, in ''Tangent: Superman's Reign'', is being held captive by Superman.

Elseworlds

Some other re-imaginings of the Atom include an appearance in ''League of Justice'', a story portraying the Justice League in a ''The Lord of the Rings''-type story where the Atom was recast as a wizard/fortune teller called "Atomus The Palmer".

Al Pratt as the Atom was one of the three heroes who chose to work at the side of Senator Thompson in ''The Golden Age''. When Al discovers that Thompson is really the Ultra-Humanite, he joins the other heroes against the villain and Dyna-Man.

The Al Pratt Atom appeared in ''JSA: The Unholy Three'' as a post-WW2 intelligence agent with transparent atomic flesh and a visible skeleton.

''JLA: Age of Wonder'' where Ray Palmer worked with a science consortium whose numbers at one point included Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla.

''JLA: Created Equal'', after Ray Palmer is killed in the cosmic storm that nearly wipes out the rest of the male population on Earth, a graduate student named Jill Athron is given a research grant to study Palmer's white-dwarf-star-belt. She becomes the Atom and joins the Justice League.

Atom evolved from a hawkman that had evolved from Robin in the ''Just Imagine...'' comic book.

52 Multiverse

In the final issue of ''52'', a new Multiverse is revealed, originally consisting of 52 identical realities. Among the parallel realities shown is one designated "Earth-2". As a result of Mister Mind "eating" aspects of this reality, it takes on visual aspects similar to the pre-Crisis Earth-2, including the Atom among other Justice Society of America characters. The names of the characters and the team are not mentioned in the panel in which they appear, but the Atom is visually similar to the Al Pratt Atom. Based on comments by Grant Morrison, this alternate universe is not the pre-Crisis Earth-2.

In ''Countdown'' #30, the Challengers from Beyond encountered Earth-15, a world where the sidekicks had taken their mentor's places. On this Earth, the Atom is Jessica Palmer, a genius who graduated from MIT at age eight. ''The Search for Ray Palmer - Red Son'' features the Ray Palmer of Earth-30, an American captured by the Superman of a communist Russia. ''Countdown: Arena'' also depicts the Ray Palmer of Earth-6, who through unknown circumstances now has the powers and title of the Ray. ''The Search For Ray Palmer: Superwoman/Batwoman'' briefly features a female version of The Atom.

In the first issue of the 2010 ''Batman Beyond'' limited series, a future African-American version of the Atom known as Micron appears as one of the heroes of Earth-12.

Collected Editions

''Ray Palmer''

Title	Material collected	Pages	ISBN#
''The Atom'' Archives, Vol. 1	''Showcase'' #34-36, ''The Atom'' #1-5		208		ISBN 1563897172
''The Atom'' Archives, Vol. 2	''The Atom'' #6-13		208		ISBN 1401200141
''Sword of the Atom''	''Sword of the Atom'' #1-4 and ''Sword of the Atom Special'' #1-3		232		ISBN 140121553X
''DC Comics Presents: The Atom''	''Legends of the DC Universe'' #28-29 and 40-41		96

''Ryan Choi''

Title	Material collected	Pages	ISBN#
My Life in Miniature	''The All-New Atom'' #1-6		160		ISBN 1401213251
Future/Past	''The All-New Atom'' #7-11		128		ISBN 1401215688
The Hunt for Ray Palmer	''The All-New Atom'' #12-16		128		ISBN 9781401217822
Small Wonder	''The All-New Atom'' #17-18 and 20-25		192

In other media

Television

Ray Palmer (voiced by Pat Harrington, Jr.) appeared in his own episodes in ''The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure.''

Ray Palmer appears with the ''SuperFriends'' in ''The All-New Super Friends Hour'' and ''The Super Friends Hour'' voiced by Wally Burr.

The Atom also makes an appearance with a slightly different color scheme costume in the live action 1979 TV special "Legends of the Superheroes", specifically "The Roast" episode.

A future version of the Atom called Micron appeared as a Justice League Unlimited member in the ''Batman Beyond'' two part episode "The Call" voiced by Wayne Brady. Unlike the Atom, Micron can grow as well as shrink, and similar to Atom Smasher with strength and flight.

In an early ''Justice League'' episode, "Legends," the League team up with the Justice Society pastiche the Justice Guild of America. JGA member Tom Turbine is a cross between Golden Age Atom and the Golden Age Superman. The Atom is later mentioned by name in "Hereafter," as a future Vandal Savage describes how he stole technology from Ray Palmer and destroyed the world.

The Atom (Ray Palmer) later appeared in ''Justice League Unlimited'' in both "Dark Heart" and "The Return" as a nanotechnology expert, voiced by John C. McGinley.

The Atom (Ray Palmer) also appeared in the 1997 live action made-for-TV movie pilot, ''Justice League of America'' played by John Kassir.

The Ryan Choi version of the Atom appears in the series ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', voiced by James Sie. The Atom helps Batman stop evil sorcerer Felix Faust from opening Pandora's Box in "Evil Under the Sea!". He re-appeared along with Aquaman to save Batman from a virus created by Chemo in "Journey to the Center of the Bat!". Atom has a Crime Syndicate counterpart called Dyna-Mite, also voiced by James Sie. A mind-controlled Ryan Choi appears in "The Siege of Starro! Part One", demonstrating the ability to grow to giant sizes, which he uses to prevent Batman from destroying a signal leading Starro to Earth. He also appears in the teaser for "The Criss Cross Conspiracy!", where he, Batman, and Aquaman battle the Bug-Eyed Bandit.

Video Game

The Atom (Ray Palmer) appears in DC Universe Online.

See Also

Molecule

References

External links

Index to the Atom's Earth-1 adventures

Article on the history/legacy of The Atom from the Comics 101 article series by Scott Tipton

THE SIMONE FILES II: THE ALL NEW ATOM

COUNTING DOWN TO COUNTDOWN IV: THE GREAT DISASTER AND THE ATOM

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