Uncle Woody

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I came across this picture posted by Steve Hulett on the Animation Guild blog:

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(See here for a bigger image.) Uncle Woody (he was born in 1916 and was named after Woodrow Wilson. It could've been worse--his sister Lucy was named after Luther Burbank, and her full name is Lutheria) worked in animation--we were always told that he drew the "in-between" drawings for cartoons--and worked on promotions for Topps gum for many years:

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Wacky Packs were the biggest thing when I was in elementary school but I never knew that Uncle Woody had worked on them.

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I remember Wacky Packs. I had a school notebook that was covered in them, must have been 4th grade or so. When my parents moved while I was in grad school, I went back to sort through my old stuff to decide what to keep. I came across that notebook, and stupidly discarded it. I wish I had kept it so I could display it in my office.

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