Robert D. Buchanan

Robert D. Buchanan (born August 17, 1931) is a creator of several

He is most notable for co-creating the animated series Colonel Bleep, the first color cartoon produced for television, with Jack Schleh. Colonel Bleep was syndicated in 1957.

In 1965, Buchanan co-produced another animated series, Mighty Mr. Titan, which taught viewers how to exercise.^[4][5] Soundac also produced Weather Man, a series of short animated clips for stations that relied on Weather Bureau forecasts to relay the weather.^[6]

Buchanan and Soundac ceased operations in the early 1970s.^[

prints), and one black-and-white kinescope reel of Weather Man clips (Mighty Mr. Titan is believed to be mostly intact).

References

1. ISBN 0944957730
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2. ^ https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-Television-Magazine-IDX/IDX/50s/1958/Television-1958-Dec-OCR-Page-0031.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
3. ^ Beck, Jerry (September 12, 2018). "The Colonel Bleep Show". Retrieved January 9, 2020.
4. ISBN 978-1476665993
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5. ISBN 0944957730
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6. ^ "Weather Man". 15 June 2007.

External links

• Works by or about Robert D. Buchanan at Wikisource
• Robert D. Buchanan at
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