Tom Terrific [SEP] creator
Tom Terrific
Tom Terrific is an early animated series on American television, presented as part of the "Captain Kangaroo" children's television show.
Created by Gene Deitch under the Terrytoons studio (which by that time was a subsidiary of CBS, the network that broadcast "Captain Kangaroo"), "Tom Terrific" ran in a series of five-minute cartoons created specifically for the "Captain Kangaroo" show from 1957-1959, and was rerun on "Kangaroo" for years thereafter. For several years after
1971 album, "ROTTEN TO THE CORE".
- In the introduction to his book, "The Great Big Book of Tomorrow," Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins) says that he chose his pseudonym through misremembering the name of Tom Terrific.
Further reading.
Kevin Scott Collier. "The Amazing Transformations of Tom Terrific". CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. 
External links.
- Theme Song