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Norman "Norm" Prescott (January 31, 1927 – July 2, 2005) was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Associates, an animation studio he created with veteran animator Lou Scheimer. Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston,〔"Was Idol of Teenagers", ''Boston Globe'', February 9, 1960, p. 7〕 his real name was Norman Pransky.〔William Buchanan, "Radio Memories", ''Boston Globe'', June 26, 1975, pp. A4-5〕 His father Edward was a tailor and a shirt-maker.〔Tom Long. "Norm Prescott, Boston DJ, Cartoon Show Producer." Boston Globe, July 8, 2005, p. C12.〕 A graduate of Boston Latin School and Boston University,〔Betty Shaw. "Norman Who? Prescott!" Boston Herald-American, November 28, 1976, p. R10〕 he began his career as a disk jockey. His first radio job, c. 1947, was at WHEB in Portsmouth NH.〔"Was Idol of Teenagers." Boston Globe, February 9, 1960, p. 7〕 In 1948 he joined WHDH, and in October 1950, he became program director at station WORL.〔"WORL Back on Air Beginning Tomorrow." Boston Globe, October 7, 1950, p.3〕 He briefly worked in New York at WNEW, before relocating to WBZ radio in late 1955; in 1956, he became one of the "Live Five" after WBZ dropped its syndicated NBC programming and went on the air with live disc jockeys.〔Display Ad, Announcing New Format. Boston Globe, July 15, 1956, p. A22〕 In the summer of 1959, he left radio and went to work for Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures Corporation, serving as vice president of music, merchandising and post-production.〔"Fates and Fortunes." Broadcasting, July 27, 1959, p. 86.〕 He, Lou Scheimer and Hal Sutherland formed Filmation in 1963. ==Productions== (詳細はPinocchio in Outer Space'' (Belgian co-produced feature film) *''The New Adventures of Superman'' *''Fantastic Voyage'' *''The Batman/Superman Hour'' *''The Archie Show'' *''The Hardy Boys'' *''Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down?'' *''The Groovie Goolies'' *''Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids'' *''The Brady Kids'' *''Star Trek: The Animated Series'' *''Lassie's Rescue Rangers'' *''My Favorite Martians'' *''The U.S. of Archie'' *''The New Adventures of Gilligan'' *''The Original Ghostbusters'' *''Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle'' *''Tarzan and the Super 7'' *''Ark II'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norm Prescott」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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