Zaslove began his career in 1943 as an "office boy" for
Leon Schlesinger Productions with no previous involvement in animation. He went on to work for
United Productions of America, starting as an assistant animator to
Bill Melendez before progressing to an official animator. He contributed to the animation of
Gerald McBoing-Boing and
Mr. Magoo. Zaslove worked on several cartoons in film and television including
The Alvin Show,
Roger Ramjet,
Popeye the Sailor,
The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo,
A Charlie Brown Christmas,
The Phantom Tollbooth,
Fractured Fairy Tales,
George of the Jungle,
Carnival of the Animals,
The Hoober-Bloob Highway,
Tom Thumb,
The Night Before Christmas, and
Stanley, the Ugly Duckling. At Hanna-Barbera, Zaslove worked on several of their works such as
Space Stars, ''
Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Paw Paws, The Smurfs, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, The Challenge of the GoBots, Snorks, the 1985 revival of The Jetsons,
the 1985 animated film of Pound Puppies,
and Galtar and the Golden Lance''. During Zaslove's time at Disney, he produced and directed several animated television shows and
direct-to-video films including
DuckTales,
Aladdin,
Adventures of the Gummi Bears,
Darkwing Duck, ''
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (which he co-created with Tad Stones), The Return of Jafar, Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess
and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, earning two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. He later served as a supervising producer and director on The New Woody Woodpecker Show''. == Death ==