adverts from c.1953, from the 4th Infantry Division's
Ivy Leaves newspaper, by Seeman Seeman was born in New York in 1931, and attended both the
High School of Music & Art and the
Pratt Institute. He began his animation career at
Paramount Pictures, making animation
cels for shows such as
Popeye the Sailorman and
Casper the Friendly Ghost. He won several awards for his work, including
Clios and
ADDYs. In 1967 Seeman paid Frank Zappa $2,000 to produce music for a
Luden's cough drops television commercial. Zappa's music was matched with Seeman's animation and the advertisement won a
Clio Award for "Best Use of Sound". An alternate version of the soundtrack, called "The Big Squeeze", later appeared on Zappa's posthumous 1996 album "The Lost Episodes". The completed soundtrack version includes narration from Seeman. Seeman also produced other films with Zappa, such as the 14-hour montage
Uncle Meat, for which he won a Cine Golden Eagle Award. In 1981 Seeman and Favata won an
Emmy Award for their work on the intro to the children's television show
The Great Space Coaster. ==Death==