Editing Filmation (section)

=== Background ===
[[File:Norm Prescott, Hal Sutherland and Lou Scheimer.jpg|thumb|From left to right: [[Norm Prescott]], [[Hal Sutherland]] and [[Lou Scheimer]].]]
[[File:Filmation rotary logo.svg|thumb|Filmation rotary logo seen in the company’s shows and credits from 1969 till the departure of [[Norm Prescott]] from Filmation (in 1981-82).]]
Lou Scheimer and Filmation's main [[Animation director|director]] Hal Sutherland met in 1957 while working at [[Larry Harmon Pictures]] on the made-for-TV ''[[Bozo the Clown|Bozo]]'' and ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoons. Eventually Larry Harmon closed the studio by 1961. Scheimer and Sutherland went to work at a small company called True Line, one of whose owners was Marcus Lipsky, who then owned [[Reddi-wip]] whipped cream.<ref name="founding">{{Citation|last1=Scheimer |first1=Lou |last2=Mangels |first2=Andy |year=2012 |title=Lou Scheimer: Creating the Filmation Generation |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |location=Raleigh, North Carolina |pages=37–48 |isbn= 978-1-60549-044-1}}</ref> SIB Productions, a Japanese firm with U.S. offices in Chicago, approached them about producing a cartoon called ''[[Rod Rocket]]''. The two agreed to take on the work and also took on a project for Family Films, owned by the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]], for ten short animated films based on the life of [[Christ]]. [[Paramount Pictures]] soon purchased SIB Productions, and True Line's staff increased, including the arrival of former radio [[disc jockey]] Norm Prescott, who became a partner in the firm. He had already been working on the animated feature ''[[Pinocchio in Outer Space]]'' which was primarily produced by [[Belvision Studios]].