Created and Produced by Total Television Productions by Mark Arnold Qc

Created and Produced by Total Television Productions by Mark Arnold Qc

In 1959, Buck Biggers, Chester Chet Stove, Joe Harris, and Treadwell D. Covington founded Total Television. Their goal was to create cartoon characters that encouraged kids to buy General Mills breakfast cereals and other products. Their animation series were produced from 1959-1969 using the limited animation technique, where minimal movements were synchronized with voice actor performances.

Total Television produced:

The King and Odie (1960-1963)

The Hunter (1960-1963)

Commander McBragg (1963-1966)

Go Go Gophers (1966-1969)

Klondike Kat (1963-1966)

Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963-1966)

The Beagles (1966-1969)

The Sing A Long Family (1964-1967)

Tooter Turtle (1960-1963)

Twinkles the Elephant (1960-1963)
Underdog (1964-1967)

Gene Hattree (1964-1966)

Cauliflower Cabby (1964)

The Colossal Show (1964)

Discover how Total Television evolved through rare production artwork and storyboards, as well as reminiscences from Total Television's founders.

Mark Arnold is the guy who the other authorities on comic books and animated cartoons turn to when they're stumped for an obscure tidbit of pop cultural information; he always delivers the goods.

- Scott Shaw, cartoonist

Mark Arnold is a science graduate with a background in professional writing, journalism, and communication. During the mid-80s, while a master's student at the world's top journalism school, the University of Missouri, he got attracted with what was then known as New Journalism. He began to use Wolf, Capote', and Thompson's approaches while still a student. He was named one of the top ten student scientific writers in the country, and his nonfiction has appeared in a number of publications. He decided to pursue a Ph.D. program.

Timothy Leary attended the same university. The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa provided him with an opportunity to learn as much about research and communication effects as it did about the human condition. He abandoned teaching feature writing at colleges and universities after more than a decade to pursue fiction writing. Once a month, he gives critiques to the NightWriters writing group in San Luis Obispo.

He was acknowledged twice by Writers of the Future for novella length science fiction, which gave him the confidence to start this work. Monster, the early life narrative of Mary Shelley, represents five years of study, magazine feature story journalism, and fiction writing. He resides during the Central Coast of California, where he receives his best ideas on daily beach walks.