Jerry Eisenberg obit

Jerry Eisenberg, R.I.P.

Posted on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM 

He was not on the list.

A truly great cartoonist and a helluva nice guy died last night at the age of 87. Jerry Eisenberg had been sick for some time — the official cause of death was Pneumonia — and the news is already shaking up the animation community. Everyone knew him. Everyone adored him.

Jerry was a second-generation great cartoonist. His father, Harvey Eisenberg, had quite a history in animation and comic books…and both Eisenbergs were responsible for some of the better things that the Hanna-Barbera studio ever did. Jerry broke into the field as an animator for the MGM cartoon studio in the fifties, then when it closed down, he worked for H-B for years, designing many of their characters including — this is a very partial list — Peter Potamus, all the racers on Wacky Races, most of the gang on Jabberjaw…oh, I shouldn't have started this list either. Suffice it to say there probably wasn't a single Hanna-Barbera production done between 1961 and 1977 that didn't have characters in it designed by Jerry. He even worked on the super-hero shows.

'77 was when he moved over to the then-new Ruby-Spears cartoon studio — the one I was writing about earlier today on this blog — and became a producer of most of their shows including Fangface, Plastic Man, Thundarr the Barbarian…again, a list I shouldn't have started. Later, he worked for Marvel Productions, Disney, Warner Brothers…just about everywhere in town. He was one of the fastest artists I've ever seen and one of the nicest, jolliest guys.

He was the uncle of animator Mark Dindal.

Condolences go out to Raymonde, his wife of many years…and our thanks because she took great care of him.

Director

Off-the-Tracks 3 (2010)

Off-the-Tracks 3

Video

Director

2010

 

What a Cartoon! (1995)

What a Cartoon!

8.4

TV Series

Director

1995

1 episode

 

Writer

Off-the-Tracks 3 (2010)

Off-the-Tracks 3

Video

Writer

2010

 

What a Cartoon! (1995)

What a Cartoon!

8.4

TV Series

written by

1995

1 episode

 

Droopy: Master Detective (1993)

Droopy: Master Detective

6.3

TV Series

written by

1993

3 episodes

 

Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

6.2

TV Series

written by

1991–1993

2 episodes

 

Meatballs and Spaghetti (1982)

Meatballs and Spaghetti

6.9

TV Series

creator

1982

13 episodes

 

Pandamonium (1982)

Pandamonium

6.3

TV Series

creator

1982

1 episode

 

Actor

Stu's Show (2006)

Stu's Show

6.2

Podcast Series

2011

1 episode

 

Producer

Off-the-Tracks 3 (2010)

Off-the-Tracks 3

Video

producer

2010

 

Pandamonium (1982)

Pandamonium

6.3

TV Series

supervising producer

1982

11 episodes

 

Meatballs and Spaghetti (1982)

Meatballs and Spaghetti

6.9

TV Series

supervising producer

1982

13 episodes

 

Heathcliff (1980)

Heathcliff

6.5

TV Series

producer

1980

13 episodes

 

Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)

Thundarr the Barbarian

7.5

TV Series

producer

1980

13 episodes

 

ABC Weekend Specials (1977)

ABC Weekend Specials

7.7

TV Series

producer

1978–1980

8 episodes

 

Plastic Man (1979)

Plastic Man

6.4

TV Series

producer

1979–1980

19 episodes

 

Fangface (1978)

Fangface

6.1

TV Series

producer

1978

1 episode

 

Editor

Off-the-Tracks 3 (2010)

Off-the-Tracks 3

Video

Editor

2010

 

Art Director

Julie Bennett, Daws Butler, and Don Messick in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)

Hey There, It's Yogi Bear

6.5

Art Director

1964

 

Art Department

Minnie's Bow-Toons (2011)

Minnie's Bow-Toons

5.6

TV Series

storyboard artist

2021

1 episode

 

Mark Wahlberg, Will Forte, Ken Jeong, Frank Welker, Amanda Seyfried, Zac Efron, Gina Rodriguez, and Kiersey Clemons in Scoob! (2020)

Scoob!

5.6

additional storyboard artist (uncredited)

2020

 

Matthew Lillard and Frank Welker in Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012)

Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon

6.6

Video

storyboard artist

2012

 

Bob the Builder (1997)

Bob the Builder

5.6

TV Series

storyboard artist

2010–2011

8 episodes

 

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011)

Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur

6.6

Video

storyboard artist

2011

 

Back to School (2011)

Back to School

Video

storyboard artist and revisionist (segment "Angelina Ballerina - Angelina's New School")

2011

 

Jeff Ayers, Martin Clunes, Maria Darling, Julie Johnson, Marc Silk, Justin Fletcher, Carey Stinson, Dean Wendt, Martin T. Sherman, Charlotte Spencer, and Andrew Hodwitz in Sweet Dreams (2011)

Sweet Dreams

Video

storyboard artist

storyboard artist and revisionist (segment "Bob the Builder - Night Time Scratch")

2011

 

Care Bears: The Giving Festival Movie (2010)

Care Bears: The Giving Festival Movie

5.7

Video

storyboard artist

2010

 

Charlotte Spencer in Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps (2008)

Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps

4.9

TV Series

storyboard artist and revisionist

2009–2010

8 episodes

 

Bob the Builder: The Legend of the Golden Hammer (2009)

Bob the Builder: The Legend of the Golden Hammer

6.5

Video

storyboard artist

2009

 

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2009)

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

6.8

Video

storyboard artist

2009

 

Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Casey Kasem, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Frank Welker in Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (2008)

Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword

6.4

Video

storyboard artist

2008

 

Casey Kasem and Don Messick in Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (2008)

Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King

6.3

Video

storyboard artist

2008

 

Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Horton Hears a Who!

6.8

storyboard artist (uncredited)

2008

 

Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Casey Kasem, and Frank Welker in Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007)

Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!

6.5

Video

storyboard artist

2007

 

Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers (2006)

Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers

6.4

Video

storyboard artist

2006

 

Casey Kasem and Frank Welker in What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002)

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

7.3

TV Series

storyboard artist

2002–2005

12 episodes

 

Johnny Bravo (1997)

Johnny Bravo

7.2

TV Series

layout keys

2004

1 episode

 

Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Freddie Prinze Jr., Dee Bradley Baker, Scott McNeil, Christopher R. Sumpton, and Neil Fanning in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

5.3

storyboard artist (uncredited)

2004

 

Casey Kasem and Don Messick in Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (2003)

Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico

6.3

Video

storyboard artist

2003

 

Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire (2003)

Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire

6.4

Video

storyboard artist

2003

 

Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2001)

Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring

6.3

Video

storyboard

2001

 

Grey Griffin, Scott Innes, Gary Anthony Sturgis, B.J. Ward, and Frank Welker in Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase

7.1

Video

storyboard artist

2001

 

Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, and Russi Taylor in House of Mouse (2001)

House of Mouse

7.5

TV Series

storyboard artist

2001

1 episode

 

Histeria! (1998)

Histeria!

7.6

TV Series

storyboard artist

1998–2000

16 episodes

 

Scott Innes, Tress MacNeille, and B.J. Ward in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)

Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost

7.3

Video

storyboard artist

1999

 

Dumb and Dumber (1995)

Dumb and Dumber

5.5

TV Series

storyboard artist

1995

1 episode

 

What a Cartoon! (1995)

What a Cartoon!

8.4

TV Series

storyboard artist

1995

1 episode

 

Droopy: Master Detective (1993)

Droopy: Master Detective

6.3

TV Series

designer

storyboard artist

storyboard supervisor

1993–1994

14 episodes

 

Christopher Daniel Barnes in Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994)

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

8.4

TV Series

additional storyboard artist

1994–1998

 

Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

6.2

TV Series

storyboard director

1990–1993

65 episodes

 

Rude Dog and the Dweebs (1989)

Rude Dog and the Dweebs

6.4

TV Series

storyboard director

1989

26 episodes

 

John Ritter, Tom Selleck, Jim Henson, Greg Berg, Barbara Billingsley, Dave Coulier, Peter Cullen, Stan Lee, Katie Leigh, Jeffrey Scott, Laurie O'Brien, Russi Taylor, Frank Welker, and Lon Zimmet in Muppet Babies (1984)

Muppet Babies

7.5

TV Series

storyboard director

1989

11 episodes

 

The New Yogi Bear Show (1988)

The New Yogi Bear Show

6.5

TV Series

storyboard artist

1988

13 episodes

 

Mel Blanc, Lucille Bliss, Henry Corden, Gay Autterson, and Jean Vander Pyl in A Flintstone Christmas (1977)

A Flintstone Christmas

6.8

TV Movie

story director

1977

 

Sound Department

Off-the-Tracks 3 (2010)

Off-the-Tracks 3

Video

sound editor

2010

 

Visual Effects

Off-the-Tracks 3 (2010)

Off-the-Tracks 3

Video

digital effects

2010

 

Animation Department

Adventures in Wonder Park

character designer

ReleasedTV Series

2024

1 episode

 

Ken Hudson Campbell, Ken Jeong, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Michael Richardson, Greg Cipes, Rachael MacFarlane, and Kitana Turnbull in Adventures in Wonder Park (2024)

Adventures in Wonder Park

9.4

TV Series

character designer

2024

6 episodes

 

Off-the-Tracks 3 (2010)

Off-the-Tracks 3

Video

animator

2010

 

Johnny Bravo (1997)

Johnny Bravo

7.2

TV Series

layout keys

models

1997–2004

14 episodes

 

Dilbert (1999)

Dilbert

7.3

TV Series

background layout artist

1999–2000

13 episodes

 

What a Cartoon! (1995)

What a Cartoon!

8.4

TV Series

character designer

1995

1 episode

 

Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990)

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

6.2

TV Series

character designer

1991–1993

52 episodes

 

My Little Pony Tales (1992)

My Little Pony Tales

6.4

TV Series

model designer

1992

 

Little Clowns of Happytown (1987)

Little Clowns of Happytown

5.0

TV Series

character designer: main characters

1987

2 episodes

 

My Little Pony (1986)

My Little Pony

5.7

TV Series

model designer

1987

1 episode

 

My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle (1984)

My Little Pony: Rescue from Midnight Castle

8.3

TV Special

model design

1984

 

Thundarr the Barbarian (1980)

Thundarr the Barbarian

7.5

TV Series

character designer

1980

13 episodes

 

Heathcliff (1980)

Heathcliff

6.5

TV Series

character designer (1980)

1980–1984

 

Plastic Man (1979)

Plastic Man

6.4

TV Series

character designer (1979-1981)

1979

 

ABC Weekend Specials (1977)

ABC Weekend Specials

7.7

TV Series

character designer

1978–1979

2 episodes

 

Fangface (1978)

Fangface

6.1

TV Series

character designer

1978

1 episode

 

Metamorphoses (1978)

Metamorphoses

6.1

sequence director

1978

 

5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977)

5 Weeks in a Balloon

7.4

TV Movie

character designer

1977

 

Hong Kong Phooey (1974)

Hong Kong Phooey

6.9

TV Series

character designer

1974

1 episode

 

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974)

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch

6.4

TV Series

character designer

1974

13 episodes

 

Loopy de Loop (1959)

Loopy de Loop

6.2

TV Series

layout artist

1972–1974

3 episodes

 

Speed Buggy (1973)

Speed Buggy

6.6

TV Series

character designer

1973

16 episodes

 

Adam West, Norman Alden, Jack Angel, Michael Rye, William Callaway, Danny Dark, Shannon Farnon, Casey Kasem, and Ted Knight in Super Friends (1973)

Super Friends

7.2

TV Series

character designer

1973

16 episodes

 

Yogi's Gang (1973)

Yogi's Gang

6.5

TV Series

character designer

1973

2 episodes

 

Inch High, Private Eye (1973)

Inch High, Private Eye

6.4

TV Series

character designer

1973

13 episodes

 

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972)

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

7.2

TV Series

character designer

1972–1973

2 episodes

 

Paul Lynde, Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Danny Bonaduce, Pamelyn Ferdin, Joan Gerber, Dave Madden, Don Messick, Martha Scott, John Stephenson, Herb Vigran, and William B. White in Charlotte's Web (1973)

Charlotte's Web

6.9

layout artist

1973

 

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972)

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

7.6

TV Series

layout artist

1973

2 episodes

 

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan

6.2

TV Series

layout artist

1972

5 episodes

 

Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

6.8

TV Series

layout artist

1972

2 episodes

 

Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971)

Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!

6.3

TV Series

layout artist

1971

2 episodes

 

Josie and the Pussycats (1970)

Josie and the Pussycats

6.2

TV Series

layout artist

1970–1972

 

Where's Huddles? (1970)

Where's Huddles?

7.0

TV Series

layout artist

1970

10 episodes

 

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969)

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines

7.1

TV Series

character designer

1969–1970

17 episodes

 

Marty Ingels in Motormouse and Autocat (1969)

Motormouse and Autocat

6.1

TV Series

layout artist

1969

16 episodes

 

Cattanooga Cats (1969)

Cattanooga Cats

6.2

TV Series

layout artist

1969

17 episodes

 

Around the World in 79 Days (1969)

Around the World in 79 Days

6.3

TV Series

layout artist

1969

17 episodes

 

It's the Wolf (1969)

It's the Wolf

6.9

TV Series

layout artist

1969

17 episodes

 

The Krofft Puppets in The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968)

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour

7.3

TV Series

layout artist

1969

1 episode

 

Ted Cassidy, Lu Ann Haslam, Kevin Schultz, and Michael Shea in The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968)

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

7.2

TV Series

character designer

1968–1969

3 episodes

 

Wacky Races (1968)

Wacky Races

7.5

TV Series

character designer

layout artist

1968–1969

17 episodes

 

Abbott & Costello (1967)

Abbott & Costello

7.0

TV Series

layout artist

1967–1968

39 episodes

 

The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show

6.8

TV Series

layout

1967

1 episode

 

Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (1967)

Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor

6.5

TV Series

layout artist

1967–1969

 

The Secret Squirrel Show (1965)

The Secret Squirrel Show

6.6

TV Series

character designer

1965–1966

26 episodes

 

The Atom Ant Show (1965)

The Atom Ant Show

6.4

TV Series

character designer

1965–1966

25 episodes

 

Winsome Witch (1965)

Winsome Witch

6.7

TV Series

character designer

1965–1966

26 episodes

 

Squiddly Diddly (1965)

Squiddly Diddly

6.1

TV Series

character designer

1965–1966

26 episodes

 

Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles (1966)

Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles

6.6

TV Series

layout

1966

1 episode

 

The Man Called Flintstone (1966)

The Man Called Flintstone

6.5

layout artist

1966

 

Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey (1964)

Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey

6.6

TV Series

layout artist

1964–1966

23 episodes

 

The Peter Potamus Show (1964)

The Peter Potamus Show

6.1

TV Series

layout artist

1964–1966

9 episodes

 

Tim Matheson, Danny Bravo, Don Messick, and Mike Road in Jonny Quest (1964)

Jonny Quest

7.9

TV Series

layout artist

1964–1965

3 episodes

 

Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Don Messick, Alan Reed, and Jean Vander Pyl in The Flintstones (1960)

The Flintstones

7.5

TV Series

layout artist

1963–1964

14 episodes

 

Breezly and Sneezly (1964)

Breezly and Sneezly

6.3

TV Series

layout artist

1964

1 episode

 

Raggedy Rug (1964)

Raggedy Rug

5.1

Short

layout artist

1964

 

Daws Butler, Don Messick, George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Jean Vander Pyl, and Janet Waldo in The Jetsons (1962)

The Jetsons

7.0

TV Series

layout artist

1962–1963

9 episodes

 

Slippery Slippers (1962)

Slippery Slippers

5.2

Short

layout artist

1962

 

Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)

Adventures of the Road-Runner

7.4

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1962

 

Snooper and Blabber (1959)

Snooper and Blabber

6.4

TV Series

layout artist

1962

2 episodes

 

Bungle Uncle (1962)

Bungle Uncle

5.7

Short

layout artist

1962

 

Quick Draw McGraw (1959)

Quick Draw McGraw

6.7

TV Series

layout artist

1961

2 episodes

 

Hokey Wolf (1960)

Hokey Wolf

6.4

TV Series

layout artist

1961

1 episode

 

The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958)

The Huckleberry Hound Show

6.6

TV Series

layout artist

1961

1 episode

 

The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961)

The Abominable Snow Rabbit

7.5

Short

assistant animator (uncredited)

1961

 

Tot Watchers (1958)

Tot Watchers

6.7

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1958

 

Droopy Leprechaun (1958)

Droopy Leprechaun

6.1

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1958

 

Robin Hoodwinked (1958)

Robin Hoodwinked

6.9

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1958

 

The Vanishing Duck (1958)

The Vanishing Duck

6.9

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1958

 

Mutts About Racing (1958)

Mutts About Racing

6.4

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1958

 

One Droopy Knight (1957)

One Droopy Knight

6.7

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1957

 

Tom's Photo Finish (1957)

Tom's Photo Finish

7.3

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1957

 

Blackboard Jumble (1957)

Blackboard Jumble

6.2

Short

inbetween artist (uncredited)

1957

 

Self

Scooby Panel (2021)

Scooby Panel

Podcast Series

Self

2023

1 episode

 

Stu's Show (2006)

Stu's Show

6.2

Podcast Series

Self - Guest

2011–2018

5 episodes

 

Hanna-Barbera from H to B

Short

Self

2006

 

Carved in Stone: The Flintstones Phenomenon (2004)

Carved in Stone: The Flintstones Phenomenon

7.4

Video

Self

2004

 

Jerry Beck in Behind the Tunes: Too Fast, Too Furry-ous (2003)

Behind the Tunes: Too Fast, Too Furry-ous

6.3

Video

Self

2003

 

Here Comes a Star (1963)

Here Comes a Star

TV Special

Self - Layout Artist (uncredited)

1963