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Potamkin is known for founding Perpetual Motion Pictures (later called Buzzco Associates) with Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli in 1968, which led to the production of hundreds of television advertisements, including the Hawaiian Punch series, MTV's "Top of the Hour" (the moon man), and MTV's "I Want My MTV" campaign. He also established the companies Visionary Media, Project X, and Southern Star Productions, an Australian/American subsidiary of Hanna-Barbera. Potamkin produced the animated specials The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree in 1979 and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue in 1990, among others. After working at The Walt Disney Company for a short period in 1991, Potamkin was hired by Fred Seibert as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons' Executive Producer & Head of TV, where he oversaw all the studio's output and produced shorts for Cartoon Network's "What a Cartoon!" series through 1996. Potamkin died from pancreatic cancer on April 22, 2012, and was survived by his wife Rosie.
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August 25th, 2009 | The Berenstain Bears - Halloween Treats! | Producer | 8 | |
October 23rd, 1996 | Tumbleweed Tex in School Daze | Executive Producer | TBD | |
February 25th, 1996 | Pizza Boy in No Tip | Executive Producer | TBD | |
February 11th, 1996 | Hillbilly Blue | Executive Producer | 10 | |
January 1st, 1996 | Boid 'n' Woim | Executive Producer | TBD | |
November 12th, 1995 | No Smoking | Executive Producer | 6.8 | |
July 30th, 1995 | Yoink of the Yukon | Executive Producer | 1 | |
July 23rd, 1995 | George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular | Executive Producer | TBD | |
July 2nd, 1995 | O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can | Executive Producer | TBD | |
June 25th, 1995 | The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheeply in "A Clean Getaway" | Executive Producer | TBD | |
June 18th, 1995 | Shake & Flick: Raw Deal in Rome | Executive Producer | 4 | |
April 16th, 1995 | Hard Luck Duck | Executive Producer | TBD | |
March 19th, 1995 | Dino In Stay Out | Executive Producer | TBD | |
February 20th, 1995 | Powerpuff Girls : Meat Fuzzy Lumpkins | Executive Producer | 6.7 | |
February 5th, 1995 | Daisy-Head Mayzie | Executive Producer | 5.5 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Help? | Executive Producer | 4.6 | |
November 24th, 1994 | A Flintstones Christmas Carol | Executive Producer | 6.7 | |
December 3rd, 1993 | The Town Santa Forgot | Executive Producer | 7 | |
October 2nd, 1993 | The Halloween Tree | Executive Producer | 6.7 | |
January 23rd, 1992 | The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers | Producer | TBD | |
April 21st, 1990 | Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue | Producer | 6.3 | |
September 13th, 1988 | Mad Scientist | Producer | TBD | |
December 11th, 1983 | Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls | Producer | 9 | |
May 6th, 1983 | The Berenstain Bears Play Ball | Producer | 6 | |
February 13th, 1982 | The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine | Producer | 9 | |
April 14th, 1981 | The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise | Producer | 5 | |
April 10th, 1981 | Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City | Producer | 6 | |
November 20th, 1980 | The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw | Producer | 7 | |
December 3rd, 1979 | The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree | Producer | 6.3 |