THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND: AN AFTERNOON OF ANIMATION

TV Assocation Award. Produced by Those Characters.Cleveland is where some os America's favorite characters are being born and reared: Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Herself the Elf, and now the Get Along Gang were all created by Those Characters From Cleveland, an American Greetings Company. Ziggy was createf by Tom Wilson, who is co-president of Those Characters From Cleveland. Three of the films shown today have not yet appeared on national television.World Premiere – THE GET ALONG GANG(Produced by Those Characters From Cleveland and Scholastic Productions. Animation by Nelvana Limited of Canada.)New – STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE AND THE BABY WITHOUT A NAME(Produced by MAD, the Marketing and Design Service of General Mills' Toy Group. Animation by Nelvana Limited, Canada.)New – CARE BEARS BATTLE THE FREEZE MACHINE(Produced by MAD, the Marketing and Design Service of General Mills' Toy Group. Animation by Atkinson Film-Arts Limited.)ZIGGY'S GIFT(Winner of the 1983 Television Emmy Award. Produced by Welcome Enterprises. Animation by Richard Williams Animation.)HERSELF THE ELF(Top award in animation in the 1983 Canadian Film and TV Association Award. Produced by Those Characters From Cleveland and Scholastic Productions. Animation by Nelvana Limited of Canada.)