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Ito, a veteran animator and cartoonist, discusses his career from his apprentice days on Lady and the Tramp at Disney through six years at Warner Bros. with Chuck Jones' unit, then Bob Clampett's Beany and Cecil studio and various comic-book work (Baby Huey, Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Looney Tunes, Crazy Magazine). He is now in Disney's character merchandising division, working on licensed publications and the Gummi Bears presentation strip, and also describes his extensive Disneyana collection — begun in WWII internment camps as a child — which has toured Japan and been exhibited at the Bowers Museum.