* October 12 – Jay Ward, animator, creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, etc.

American television animation of the 1950s featured quite limited animation styles, highlighted by the work of Jay Ward on Crusader Rabbit.

Homer's middle initial " J ", which stands for " Jay ", is a " tribute " to animated characters such as Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show who got their middle initial from Jay Ward.

Other notable alumi include Scott Spiezio, Armando Benitez, Carl Everett, Ramiro Mendoza, Scott Williamson, Keith Foulke, Jay Gibbons, Jim Leyritz, Daryle Ward and Lance Johnson.

Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the series is structured as a variety show, with the main feature being the serialized adventures of the two title characters, the anthropomorphic moose Bullwinkle and flying squirrel Rocky.

Despite the low quality of the animation, the TV cartoon studios Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Jay Ward and Filmation thrived during this period.

The cereal was launched in 1963, bolstered by a successful advertising campaign created by noted animator Jay Ward introducing the cereal's longtime naval mascot, Cap ' n Crunch.

Jay Ward is credited with the creation of the Cap ’ n Crunch character and his Jay Ward Studios produced the first Cap ’ n Crunch commercials.

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* Ward 4: Jayson ( Jay ) Hansen ( 2011 )

One of the first cartoons produced expressly for television was Crusader Rabbit, a creation of Alexander Anderson and Jay Ward.

The Jay Ward studio, producer of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, used limited animation in its series, but compensated with its satire of Cold War politics and popular culture and its off-beat humor.

* Council Ward I: Jay Thomason

Furthermore, limited animation, such as that produced by such studios as Filmation Associates, Jay Ward Productions and Hanna-Barbera Productions, was economical enough to produce in sufficient quantity to fill the four hour time slot, as compared to live-action programming.

J Troplong " Jay " Ward ( September 20, 1920 – October 12, 1989 ) was an American creator and producer of animated television cartoons.

His company, Jay Ward Productions, also designed the trademark characters for Cap ' n Crunch, Quisp, and Quake breakfast cereals and made commercials for those products, among others.

Jay Ward was born and raised in Berkeley, California, and earned an undergraduate degree at the University of California at Berkeley.

Jay Ward was married to Ramona " Billie " Ward.

In a running joke tribute to Jay Ward, many of his cartoon characters had the middle initial " J.

* 1973 – Jay Meetze, American conductor and producer

* 1987 – Jay Park, Korean-American singer-songwriter, dancer, producer, and actor ( 2PM )

* 1966 – Jay Yuenger, American musician and producer

* 1929 – Screamin ' Jay Hawkins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor ( d. 2000 )

Jay Scott Greenspan ( born September 23, 1959 ), better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, director, producer, writer, singer, and comedian.

Jay Kanter, Brando's agent, producer and friend defended him in Daily Variety: " Marlon has spoken to me for hours about his fondness for the Jewish people, and he is a well-known supporter of Israel.

Later, she was introduced to local musician and producer Jay Oliver.

* 1962 – Jay Ziskrout, American drummer and producer ( Bad Religion )

* April 29 – Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and record producer

* December 26 – Jay Yuenger, American musician and producer

** Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer, song producer and actor

In the 1960s, record producer J. D. " Jay " Miller published pro-racial segregation music with the " Reb Rebel " label featuring racist songs by Johnny Rebel and others, demeaning black Americans and the Black Civil Rights movement.

Guest hosts have included Khloé Kardashian Odom, Ryan Lochte, Scott Disick, Jay Manuel, Nicki Minaj, Aubrey O ' Day, Ali Fedotowsky, Nicole " Snooki " Polizzi, Ciara, Melanie Brown, Tori Spelling, Kimora Lee Simmons, Chelsea Kane, Mischa Barton, Kylie Minogue and Joan's daughter Melissa Rivers, who is also executive producer.

He then worked briefly as a filing clerk and messenger for a film company in Victoria Street and the film producer Jay Lewis in Wardour Street.

Her first album, 1988's Martika, spawned the song “ Toy Soldiers ,” which she co-wrote with her producer Michael Jay, and became a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom and many other countries.

In 1954 producer Ozzie Cadena, then with Savoy Records, convinced Johnson to set up a combo with trombonist Kai Winding: the " Jay and Kai Quintet.

* Jay Dittamo ( born 1959 ), drummer, percussionist, and music producer.

* Jay Bienstock – Emmy award winning producer of " Survivor " and " The Apprentice "

** Jay Newland ( engineer ), Gonzalo Rubalcaba ( producer ) & Charlie Haden ( producer & artist ) for Nocturne

After taking two years off to recover from a car accident, drummer Mikey " Bug " Cox joined forces with his long time friend and the producer of Coal Chamber's first album, and Orgy member Jay Gordon to form Machine Gun Orchestra.

The origins of swamp blues were based around the Louisiana state capital of Baton Rouge and particularly associated with the record producer J. D. " Jay " Miller.

* John Jay Carsey ( 1921 – 2002 ), producer