Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 16; The Cartoonist at Work
- Episode Number
- 16
- Episode
- The Cartoonist at Work
- Producing Organization
- KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
- Nine Network of Public Media
- Contributing Organization
- The Nine Network of Public Media (St. Louis, Missouri)
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/110-00ns1szn
- NOLA Code
- FYWF
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This final episode is an analysis of how a cartoonist puts his idea on paper, and in a special film sequence, Mr. Fitzpatrick draws a cartoon, commenting as he does so on the various problems which face the cartoonist in choosing a subject and in illustrating it. In the second part of the program, cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who has succeeded Mr. Fitzpatrick on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, joins in a discussion of the job which the editorial cartoonist must perform and in a tribute to the star of the series, Daniel R. Fitzpatrick. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- From 1913 to 1958 Daniel R. Fitzpatrick drew exciting, stimulating, nationally recognized editorial cartoons for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Prohibition, the Depression of 1929, the New Deal, World War II and the Korean War all were reflected in his work, as were less transient questions such as civil rights, the labor movement, slums and gangsterism, and the corruption of justice. Daniel R. Fitzpatrick retired from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in August, 1958, after forty-five years as editorial cartoonist. In that long period, the newspaper published over 14,000 of his cartoons ranging in topic from fashion to Fascism, from civic leaders to corrupt judges and conniving gangsters. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1926 and 1954, and has seen his cartoons published in papers, magazines and books around the world. KETC-TV in St. Louis has now produced a series of fifteen half-hour episodes featuring the dean of American cartoonists, DR Fitzpatrick, and the cartoons he drew to amuse, awaken and arouse his fellow-citizens. Each episode focuses on a topic which Mr. Fitzpatrick feels to be of particular importance, and joins commentary with the recreation of some of his most famous cartoons. Joseph Passonneau, the host on all sixteen of the episodes, is the Dean of the School of Architecture of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Each episode presents not only Mr. Fitzpatrick and his cartoons, but also guests who were or are particularly involved in the issues being discussed. The 16 episodes that comprise the series were all originally recorded on kinescope, except the first episode, which was recorded on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1960-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Fine Arts
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Director: Tangney, Ralph J.
Director: Tangney, Ralph J.
Guest: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R.
Guest: Mauldin, Bill
Guest: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R.
Host: Passonneau, Joseph
Host: Passonneau, Joseph
Producer: Tangney, Ralph J.
Producer: Tangney, Ralph J.
Producing Organization: KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Producing Organization: KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Producing Organization: Nine Network of Public Media
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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The Nine Network of Public Media (formerly KETC)
Identifier: MOH 15026 (Mo History)
Format: 16mm film
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The Nine Network of Public Media (formerly KETC)
Identifier: MOH 15051 (Mo History)
Format: 16mm film
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2406483-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 16; The Cartoonist at Work,” 1960-00-00, The Nine Network of Public Media, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-110-00ns1szn.
- MLA: “Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 16; The Cartoonist at Work.” 1960-00-00. The Nine Network of Public Media, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-110-00ns1szn>.
- APA: Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 16; The Cartoonist at Work. Boston, MA: The Nine Network of Public Media, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-110-00ns1szn