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Comic/Film Animator Gene Hamm joins host Rich Stein
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- Catching Up With Comedians
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- Dec 6, 2025
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Summary
Today, joining me for his second visit is Gene Hamm; a writer- producer and Animation Film Maker. Gene has been working in animation for over 40 years… …….starting out with Hanna-Barbera where he was a model maker and then onto Prema Vision as the in house free lancer with the iconic "Art CLOKEY" who created Gumby, Pokey and so many other Beloved childhood characters using stop action editing. In the ensuing years he worked for the likes of Disney// Sega video games, Walter Lantz, Tex Avery and has also been teaching young people animation at the Academy of Art for over 15 years. Last year he joined me to talk about his animated film titled Hell TOUPEE , which WON film awards, and has been playing on Roku and other platforms! Today he is here to talk about his brand new 77 minute long animated feature that’s been playing on Roku and Roku.com Titled "THE DREAM HAT!" This is a film that could really be a big hit among the HIGHLY COVETED children’s market and up into teens and young parents. It’s a HIGH ENERGY// OUTSTANDING film with a great message About love//hope and redemption! Please Welcome back////my special guest/// The Professor of Animation: GEEEEEEEEEEENE. HAAAAAAAAAAAMMM!