The saddening news has come in that Jerry Eisenberg has died. He was 87.
Jerry was one of the crew at MGM under Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. He was a second-generation animation artist as his dad Harvey had worked with Barbera at Van Beuren in New York. Harvey later laid out cartoons for the Hanna-Barbera unit at Metro (Harvey is on the right of the photo) and was also responsible for the storyboard for Yogi's Birthday Party and the Top Cat opening animation.
After leaving MGM, Jerry worked under Ken Harris in the Chuck Jones unit at Warner Bros.
His name first shows up on the Huckleberry Hound and Quick Draw McGraw shows in the 1961-62 season, providing layouts for Magician Jinks, Chilly Chiller and Person to Prison (both with Snooper and Blabber). He laid out the half-hour prime time shows in the 1960s and there are other credits you can find on-line.
Our sympathies go to Jerry’s wife, who is from the Maillardville area near Vancouver.
Jerry was kind enough to spend two and a half hours with me on the phone some years back. The interview has been transcribed in six parts. You can read part one here. He has a lot of fun stories because he was a fun guy, liked by everyone in the animation business, as best as I can tell. I'm sorry we never got a chance (due to technical issues on my end) to do another interview as there was so much more of his career we never discussed.
Very sad news. RIP Jerry, and condolences to your family :(
ReplyDeleteSame from me,too.
DeleteYes, very sad news. A great legacy. Sympathies to his wife and family.
Deletehttps://www.newsfromme.com/2025/02/12/jerry-eisenberg-r-i-p/
ReplyDeleteJerry was one of the best humans I've ever met! He always had time to chat and was one of the most positive and happy and generous people you could ever hope to be around and be like. So much love goes out to his equally amazing wife, son, and grandchildren. ❤️
ReplyDeleteI had the honor of meeting Jerry thru Scott Shaw at the studio, had lunch and talked about Animation and learned alot about him.. meet up with him several times over the years. He was a very kind and generous man..I will miss him.
ReplyDelete