Stuart Hample (1926–2010)

As a young man, compiler Stuart Hample rushed up to Fred Allen at NBC & handed him a page of jokes. "Son," Allen rasped, "bringing a joke to me is like bringing a fender to Henry Ford". In "All the Sincerity in Hollywood" Hample returns Fred Allen to his rightful place in our National Collective toon meer Memory. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including "Children's Letters to God", "The Silly Book" & "May Darling Man: Letters from Mothers to Their Famous Offspring". He lives in New York City. (Publisher Provided) Stuart E. Hample was born in Binghamton, New York on January 6, 1926. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he began performing as a musical cartoonist, creating drawings onstage as an accompaniment to symphony orchestras. In the late 1940s, he hosted two local television shows in Buffalo. In 1950, he received a degree in literature and drama from the University of Buffalo. During the 1950s, he appeared as Mr. Artist on the children's show Captain Kangaroo. He worked in advertising before publishing his first book, The Silly Book, in 1961. He wrote and illustrated numerous children's books using the name Stoo Hample including Children's Letters to God. He also wrote the plays The Selling of the President and All the Sincerity in Hollywood. He created a pair of syndicated comic strips, Inside Woody Allen and Rich and Famous. He died due to cancer on September 19, 2010 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder