Chester A. “Chet” Stover (1925-2016) was a Madison Avenue advertising executive who co-created the famous animated superhero Underdog with his creative partner, fellow ad executive W. Watts “Buck” Biggers.
Stover and Biggers worked together at the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample (DFS) ad agency during the 1950's and then branched off to form Total Television Productions (TTV) to develop cartoon programming sponsored by General Mills.
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MoreChester A. “Chet” Stover (1925-2016) was a Madison Avenue advertising executive who co-created the famous animated superhero Underdog with his creative partner, fellow ad executive W. Watts “Buck” Biggers.
Stover and Biggers worked together at the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample (DFS) ad agency during the 1950's and then branched off to form Total Television Productions (TTV) to develop cartoon programming sponsored by General Mills.
TTV produced a number of successful shows including “King Leonardo” in 1960, “Tennessee Tuxedo”—the first educational show for the young audiences of Saturday morning television, “Go, Go Gophers”, “Commander McBragg” and “Underdog”. They developed plot ideas together, Biggers wrote the theme music for Underdog, and Stover drew the original drawings of Underdog and wrote the scripts.
Subject ID: 190893
Subject ID: 190893