Who could forget BJ & DIRTY DRAGON, if you grew up in Chicago? Or GIGGLESNORT HOTEL if you lived elsewhere? Well now, Bill Jackson has a new book out about his early years. His memoirs tell the story of how he got his creative genius. He actually started his career in entertainment after studying with Daws Butler and Don Messick. The rest is CHICAGO KID's TV History! I wrote an article about BILL at www.tvparty.com and it was later published in the very cool TV PARTY book!
His programs won four Chicago Emmys and two Iris Awards as Best Major Market Children’s Television in America. One of Jackson’s series, The Gigglesnort Hotel, achieved nationwide syndication in over seventy markets, plus Canada, Italy, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. Jackson is listed on the internet’s Wikipedia, and featured in the books TVparty, Children’s Television?Part II, In Their Own Words?Vol. III, and The Golden Age of Chicago Children’s Television. In recognition of his career, Jackson was inducted in 2005 into The Silver Circle, Chicago television’s Hall of Fame.
The Only Kid on the Carnival is a humorous, heart-tugging story that stirs the dreamer in all of us. It is available for purchase on the internet at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
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