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Animator Ron Campbell Comes To Charlotte, Talks Beatles And Career

WFAE | By Sarah Delia

Published September 18, 2015 at 9:55 PM EDT

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AnimatorRon Campbell has some impressive names tied to his career: The Jetsons, Scooby Doo, The Rug Rats.

And a certain British group with an affinity for a brightly colored submersible: The Beatles.

Campbell helped animate various Beatles themed projects, like the 1968 film Yellow Submarine. He's retired now, though he still tours the country. Campbell is in Charlotte this weekend at the Charlotte Fine Art Gallery talking about his work and drawing in front of an audience. He spoke with WFAE's Sarah Delia.

Ron Campbell drew a Scooby Doo on the back of Sarah Delia's script at the end of their interview.

Credit Ron Campbell

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Listen to Ron Campbell describe his drawing process. He made WFAE our very own Scooby Doo.

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Ron Campbell holding "Childhood Memories" a collection of watercolors of all the different shows he's worked on.

Credit Tom Bullock

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Ron Campbell describes his work "Childhood Memories."

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Sarah Delia

Sarah Delia is a Senior Producer for Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. Sarah joined the WFAE news team in 2014. An Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist, Sarah has lived and told stories from Maine, New York, Indiana, Alabama, Virginia and North Carolina. Sarah received her B.A. in English and Art history from James Madison University, where she began her broadcast career at college radio station WXJM. Sarah has interned and worked at NPR in Washington DC, interned and freelanced for WNYC, and attended the Salt Institute for Radio Documentary Studies.

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