| rdfs:comment | - Geiss' early TV career was spend in London scripting The David Frost Show and first joined Children's Television Workshop as a writer on the health series Feelin' Good. He also scripted television specials and revues for the likes of Dick Cavett and Bill Cosby. In the 1980s, after scripting Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird as his cinematic debut, Geiss and Freudberg co-wrote the Academy Award-winning Don Bluth Animated features An American Tail and The Land Before Time. Freudberg and Geiss also wrote the Screenplay for Madeline: Lost in Paris, again with Don Bluth. They won Academy Award categories include Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song and Best Picture, his first Academy Award was for Don't Eat the Pictures. He is also credited as head writer of
- Tony Geiss (November 16, 1924 - January 21, 2011) was a staff writer and songwriter for Sesame Street and related productions, often teamed with Judy Freudberg. Geiss conceptualized the Honkers (based on his own childhood habit of honking his nose) and Abby Cadabby.
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| abstract | - Geiss' early TV career was spend in London scripting The David Frost Show and first joined Children's Television Workshop as a writer on the health series Feelin' Good. He also scripted television specials and revues for the likes of Dick Cavett and Bill Cosby. In the 1980s, after scripting Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird as his cinematic debut, Geiss and Freudberg co-wrote the Academy Award-winning Don Bluth Animated features An American Tail and The Land Before Time. Freudberg and Geiss also wrote the Screenplay for Madeline: Lost in Paris, again with Don Bluth. They won Academy Award categories include Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Original Song and Best Picture, his first Academy Award was for Don't Eat the Pictures. He is also credited as head writer of for several Sesame Street home videos and Madeline. His Father Anthony Geiss was a painter and an animator, while his Mother Marjorie Thirer was a press agent and Composer. Geiss grew up in Greenwich Village, spending two years as a rardar technician for the US Navy, before attending Cornell University from 1943 to 1946. He began acting in theater productions in his freshman years. His Wife Phyllis Eisen was met on Campus. They gave birth to 12 Children, 6 Girls and 6 Boys. He began writing at Disney in Movies like Song of the South, Lady and the Tramp, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and Alice in Wonderland. He also began composing and songwriting in Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins and Lady and the Tramp. He is one of the Entertainers to win all four major Entertainment Awards and follows the footsteps of Jim Henson, Walt Disney, D.B. Sweeney, Judy Freudberg and many others.
- Tony Geiss (November 16, 1924 - January 21, 2011) was a staff writer and songwriter for Sesame Street and related productions, often teamed with Judy Freudberg. Geiss conceptualized the Honkers (based on his own childhood habit of honking his nose) and Abby Cadabby. __TOC__ Geiss' early TV career was spent in London scripting The David Frost Show, and first joined Children's Television Workshop as a writer on the health series Feelin' Good. He also scripted television specials and revues for the likes of Dick Cavett and Bill Cosby. In the 1980s, after scripting Follow That Bird as his cinematic debut, Geiss and Freudberg co-wrote the Don Bluth animated features An American Tail and The Land Before Time. He was also credited as head writer for several Sesame Street home videos. Geiss' father Anthony Geiss was a painter and an animator, while mother Marjorie Thirer was a press agent. Geiss grew up in Greenwich Village, spending two years as a radar technician for the US Navy, before attending Cornell University from 1943 to 1946. He began acting in theatre productions in his freshman year, and met his wife Phyllis Eisen on campus.
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