George Arthur Bloom (writer, Transformers & My Little Pony cartoons)

About this episode

George Arthur Bloom discusses his career in animation and television, including his work on Transformers and My Little Pony.

George Arthur Bloom joined me to talk about watching Beanie and Cecil; wanting to be a pro baseball player; joining the Coast Guard; getting a job in the mail room at MCA; working his way up to Lew Wasserman's assistant; going to Universal with Wasserman; asking to learn how to be a producer; working on late 60's TV shows; optioned what would become Blade Runner after he lost the option; American International; experience like the show The Studio; producing the Abominable Dr. Phibes; Roger Corman; Little Shop of Horrors; writing Knife for the Ladies starring Jack Elam; write after school specials; writing the first 4 episodes of 1984 Transformers cartoon; setting up good guys and bad guys; writing original My Little Pony with a darker tone; writing songs and the movie; creating the after network executives; Potato Head Kids; helping to fix and then write Magic School Bus; creating the character of Digit (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried) for Cyber chase; not liking writers' room, prefers to work one on one with writers; writing on The Nancy Walker Show for Norman Lear; seeing his episode done on another series; playing tennis with Robert Duvall; writing a screenplay, Any Day Now about…

People in this episode

Host: Ian Fermaglich

Guest: George Arthur Bloom

Topics covered

• animation
• screenwriting
• television production
• interviews
• comedy

Keywords

• George Arthur Bloom
• Transformers
• My Little Pony
• screenwriting
• animation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MCA, Universal, American International

Books & works: Blade Runner, The Studio, Abominable Dr. Phibes, Little Shop of Horrors, Knife for the Ladies, Transformers, My Little Pony, Magic School Bus, Any Day Now

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