Author: Seguedad Tuesday, May 05, 2009 - 10:13 pm |
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Rummaging through some old books, I came across a small book of editorial cartoons by William Sanderson, who used to appear in The Oregonian in the 1960s, under the title "The Acid Test.' |
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Author: Craig_adams Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 3:45 am |
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Great Cartoon! I've made a copy for my files. This is circa 1966. Fenwick was on KGW 9pm to midnight and Mark Lee was on crosstown KLIQ 10:15am to 11:30am. |
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Author: Richjohnson Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 3:53 am |
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I had that 'Acid Test' book for years and years, and knew of which cartoon you linked even before I clicked it! |
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Author: Craig_adams Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 4:06 am |
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Rich, Thanks! I was wondering why Mark Lee had such a short talk show, the guy was juggling two jobs! |
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Author: Seguedad Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 8:34 pm |
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Anybody have any idea what happened to him? The back of the book says he freelanced for 10 years, from the time he sold his first cartoon at age 16, that he became a reporter, and the introduced The Acid Test" five years ago in the Oregonian. That he was 33, his wife Jo is a talented artist, and they have two children: Lisa, 11, and Little Joe, 3. No copyright date on the book, and lots of searching on the Internet gives me only copies of his book and lots about William Sanderson the character actor. |
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Author: Don_from_salem Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 9:26 pm |
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I got that book in 1966, and still have it around here somewhere. |
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Author: Craig_adams Wednesday, May 06, 2009 - 9:39 pm |
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Does the book give William Sanderson's middle initial? That would help me track him down. |
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Author: Richjohnson Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 5:46 am |
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I wanna say... the Acid Test book came out later then '66. Maybe '69 or so. I recall a cartoon referencing the Albina riots and looting of '67. Maybe someone long in the tooth at KGW recalls Sanderson's TV cartoon tenure. A bad start there, as his first TV cartoon lampooned the Seattle police corruption scandal of the time. |
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Author: Seguedad Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 12:49 pm |
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OK, more information. I forgot I have a second, larger book of The Acid Test, published by Random house in 1973 with a forward by Gov. Tom McCall. |
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Author: Magic_eye Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 1:38 pm |
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"...published by Random house in 1973..." |
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Author: Seguedad Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 5:45 pm |
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::slaps forehead:: |
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Author: Bob_kuhn Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 7:43 pm |
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Bill was the public affairs office director for the Oregon Dept of Energy in Salem after The Acid Test left TV |
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Author: Craig_adams Friday, May 08, 2009 - 1:59 am |
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Magic eye: Thanks for his initial, unfortunately there is nothing written about him in The Oregonian on-line back to 1987 except for what Bob Kuhn mentioned. I did however find this listing of his books among others on Amazon.com: |
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Author: Bob_kuhn Friday, May 08, 2009 - 10:10 pm |
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Craig, While I was in Portland in the I&E section of ODFW, he was interested in exhibiting some of his paintings in our office. We had a changing art exhibit in the lobby of the HQ building when it was on Mill Street. I went down to his office in the DOE HQ building to work out some details. We covered the exhibits with some insurance. Anyway, we talked about his days of the Acid Test. I remember him saying it took all day to get the day's cartoon finished from editorial concept to the final drawings. This must have been in the early 1980's. |
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