Background
Jack Zander was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Jack Zander was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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In 1970, he formed Zander"s Animation Parlour in New York City where he made commercials for American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Nick Junior., Kraft Foods, Arm & Hammer, Pepsi, America"s Health Network (where he created what would later become BrainPOP), One Saturday Morning and more until his retirement. In 1984, he created "Tippi Turtle", an obnoxious character who enjoyed playing practical jokes, in three animated shorts Saturday Night Live. Zander died at his home in New York in 2007.