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- Birth nameStuart Ertz Hample
- Author and artist, educated at the University of Buffalo (BA). Since 1948 he appeared in cartoon-music programs with symphony orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic, and the Detroit, Boston, Baltimore and National symphonies. Joining ASCAP in 1963, his chief collaborator was George Kleinsinger.
- IMDb mini biography by: Hup234!
- SpousesAmie Margaret Block(June 26, 1955 - August 1974) (divorced, 3 children)Naomi Hample(? - September 19, 2010) (his death, 1 child)? (divorced, 3 children)
- During the summer of 1966, when Paul Tripp was in Europe filming "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't", Stu filled in on "Birthday House" for several episodes.
- He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
- He earned a Bachelor's degree in literature and drama from the University of Buffalo in 1950.
- From 1976 to 1984 he drew the comic strip "Inside Woody Allen" with much input from Woody himself. He even drew the cartoon scene in Annie Hall (1977) involving Alvy Singer and Annie-as-Wicked-Queen.
- Woody's DNA is here and there in the strip ["Inside Woody Allen"], but he did not write it. If he had, it probably would have had a smaller audience - but it would have been a hell of a lot funnier.
- Working with Woody Allen was smooth sailing: he was modest, efficient, dependable, focused, loyal, generous, incisive, serious, and witty. But quietly so. Even when an archetypal Allen quip slips out, there are no eye-rolls, no grandstanding, no bada-boom. He doesn't hang out with comics, he doesn't seek the limelight at awards shows, he doesn't demand his name above the title. He also has incredibly clean hands.
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