TOM HATTEN - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED 1984 - HFSID 52372

TOM HATTEN
Actor draws Alice the Goon, signs his name underneath in black ink
Original art signed: "Tom Hatten/(and ALICE the Goon)/1984". Pen and ink drawing, 5x7 cardboard. Bust drawing of Alice the goon, the hulking bodyguard of the Sea Hag, who was introduced in 1933 in the Thimble Theater (Popeye) cartoon strip by E.C. Segar. Since Alice spoke in squiggled lines, Hatten has drawn a sign reading "Available" around the character's neck. In 1984, Hatten was hosting the children's television show, Popeye and Friends. Actor and cartoonist Tom Hatten (1927-2019) is best known to national TV audiences for hosting Popeye and Friends (1976-1988). He also hosted The Popeye Show (1956-1964) in Los Angeles, for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards. On the latter show, Hatten, who was known as "Skipper Tom", introduced his Squiggle game, creating a drawing (usually a Popeye character, such as Swee'pea) from a squiggle drawn by a member of his studio audience. The versatile Hatten has also appeared on stage and in feature films, including Sweet Charity (1969), The Secret of NIMH (1982, voice of Farmer Fitzgibbons) and Spies Like Us (1985), and he has guest starred on several TV shows, such as Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964, 1965, 1966), Hogan's Heroes (1966, 1970, 1971) and Hawaii Five-O (1973). Hatten is also a writer and producer and the co-founder (1996) of the Musical Theatre Guild. Lightly creased at lower left and upper right backgrounds. Yellow "haloing" of ink at drawing and writing. Overall, fine condition.