Claim: Total TeleVision productions is a private animation studio that was founded in 1959 that was formed to create cartoon characters encouraging children to buy General Mills breakfast cereals and other products.
Evidence: Total was formed to create cartoon characters encouraging children to buy General Mills breakfast cereals and other products. Private Animation Total Television productions was founded in 1959 by Buck Biggers, Chester "Chet" Stover, Joe Harris, and Treadwell D. Covington.