Abner the Baseball

Abner the Baseball is a Object character created and originally performed by Robert J. Aronson. Introduced in 1960, Abner is the pragmatic everyman protagonist of numerous Object productions, most notably as the showrunner and host of the sketch comedy television series The Object Show as well as in other television series, feature films, specials, and public service announcements through the years. He served as a mascot of Aronson/Wynn/Longree Productions (now Wynn/Longree Productions) and appeared in various projects.
Aronson performed Abner until his retirement in the 2000, and then Gabriel Morales performed Abner from that time until his dismissal in 2014; Abner has been performed by Adam Katz since 2014
==History and development==
Abner first appeared on local programs and commercials broadcast on WRC-TV, most notably Abner and Friends. 
===Naming===
TBA
===Characterization and performers===
TBA
==Career==
Abner has been featured prominently on The Object Show. However, he had a prominent career a numerous Objects made guest appearances on Today from 1975.
===Filmography===
Abner the Baseball has appeared in almost every Object production, as well as making guest appearances in other shows and movies.
Below is a list of his more well-known appearances:
* Sam and Friends (1955–1961) (TV)
* The Object Show (1976–2009) (TV)
* The Dream Island Show (1979–1990, 1996–2001, 2009, 2019) (TV)
* The Object Musicians of Bremen (1972) (TV)
* The Object Show: Sex and Violence (1975) (TV)
* The Object Movie (1979)
* The Great Object Caper (1981)
* The Objects Take Manhattan (1984)
* The Christmas Toy (1986) (TV)
* A Object Family Christmas (1987) (TV)
* The Aronson/Wynn/Longree Hour (1989) (TV)
* Object Kids
* Object Kids in A New Kid
* My Life as a Teenage Object
* Cash Battle
* Stranded Objects
* It's an Object Thing
* Comedy Object Hour
* Literal Object Show
* Inanimateball
* Armless Balls' Variety Show
* Azoic History
* Prankz with Blocky
* Who Wants to Be an Object Millionaire?
* DIY with Coiny
* Shieldy's Adventures
* Comedy Object Hour
* Balloon and Friends
* Become Woody
* Dessert Girls
* Object Police Force
* The Objects Celebrate Robert J. Aronson (2021) (TV)
* Object Classic Theater (1994) (Direct-to-Video) – Appearance as King Midas and the King in Rumpelstiltskin.
* Objects Tonight (1996–1998) (TV)
* Muppets from Space (1999)
* The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (2001) (TV)
* Abner's Field Years (2002) (Direct-to-Video)
* It's a Very Merry Object Christmas Movie (2002) (TV)
* Saturday Night Live (1975/76, 2004, 2011) (TV)
* The Objects (2019)
* Objects Most Wanted (2021)
* The Objects (TBA) (TV)
* Objects Now (2020) (TV)
Category:The Objects