John Burton, Jr.

John Burton, Jr. (1932-2008) was an animation cameraman who worked on Muppet Babies in a different capacity. Since the show's animation photography took place overseas (and not by the babies themselves, contrary to publicity), he was credited as a technical consultant for the first three seasons (and on Little Muppet Monsters). For the rest of the series run, he was credited more specifically for supplying the photo backgrounds which the babies often walked into. Though credited as technical consultant again, he filled the same function for Uncle Matt's postcards on the animated Fraggle Rock.
Burton's father, John W. Burton, had worked as an animation cameraman on Looney Tunes shorts from the 1930s until later in the forties when he was moved up to production manager and eventually producer. John Burton, Jr. later took over camera work at the Warner Bros. animation studio, including the live-action/animated TV pilot Philbert (1963, with William Schallert). He moved to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises but wouldn't receive screen credit until 1968, working on shorts featuring The Pink Panther, The Inspector, the Ant and the Aardvark, and others and on Dr. Seuss specials (The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, etc.) and TV series (Return to the Planet of the Apes). 
When DePatie-Freleng transitioned to Marvel Productions, Burton remained camera operator for US produced footage, such as The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat and the feature Gallavants, as well as in a similar graphic capacity for Rude Dog and the Dweebs. 
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