ERNEST CHAMBERS learned everything he knows about children from two handsome sons, two beautiful daughters, four brilliant grandchildren- and Dennis The Menace. He wrote the stage musical version of Dennis The Menace and was Executive Producer of the feature film, starring Walter Mattheu. He has also produced and/or written 50 television Specials and 5 TV series. He is the author of a blog about his career in television, "50 YEARS AMONG THE STARS". He is already at work on a second Smelvis story for pre-schoolers, "SMELVIS SMELLS TROUBLE".DEAN SPILLE has been honored for his color and design of numerous Emmy Award winning children's programs, among them, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Frosty The Snowman, Babar The Elephant and more than forty Charlie Brown TV specials, including A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's The Great Pumpkinm Charlie Brown, which were among the highest-rated children's programs of all time.
