The world of animation is often used as an effective teaching tool. SPLAT! learns the basics of educational animation from Candy Kugel, Sesame Street animator. Moving on to a more serious topic, animation aimed at solving the problems of third-world street kids are examined as veteran animator Derek Lamb talks about his Karate Kids series./With the recent explosion in popularity of animation, a parallel industry has also come to the fore. While the marketing of animation figures have been around as long as Mickey Mouse, it is only now that animators have come to depend on marketing revenues to fund their animation productions. This begs the question: What comes first – the animation or the merchandise?/SPLAT! visits the hallowed halls of Hanna-Barbera to take a retrospective look at one of the world’s most enduring studios. Joe Barbera talks about the ups and downs of starting out in the business, the transition to television and the use of his "limited animation" technique. Classic fo