J Troplong Jay Ward, U.S. Television Cartoon Pioneer (1920-1989) Jay basically just wanted to have fun, and to laugh his way through life, and to go to the Lakers games
Skip Craig,
longtime employee of Jay Ward
Jay Ward was born in San Francisco, California with only the letter J for a first name this was supposed to allow him to pick whatever name he liked (at least, whichever one he liked that started with J, one supposes). He picked Jay. Thus began the life of a great eccentric genius whose charisma, perseverance and creativity would bring some of the greatest cartoons of all time to television.