Harman, Hugh (1903-1982) - A friend of Walt's in Kansas City, Harman was one of the original staff members of Laugh-O-gram Films, and later came to Hollywood to join Walt on the Alice Comedies and Oswald cartoons. With his partner, Rudy Ising, Harman went on to do Harman-Ising cartoons for MGM. In 1938, Walt hired Harman and Ising to work on the Silly Symphony cartoon, "Merbabies," during a period when his staff could not turn out the cartoons fast enough to meet deadlines.