Support Tedd Anasti's Memory Care Journey

Hello. My name is Patsy Cameron-Anasti, wife of 30 years and writing partner of many more to Tedd Anasti. Together, my husband and I worked as writers, story editors, and executive producers for Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and Nelvana, to name a few. We produced hundreds of hours of Saturday-morning-favorites such as Ducktales, the Smurfs, Beetlejuice the Animated Series, Timon and Pumbaa, the Little Mermaid, Dragon Tales, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and many more. To my great heartbreak, Tedd, now 81-years-old, is suffering from late-stage dementia. Together with our two children, Teddy and Emily, I have been taking care of him at home for the past two years. Recently, through events I will not get into, it has become very clear we can no longer responsibly care for this great man who I have loved since I was 20-years-old. We are now forced to place him in a Memory Care Facility where his needs will be met, but as it is so often with insurance, Tedd's will not cover all of the costs. What it will cover is all but $100 per day for up to 100 days, so that is what we are aiming to raise. We are asking all those whose childhoods were delighted by the cartoons into which we put our hearts so many years ago to help us bring comfort, security, and proper care to the last days of Tedd's compelling life.

While he can no longer write or play poker, which were two of his greatest joys, Tedd's sense of humor still shines through every day, and though most of his jokes are not intelligible at this point, we are comforted by the fact that they remind us he is still the Tedd Anasti we have always enjoyed and adored.