Jymn Magon (born December 7, 1949) is an American television and film writer.
He spent 17 years at Walt Disney Studios, first producing children's records, then later moving to Walt Disney Television Animation, where he helped develop DuckTales to series. He co-wrote several episodes of Season 1 and Season 2, while also serving as producer for the "Time is Money" serial that opened the second season.
Besides DuckTales, he created, story edited, and wrote on such shows as Adventures of the Gummi Bears, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, and Quack Pack. In 1993, he began a freelance career, writing and story editing for numerous studios. His TV and film projects include A Goofy Movie, Make Way for Noddy, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Casper Meets Wendy, Archie's Weird Mysteries and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series. He also writes for ads, stage, books, and comics.
He also wrote three of the episodes for Sitting Ducks: "Feather Island/King of the Bongos", "Holding Pen 13/Daredevill Ducks" and "Iced Duck/Duck Footed. While working at MGM Animation, he worked as writer on MGM Sing Along Videos, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue and Tom Sawyer.
He was also a producer and creative consultant on Titanic: The Legend Goes On.
Episodes Written[]
- Don't Give Up the Ship (with Bruce Talkington, from a story by Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- Wronguay in Ronguay (story only, with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- Three Ducks of the Condor (with Bruce Talkington, from a story by Jymn Magon, Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- Cold Duck (story only, with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- Too Much of a Gold Thing (with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- A Drain on the Economy (story only, with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- A Whale of a Bad Time (story only, with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- Aqua Ducks (story only, with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- Working for Scales (story only, with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- Jungle Duck (story only, with Evelyn Gabai and Bruce Talkington)
- Dime Enough for Luck (story only, with Bruce Talkington & Mark Zaslove)
- The Status Seekers (from a story by Carl Barks)
- Marking Time (story only, with Bruce Talkington)
- The Duck Who Would Be King (with Len Uhley, from a story by Jymn Magon & Bruce Talkington
- Bubba Trubba (story only, with Bruce Talkington)
- Ducks on the Lam (with Len Uhley, from a story by Jymn Magon & Bruce Talkington)
- Ali Bubba's Cave (with Doug Hutchinson & Len Uhley, from a story by Jymn Magon & Bruce Talkington)
- Frozen Assets (from a story by Ken Koonce & David Wiemers)