In the 1980s, he appeared on the children's show Today's Special, playing a puppet character named Sam Crenshaw, and starred in the animated Raccoons series and specials as Ralph Raccoon (and various other characters).
"Run With Us" is the theme song for the 1980s television series The Raccoons.
Ring-tailed cat or North American Civet Cat (Bassariscus astutus), related to the raccoons