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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: dheine1971 on January 20, 2004, 09:05:58 AM
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There were 3 game show hosts who did cartoon voice over work:
* Monty Hall - In a "Wait Til Your Father Gets Home" epiosde titled "Irma Loves Monty".
* Bob Barker - In a "Futurama" episode as a talking preserved head!
* Alex Trebek - He voiced in 3 cartoons: 1) As Alan Quebec in the "Rugrats" episode "Game Show Didi", 2) Alex Lebec in the "Arthur" episode "Arthur and the Big Riddle", 3) As himself in the 1997 "The Simpsons" Christmas episode where after Bart lied about a burglar stealing Christmas rather than the Christmas tree burned down Marge ended up on Jeopardy! and lost!
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And honorable mention for game show announcers:
* Brian Cummings who did lots of cartoon voice work (his brother Jim also is active in cartoon voices) was the 1984-1985 Let's Make a Deal announcer.
* Ken Ryan (announcer on the 1985 Mike Darrow "Jackpot" and 1987-1990 "Bumper Stumpers") did a voice in the 1988 cartoon "C.O.P.S." as Bulletproof.
* Shadoe Stevens (1986-1989 Hollywood Squares announcer) was the "Fender Bender 500" narrator in "Wake: Rattle and Roll" and voiced Doc Samson in the 1996 "Incredible Hulk" cartoon series.
* Rod Roddy voiced in 1 "U.S. Acres" episode on "Garfield and Friends" in 1991 and also voiced Mike the Microphone on "Disney's House of Mouse". Did the late Rod Roddy also voice the sportscaster in a 2001 or 2002 Trix TV commercial to promote the banana-berry flavor pieces in the cereal?
* Is there a rumor cartoon voice actor Roger Rose may try out to be a temporary "The Price is Right" announcer?
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[quote name=\'dheine1971\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 09:12 AM\'] Is there a rumor cartoon voice actor Roger Rose may try out to be a temporary "The Price is Right" announcer? [/quote]
There is now.
ADDED JAN 22, 2004 @11:45am:
No longer rumor. Now tis fact.
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Another one to add: Dick Curtis, who was the voice of Motor Mouse in the "Motormouse and Autocat" cartoons from 1969-1971 was the host of the 1970 syndicated "Queen for a Day" revival.
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Rod Roddy also did two cartoons. He was (what else?) a game show announcer in an episode of Garfield and Friends, and many know he was the voice of "Mike" in the Disney "House of Mouse" cartoons.
Bob Barker also lent a brief voice cameo in an ep. of Family Guy where Peter Griffin imagines himself on Survivor, and knocks over the set to reveal 3 contestants spinning the Big Wheel on TPIR.
Bud Collyer was the voice of Superman in the original Superman cartoons.
(as well as the radio series)
Gary Owens (who hosted The Gong Show and Letters to Laugh In) lent his voice to several cartoons, including Space Ghost, Blue Falcon, and Dirk Niblik (Square One)
Paul Lynde (not a host, but a frequent panelist) was the voice of Templeton in Charlottes Web, the Pumpkin in Journey to Oz (an obscure but great cartoon sequel to The Wizard of Oz), the villain in the gawdawful cartoon The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, and also Wendell T Wolf ("It's the wool-olf! It's the wool-olf")
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Arte Johnson, host of Knockout, has done countless voices over the years. The most interesting may be Baggy Pants and the Nitwits, wherein Arte and Ruth Buzzi provided the voices for cartoon versions of Gladys and Tyrone, their Laugh-In characters; the Nitwits, as they were known, were bumbling superheroes.
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Well, there's always Casey Kasem (if 100% counts). Bud Collyer also did the late'60s Superman TV cartoons. Don Adams (host of DA's Screen Test) voiced Tennessee Tuxedo.
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[quote name=\'dheine1971\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 09:22 AM\'] Another one to add: Dick Curtis, who was the voice of Motor Mouse in the "Motormouse and Autocat" cartoons from 1969-1971 was the host of the 1970 syndicated "Queen for a Day" revival. [/quote]
Boy Howdy! Dick was also one of the street performers in the Fred Travalena show "Anything for Money".
And how can we forget about Pat Sajak's wacky turn as himself on "Rugrats"? The episode in question, "Chuckie is Rich", had him traveling to the Finster house to give away a $10 million PCH-style grand prize. "Don't you know who I am, Mr. Finster? I'm famous TV game show host Pat Sajak!"
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 09:22 AM\'] Paul Lynde (not a host, but a frequent panelist) was the voice of Templeton in Charlottes Web, the Pumpkin in Journey to Oz (an obscure but great cartoon sequel to The Wizard of Oz), the villain in the gawdawful cartoon The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, and also Wendell T Wolf ("It's the wool-olf! It's the wool-olf") [/quote]
Lynde was also the nosy neighbor Claude Pertwee in a H-B series called "Where's Huddles", which also featured football play-by-play on every show by a guy named Dick Enberg ("Sports Challenge", "3 for the Money" and "Baffle").
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[quote name=\'dheine1971\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 09:05 AM\'] * Alex Trebek - He voiced in 3 cartoons: 1) As Alan Quebec in the "Rugrats" episode "Game Show Didi", 2) Alan Lebec in the "Arthur" episode "Arthur and the Big Riddle", 3) As himself in the 1997 "The Simpsons" Christmas episode where after Bart lied about a burglar stealing Christmas rather than the Christmas tree burned down Marge ended up on Jeopardy! and lost! [/quote]
That Simpsons episode is Miracle on Evergreen Terrace (http://\"http://www.snpp.com/episodes/5F07.html\"), a parody of "It's a Wonderful Life".
Regis Philbin also appeared on the Simpsons, as one of the few people seen live (and not drawn). Philbin's cameo is in Treehouse of Horrors IX (http://\"http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF01.html\"), in the skit where a radioactive remote control literally puts Bart and Lisa in the TV, and they end up falling into the set of Live with Regis and Katie Lee.
I'm surprised you forgot Bill Cosby, host of the You Bet Your Life revival; he did the voice of Fat Albert.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 09:16 AM\'] Don Adams (host of DA's Screen Test) voiced Tennessee Tuxedo. [/quote]
And Inspector Gadget, as well.
* Brian Cummings who did lots of cartoon voice work (his brother Jim also is active in cartoon voices) was the 1984-1985 Let's Make a Deal announcer.
Isn't Jim the voice of Winnie-The-Pooh (or, as someone once called him on FF, Willie-The-Pooh)?
Doug
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According to www.imdb.com, Betty White has made several cartoon appearances in recent years, including The Wild Thornberrys, a direct-to-video Tom Sawyer, Gary the Rat, King of the Hill, The Lionhearts, and The Simpsons.
Also according to IMDB, another White--Vanna--did the voice of Lauri Saunders on Captain Planet.
Richard Dawson was credited for v/o work on Hong Kong Phooey.
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[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 07:22 AM\'] Gary Owens (who hosted The Gong Show and Letters to Laugh In) lent his voice to several cartoons, including Space Ghost, Blue Falcon, and Dirk Niblik (Square One) [/quote]
I am appaled that Gary Owens's name can come up in a thread about cartoon voiceover talent, and his fine work as Powdered Toast Man on Ren & Stimpy isn't mentioned.
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I just keep finding more:
Hugh Downs did a voice appearance as himself on Family Guy.
Joe Flynn (It Pays to Be Ignorant) was the voice of Snoops in The Rescuers.
Ed McMahon appeared on Bruno the Kid, Family Guy, Duck Dodgers, and The Simpsons.
Johnny Carson put in an appearance on The Simpsons as well.
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* Bob Barker - In a "Futurama" episode as a talking preserved head!
Can the same be said for Dick Clark in another episode of "Futurama"?
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[quote name=\'dmota104\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 01:03 PM\']
* Bob Barker - In a "Futurama" episode as a talking preserved head!
Can the same be said for Dick Clark in another episode of "Futurama"? [/quote]
Yeah, Dick Clark's preserved head was on the first episode of Futurama, hosting New Year's Rockin' Eve.
Here's more...
John O'Hurley provided the voice of a cult leader in an early episode of Family Guy.
Ben Stein played a semi-recurring character on Duckman and the voice of a rabbi in the unaired episode of Family Guy.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 01:12 PM\'] Ben Stein played a semi-recurring character on Duckman and the voice of a rabbi in the unaired episode of Family Guy. [/quote]
I first heard Ben Stein's voice in an episode of Animaniacs, where he played a droning man who Yakko, Wakko, and Dot try (in vain) to get away from. One major nitpick to the writers: the character mentioned he once saw Bob Barker eat a baloney and cheesepuff sandwich. Barker wouldn't touch one of those in real life. (I wouldn't either, but for a different reason.)
Hmm, I didn't think Jim and Brian Cummings were related. On that note, I recall Brian and Jo Anne Worley (not a host per se, but a frequent panelist) were both in the voice cast of the mid-80s Disney cartoon The Wuzzles.
Ob80sCartoons: How could Gary Owens and Garfield and Friends be mentioned in the same post without pointing out that it was none other than Gary who intoned at the start of every show: "Ladies and gentleman, Garfield and Friends!"?
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[quote name=\'dheine1971\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 09:05 AM\'] There were 3 game show hosts who did cartoon voice over work:
* Monty Hall - In a "Wait Til Your Father Gets Home" epiosde titled "Irma Loves Monty".
* Bob Barker - In a "Futurama" episode as a talking preserved head!
* Alex Trebek - He voiced in 3 cartoons: 1) As Alan Quebec in the "Rugrats" episode "Game Show Didi", 2) Alan Lebec in the "Arthur" episode "Arthur and the Big Riddle", 3) As himself in the 1997 "The Simpsons" Christmas episode where after Bart lied about a burglar stealing Christmas rather than the Christmas tree burned down Marge ended up on Jeopardy! and lost! [/quote]
I thought you were leaving this forum and never coming back.
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Dsmith: I just decided to get a third chance this time with no GSN - The Network for Games bashing.
And moving on to cartoons: Dick Clark guest voiced on an episode of the 1994 "Fantastic Four" cartoon series (Beau Weaver, 1989 College Mad House announcer, voiced Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards on the series, Beau Weaver has also done the voice of Superman in the 1988-1989 CBS Ruby-Spears produced version). Dick Clark also did a guest voice on "Pinky and the Brain".
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 12:33 PM\'] Hmm, I didn't think Jim and Brian Cummings were related. On that note, I recall Brian and Jo Anne Worley (not a host per se, but a frequent panelist) were both in the voice cast of the mid-80s Disney cartoon The Wuzzles.
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Guess I shoulda looked this up earlier. The voice of Winnie-The-Pooh spells his last name C-U-M-M-I-N-S (no G toward the end). That doesn't necessarily preclude them from being related, but it stands to reason that they're probably not.
Doug
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[quote name=\'dheine1971\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 11:49 AM\'] Dsmith: I just decided to get a third chance this time with no GSN - The Network for Games bashing.
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Does your local bookshop have any remedial English books? Last I checked, one doesn't "decide to get a third chance". One can "take a chance", or others can "give you a chance".
None of which is really relevant here - your account is still open, and you decided to go back on your word and post here again. If you can get your "English problems" under control, most probably won't have a problem with that.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 02:56 PM\'] [quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 12:33 PM\'] Hmm, I didn't think Jim and Brian Cummings were related. On that note, I recall Brian and Jo Anne Worley (not a host per se, but a frequent panelist) were both in the voice cast of the mid-80s Disney cartoon The Wuzzles.
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Guess I shoulda looked this up earlier. The voice of Winnie-The-Pooh spells his last name C-U-M-M-I-N-S (no G toward the end). That doesn't necessarily preclude them from being related, but it stands to reason that they're probably not.
Doug [/quote]
I don't know where you're getting the "Cummins" spelling. Google brings up that spelling only on a very small handful of clearly amateur web sites. It's definitely "Cummings". Here's a site with his autograph, and the "g" is clearly visible:
http://www.voicechasers.org/Actors/J_Cummings.html (http://\"http://www.voicechasers.org/Actors/J_Cummings.html\")
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 01:05 PM\'] [quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 02:56 PM\'] [quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 12:33 PM\'] Hmm, I didn't think Jim and Brian Cummings were related. On that note, I recall Brian and Jo Anne Worley (not a host per se, but a frequent panelist) were both in the voice cast of the mid-80s Disney cartoon The Wuzzles.
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Guess I shoulda looked this up earlier. The voice of Winnie-The-Pooh spells his last name C-U-M-M-I-N-S (no G toward the end). That doesn't necessarily preclude them from being related, but it stands to reason that they're probably not.
Doug [/quote]
I don't know where you're getting the "Cummins" spelling. Google brings up that spelling only on a very small handful of clearly amateur web sites. It's definitely "Cummings". Here's a site with his autograph, and the "g" is clearly visible:
http://www.voicechasers.org/Actors/J_Cummings.html (http://\"http://www.voicechasers.org/Actors/J_Cummings.html\") [/quote]
I got it from this:
One of the smaller residents of the 100 Acre Woods finally gets his moment in the spotlight in this animated feature, based on the characters created by A.A. Milne. As Winnie the Pooh (voice of Jim Cummins) and his pals Tigger (also voiced by Cummins), Rabbit (voice of Ken Sansom), and Eeyore (voice of Peter Cullen) set out to harvest honey from the hives in the forest, Piglet (voice of John Fiedler) is told he's too small to come along. Feeling like he often gets the short end of the stick, Piglet decides to strike out on his own, and when the honey hunters return, they can't find their friend -- only his scrapbooks of their adventures of the past. As they look through the books, Winnie and his pals realize just how much their friend means to them, and how much they've taken him for granted. They set out to find Piglet and ask him to come home, and along the way the little pig makes a big difference when his pals need him. Piglet's Big Movie includes several new songs from singer and songwriter Carly Simon. Mark Deming
That came from Barnes & Noble's site, with the review taken from All-Movie Guide. I'm also pretty sure I've seen a number of references in TV GUIDE without the "G".
However, the site you linked appears to be much more reputable. I'd say it's more likely that I'm wrong (add it up to the 814 other times it's happened ;) ).
Doug
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"Life With Louie," Louie Anderson's cartoon from the mid-90s. It was based on his childhood I believe.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 02:51 PM\'] However, the site you linked appears to be much more reputable. I'd say it's more likely that I'm wrong (add it up to the 814 other times it's happened ;) ). [/quote]
Only 814?! Well, that's one more thing you're wrong about! j/k Seriously, according to The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, Second Edition, it is Cummings with a G. In fact, in the late-80s and early-90s, Cummings was pretty much the go-to VO for Disney the way (ObGS) Johnny Olson was for Goodson-Todman.
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 03:38 PM\'] Only 814?! Well, that's one more thing you're wrong about! j/k [/quote]
I was only counting the last three hours. If you add the rest of my time on this board, it's closer to 951 mistakes. :)
Doug
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 01:33 PM\'] Jo Anne Worley (not a host per se[/i [/quote]
Not a host per se? Not a host at all.
I don't eat Shredded Wheat per se. I don't eat Shredded Wheat at all.
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IIRC correctly:
Brian Cummings and Jo Anne Worley both did voice work in Disney's "Beauty & The Beast."
Cummings played the voice of the Stove, and Worley played the voice of the Wardrobe.
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>> Also according to IMDB, another White--Vanna--did the voice of Lauri Saunders on Captain Planet.
And there was another game show legend who lent his voice to that show...Gene Wood. However, I don't know exactly which episode it was.
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 01:12 PM\'] John O'Hurley provided the voice of a cult leader in an early episode of Family Guy.
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And he was also King Neptune in an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants".
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One major nitpick to the [Animaniacs] writers: [Ben Stein's] character mentioned he once saw Bob Barker eat a baloney and cheesepuff sandwich. Barker wouldn't touch one of those in real life.
I don't think that was necessarily a nitpick -- maybe that character was trying to dig up some dirt on Bob, catching him not praticing what he preaches.
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Wink Martindale reportedly did a voiceover for the Jetsons in the 80s, as per an interview with him in a 1987 issue of TV Game Show Fever(second and final issue)
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As a cartoon fan(specifically the Disney Afternoon cartoons from the early 90's, Darkwing Duck, Tale Spin, etc...), I know that Charles Nelson Reilly voiced a handyman or something in an episode of Goof Troop. It was pretty funny when I realized it was him, as he did that oft-imitated laugh of his, heh. Also, CNR voiced "Killer" in the All Dogs Go To Heaven movies(this according to the voicechasers.com website posted earlier in this thread.
Also Patti Deutsh did an episode of Darkwing Duck but I haven't seen that episode in awhile, so I don't remember it very well. Oh well, not game show hosts, but at least game show personalities!
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CNR hosted "Sweethearts," so that counts. Others who had regular roles in cartoons were Pat Harrington of "Stump the Stars" as the Inspector in the theatrical shorts shown on TV on the Pink Panther Show, "Penny to a Million" host Bill Goodwin who narrated the Gerald McBoingBoing shorts, Arthur Q. Bryan, host of "Movieland Quiz" who was the voice of Elmer Fudd and Donny Osmond of "Pyramid" who voiced his animated counterpart on "The Osmonds" cartoon show. Jack Barry was host of "Winky Dink and You," and though I've never seen that show, I believe he interacted with Winky Dink in the cartoon.
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While we're on the subject of spelling last names...
I just watched an episode of Jackpot! and a pilot, both hosted by Mike Darrow, who was mentioned earlier in this thread.
Or, rather... hosted by Mike Darow.
Both shows spelled his name this way in the credits, though both shows were produced by different companies over 10 years apart. Can't be coincidence. Or could it?
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[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 01:12 PM\'][quote name=\'dmota104\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 01:03 PM\']
* Bob Barker - In a "Futurama" episode as a talking preserved head!
Can the same be said for Dick Clark in another episode of "Futurama"? [/quote]
Yeah, Dick Clark's preserved head was on the first episode of Futurama, hosting New Year's Rockin' Eve.[/quote]
And, I don't believe this has been mentioned yet but, Dick Clark also did his own voice in the 10th Simpsons Halloween Special ("Treehouse of Horror X"). You know, the one where he does his New Year's Rockin' Eve from Springfield instead of Times Square.....when suddenly the Y2K bug causes all the computers to crash (and we discover he's really a robot)!
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I know of a few worth adding:
Paul Winchell, the host of Runaround, did voices in several Hanna-Barbera cartoons: Wacky Races, Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch!, The Robonic Stooges and Smurfs, among others. He also played opposite Frank Nelson in DFE's The Oddball Couple and did guest voices on Hong Kong Phooey and The Super Globetrotters.
Fred Travalena, the host of Anything for Money and Baby Races, was the voice of Bogey Orangutan on Shirt Tales.
Lynne Thigpen of the Carmen Sandiego shows on PBS did a guest voice on King of the Hill.
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As a cartoon fan... I know that Charles Nelson Reilly voiced a handyman or something in an episode of Goof Troop. Also, CNR voiced "Killer" in the All Dogs Go To Heaven movies(this according to the voicechasers.com website posted earlier in this thread.
Going back to "Rugrats", he was also contestant "Edmund Haynes" in "Game Show Didi", the episode where the aforementioned Alex Trebek voiced a game show host.
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Not a host, but the voice of Game Sh, er, GSN, Neil Ross, is a known voiceover actor as well. Off the top of my head, he was Springer in Transformers: The Movie.
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I think Alex if I recall, also did voice work as a game show host on the PBS kids show Arthur.
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I believe wink martindale did the jetsons ep as the game show host wink martiandale when the family goes on a Feud like show with Astro (who gets turned into a genius by one of Elroy's inventions) as their key player.
Also, J.D. Roth was the voice of Johnny on the "real" adventures of Johnny Quest on cartoon network in the late 90s. Unfortunatly they got rid of the only thing that series (original or otherwise) was worth; the excellent theme music.
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After skimming the entire thread, I didn't notice any mention of this current cartoon voice... Bob Bergen (from "Jep") is currently the voice of Porky Pig on Cartoon Network's "Duck Dodgers" series.
David
(Yes... I'm still around...)
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Dick Clark also provided a voice over of a live-action version of himself on Muppet Babies, where Miss Piggy ends up on the 25,000 Dollhouse Pyramid. See Jay Antoniewicz's Miscellaneous (http://\"http://www.geocities.com/jay_anton/misc.html\") section for a picture.
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[quote name=\'jw2001\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 10:33 PM\'] Dick Clark also provided a voice over of a live-action version of himself on Muppet Babies, where Miss Piggy ends up on the 25,000 Dollhouse Pyramid. See Jay Antoniewicz's Miscellaneous (http://\"http://www.geocities.com/jay_anton/misc.html\") section for a picture. [/quote]
We need to come up with a Sniglet for the act of referring someone to a crap Geocities website only to have it promptly careen over quota.
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I believe wink martindale did the jetsons ep as the game show host wink martiandale when the family goes on a Feud like show with Astro (who gets turned into a genius by one of Elroy's inventions) as their key player.
I think you've mixed two episoes:
On one, the Jetsons go on a quiz show ("Family Fallout") and wind up playing against George's boss' family, and after two or three tie games, wind up winning a new food gadget thing.
On the other, Elroy concocts some weird plant thing that makes Astro a genius. After proving it's not a fluke, George goes on the quiz show "Brainbusters" with Astro in tow. It's a caricature of "The $64,000 Question", the isolation booth, tough questions, the whole bit. Astro leads George to $500,000 and he decides to risk it all for the million bucks. At that point, Elroy's plant goes back to normal; and Astro loses his intelligence. They miss the $1 million question, and the consolation one for $250,000; and go home, where everything is back to normal. The host on this one was indeed Wink Martiandale; I don't recall for the other one.
I am absolutely shocked that I remember this from the days when I would watch cartoons before the school bus showed up.
Travis Eberle
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hey I think you're right. After all, I was trying to recall from when I was 8 years old ;). I just remember the name Wink Martiandale from an episode and well remembered a game show ep, but forgot there were 2.
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[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 02:06 AM\']
I am absolutely shocked that I remember this from the days when I would watch cartoons before the school bus showed up.
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This might lead to another oddball question: Did anyone ever manage to find a station airing pre-9AM EST game shows in their 1st-12th grade school days(Kindergarten days with afternoon half day sessions don't count), before they went to school.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 07:55 AM\'] This might lead to another oddball question: Did anyone ever manage to find a station airing pre-9AM EST game shows in their 1st-12th grade school days(Kindergarten days with afternoon half day sessions don't count), before they went to school. [/quote]
Yes, Zach, and I'm surprised you didn't think of this one, although maybe it's not one of the answers you are looking for...
I believe WWOR-TV 9 used to air "Family Feud" first-run at 6am weekdays when I was a senior in HS...
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CAPTAIN PLANET: You Bet Your Planet episode featured voices Casey Kasem as the alien host along with Gene Wood as his announcer. The Planeteers vs the eco villains face off in various contests with Captain Planet's life is in jeopardy!
TWO STUPID DOGS: Casey Kasem voices Bill Baker, the host of Let's Make A Right Price. The episode where 2 Stupid Dogs try to win Granny Joybone Dog Treats, but win everything else, including A NEW CAR!
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 06:55 AM\'] This might lead to another oddball question: Did anyone ever manage to find a station airing pre-9AM EST game shows in their 1st-12th grade school days(Kindergarten days with afternoon half day sessions don't count), before they went to school. [/quote]
KTRK aired Jr. Almost Anything Goes (Soupy Sales) Mondays @ 6:30 CST from 1976-77.
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 04:55 AM\']
This might lead to another oddball question: Did anyone ever manage to find a station airing pre-9AM EST game shows in their 1st-12th grade school days(Kindergarten days with afternoon half day sessions don't count), before they went to school.[/quote]
(Old Man Periwinkle voice) Well, back in the early Sixties, when the ABC network didn't even sign on until 11AM, Ye Olde WNAC in Boston tape-delayed some network daytime programming in the 7 - 9 AM block (since the Dialing for Dollars movie ate up the 2 - 4 PM block). As usual, I'm a little sketchy on the details (c'mon, this was 35+ years ago), but I do remember the original versions of The Dating Game and Supermarket Sweep airing opposite the Today show. (/OMPv)
Esoteric Eric, shuddering at the thought of the DFD movie's host, who looked like Milton Berle made up as Cesar Romero's Joker...
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[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 04:53 PM\']IIRC correctly:
Brian Cummings and Jo Anne Worley both did voice work in Disney's "Beauty & The Beast."
Cummings played the voice of the Stove, and Worley played the voice of the Wardrobe.[/quote]
In a related genre...
In the live stage version of "Beauty and the Beast," the wardrobe was given the name of Babette and was played on Broadway and the road by one Mindy Paige Davis. When she was hired to replace Alex McLeod on a certain cable show, the producers, wanting to avoid paying out AFTRA benefits, had her drop her first name.
Since that show was "Trading Spaces," it didn't work and AFTRA found out--but she'll be Paige Davis for the rest of her career.
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Going back to "Rugrats", he was also contestant "Edmund Haynes" in "Game Show Didi", the episode where the aforementioned Alex Trebek voiced a game show host.
He also voiced a prissy TV director in that same ep.
Chuck Donegan (The Illustrious "Chuckie Baby")
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 01:39 PM\'] In the live stage version of "Beauty and the Beast," the wardrobe was given the name of Babette and was played on Broadway and the road by one Mindy Paige Davis. When she was hired to replace Alex McLeod on a certain cable show, the producers, wanting to avoid paying out AFTRA benefits, had her drop her first name. [/quote]
Great information, but one small part of it is wrong. Babette is not the wardrobe, she's the sexy feather duster whom Lumiere...uh...sweeps off her feet (sorry).
The wardrobe is named Madame de la Grande Bouche and is typically played by someone with a little more...let's say *heft* than Ms. Davis.
ObGameShows: Jerry Orbach (the film's Lumiere) played both Jeopardy! and What's My Line? extremely well.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 01:03 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 01:39 PM\'] In the live stage version of "Beauty and the Beast," the wardrobe was given the name of Babette and was played on Broadway and the road by one Mindy Paige Davis. When she was hired to replace Alex McLeod on a certain cable show, the producers, wanting to avoid paying out AFTRA benefits, had her drop her first name. [/quote]
Great information, but one small part of it is wrong. Babette is not the wardrobe, she's the sexy feather duster whom Lumiere...uh...sweeps off her feet (sorry).
The wardrobe is named Madame de la Grand Bouche and is typically played by someone with a little more...let's say *heft* than Ms. Davis.[/quote]
You're right, Matt--an acquitance of mine played that role in the second national tour. Sorry about that.
Carry on.
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I think I may be sadly mistaken, but I think Dick Clark did a voice of a character in one of the many take-offs on "A Christmas Carol". His character was named "Humbug."
Scrooge: Get to work! Humbug! Humbug!
Humbug (to camera): He says "humbug" all the time. That's where I got my name!
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
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I saw Beauty and the Beast in Philly back in August. Babette was played at the time by Tracy Generalovich. Every time I saw her on stage I thought to myself, "That feather duster looks like Paige Davis".
Miss Davis's full name is Mindy Paige Davis Page. Her husband played Lumiere at the same time when she was Babette. I never heard of the AFTRA matter you mentioned, uncamark. I just know that she's known as Paige Davis professionally.
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[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 04:18 PM\'] I think I may be sadly mistaken, but I think Dick Clark did a voice of a character in one of the many take-offs on "A Christmas Carol". His character was named "Humbug."
Scrooge: Get to work! Humbug! Humbug!
Humbug (to camera): He says "humbug" all the time. That's where I got my name!
Can anyone confirm or deny this? [/quote]
The IMDB has a pretty good-sized entry on The Man, but neither hide nor hair of "A Christmas Carol". Doesn't help your case, but it doesn't necessarily invalidate it, either.
(Good reading. I had no idea he had a bit part in Spy Kids. Now I need to see it. :))
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 01:41 AM\'] We need to come up with a Sniglet for the act of referring someone to a crap Geocities website only to have it promptly careen over quota. [/quote]
Disquotafication? ;-)
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I think I may be sadly mistaken, but I think Dick Clark did a voice of a character in one of the many take-offs on "A Christmas Carol". His character was named "Humbug."
Scrooge: Get to work! Humbug! Humbug!
Humbug (to camera): He says "humbug" all the time. That's where I got my name!
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
The IMDB has a pretty good-sized entry on The Man, but neither hide nor hair of "A Christmas Carol". Doesn't help your case, but it doesn't necessarily invalidate it, either.
I recall a Rankin-Bass cartoon from the late-1970s based on "A Christmas Carol" (the actual title escapes me for now) that starred Walter Matthau and Tom Bosley, with Bosley playing "Humbug". I don't think Dick Clark was involved with that one.
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[quote name=\'dzinkin\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 08:55 PM\'] [quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 01:41 AM\'] We need to come up with a Sniglet for the act of referring someone to a crap Geocities website only to have it promptly careen over quota. [/quote]
Disquotafication? ;-) [/quote]
That might be a good word.
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[quote name=\'JCGames\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 08:28 PM\']Miss Davis's full name is Mindy Paige Davis Page. Her husband played Lumiere at the same time when she was Babette. I never heard of the AFTRA matter you mentioned, uncamark. I just know that she's known as Paige Davis professionally.[/quote]
Mindy Paige Davis *was* her Equity (and perhaps her AFTRA) name. I had heard that because "Trading Spaces"' production company is based in Philadelphia, they were trying to avoid AFTRA jurisdiction and having a little bigger pool to hire a host besides QVC hosts (it's based in nearby West Chester), they chopped Davis' first name off to avoid being under the radar--[Angus Deayton] allegedly. [AD]
ObGameShow: Former "Double Dare" announcer (John) Harvey's a staffer on "Trading Spaces."
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[quote name=\'rugrats1\' date=\'Jan 21 2004, 07:59 PM\']
I think I may be sadly mistaken, but I think Dick Clark did a voice of a character in one of the many take-offs on "A Christmas Carol". His character was named "Humbug."
Scrooge: Get to work! Humbug! Humbug!
Humbug (to camera): He says "humbug" all the time. That's where I got my name!
Can anyone confirm or deny this?
The IMDB has a pretty good-sized entry on The Man, but neither hide nor hair of "A Christmas Carol". Doesn't help your case, but it doesn't necessarily invalidate it, either.
I recall a Rankin-Bass cartoon from the late-1970s based on "A Christmas Carol" (the actual title escapes me for now) that starred Walter Matthau and Tom Bosley, with Bosley playing "Humbug". I don't think Dick Clark was involved with that one. [/quote]
Tom Bosley! That's who it was! Thank you!
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[quote name=\'Match Game Nut\' date=\'Jan 20 2004, 08:13 PM\']As a cartoon fan(specifically the Disney Afternoon cartoons from the early 90's, Darkwing Duck, Tale Spin, etc...), I know that Charles Nelson Reilly voiced a handyman or something in an episode of Goof Troop. It was pretty funny when I realized it was him, as he did that oft-imitated laugh of his, heh. Also, CNR voiced "Killer" in the All Dogs Go To Heaven movies(this according to the voicechasers.com website posted earlier in this thread.
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Charles Nelson Reilly was hilarious as the voice of Frank Frankenstone on "The Flintstone Comedy Show / The Flintstone Funnies". "STRANGE-O!"
"High Roller" hostess Ruta Lee did the voice of Frankenstone's wife Hidea.
"Sale Of The Century" hostess for-a-while Sally Julian did the voice of Spaghetti on "Meatballs And Spaghetti".
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I don't know how many posts we've gone through in this thread, but nobody has mentioned Frank Buxton, host of "Get The Message" and voice of the 60's character Batfink.
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Jan 22 2004, 09:30 PM\'] I don't know how many posts we've gone through in this thread, but nobody has mentioned Frank Buxton, host of "Get The Message" and voice of the 60's character Batfink. [/quote]
I knew he was Batfink, but I didn't know about GtM.
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I'll throw in a few I haven't seen mentioned:
Dick Clark was on an episode of The Angry Beavers as "Click Dark", the host of the Arbor Day equivalent of "New Year's Rockin' Eve"; another episode had Johnny Gilbert as the announcer for a TV sweepstakes.
John O'Hurley was on Hey Arnold! as the local councilman (who ended up losing the election to Arnold's friend, the local butcher).
And, of course, Harry Shearer, host of (I think it was called) Harry Shearer's It's News to Me is one of the stars of The Simpsons.
-- Don
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[quote name=\'Mark McNeil\' date=\'Jan 22 2004, 09:43 PM\'] "Sale Of The Century" hostess for-a-while Sally Julian did the voice of Spaghetti on "Meatballs And Spaghetti". [/quote]
That's right, gang, somebody once hired Sally Julian...FOR HER VOICE!!!!
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[quote name=\'That Don Guy\' date=\'Jan 22 2004, 10:21 PM\']And, of course, Harry Shearer, host of (I think it was called) Harry Shearer's It's News to Me is one of the stars of The Simpsons.[/quote]
"Harry Shearer's The News Hole."
He would've had to pay Goodson for the "It's News to Me" title.
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Another one that comes to mind, being a fan of the Original Transformers cartoons:
Laurie Faso did some voice work on both Transformers and G.I. Joe.
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[quote name=\'Johnissoevil\' date=\'Jan 23 2004, 01:37 PM\'] Another one that comes to mind, being a fan of the Original Transformers cartoons:
Laurie Faso did some voice work on both Transformers and G.I. Joe. [/quote]
I'm Telling you man, he was a walking cartoon.
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Here's one more you can add to the list -- Bob Hastings, the original host of Dealer's Choice in 1974 before he was replaced with Jack Clark.
Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that Bud Collyer supplied the voice of Superman in both the Dave Flescher/Famous Studios Superman animated cartoons of the early 1940s and the Filmation Studios Superman cartoons that CBS aired on Saturday mornings in the late 1960s. I bought a VHS cassette of some of the latter cartoons some time ago and the end credits of that tape state that not only was Bud Collyer the voice of Superman on that series, but Bob Hastings was the voice of Superboy, whose adventures aired during the CBS Superman shows.
Michael Brandenburg
(But there is an interesting oddity on that tape -- it has no Superboy episodes on it; hence, no voices of that character by Bob Hastings!)
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Bob Hastings also voiced Commissioner Gordon on "Batman: The Animated Series".
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[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Jan 23 2004, 07:46 PM\'] [quote name=\'Johnissoevil\' date=\'Jan 23 2004, 01:37 PM\'] Another one that comes to mind, being a fan of the Original Transformers cartoons:
Laurie Faso did some voice work on both Transformers and G.I. Joe. [/quote]
I'm Telling you man, he was a walking cartoon. [/quote]
he looked more like a cartoon in real life i think ;)
Although I'm telling sucked eggs for 23 of it's 25 mins, it did Have one of the coolest kid's show endgames this side of the obstacle course. And Faso was not a BAD host, just a terrible show (hey it was NBC sat morning in the late 80s early 90s, you dont expect something good back then unless it was called saved by the bell, did ya ;) )
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[quote name=\'Michael Brandenburg\' date=\'Jan 23 2004, 07:49 PM\']
Someone mentioned earlier in this thread that Bud Collyer supplied the voice of Superman in both the Dave Flescher/Famous Studios Superman animated cartoons of the early 1940s and the Filmation Studios Superman cartoons that CBS aired on Saturday mornings in the late 1960s. I bought a VHS cassette of some of the latter cartoons some time ago and the end credits of that tape state that not only was Bud Collyer the voice of Superman on that series, but Bob Hastings was the voice of Superboy, whose adventures aired during the CBS Superman shows.
Michael Brandenburg
(But there is an interesting oddity on that tape -- it has no Superboy episodes on it; hence, no voices of that character by Bob Hastings!) [/quote]
Oddly enough, in recent months, cable's Boomerang Channel has begun airing the Famous Studios Superman cartoon shorts as well as the late 60's version (they eliminated the original openings/closings of the 60's cartoon in favor of a more modern intro/outro).
However, I do believe that Filmation had no hand in those late 60's cartoons. IIRC, those were put out directly by either Marvel or DC Comics, and was noted for finding ways of limiting movements on their characters (for example, when someone would talk, their face/lips would more than likely be hidden so the animators could use still or limited movement while they spoke -- a cost-cutting move in those times). Another example of limited-movement cartoons of that era were the post-Chuck Jones era Road Runner cartoons.
Anyways, as far as I know, there are no Filmation titles that are currently out in syndication anywhere in the States, including Fat Albert (voiced by Game Show Host Bill Cosby), The Archies, and the Groovy Ghoulies, to name a few. The Tom & Jerry cartoons produced by filmation were seen a few years ago, but I believe that MGM owned the rights which kept them on the air.
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The 1960's "Superman"/"Superboy cartoons were indeed produced by Filmation Studios, under the supervision of their longtime producers Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer and director Hal Sutherland. Filmation also did similar series for Batman and Aquaman under the same DC Comics license. (Eventually, DC took the license to Hanna-Barbera, which premiered "Super Friends" in 1973.)
You are probably thinking of the 1960's Marvel Heroes cartoons, which were done by two separate units - one headed by Steve Krantz and Ralph Bakshi, the other by Bob Lawrence, Ray Patterson and Grant Simmons.
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[quote name=\'Starkman\' date=\'Jan 24 2004, 09:19 AM\']
Although I'm telling sucked eggs for 23 of it's 25 mins, it did Have one of the coolest kid's show endgames this side of the obstacle course. And Faso was not a BAD host, just a terrible show (hey it was NBC sat morning in the late 80s early 90s, you dont expect something good back then unless it was called saved by the bell, did ya ;) ) [/quote]
C'mon, I was pretty pumped when ProStars and Captain N and "Super Mario Brothers 4" aired, but then I was too young to know what good animation was and I didn't start watching SBTB until it first reran on TBS.
Just how long did I'm Telling air on NBC, anyway? I think they only produced a season's worth of shows, but aired reruns for a few years.
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Just how long did I'm Telling air on NBC, anyway? I think they only produced a season's worth of shows, but aired reruns for a few years.
It was only seen for one full season on NBC (including repeats), 9/12/1987 to 9/3/1988. Reruns were later seen in the early-1990s on The [ABC] Family Channel.
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[quote name=\'davemackey\' date=\'Jan 24 2004, 10:15 AM\'] The 1960's "Superman"/"Superboy cartoons were indeed produced by Filmation Studios, under the supervision of their longtime producers Norm Prescott and Lou Scheimer and director Hal Sutherland. Filmation also did similar series for Batman and Aquaman under the same DC Comics license. (Eventually, DC took the license to Hanna-Barbera, which premiered "Super Friends" in 1973.)
You are probably thinking of the 1960's Marvel Heroes cartoons, which were done by two separate units - one headed by Steve Krantz and Ralph Bakshi, the other by Bob Lawrence, Ray Patterson and Grant Simmons. [/quote]
But to add to the confusion, Filmation was able to license the Batman and Robin characters to produce a new version in the late 1970s (running as part of an hour with Tarzan, plus a lot of other incarnations)--and the show ran concurrently with SUPERFRIENDS (obviously on different networks). At least here, Adam West and Burt Ward voiced the characters (Olan Soule and Casey Kasem doing the honors on SUPERFRIENDS).
Man, did I love those Marvel cartoons! While I got the SPIDER-MAN tapes via E-Bay, the quality isn't the greatest. I understand Canada's Teletoon network has shown these cartoons recently (in much cleaner quality). ABC Family dusted off a few episodes last year, but the video quality was very disappointing.
Doug
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I understand Canada's Teletoon network has shown these cartoons recently (in much cleaner quality). ABC Family dusted off a few episodes last year, but the video quality was very disappointing.
Which probably explains why the ABC Family episodes had one of those ABC "in color" intros before the 60s Spiderman.
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[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jan 24 2004, 09:55 PM\']But to add to the confusion, Filmation was able to license the Batman and Robin characters to produce a new version in the late 1970s (running as part of an hour with Tarzan, plus a lot of other incarnations)--and the show ran concurrently with SUPERFRIENDS (obviously on different networks). At least here, Adam West and Burt Ward voiced the characters (Olan Soule and Casey Kasem doing the honors on SUPERFRIENDS).[/quote]
And, to add to the confusion, be it noted that Soule and Kasem had been the voices of the Dynamic Duo on the original Filmation series.