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    cartoons and kid shows live on stage

    I recently told you about my memories of the Looney Tunes live stage shows called Bugs Bunny Follies and Bugs Bunny in Space. I also remember seeing commercials about other cartoons and kids shows live on stage. But never went to though. There was... Lots of Sesame Street live shows...
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    Butterfly Ball

    Hey everyone. Here's a classic cartoon video I remember enjoying on the Great Space Coaster and occasionally on stations like HBO. The Butterfly Ball. It's really neat. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43TlKfLdNRo&search=Butterfly%20Ball
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    June Foray

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is that most popular of all voice actresses, June Foray. She had been voicing many cartoon characters at a young age. Her most famous characters were Rocky and Natasha from the classic Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. And she's still doing voicework...
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    Chuck McCann

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is Chuck McCann. Chuck had played Barney in the Krofft series, Far Out Space Nuts. And he also made other appearances in TV shows and movies. Chuck also played Dreamfinder in the Disney's Epcot feature, Journey Into Imagination. I remember...
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    Micky Dolenz

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is Micky Dolenz. You might remember him as one of the Monkees. I always thought Micky's role in that show was the funniest ever. Micky was also famous doing a few cartoon characters during the 70's. Mostly teenage guys for Hanna-Barbera...
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    Cree Summer

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is the talented actress, voice actress, and singer, Cree Summer. She started out as a Canadian voice actress and went under the name Cree Summer-Francks. And then moved over to U.S. cartoons under the shortened name Cree Summer. You also might...
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    XVAF: Lennie Weinrib

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: A couple of days ago, Lennie Weinrib had passed away. (1935-2006) So I decided to do my next voice artist tribute to him. Lennie was most famous for voicing H.R. Pufnstuf as well as doing lots of characters for Hanna-Barbera as well as the famous ABC Saturday...
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    Lennie Weinrib passed away.

    I just heard a few minutes ago that Lennie Weinrib, the voice of H.R. Pufnstuf, has passed away. I always loved his work and it was a shame for him to go. Next time, I'll do a V/A focus on his talented works in honor of him. R.I.P. Lennie. Thank you for giving the mayor of Living Island a...
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    Peter Cullen

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is Peter Cullen. A talented voiceman during the 80's. He has voiced many cartoons characters from both comedies and action series. His most famous voices were Eeyore for some of the Winnie the Pooh series, specials, and movies. And he was...
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    Gregg Berger

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is Gregg Berger. A talented man who has done voices for many cartoons and lots and lots of video games. My favorite characters of his are Odie and Orson Pig from Garfield and Friends and Cornfed from Duckman. AAAAH! REAL MONSTERS: The...
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    Janet Waldo

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is Janet Waldo. A talented woman who has voiced many classic Hanna-Barbera female characters for many years. Her most famous characters were Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop, and Josie. ADDAMS FAMILY(1973): Morticia, Granny ALICE THROUGH THE...
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    Parents concerned about certain cable stuff.

    Did you parents ever worry that you might watch something violent or dirty on cable? When we first got cable back in the early 80's, my sister and I enjoyed it a lot. She enjoyed MTV while I enjoyed shows on Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and shows like Fraggle Rock. However, our parents...
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    Don Messick

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's V/A focus is the late Don Messick (1926-1997). Like Daws Butler, Don was also one of the first voice artists to work for Hanna-Barbera when they first opened their studio. And Don also voiced lots of memorable HB characters like Boo Boo Bear, Bandit...
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    Eyes in the dark

    In those Sesame Streets skits when Muppets are in the dark and all you see are their eyes floating around, (Like when the power went off in Ernie and Bert's apartment and all you see are their eyes in the dark.) I wonder how the Muppeteers did that. Did they stick some glowing eyes on some...
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    "Strawberry, my favorite kind!"

    Have you noticed in a few of the world balloon cartoons, some of the little boys there have a love of strawberry? In the H for Hole cartoon, a boy peeks through a hole in the balloon and gets hit with a strawberry pie. He goes, "Strawberry, my favorite kind!" And when a boy sees some ice...
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    Fozzie and Piggy relationship

    I read that Jim really wanted Fozzie and Miss. Piggy to have some kind of friendship relationship, but that was kind of hard since Frank peforms both characters. Yes, I can see Fozzie as a good friend to Piggy. Of course there were a few times when Piggy hit Fozzie, like in the opening when...
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    Daws Butler

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS: This week's VA focus is a voiceman that's just as famous as Mel Blanc. He's the late Daws Butler (1916-1988). Daws did a lot of voices for classic theater cartoons like Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, and stuff for MGM. When Hanna-Barbera studios first opened, Daws...
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    Cow looking for a home.

    Does anyone remember this classic skit from the 70s? A black and white cow was walking around the countryside trying to find a home. She tried to climb up a tree and a bird shouted at her. "Birds live in trees, not cows!" So the cow tried to find something else. She tried sticking her nose...
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    Susan Blu

    XERUS'S VOICE ARTIST FOCUS This week's V/A focus is the talented Susan Blu. I think she has a very pretty voice and I enjoyed her work as Arcee from Transformers and Stormer from Jem. These days, Susan is now a voice director and directs other voice artists for cartoons, but sometimes...
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    Characters who've read Uncle Matt's postcards

    Usually, Gobo was the one who reads Uncle Matt's postcards. But there were also other characters who got the honor of reading them as well. One time, Wembley asked Gobo if he could read one. Red snatched a postcard from Gobo's pocket so she could prove how boring it was. She read it and...
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