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Shirley Is in Her Holy Temple

I don’t know how seriously Shirley Temple was considered for the role of Dorothy in the 1939 Wizard of Oz, but I do seem to recall reading that she was actually familiar with the Oz books. Many years later, she … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Fairy Tales, Oz, Television | Tagged agnes moorhead, arthur treacher, jack pumpkinhead, jonathan winters, mel blanc, mombi, ozma, sawhorse, scarecrow, shirley temple, shirley temple's storybook, sterling holloway, the marvelous land of oz, the reluctant dragon, tin woodman |

In Memoriam: Stan Freberg

Crap, the people I admire are dropping like flies. Stan Freberg died today of pneumonia at the age of eighty-eight. He was active in the entertainment industry for decades, someone I think we’ve pretty much all come across at some … Continue reading →

Cereal Offenders

The Internet has had a lot of talk about cereal commercial mascots, but I figured I might as well add my voice to the hubbub. I never was big on this sort of dry cereal myself, partially because my parents … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Food, Television, The Flintstones | Tagged bamm-bamm rubble, barney rubble, cap'n crunch, cereal, cocoa krispies, cocoa pebbles, cocoa puffs, dean martin, fred flintstone, froot loops, frosted flakes, fruity pebbles, gerry matthews, golden crisp, gramps, granny goodwitch, jay ward, jean lafoote, king vitaman, leprechauns, lucky charms, lucky the leprechaun, mascots, mel blanc, paul frees, pebbles flintstone, quick draw mcgraw, snagglepuss, soggies, sonny the cuckoo bird, sugar bear, sugar crisp, sugar frosted flakes, sugar smacks, tony the tiger, toucan sam, trix, trix rabbit |

Toon Talk

I find it interesting that the original voice of Porky Pig, Joe Dougherty, really did stutter. Because he couldn’t control it, recording sessions would run too long and become too expensive, so he was replaced by Mel Blanc. Blanc kept … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged apu nahasapeemapetilon, clarence nash, donald duck, elmer fudd, foghorn leghorn, hanna-barbera, joe dougherty, looney tunes, mel blanc, porky pig, walt disney, warner bros |

Cats and Company

I remember when I used to read the newspaper comics in my childhood, and being rather confused by why Garfield and Heathcliff looked so similar. I seem to recall pondering whether there was a connection between the two, but there … Continue reading →

What Would Geppetto Do?

Pinocchio (1940) – It’s kind of weird that this was actually Disney’s second full-length animated feature, because it’s just so dark. I mean, Snow White had some dark elements, but overall it was pretty cheerful and fun. But Pinocchio? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bible, blue fairy, carlo collodi, coachman, donkeys, figaro, geppetto, gideon, honest john worthington foulfellow, jiminy cricket, jonah, mel blanc, minnie mouse, monstro the whale, pinocchio, pleasure island |