THE WORLD LOST A REAL TREASURE WITH THE RECENT DEATH OF VOICE ARTIST JUNE FORAY
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June Foray was something of a local phenomenon, having gotten her start creating voice characters at the public library in Springfield, Massachusetts. Strange to say, Richard C. Hoagland got his start quite nearby. Can't remember for certain but it may have been at the Springfield Science Museum. Springfield has a lot of culture and learning, brought together in one small neighborhood. June Foray was one of the bright gems to come out of it.

: #brattleboro #bullwinkle #juneforay #paranormal #paranormalradio #richardchoagland #rockyandbullwinkle #springfieldmassachusetts #voiceactor #voiceactors #voiceartist #voiceartists :

Make Your Own Karen from Frosty the Snowman Costume

In the Christmas television special "Frosty the Snowman", Karen (voiced by June Foray) is a girl who places a magical top hat on top of a snowman, bringing him to life. Worried that the warming weather will make him melt, Karen and Frosty embark on a mission to the North Pole. Through these adventur

Carbon Costume

"St. George and the Dragonet."

In honor of #SaintGeorgesDay, here's some classic hilarity from #StanFreberg, made with the blessing and help of #Dragnet creator #JackWebb.

#Voiceactors included #DawsButler ("Yogi Bear"), #HyAverback, and the incomperable #JuneForay ("Rocky & Bullwinkle").

While recording the music, the band had to restart several times, because the musicians kept laughing so hard.

#HootinTootinTuesday #Comedy #YogiBear #VinylRecordings #StGeorgesDay

https://youtu.be/oUdFLyNCeI4?si=TwWJCBbSBDnM5IcD

Stan Freberg - St. George & The Dragonet, 1953 Capitol record.

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Today is the birthday of the one and only June Foray!

She has too many character voices to her name but I'll share that my favourite is Witch Hazel from Looney Tunes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Foray

#animation #VoiceActing #JuneForay #LooneyTunes #RockyAndBullwinkle #film

June Foray - Wikipedia

Tonight in 1975 — #RikkiTikkiTavi debuted on CBS.

#ChuckJones wrote, produced and directed this animated adaptation of the #RudyardKipling story about a brave mongoose.

#OrsonWelles, #JuneForay, #LesTremayne, #ShepardMenken and #LennieWeinrib provided voices.

It's streaming on Tubi:
https://tubitv.com/movies/301352/rikki-tikki-tavi

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV #Animation #ClassicCartoons #Nostalgia

Tubi is the largest free movie and TV streaming service in the US. We are not available in Europe due to changes in EU laws.

Happy 63rd birthday, #RockyAndBullwinkle!

It debuted Nov 19, 1959 as #RockyAndHisFriends w/ #JuneForay as Rocky and Natasha, #BillScott as Bullwinkle, #PaulFrees as Boris and #WilliamConrad as the Narrator.

#ClassicTV #ClassicCartoons #1960sTV

Ah fuck. I didn't know June Foray died. Two months ago, at age 99! I live in a cave, so it's not surprising that I missed it, but hell and tarnation. She was our last touchstone with the greatest Voice Over generation ever.
#juneforay #rockyandbullwinkle