tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post1922865958929347221..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Choo-Choo, Flintstein and Skypad LandYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-63995880943066070972010-10-13T05:47:54.365-07:002010-10-13T05:47:54.365-07:00Marvin Kaplan has kept very busy since his TOP CAT...Marvin Kaplan has kept very busy since his TOP CAT days performing various cartoon and sitcom roles- always with same endearing Brooklyn accent. He's one of those one-voice voice actors that's a reassuring presence in any cartoon. Marty Ingels, Scatman Crothers, Lorenzo Music, and to some extent Casey Kasem are others in this category.<br /><br />Leo DeLyon seems to have disappeared from sight (at least as far as animation) from 1962 to the 80s, when his name turned up in the credits for the SMURFS. It was rather surprising to see him alive and well in the TOP CAT DVD extras. It's interesting that he did Brain's voice in these features, but not Spook. Maybe the latter's voice was too difficult for DeLyon to do anymore; indeed, Spook sounded very 'off' in the syndicated TV 1988 reunion movie.<br /><br />Stephenson has been heard periodically in recent years as 'the boss' in radio commercials for Accountemps and Fedex. It's the same sarcastic, authoritative voice he used for bosses, cops, soldiers and villians in hundreds of H-B cartoons.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-74109011912474994192010-10-11T11:42:50.608-07:002010-10-11T11:42:50.608-07:00Errol, he wasn't part of the Top Cat DVD inter...Errol, he wasn't part of the Top Cat DVD interviews either and I've never thought to ask Earl Kress why he wasn't.<br />It may be about a year since I've heard his voice on spots but I don't listen to much American radio outside of newscasts.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-72075721652199548882010-10-11T11:07:15.204-07:002010-10-11T11:07:15.204-07:00Thanks!!!! looking forward to hearing the radio sh...Thanks!!!! looking forward to hearing the radio show. It is too bad John Stephenson won't be there. Hopefully, his health is still good these days. Stephenson was VERY busy in the sixties and seventies with his H-B voice-overs and he was in front of the camera a lot on sitcoms and dramas. Very well rounded actor. Thanks for the heads-up on the radio show.Errolnoreply@blogger.com