tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post3933238326118527300..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Jerry MannYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-24690844880506429382014-11-18T08:34:12.191-08:002014-11-18T08:34:12.191-08:0011/18/14
RobGems.ca Wrote:
Top Cat James & Bob...11/18/14<br />RobGems.ca Wrote:<br />Top Cat James & Bobby: That's because SG fans that recalled seeing them over and over for the past 50+years have finally demanded to Sony, or in this case Shout DVD company to restore the "Dancing Sticks" logo on episodes of "Route 66" and "Hazel". The "S From Hell"/film strip logo is more common and can be seen on a number of DVD's, though not all of them ("The Monkees, for example is currently now owned by Rhino, which is now a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, so no "S From Hell" on any of those episodes.)The very first SG shows to contain The Dancing Sticks starting on September 15, 1963 were "Redigo" (a continuation of another SG show named "Empire") and "Grindl", which contained Imogene Coco as the star, doing Lucille Ball-like antics as a hired domestic servant. Both shows were huge flops in prime time, so don't expect to see those soon on DVD. The only way you'll see the "Dancing Sticks" or "S from Hell"/film strip logos today would happen today if Sony & WB would come to a compromise, and merge the logos together, which I doubt they will do, unless SG fans (and enemies, The "S From Hell" haters who were scared of the logo as kids, for example) demand they restore them like on DVD's & Cable airings of "Route 66" and "hazel" (keep your fingers crossed, SG fans, sometimes miracles do happen......) Rodney Arscher, who did the crazy but hilarious short film "The S From Hell" would do the restorations, if he were in charge of Sony. The "Dancing Sticks" and the "S From Hell" logos, meanwhile, can be overly-analyzed on numerous You-Tube videos,usually by computer geeks who were scared of the logo as kids, but now considers them historical institutions never to be forgotten. I certainly am one of them (The Sticks gave me chills as a child, but now I find them one of the most beautiful logos in the history of television. It's still Colin Male's announcing that still makes me tremble, due to his "voice of God" like vocal tones.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-86463011863093851262014-11-17T20:50:29.193-08:002014-11-17T20:50:29.193-08:00Bobby, the Route 66 episodes on MeTV have the Colu...Bobby, the <i>Route 66</i> episodes on MeTV have the Columbia logo and announcement intact,and even the "CBS eye" at the end! In the eps that are airing now (fourth season 1963-64), we get to see the "dancing sticks".top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-10859044578766533102014-11-16T08:42:06.383-08:002014-11-16T08:42:06.383-08:00When I first watched the Jay North Dennis the Mena... When I first watched the Jay North Dennis the Menace TV series in the 1970's, they still had the old Screen Gems logo (seen on TV prints of the Three Stooges) at the end, with an announcer saying "This has been a Screen Gems film presentation from the Hollywood studios of Columbia Pictures.". The current airings on Antenna TV have a modern Sony logo at the end instead. Sigh.Bobby Bickertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-18097848971527026882014-11-13T19:38:36.367-08:002014-11-13T19:38:36.367-08:00Funny thing, having just seen some Sgt. Bilko epis...Funny thing, having just seen some Sgt. Bilko episodes, Jerry Mann sounded much more like the real Phil Silvers than did Daws Butler’s famed “Phil Silvers Voice”. Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-32232519413366585662014-11-13T10:41:28.379-08:002014-11-13T10:41:28.379-08:0011/13/14
RobGems.ca Wrote:
Errol, you took the wor...11/13/14<br />RobGems.ca Wrote:<br />Errol, you took the words right out of my thoughts with my own feelings about the new Warner Brothers versions of "The Flintstones" repeats on Boomerang. The Screen Gems' "Dancing Sticks" and "S From Hell"/Film Strip logos are sorely missed today by aging Flintstones fans like myself. I remember as a tot seeing them as Saturday morning repeats on NBC in 1969, then as syndicated repeats on Channel 50 Detroit (a Kaiser Broadcasting channel, later sold to Fields Communications, Inc. in 1977) and on Channel 25, Flint, Saginaw, & Bay City areas (A CBS outlet in Flint and the Bay area stations), Channel 5 of Flint & Saginaw (a NBC outlet) had them briefly for a time in the 1980's, though by that point, The Dancing Sticks And S From Hell logos were snipped off by the stations, due to H-B no longer being distributed by Columbia/Screen Gems by that point (Taft Broadcasting, then Worldvision TV services had syndicated them at that point.) As for Dino speaking, too bad H-B never attempted this trick again, settling for Dino to behave like another "dinosaur as dog" pet, saying just "Yap Yap Yap Yap!" for the rest of the Flintstones' episodes and spin-off series and specials. Too bad, for Jerry Mann had an interesting one-shot voice for Dino in that episode. H-B should have tried the speaking Dino again just once, to maybe try to surprise Fred & Barney, and maybe Wilma & Betty for a believable angle. Jerry's Phil Silvers voice would have been an opportunity revived, if only H-B didn't let the talents of Jerry Mann go. I also recall in the color episodes of "The Flintstones" that Dino was surprisingly colored green in the 1960-63 opening credits before H-B decided on coloring him purple for good. That discovery can still be seen on the Boomerang repeats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-52977202986821731302014-11-13T07:46:41.586-08:002014-11-13T07:46:41.586-08:00Anonymous, thanks so much for the correction.........Anonymous, thanks so much for the correction......Jerry Mann appeared in two Woody Woodpeckers, as credited...forgot the titles..Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-70856418343258282932014-11-13T03:31:21.354-08:002014-11-13T03:31:21.354-08:00YOWP, You're one of the good ones.
Pokey, in ...YOWP, You're one of the good ones.<br /><br />Pokey, in "Kleptomaniac Barney" and "The X-Ray Story", John Stephenson plays the psychiatrist with a voice inspired by Edward Everett Horton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-20933040876422569762014-11-12T19:37:59.558-08:002014-11-12T19:37:59.558-08:00If I remember correctly, the producer in "Hol...If I remember correctly, the producer in "Hollyrock, Here I Come" is referred to as "J.B.," no? I've loved classic cartoons for as long as I can remember, but, since I got into animation history blogs like this one, I've been able to notice a lot of inside jokes that I never would've noticed otherwise. Thanks, Yowp, and keep up the great work. Sérgio Gonçalves https://www.blogger.com/profile/06629564277385996362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-24142103740638923602014-11-12T16:55:18.155-08:002014-11-12T16:55:18.155-08:00Thanks so much Yowp....as I see the Phil Silvers l...Thanks so much Yowp....as I see the Phil Silvers like producer animated above, I can hear Jerry Mann:"Oh..it's the Frog Mouth...yes..yes..Glad to see ya!".:) Now if we can do an article on another long overlooked Flintstones radio-to-tv character guy ALSO with Mann in that "Mesmo" episode, "The Hypnotist"(season 1,) the one and only Howard MacNear, also known as ":The Andy Griffith Show's" "Floyd the Barber", who was heard in Season 1's "The Split Personality" and "The Hypnotist", then imitated by John Stephenson in Season 2's "The X-Ray Story" and "Kleptomaniac Barney", then heard again himself in his final one, Season 3's "Invisible Barney" which also gave the us the famed visual and theme for both open and close of the show and all as doctors..(short sized for hsi actual appearances and normal 5 foot 5 size when John S.imitated him in those Season 2 episodes I mention above).StevePokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-46498523807634205752014-11-12T13:03:10.856-08:002014-11-12T13:03:10.856-08:00Great blog, Yowp. An interesting and colorful care...Great blog, Yowp. An interesting and colorful career to say the least. Too bad when Turner acquired the masters of The Flintstones they would only take one ending from each season and play that particular ending for the whole season. Sadly, I think the Warner Brothers DVDs are simply cleaned up versions of those masters. I could be wrong. However, I do remember that when our Hampton, Virginia television station ran re-runs of The Flintstones in the late 60's and early 70's, the voice credits did change from episode to episode, and had the Screen Gems " Dancing Sticks " and " Film Strip S " Now, I can place the voice with a face if I ever see these particular episodes. Errolnoreply@blogger.com