tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post6247784617207560766..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Huckleberry Hound — Somebody’s LionYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-83751888061326818632012-12-29T02:14:50.345-08:002012-12-29T02:14:50.345-08:00Not quite, Josh. Daws is the voice of Sam the Cat....Not quite, Josh. Daws is the voice of Sam the Cat. But Mel Blanc's contact at Warners stated he got exclusive credit so Daws isn't mentioned.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-29307522771010957222012-12-29T01:44:52.565-08:002012-12-29T01:44:52.565-08:00The voices of Pete Puma, Leroy the Lion and Sam th...The voices of Pete Puma, Leroy the Lion and Sam the Cat are the most hilarious voices (even tho done by different dudes) in cartoon history!!! Joshhttp://fb.com/joshthekooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-43452887375166676452010-11-28T13:59:22.185-08:002010-11-28T13:59:22.185-08:00I Can See A Bit of Carlo Vinci's Earmarks in t...I Can See A Bit of Carlo Vinci's Earmarks in this, too. And When i First saw this cartoon, i thought LaVerne Harding did the Animation for this short, Until Now, Thank You Mark Christiansen, for confirming the Correct animator credit for this cartoon.<br /><br />Asim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-49562504000171288032010-11-25T09:49:51.086-08:002010-11-25T09:49:51.086-08:00Part of what has always made that ending work for ...Part of what has always made that ending work for me is that it’s open to interpretation whether Leroy is covering his gunshot wounds with the bag, or if he’s just too ashamed to be seen after being (as is noted) “bagged” by Huck! <br /><br />I also LOVE the fact that Leroy actually stops to say “I got a hunch I shouldn’t ask the next question” before compulsively going through with the “Lion’s Club” gag. <br /><br />It shows that he KNOWS what’s going to happen... but he CAN’T HELP HIMSELF, and must take the gag to its conclusion, regardless of the consequences! <br /><br />What wonderful writing by Foster, turning an old situation to new advantage!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-19369315338045948822010-11-24T19:38:16.971-08:002010-11-24T19:38:16.971-08:00Frank Fontaine's hometown was in Winchester, M...Frank Fontaine's hometown was in Winchester, Mass. where I work. People still talk about him and his family these many years later. <br /><br />It was a pleasant surprise to find Freberg returning to voice both Pete Puma and Junyer Bear on Tiny Toons 40 years later.joecabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862252671814767307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-83207106607012960362010-11-24T11:07:34.671-08:002010-11-24T11:07:34.671-08:00Daws also used his Fontaine imitation, or a variat...Daws also used his Fontaine imitation, or a variation of it, as a wolf in at least two Woody Woodpecker cartoons made during the Sid Marcus era. That's where the oft-repeated phrase "That was a STOOPID thing ta do!" comes from. This 'stoopid' voice turned up in many Jay Ward cartoons as well.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-29799514105183123032010-11-24T11:04:44.106-08:002010-11-24T11:04:44.106-08:00Dan: It's ironic that we get to see the full e...Dan: It's ironic that we get to see the full extent of the gunshot damage inflicted on 'moving target' Leroy earlier in the cartoon, but his later, self-inflicted injury is apparently too gruesome to show. Or maybe it's because Leroy didn't want to be seen on TV looking like that. Never mind that most cartoon characters completely recover from any explosion or gunshot injuries by the next scene, at the latest. Such is the hypocrisy of cartoon license.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-343555646157491782010-11-21T13:29:54.228-08:002010-11-21T13:29:54.228-08:00Scott, Yowp: Fontaine was also slated to voice a &...Scott, Yowp: Fontaine was also slated to voice a "Jungle Book" rhino for Disney but it was as wild as the Louis Prima Ape, and followed it to boot, swo Walt literally, cut it out. [Jim Hill's site used to have this listed.]<br /><br />By the time he was slated to do a cartoon, as Yowp listed, it would have been probaly on a banal Sat AM cartoon [Billy Bletcher was going to do Plasticman, Mark Evanier says on his site, but he died in 1979 at 85-1/2...Plasticman, though was almost somewhat funny with its type of hero.] <br /><br />J.Lee, Friz Freleng didn't just use that wind up mouse in "Sahara Hare" [the first LT cartoon with the 1955-1963 theme], but in "Tweety's Circus, too!<br /><br />Yowp, with Frank Fontaine's mimcry, he could have done many cartoon voices, ironic but fortunate that he went his own way first with that dumb voice then the natural baritone singing one!<br /><br /><a href="http://sjcarrasblog.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Original era Gumby Blog</a><br />Take two and don't call me in the morning.Steve "Pokey' Carrashttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001249396142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-91804920129146572252010-11-21T09:49:08.174-08:002010-11-21T09:49:08.174-08:00i too was a big frank fontaine fan as a kid....and...i too was a big frank fontaine fan as a kid....and for those of you that don't remember...he voiced the cow from the pillsbury "moo juice" commercials...as far as i know that was his only voice over work.scott jeraldsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-73319945402700261052010-11-21T09:14:43.078-08:002010-11-21T09:14:43.078-08:00I'm surprised that the cartoon didn't go o...I'm surprised that the cartoon didn't go out with something along the lines of Huck finally "bagged" the lion!jinglerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14402516909840687822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-18336366557088030382010-11-21T09:10:55.849-08:002010-11-21T09:10:55.849-08:00I'm probably in the minority, but I always tho...I'm probably in the minority, but I always thought this second Leroy cartoon paled next to the first. Leroy's whole facial elongation thing and goofy eyelids didn't make it funnier or more enjoyable to me – they were kind of a distraction. Plus, I liked the spirit of the first one better - it's more of a simple, classic Huck versus likable adversary battle. Plus the end gag here is mildly disturbing - wonder what's under the bag? Ugh!Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-80231131682166131852010-11-20T16:03:58.112-08:002010-11-20T16:03:58.112-08:00That would fun to hear, T.R. I saw reruns of Gleas...That would fun to hear, T.R. I saw reruns of Gleason's show in 1984 and thought that Daws Butler was playing Crazy Guggenheim until I saw <br />the credits and the Beck and Friedwald WB Cartoons book, which was already published in 1981, and saw the "Rabbit's Kin" entry and the Frank Fontaine ref. [This was still before I had found that STAN FREBERG, not Daws or Fontaine-EEEEE!-voiced P.Puma.]<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001249396142" rel="nofollow">Steve C.</a>Steve C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-85136648166101162062010-11-20T11:17:09.163-08:002010-11-20T11:17:09.163-08:00One of your best cartoon reviews! Great attentio...One of your best cartoon reviews! Great attention to what is funny and what makes it work. <br /><br />I was a big Frank Fontaine fan as a kid, and would actually be called upon on holidays by my dad on holidays to do my Crazy Guggenheim impression: "Hiya, Joe. Hiya Mr. Donahee."Tom Rueggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509448730816934205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-90915075046116047052010-11-20T10:27:54.026-08:002010-11-20T10:27:54.026-08:00Nice work by Dick Lundy, but I have to say that I ...Nice work by Dick Lundy, but I have to say that I don't really care for Huck's uneven eyelids. It gives Huck an unflattering dopey look.<br /><br />Fontaine's and Nabors' surprise singing voices may have been pre-dated by Tennessee Ernie Ford, whose baritone may have come as a surprise to those only familiar with his 'Cousin Ernie' character.david simmonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-88898538575180573692010-11-20T10:19:59.444-08:002010-11-20T10:19:59.444-08:00Wow! Imagine my surprise to know Frank Fontaine di...Wow! Imagine my surprise to know Frank Fontaine did voicework on toons. I will admit here and now that I have 5 of his albums. I also remember seeing him on the Lowell (Michigan) Showboat where he announced the Happy House program idea. His schtik as Crazy can still be seen on Youtube. <br />RadioWizard (jack)RadioWizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02631501271656171874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-87515819994346466872010-11-20T10:00:08.277-08:002010-11-20T10:00:08.277-08:00Frank probably hit his height in the early-mid 60s...Frank probably hit his height in the early-mid 60s on "The Jackie Gleason Show" during his "American Scene Magazine Period", which roughly translated into, <i>"Jackie doesn't want to do so many damn Honeymooners skits anymore and would rather live in Miami"</i>. Joe the Bartender, with Fontaine, was one of the many secondary characters Jackie had that got more play in the 1962-66 period, until the decision was made to start redoing the old Honeymooners plots as musicals, and Crazy began seeing less airtime.<br /><br />Sam the cat debuted for Freleng in 1959's "Trick or Tweet", which was also one of the final cartoons Foster did for Friz before his departure for Hanna-Barbera. So finding a ready-made character there to use the Fontaine gags with was probably an easy script for Warren to churn out ("Mouse and Garden" has no story credit, but the release times out to the period when Maltese had just left the studio).<br /><br />Foster also found it funny before this to have a character produce a ridiculous license from out of the blue -- it was the running gag for Porky in McKimson's 1950 "Boobs in the Woods", with Warren taking it to its most absurd extremes.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com