SATURDAY MORNING MASTERS: PAT CARROLL

 

PAT CARROLL

(May 5, 1927-July 30, 2022)

 

Notable Roles: Bunny Halper, Rita Simon, Pearl Markowitz, Ms. Biddy McBrain, Mrs. Hope Stinson, Hazel, Katrina Stoneheart, Grandma Arbuckle, Queen Hippolyta, Gussie Holt, Paula P. Casso, Ursula, Morgana, Old Lady Crowley

 

Patricia Ann Carroll’s career began in 1947 when she landed the role of Lorelei Crawford in the film Hometown Girl. She made her television debut in 1952 on The Red Buttons Show followed by her Broadway debut in 1955 in Catch a Star!; the latter of which landed her a Tony Award nomination. Along with appearing on a number of variety and game shows from the 1950s through the 1970s, she had a regular stint on the sitcom Make Room for Daddy as Bunny Halper, Getting Together as Rita Simon, Pearl Markowitz on Busting Loose, Mrs. Hope Stinson on the finale season of Too Close For Comfort and Gussie Holt on She’s the Sheriff; all while still appearing on stage and in film. In 1963, Carroll sued Hanna-Barbera for breach of contract after she was cast as Jane Jetson in The Jetsons and was replaced after only recording a single episode of the 24 that were guaranteed. Her voice acting debut instead game in 1966 as she provided some in The Super 6. In the late 1980s she returned to voice acting as teacher Ms. Biddy McBrain in Galaxy High School, dog Hazel in Foofur, and antagonistic dog pound owner Katrina Stoneheart in Pound Puppies. She also played the feisty grandmother of Jon Arbuckle (Thom Huge) in two Garfield holiday specials. She landed the role of sea witch Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid; a role she would continue to inhabit in the majority of the character’s English-language appearances until 2020 (excluding live-action adaptations in Once Upon a Time, Descendants 2 and The Little Mermaid Live!). Carroll died of pneumonia in 2022 at the age of 95.

 

Saturday Credits:
The Super 6
Galaxy High School
Yogi’s Treasure Hunt
Foofur
Pound Puppies (1986)
Superman (1988)
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
The Little Mermaid: The Animated Series
Disney’s House of Mouse
Tangled: The Series/Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure

SATURDAY MORNING MASTERS: DAWS BUTLER

DAWS BUTLER

(November 16, 1916-May 18, 1988)

Notable Roles: Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Dixie, Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf, Reddy, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator, Peter Potamus, Quick Draw McGraw, Scooby Dum, Augie Doggie, Jonathan Wellington “Mudsy” Muddlemore, Elroy Jetson, W.C. Cogswell, Henry Orbit, Chilly Willy, Cap’n Crunch

Regarded as the nicest man in the business, Butler began his career as an impressionist, winning most of the amateur contests he entered as a means to help him combat his shyness. That led him to gain professional gigs at vaudeville theaters. He joined Jack Lavin and Willard Ovitz to form the comedy trio The Three Short Waves, who played theaters, radio and nightclub engagemtns. After serving in WWII, he voiced his first theatrical short Short Snorts on Sports for Screen Gems in 1948. Following that, he became a regular performer in shorts directed by Tex Avery for MGM and the Warner Bros. puppet show Time For Beany working with Stan Freberg. Butler worked on several commercials and comedy albums with Freberg, and also appearing on Freberg’s radio show. In 1957, he became a regular player for Hanna-Barbera beginning with The Ruff & Reddy Show, and worked often with Jay Ward Productions first in The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle and as the first voice for Cap’n Crunch in commercials. In 1975, Butler began an acting workshop that molded such stars as Nancy Cartwright, Corey Burton, Bill Farmer, Pat Parris, Bob Bergen, Mona Marshall and others. Butler died of a heart attack in 1988, and was succeeded by his protégé Greg Burson in many of his roles.

Saturday Credits:

The Ruff & Reddy Show

Rocky & Bullwinkle

The Bugs Bunny Show

The Space Kidettes

The Super 6

Wacky Races (1968)

Harlem Globe Trotters

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour

Help!... It’s the Hair Bear Bunch!

The Funky Phantom

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

The Roman Holidays

The Houndcats

Bailey’s Comets

Yogi’s Gang

Hong Kong Phooey

Sesame Street

Scooby’s Laff-A-Lympics

Posse Impossible

CB Bears

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour

The All-New Popeye Hour

Galaxy Goof-Ups

Yogi’s Space Race

The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show

Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

Yogi’s Treasure Hunt

ARTE JOHNSON DEAD AT 90

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He voiced Super Scuba in The Super 6; Misterjaw in The Pink Panther Show; Rhubarb in The Houndcats; Weerd in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo; Count Ray and Dr. Ludwig von Strangeduck in DuckTales (1987); Devil Smurf, Custodian of Avalon and additional voices in The Smurfs; Lou and Top Cat in Yo Yogi!; and Newt, delivery guy and German dog in Animaniacs; and provided additional voices in Pac-Man, The Dukes, Foofur, The Flintstone Kids, The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, Snorks and Tom & Jerry Kids Show. He also co-created Baggy Pants & the Nitwits, in which he reprised his Laugh-In character Tyrone reimagined as a bumbling superhero. 

 

SMF ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (PART 9)

Welcome to the golden portion of our 2nd anniversary celebration!

As we celebrate, we figured we'd also take the opportunity to celebrate the various other programs enjoying anniversaries this year (at least at an interval of 5). Some we've covered, some we'll get to covering sooner or later, but all of them represent Saturday morning. For this installment, we recognize those shows turning the big 50--particularly cartoons of the Comic Book Superhero genre, which officially began in 1966 (comic books in general had been animated for television as far back as 1958).

Take a walk down memory lane with us, and feel free to share your memories in the comments, or over on our Facebook group or Facebook page. We'd love to hear from you!

Now, without further ado, join us in celebrating...

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