35TH & 40TH ANNIVERSARIES

 Millennials! We're getting real now. Continuing our anniversary celebration with the shows turning 35 and 40.

RONNIE SCHELL DEAD AT 94

 

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He played Gilly in Goober and the Ghost Chasers; Rick Racoon in Shirt Tales; Mr. Shugart on the “Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost” episode of ABC Weekend Specials; Buster and Mr. Hubert in episodes of Pound Puppies (1986); The Yuckster in Flintstone Kids; Pushover Smurf and additional voices in The Smurfs (1981); Elliot Stingwell on an episode of Saved by the Bell (1989); Calvin Klunk in Yo Yogi!; and Mayor Fitzhugh in Recess. He also provided voices for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Yogi’s Space Race, Casper and the Angels, Meatballs and Spaghetti, Snorks, Tom & Jerry Kids Show and Lloyd in Space.

MITZI McCALL DEAD AT 91

 

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She starred as Penny in The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show and The Flintstone Comedy Hour; Elektra 6000, Shazalle and additional voices in The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang; Miss Burns in Rick Moranis in Gravedale High; Talula LaTrane in Yo Yogi!; Ammonia Pine in Darkwing Duck; Mother Goose in Mother Goose and Grimm/Grimmy; Mame Slaughter in Captain Planet and the Planeteers; and Golda Meir in Histeria! She also provided additional voices in Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979), The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show, The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Snorks, Bobby’s World and Monster in my Pocket: The Big Scream.

GORDON BRESSACK DEAD AT 68

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He was a writer that worked on a number of Saturday morning shows, including The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Smurfs, Snorks, Yogi’s Treasure Hunt, The Real Ghostbusters, Pound Puppies (1986), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), The Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy, DuckTales, New Kids on the Block, The Wizard of Oz (1990), Tiny Toon Adventures, Yo Yogi!, Darkwing Duck (for which he was also a story editor), Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain and Loonaticks Unleashed.

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. 

 

DON LUSK DEAD AT 105

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His career spanned from early Disney through Hanna-Barbera's later output. He provided animation for The Secret Squirrel Show, The Atom Ant Show, Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears and Droopy: Master Detective. His work was also seen in a short included in Mickey’s House of Villains direct-to-video movie. He served as an assistant director or director on Shirt Tales, Monchichis, The Dukes, Pac-Man, The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, The Biskitts, Pink Panther and Sons, Snorks and The Smurfs, Galtar and the Golden Lance, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, The Flintstone Kids, Foofur, Wildfire, Popeye and Son, Yogi’s Treasure Hunt, Pound Puppies (1986), The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, Tom & Jerry Kids Show, Rick Moranis in Gravedale High, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Yo Yogi!, The Addams Family (1992), and The Pirates of Dark Water.