I recall reading that George O'Hanlon, the voice of George Jetson (and the star of a series of short film comedies called "Joe McDoakes" that are only seen nowadays every so often on TCM), was blind in the last years of his life. Hanna-Barbera did his scripts for the 80s episodes of "The Jetsons" and the feature film in Braille in order to continue using his talents. On the other hand, after Janet Waldo had recorded her work as Judy Jetson for the feature, Universal ordered H-B to replace her with Tiffany (yeah, the shopping mall pop tart who recorded for Universal Music Group, which at that time was under the same ownership as Universal Pictures). When the decision went down, Joe Barbera tried to soften the blow to Waldo by sending her two dozen roses and a note that ended with "you'll always be Judy Jetson to us." (I assume that they didn't take back the money they had already paid her for her work.)
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Dave Sikula <[email protected]> wrote: > > I hope people do. I read a FB post the other day that someone's co-worker > > asked who W.C Fields was, and I recently had to explain to a co-worker > what > > a silent film was. > > > > Oh, well. > > > > --Dave Sikula > > Semi-related, I listened to a podcast featuring Andrea Romano, the > woman in charge of casting -- well -- just about every decent animated > series since 1981. She said she gets criticized for insisting on using > veteran talent (like Tim Conway and Ernest Borgenine in Spongebob). > She defends it by saying these people deserve to be known to the next > generation and voiceover work is a way to the rest of their careers. > She also told a touching story about how the guy who did the voice of > George Jetson suffered a fatal stroke while recording the series > remake in the 1980s -- instead of rotting away in some retirement > center, he quite literally died doing what he loved. > > There are some people who do what they can to prevent folks from > forgetting the history of film, television, and music. We need to do a > better job or recognizing them. > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
