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TaleSpin
''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series first aired in 1990 as a preview on Disney Channel and later that year as part of '' The Disney Afternoon''. It features characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature ''The Jungle Book'' (namely, some of the film's animals being given an anthropomorphic makeover while the humans are removed), which was theatrically rereleased in the summer before this show premiered in the fall. Namely Baloo the Bear, Louie the orangutan, and Shere Khan the tiger, along with new characters created for the show. The name of the show is a play on " tailspin", the rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral, and on the fact that ''tale'' is another word for "story". The show is one of nine ''Disney Afternoon'' shows to use established Disney characters as the main characters, with the other eight being '' Darkwing Duck'', '' DuckTales'', '' Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers'', '' Goof Troop'', '' Bonkers'', '' Quack Pack'', ''Aladdin'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Struthers
Sally Anne Struthers (born July 28, 1947) is an American actress and activist. She played Gloria Stivic, the daughter of Archie and Edith Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton) on ''All in the Family'', for which she won two Emmy awards, and Babette on ''Gilmore Girls''. She was also the voice of Charlene Sinclair on the ABC sitcom '' Dinosaurs'' and Rebecca Cunningham on the Disney animated series ''TaleSpin''. Early life Sally Anne Struthers was born July 28, 1947, in Portland, Oregon, the second of two daughters born to Margaret Caroline (née Jernes) and Robert Alden Struthers, a surgeon. She has an older sister, Sue. Her maternal grandparents were Norwegian immigrants. Her father abandoned the family when Struthers was approximately nine years old, after which she was raised by her single mother in the Concordia neighborhood of northeast Portland. Her mother, who supported herself and her two daughters working at Bonneville Power Administration, suffered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jay
Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was a British actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive baritone voice, which often led to him being cast in villainous roles. He was best known as the voice of Judge Claude Frollo in Disney's '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), Megabyte in '' ReBoot'' (1994–2001), Shere Khan in '' The Jungle Book 2'' and the TV series '' TaleSpin'' (replacing George Sanders who played the character in original film), and the Elder God (plus various other roles) in the '' Legacy of Kain'' series of video games. Jay also made many distinguished on-screen appearances, including the role of Nigel St John on '' Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' (1993–1995). He further made guest appearances on programs including '' The Golden Girls'' in 1987, ''Twin Peaks'' in 1990–91, and '' Night Court'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Gilbert
Edmund Francis Gilbert (June 29, 1931 – May 8, 1999) was an American actor, with extensive credits in both live-action roles and voice work in animation, although he was better known for the latter. He is also credited, under his birth name (Edmund Francis Giesbert), with research in entomology and the discovery of new beetle species. Career During the 1960s, Gilbert appeared on television series such as '' The Gallant Men'', '' Combat!'', '' The Rogues'', and ''Mannix''. In 1966, he guest starred as Robert Cramer on four episodes of ''Ben Casey''. He is well known as Fenton Hardy on the 1970s television series '' The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries''. He provided the voices of Superion (originally voiced by Frank Welker), Thrust and Blitzwing in the second and third seasons of '' The Transformers'', Kissyfur's father Gus in '' Kissyfur'', Thirty-Thirty, Sandstorm, Shaman and other voices in '' BraveStarr'', Baloo in the Disney animated series '' TaleSpin'' and Jungle Cubs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Fraley
Patrick Howard Fraley (born February 18, 1949) is an American voice actor and voice-over teacher, known as the voice of Krang, Casey Jones, Baxter Stockman and numerous other characters in the 1987 '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' animated television series and voiced Falcon in the 2003 '' Stuart Little'' animated television series. Fraley is also a member of Voice and Speech Trainers of America. Career His first role was in 1979, in Hanna-Barbera's '' Scooby-Doo Goes Hollywood'' where he supplied additional voices. In 1985, he voiced Ace on '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' and Hillbilly Jim on '' Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling''. He played Slick the Turtle on ABC's ''The Littles''. He later did the voices of Coach Frogface and Sludge on ''Galaxy High''. A versatile voice artist in 1987, Fraley voiced 65 characters on the animated TV series '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'': Al, Aleister, Army Colonel, Antrax, Billy Jim Bob McJames, Bubba Badd, Bully, Chakahachi, Clown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Zaslove
Mark Zaslove (born June 7, 1959) is an American television and film writer, director and producer and novelist, in live-action and animation. He has won two Emmy Awards and the Humanitas Prize. He has created a wide range of content from the children's show "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" to his action thriller novel “Death and Taxes.” Early life and education Zaslove is the son of the late animator Alan Zaslove. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was the third-youngest member of the Magic Castle in 1976-77, as part of Dick and Diana Zimmerman's Junior Magicians Group. He attended U.C. Berkeley to study astrophysics but left the program after two years, staying in the Bay Area for two more years while writing his first (unpublished) novel, “Travail.” Career biography Returning to Santa Monica in 1981, Zaslove worked as a trainer at a fitness center while trying his hand at short fiction and screenplays. He joined LFP, Inc. in 1983, writing short fiction, and becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Adler
Charles Michael Adler (born October 2, 1956) is an American voice actor and voice director. He is known for his roles as Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', Ed and Bev Bighead on '' Rocko's Modern Life'' and Ickis on '' Aaahh!!! Real Monsters''. His credits also include '' Avengers Assemble'', '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', '' Cow and Chicken'', '' Earthworm Jim'', '' G.I. Joe: Renegades'', '' I Am Weasel'' and '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron''. Early life In the mid-1960s, Adler's family moved to Nanuet, New York and later to Massachusetts. He was given the nickname "Beanie" due to always wearing a Beanie cap. His sister Cheryl Adler is a psychotherapist who wrote the book ''Sober University''. Growing up, Adler was a self-described "TV junkie", and an avid fan of '' Rocky and Bullwinkle'', '' The Three Stooges'' and Irene Ryan's Granny Moses from '' The Beverly Hillbillies''. Career Adler's first professional acting job was in a commercial in 1971. Afterward, he too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janna Michaels
Janna Michaels (born July 9, 1983) is an American former child actress. She voiced Molly Cunningham on Disney's ''TaleSpin''. Michaels was a regular on the short-lived television series, ''What a Dummy''. She later had a recurring role on ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman'' and played a young Kes in the '' Star Trek: Voyager'' episode " Before and After". She also had roles in the family comedy films '' Little Giants'' (playing the child version of Susanna Thompson's character) and '' Bushwhacked''. She then appeared as Sally Burrows in the 1996 TV movie '' If These Walls Could Talk''. Michaels was nominated for two Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...s, one for ''What a Dummy'' and another for ''TaleSpin''. Michaels left acting behind following her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Paulsen
Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Annie Awards for his role as Pinky. Early life Rob Paulsen was born in Detroit, Michigan on March 11, 1956, the son of Bob and Lee Paulsen. He was raised in Grand Blanc, Michigan, where he graduated from Grand Blanc High School in 1974. He sang in choirs throughout his youth and adolescence and began performing in plays in school, but his childhood idol was ice hockey player Gordie Howe, and he considered the arts to be a secondary career choice due to his primary interest in becoming an NHL player. He briefly attended the University of Michigan-Flint, but later dropped out and moved to Los Angeles in 1978 to pursue a career in show business, much to the disapproval of his father. He worked his first job as a musician, before pursuing voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Music
Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001) was an American actor, producer and writer. Music began his career in the late 1960s as a writer and a regular performer on the controversial CBS variety show ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour''. In the 1970s, Music co-created the sitcom '' The Bob Newhart Show'' with David Davis and composed its theme music with his wife, Henrietta. He also wrote episodes for ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' and ''Rhoda'', and got his major voiceover role for playing the unseen, but often heard, Carlton the Doorman in ''Rhoda''. Music gained fame in the 1980s for voicing Jim Davis' comic strip character Garfield on twelve animated specials, and later in cartoons, video games, and commercials until his death in 2001. Music's distinctive voice of Garfield is still often used in animated specials in his legacy. Early life Gerald David Music was born on May 2, 1937, in Brooklyn, New York. He was six years old when his family moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jymn Magon
Jymn Magon (; born December 7, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American television and film writer. He spent 17 years at Walt Disney Studios, first producing children's records, then later moving to Disney Television Animation. He created, story edited, and wrote on such shows as ''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', ''DuckTales'', ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', '' TaleSpin'', ''Darkwing Duck'', '' Goof Troop'', '' Quack Pack'' and '' The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh''. In 1993 he began a freelance career, writing and story editing for numerous studios. His TV and film projects include '' A Goofy Movie'', '' Make Way for Noddy'', '' Casper: A Spirited Beginning'', ''Casper Meets Wendy'', '' Archie's Weird Mysteries'' and '' All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series''. He also writes for ads, stage, books, and comics. He also wrote three of the episodes for ''Sitting Ducks'': "Feather Island/King of the Bongos", "Holding Pen 13/Daredevill Ducks" and "Iced Duck/Duck Foote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jungle Book (1967 Film)
''The Jungle Book'' is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Based on Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same title, it is the 19th Disney animated feature film. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last film to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production, and the first animated feature film released after his death. The plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear try to convince him to leave the jungle before the evil tiger Shere Khan arrives. The early versions of both the screenplay and the soundtrack followed Kipling's work more closely, with a dramatic, dark, and sinister tone which Disney did not want in his family film, leading to writer Bill Peet and songwriter Terry Gilkyson being replaced. The casting employed famous actors and musicians Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders and Louis Prima, as well as Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Latham (animator)
Larry Latham (April 15, 1953 – November 2, 2014) was an American animator, artist, producer and director. He was perhaps best known as a producer and director on Disney's animated series ''TaleSpin'', the pilot episode of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. Latham worked on several other Disney productions as a storyboard artist or designer, including '' Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', '' Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', and '' DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp''. He was also a producer, director, co-creator and storyboard artist on Disney's '' Bonkers''. Latham also directed storyboards on numerous Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including ''Super Friends'', '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'', and '' The Smurfs''. For Marvel Productions, he was storyboard director on ''My Little Pony 'n Friends'' and '' Spider-Man''. In 1996, Latham received a nomination for a Daytime Emmy Award for his work as a storyboard artist on '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
