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Joan Gardner (voice Actor)
Joan Gardner (November 16, 1926 – December 10, 1992) was an American voice actress who was most active in voice over roles. She was also a screenwriter, songwriter, author and composer. Early life She was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 16, 1926, to Jack "Jumbo" Gardner, a prominent jazz musician and Adelaide (Cline) Gardner. Career She started her career on the stage. In 1948–1949, she wrote scripts for the television programs ''Pantomime Quiz'' and ''Time For Beany''. Apart from writing scripts and books, Gardner also worked as a music composer for films. However, she was most active as an actress for radio and television animated series. She voiced Spunky in '' The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole'', Tanta Kringle and various other female roles on the Christmas special ''Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'', Bonnie Bonnet and Madame Esmerelda on the TV special ''Here Comes Peter Cottontail'', played Josephine Bonaparte opposite Groucho Marx's Napoleon in the anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snorks
''Snorks'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and SEPP International S.A. in collaboration with 3M France and ran for a total of 4 seasons, consisting of a pilot episode and 65 episodes (108 segments), on NBC from September 15, 1984, to March 15, 1989. The program continued to be available in syndication from 1987 to 1989 as part of ''The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera''s third season. Origins Early years (1977–1981) In 1977, Freddy Monnickendam, a Belgian businessman and artist, first made contact with the comics industry when he negotiated the rights for the Smurfs comics to Father Abraham. He later became the head of SEPP, a branch of Dupuis, as an editor responsible for the merchandising of the Smurfs' comic series. Then he negotiated the contract between Peyo, NBC and Hanna-Barbera for the creation of a new ''Smurfs'' cartoon series; Peyo wanted the show to be as faithful as possible to his original comics, but Monnickendam wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time For Beany
''Time for Beany'' is an American children's television series, with puppets for characters, which was broadcast locally in Los Angeles starting on February 28, 1949, and nationally (by kinescope) by the improvised Paramount Television Network from 1950 to 1955. It was created by animator Bob Clampett, who later reused its main characters for the animated series ''Beany and Cecil''. The show won three Emmy Awards for best children's show. History The principal characters were Beany, a plucky young boy who wears a beanie cap; the brave but dimwitted Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, who claimed to be 300 years old and tall; another serpent named Common Dragon (named after Carmen Dragon, a famous conductor); Beany's uncle, Captain Horatio K. (for Kermit) Huff'n'puff (whose name is a play on Horatio Hornblower), who would blow on the sails of the ship Leakin' Lena (see below) to make it go faster, familiarly called Uncle Captain; Dishonest John, a/k/a "D.J.", whose cape and handleba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spunky And Tadpole
''The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole'' is an animated television series produced by Beverly Hills Productions and syndicated beginning on September 6, 1958. The show's characters were a boy and a bear who hunted down bad guys. The show was made in three and a half-minute episodes, with ten parts comprising each story. It was most frequently shown one episode a day as part of a local station's afternoon children's programming. The show remained in production until September 9, 1961, airing 150 episodes. Marketing According to ''Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003'': Ultra-chintzy both in concept and execution... ''Spunky and Tadpole'' was given a big-bucks promotional sendoff in 1958 by its first syndicator, Guild Films. A major TV distributor of the period thanks to such valuable properties as the '' Liberace Show'' and the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoons, Guild secured bookings for ''Spunky and Tadpole'' in several top market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dick Tracy Show
''The Dick Tracy Show'' is an American animated television series based on Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, comic strip crime fighter. The series was produced from 1961 to 1962 by United Productions of America, UPA. In the show, Chief of Detectives Dick Tracy employed a series of cartoony subordinate flatfoots to fight crime each week, contacting them on his two-way wristwatch radio. Tracy himself rarely appeared beyond the opening and closing sequences. The opening was designed so that local TV hosts dressed as policemen could introduce the cartoon by barking orders into a prop intercom, with Tracy answering "Okay, chief, I'll get on it right away." Summary Everett Sloane voiced Tracy, while Mel Blanc, Paul Frees, Benny Rubin and others voiced many of the other characters, including: * Joe Jitsu (Dick Tracy), Joe Jitsu, a parody of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto (featuring many movie images of Chinese and Japanese culture). He is an intelligent detective who fights with martial arts (r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gay Purr-ee
''Gay Purr-ee'' is a 1962 American animated musical film produced by United Productions of America and released by Warner Bros. It features the voice of Judy Garland as Mewsette, a feline living in the French countryside wanting to go to Paris in her only animated-film role, as well as Robert Goulet in his first feature film as her love interest Jaune Tom. While the film did receive positive reviews, in reality, it was a box office failure. It is also the first animated feature film to be theatrically released by Warner Bros, and the second and final animated film by UPA. Plot The story is predominantly set in 1895 Paris but starts on a rural Provence farm. The lovely cat Mewsette and the accomplished but shy mouser Jaune Tom are in love until Mewsette becomes frustrated with Tom's plebeian ways (and those of farmlife), and calls him a "clumsy country clod". Inspired by the human Jeanette's stories of the glamour and sophistication of Parisian life, Mewsette runs away to Pari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
''Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol'' is a 1962 animated musical holiday television special produced by UPA. It is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'', and it features UPA's character Mr. Magoo as Ebenezer Scrooge. The special first aired on December 18, 1962, on NBC and was the first animated Christmas special to be produced specifically for television. Jim Backus provides the voice of Magoo, with additional voices provided by Paul Frees, Morey Amsterdam, Joan Gardner, and Jack Cassidy. The special is directed by Abe Levitow and features songs composed by Jule Styne, with lyrics by Bob Merrill, while Walter Scharf arranged and conducted the orchestral score. Plot Mr. Magoo is heading to a theater on Broadway, where he is starring as Ebenezer Scrooge in a musical production based on ''A Christmas Carol''. Due to Magoo's nearsightedness, he arrives 30 minutes late and accidentally injures the director ("It's Great to Be Back on Broadway"). Scro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Famous Adventures Of Mr
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beach Girls And The Monster
''The Beach Girls and the Monster'' (retitled ''Monster from the Surf'' for 1966 TV release) is a horror and beach party film, released in 1965, directed by and starring Jon Hall. It is notable for its surf music instrumental soundtrack, bad acting, and not-very-terrifying-monster. Plot Three surfers and their girlfriends are at the beach when one of the girls, Bunny, runs away from her boyfriend in fun. She is found dead near a cave after being attacked by a seaweed-covered lizard humanoid creature. The sheriff finds mysterious footprints left in the sand, and takes a cast to the laboratory of Dr. Otto Lindsay, a leading oceanographer. Dr. Lindsay's opinion is that it could be from a "fantigua fish", a carnivorous maneater, which has grown large enough to exist out of the ocean in a loathsome seaweed-shrouded anthropomorphic form. The Santa Monica, California beachfront is near Dr. Lindsay's house, and he complains about the "loafers" and "little tramps" who hang about there. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Bonaparte
Josephine may refer to: People *Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer Places * Josephine, Texas, United States * Josephine County, Oregon, a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon * Josephine Peak, a mountain in California * Mount Josephine (other) Film and music * ''Josephine'' (2001 film), an English-language Croatian film directed by Rajko Grlić * ''Joséphine'' (2013 film), a French film directed by Agnès Obadia * ''Josephine'' (album), album by Magnolia Electric Co. Songs * "Josephine" (Wayne King song), a 1951 song, recorded by many artists including Les Paul and Ray Charles *" My Girl Josephine", by Fats Domino, also known as "Josephine" and "Hello Josephine", recorded by many artists * Josephine (Too Many Secrets)", a song by Jon English, 1982 * "Josephine" (Chris Rea song), a 1985 song * "Josephine" (Terrorvision song), a 1998 song *"Josephine", a 1955 song from the musica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kid Power
''Wee Pals'' is an American syndicated comic strip about a diverse group of children, created and produced by Morrie Turner. It was the first comic strip syndicated in the United States to have a cast of diverse ethnicity, dubbed the "Rainbow Gang". Background When cartoonist Morrie Turner began questioning why there were no minorities in the comic strips, his mentor, ''Peanuts'' cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, suggested he create one. Morris' first attempt, ''Dinky Fellas'', featured an all-black cast, but found publication in only one newspaper, the ''Chicago Defender''. Turner integrated the strip, renaming it ''Wee Pals'', and on February 15, 1965, it became the first American syndicated comic strip to have a cast of diverse ethnicity. Initially syndicated by Lew Little Enterprises, it was then carried by the Register and Tribune Syndicate, before moving to United Feature Syndicate in the 1970s. When it debuted, the strip originally appeared in only five daily newspapers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Of The Dinosaurs
''Valley of the Dinosaurs'' is an American animated television series produced by the Australian studios of Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on CBS from September 7 to December 21, 1974, and in syndication from 1977 to 1983. The series, about a contemporary family sucked by a vortex back to the Stone Age was intended to be educational as well as entertaining, demonstrating the early human uses of fire, clothing, weapons and cooking. It debuted on the same day as '' Land of the Lost''. Plot Science professor John Butler and his family – wife Kim, wisecracking teenage daughter Katie, young son Greg, and dog Digger – are on a rafting trip along the Amazon River in an uncharted river canyon when their raft hits a rock and capsizes. They are swept through a cavern and caught in a whirlpool. Upon resurfacing, they find themselves in a mysterious realm where humans coexist with various prehistoric creatures, including dinosaurs. The Butlers meet and befriend a clan of Neande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
