VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

[Gp]

In case you have not heard, I just stumbled onto this about George O'Hanlon passing away. Here is the link http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFD91E3CF936A25751C0A96F948260

[louzucaro]

Sigh. He was fantastic. I remember hearing about his passing back then. Very sad. Thanks for posting it.
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[bobsouer]

Greg,

Thanks for posting this link.
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[imaginator]

george can sometimes be seen on Turner Classic Movies when they run some of the comedy shorts featuring the everyman character "Joe Doaks". they usually start with him peering out from behind a giant 8-ball during the credits.
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[Bailey]

Thanks... Very good article.

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[Bob Bergen]

JUST in case you were confused about the dates on that article, George died almost 20 years ago. Not to take away from his talents. He's a cartoon legend! But it seemed like folks were reacting as if his passing just happened.

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[glittlefield]

"Published: February 15, 1989"

Darn that small print!
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[Gp]

Yep I noticed the small print after I posted it. It was weird though because it was a New York Times post with yesterdays date at the top of the page.
I was talking to Frank and we were trying to see if we could find info in signal chains for some of the cartoons from the '60's. One of the links said something to the effect of George O'Hanlon recording.....and well that's where that came from.
We were commenting on the fact that people like Alan Reed, (Fred Flinstone) sounded great in the '60's and then move them to the late '70's early '80's and most of the characters sound so bad you can hardly recognize the talent. If anyone knows, keyword being knows here, what the signal chain was for these things back in the '60's I'd love to know. Please don't guess if you don't know please refrain from responding. and....I wrote to Mr Fraley already.

[Bob Bergen]

Well, Alan Reed died in the 70s. Henry Corden took over Fred Flintstone until he passed away a couple of years ago. James Arnold Taylor is doing Fred duties these days. What's so brilliant about James is, he can do both Alan Reed and Henry Corden's Fred.

Trivia question: Did anyone notice Barney's voice changed 3 times during the original run of the series between seasons 1-3?????? Know why????????

[Bob Bergen]

Well, Alan Reed died in the 70s. Henry Corden took over Fred Flintstone until he passed away a couple of years ago. James Arnold Taylor is doing Fred duties these days. What's so brilliant about James is, he can do both Alan Reed and Henry Corden's Fred.

Trivia question: Did anyone notice Barney's voice changed 3 times during the original run of the series between seasons 1-3?????? Know why????????

[Jon Morss]

[Bob Bergen]

You are correct, Jan! It was due to Mel's auto accident/coma that Daws took over Barney. Once Mel recovered he took over the role again. He was in a full body cast, and there are pictures of the Flintstones cast recording on a mic hanging over Mel's body cast, as they recorded the series.

[Gp]

Thanks Bob I appreciate knowing that. I did know that Alan Reed had died and someone took over. But that's not what I meant in this case.

Fred was played by Alan Reed in the Pebbles and Bamm Bamm show which according to wiki was on from 1970 to '73. There really is a big difference in the quality of the recordings. Not just Fred, but Wilma and Barney too. (Betty was a new voice played by Gay Hartwig) The quality of thier voices in the '60's is so nice...it picks up the roughness of Alan Reed's voice but it's nice and smooth. In the '70's that rough quality is almost non existant.....It wasn't just the Flintstones either, there were a lot of others that I've heard. It is just very evident with both the Flinstones and Pebbles And Bamm Bamm in reruns on Boomerang.

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