and “Like millions of people, I’ve been listening to June Foray for most of my life. I remember when I first encountered Rocky and Bullwinkle in their first season on TV, and falling under the spell of Jay Ward’s sharply-written, wonderfully performed cartoons. What I can’t remember is when I learned that the same woman who provided the voice of Rocky also acted as Natasha, Nell, and a host of other characters on the series, including the gravely-voiced fairy godmother who was patterned after character actress Marjorie Main. But as a diehard cartoon fan, it didn’t take me long to memorize the names of the actors in the show’s credits (fleeting though they were). and “Around the same time I became enamored of Stan Freberg’s comedy records, including such hit singles as and “St. George and the Dragonet and ” and classic albums like Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America. The rich, colorful voices on those records became permanently ingrained in my consciousness, and in time I connected the dots and realized that June, Paul Frees, and Daws Butler were the same people I heard on so many cartoon soundtracks. and ” – Leonard Maltin, from his Foreword

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