Fred Kaplan — whose writings are promoted more on this website than mine, and rightfully so — tells us all about John Kerry's diplomacy with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Regular readers of this site have learned...in some cases, the hard way. When we suggest you do something without delay and it's something you want to do, do it without delay. In that spirit, we are suggesting you hurry up and order your signed copy of Did You Grow Up With Me, Too?, the autobiography of June Foray.
June, seen above with the extremely improbable John Cleese, is the inarguable queen of cartoon voiceovers. You already know that, just as you know how much you've loved her as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Tweety Bird owner Granny and so many more. She's had an amazing career and with a little help from Earl Kress and myself, she put it all down on paper. You're going to want a copy of this book and you'll feel like a foole (spelled with an "e" on the end, even) if you pass up this chance to get one that she has signed with her very own hand. She comes by my house every week or so to autograph more copies but at some point, she's going to stop doing this.
So don't come whining to me then. Don't write to me and go, "Uh, is there any way I can one signed by June?" You can get one signed by June right now by ordering at this website. If you miss this opportunity, you'll rue it 'til the day you croak.
Back in the forties, producer George Pal gave us a series of shorts featuring stop-motion animation under the umbrella title of Puppetoons. Here's one of my favorites, in part because it features the non-animated but equally unreal Duke Ellington...
October 20, 2009
