I haven't seen a copy yet but Gary Owens tells me there's a nice mention of me in his autobiography…reason enough to plug How to Make a Million Dollars with Your Voice (Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying), which has just been released. Gary is one of the nicest, most talented gents in the business…and busiest. I know lots of performers who are happy to work twice a month. For Gary, a long stretch of unemployment is, like, he finishes a job at 10:30 AM and isn't booked for anything else until after lunch. You remember him from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, and you know all the cartoon voices he's provided — Space Ghost, Blue Falcon, Roger Ramjet, Powered Toast Man, etc. — and you may be familiar with his radio/disc jockey career. All of that still represents a fraction of all he's done, so this oughta be a most entertaining volume.
Gary's new book, co-authored with Jeff Lenberg, can be purchased from Amazon by clicking here. But if you live in Southern California, you might want to drop by Dutton's Books in the Valley, this coming Wednesday night. The store's at 5146 Laurel Canyon Blvd. and that evening, from around 7:00 to 9:00, Gary will be writing his name in copies, and he's invited a lot of his friends to be there. Since Gary knows everyone in show business, it oughta be quite the event.