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raggyrabbit94 — Tribute to Paul Winchell
Published: 2013-02-24 01:47:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 26644; Favourites: 265; Downloads: 82
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Here is a tribute to the wonderful, talented voice actor, ventriloquist and inventor Paul Winchell.He starred as Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races and Gargamel in the Smurfs.
He was the original Tigger in Winnie the Pooh (now currently played by Jim Cummings URL/[link] ), he played Zummi Gummi in the Gummi Bears and Shun Gon in the Aristocats.
In 'Green eggs and ham' he played both Sam I am and 'That other guy' (does he even have a name?)
Other roles also include Goober from Goober and the Ghost chasers, Bubi bear from Help its the Hair Bear Bunch, Fleegle from the Banana splits show and the Tooties pop Owl.
He is also an inventer, becoming the first person to build and patent an artificial heart implantable in the chest cavity, he also been honoured a star on the Hollywood walk of fame and the father of voice actress April Winchell.( URL/[link]
"-and the most wonderful thing about Paul Winchell is ... he's the only one!"
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And don't get me started with the whole Bluto/Brutus thing! I know Hanna Barbera used Bluto for their Popeye shows and Nintendo used Brutus for their Popeye game.
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SWEET!
Paul Winchell did a good job as Gargamel in the smurfs cartoon series.
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So, that's who did the Tootsie Pop owl.
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'how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie center of a tootsie pop?... the world may never know '
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Great tribute. Didn't know about the Banana Splits.
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thanks, glad you like it.
the banana splits was a live action kids show with actors in animal costumes created by the hannah barberra company. paul used his iconic tigger laugh for fleegle.
paul was such a great actor behind so many iconic characters.
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Actually they were created by the Kroft brothers who design them for HB before forming their own company.
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yes i'm familiar with Sid and Marty Kroft, they created old retro puppet shows like the Bugaloos and HR Pufinstuf... i didnt think anyone else ever heared of them.
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I love your tribute to him! Paul Winchell will always be one of my favorite voice actors. Plus, his daughter's a great voice actress, too!
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thanks, glad u like it.
i love paul as tigger and zummi. have you seen my jim cummings tribute yet?
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i know he stopped voicing around the late 80s, cause Zummi and Tigger were later voiced by Jim. Plus he was that woodpecker from The Fox and the Hound.
And i totally had no idea on the relation to April Winchell.
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yup, your right. jim became zummi in season 6, 'road to ursalia' was pauls last episode before retiring. I think Winchell was better as Tigger and Zummi, though Jim is a worthy successor to Winchell...
have you seen my april winchell and jim cummings tributes yet?
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