Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 4
1959–1960

Name: Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 4
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Joe Bevilacqua
ISBN: 9781481517744

Author: Joe Bevilacqua, Bob Barker, George Fenneman, Ben Alexander, Bill Weaver

Narrator: Charles Dawson Butler, Bob Barker, George Fenneman, Ben Alexander, Bill Weaver, others

Unabridged: 1 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: BearManor Media

Published: 11/25/2014

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Children's Fiction, Children's Humor, Nonfiction, Humor, Performing Arts, Television

Synopsis

The 1959–60 television season was the height of success for the animated cartoon creative team of Messrs. Hanna-Barbera and one Daws Butler. Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Mr. Jinks, Quick Draw McGraw, and Baba Looey were household names with young and old alike. Huckleberry Hound fan clubs sprouted around the country.In this fourth volume of rarities, Butler prot├®g├® Joe Bevilacqua has once again uncovered recordings of the legendary voice genius that were thought lost and remastered them for this collection. Among the audio treasures, Daws Butler's son Chas plays straight man to Yogi Bear and Mr. Jinks in several original comedy sketches, which Butler wrote and which eventually led to his Uncle Dunkle and Donnie fractured fables.This collection includesA Huckleberry Hounddog Type o' Howdy;Yogi Bear Calls Seattle Radio Station KING from Jellystone Park;Mr. Jinks & Chas: A Baby Setter Sitter, Take 1;Mr. Jinks & Chas: A Baby Setter Sitter, Take 2;Yogi Bear & Chas: Little Red Riding Hood;Mr. Jinks & Chas: Little Red Riding Hood;Mr. Jinks & Chas: Jack and the Beans Talk;Daws on Truth or Consequences, with Bob Barker;Daws on Art Linkletter's House Party, with guest host George Fennemen;Daws on About Faces, with Ben Alexander;Daws on The Bill Weaver Show; andBlooper's Soap Revisited.

About Joe Bevilacqua

Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.

About Charles Dawson Butler

Daws Butler was the master of voice. His was the voice behind most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, Elroy Jetson, and a hundred others. He also originated the vocal character of Cap’n Crunch and other famous Jay Ward cartoon characters. His significant work with Stan Freberg in the 1950s on The Stan Freberg Show and multimillion-selling records such as “St. George and the Dragonet” are still held in reverence today. He also ran a voice acting workshop for many years. Among his many successful students are Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, and Corey Burton, from Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind.

About Bob Barker

Bob Barker is best known as the epitome of game show hosts, having recently retired after fifty years on television and thirty-five years of hosting The Price Is Right—the longest running game show in television history. Prior to The Price Is Right he hosted Truth or Consequences for nearly twenty years and had his own radio show, The Bob Barker Show. Born in Darrington, Washington, on December 12, 1923, he currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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