My pal Joe Alaskey has written his autobiography. Joe's a little young for that but the book is a treasure for those of us interested in cartoons and especially cartoon voicing. One of most versatile talents in our field, Joe has been heard on dozens of animated shows including Rugrats and darn near everything funny the Warner Brothers studio has done in the last decade. Even while Mel Blanc was alive, Joe was (with Mel's blessing) taking over a number of his roles. In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Mel did Bugs and Porky and several others but that was Joe you heard playing Yosemite Sam. Since Mel's passing, Joe has assumed other classic Blanc roles. When you hear Daffy Duck in anything new, you're probably hearing Joe…who even won an Emmy for the Duck Dodgers series. He also does a lot of original characters and once in a while, someone drags him in front of a camera to act or do impressions. Nobody does a better Gleason. In fact, if Gleason were still around, he wouldn't sound as much like himself as Joe does.
So consider this a plug for That's Still Not All, Folks, the autobiography of Joe Alaskey. It's full of great anecdotes about his life and the folks he's worked with…and there are even cartoons by Joe. There's gotta be something he can't do.