The lovely lady in the above photo is Susan Silo. Susan is an actress who you've probably seen on TV many times, dating back to the Adam West Batman TV series and before. She is now one of the top voiceover actresses in the field, heard on countless commercials and cartoon shows. The gentleman at right is Don Pitts. I don't know if Don was ever Susan's agent but I wouldn't be surprised, as Don has been the agent to most of the top voiceover performers in the field over the years, making him something of a superstar/legend in the field.
Don Pitts is the guest this week on Stu's Show, the flagship program on my fave web radio station, Shokus Internet Radio. Before Don was an agent, he has a pretty good career of his own in front of the microphone as a broadcaster and I hope Stu will get him to tell some stories of those days. But he'll certainly talk about what it was to represent the top cartoon voice actors and announcers over several decades, many of whom he still represents. We're talking about people like Daws Butler, Don Messick, Mel Blanc, Paul Frees, Paul Winchell, Janet Waldo, and June Foray…and he handled them back in the days when those seven people did about half the cartoon voice work in the business and the other half was mostly Pitts clients, as well. He's a very nice man, much loved in the field…and here's an interesting sidelight: Every single voice actor who has ever been represented by Don can do a great impression of him. That includes the women.
You can hear it live today (Wednesday) on Shokus Internet Radio for two hours commencing at 4 PM Pacific Time, which is 7 PM East Coast Time…and you can probably figure out the time in your time zone from that. The show repeats all week but you'll enjoy it more if you tune in live. Go to the website at the proper hours and click where you're supposed to click…and tune in anytime. Not just when Don is on.