Today is the mumble mumble birthday of the First Lady of Cartoon Voicing, the legendary June Foray! I just got off the phone with her and it's amazing. The woman can still sound like a ten-year-old boy. Maybe that's what keeps her working and thriving and just persevering.
We love June dearly — and by "we," I mean everyone who ever loved animation and Rocky & Bullwinkle and funny records and memorable commercials and Tweety's owner Granny and…well, the list is very long. Helping her with her autobiography, Earl Kress and I were continually amazed at how much she's done. We knew it was a huge body of work and we thought we knew all of it. But even we were stunned, and not just at the quantity. The quality is also amazing, as is the span. Do you realize she started doing Rocky the Flying Squirrel fifty years ago? That's half a bloomin' century!
So a Happy June Foray Day to you all…but especially to June Foray. Just the best.