On A Pale Horse

Ventriloquists always kind of spooked me out...maybe it was because of that creepy Anthony Hopkins flick "Magic" that I saw as a kid. But if I was into them this guy would be my all time favorite. The name may not be familiar but his voice was. Back in the early 80's kids would either be mesmorized by the Transformers or the Smurfs...it was like some sort of evil religion that took over the youth of America. I was a Smurf-aholic. I had the stickers, the backpack, the lunch box, millions of 1-1/2" high figurines!!! I was crazy about the smurfs - they were smurf-tacular. Back then I was secretly jealous of Smurfette, she didn't belong, she came in late in the game, she was created by Gargamel as a way to infiltrate the Smurf village. THEN she got all pretty because she became 'good' (bleech) and all the boys wanted her. There's more I could rant about but that would delve deep into my neurosis and be horribly off the subject.
We didn't know Paul Winchell but we did know his voice. On the Smurfs he was the voice of Gargamel & Baby Smurf (he needed a voice?), as well as other characters such as Dick Dastardly, Winnie the Pooh's own Tigger, and countless others.

Thanks for keeping me entertained on Saturdays.

For more about Paul Winchell check out this web site

RIP
December 21, 1922 - June 24, 2005

Labels: 1922 births, 2005 June deaths, natural causes, television

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