tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post2952834803281982396..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Dick TufeldYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-70417817270907767292012-01-25T17:21:13.247-08:002012-01-25T17:21:13.247-08:00Thanks for popping by, A. Tufeld. My condolences t...Thanks for popping by, A. Tufeld. My condolences to your family. Your grandfather has been one of my favourite announcers for years.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-60075142111072471572012-01-23T20:54:04.121-08:002012-01-23T20:54:04.121-08:00Dick Tufeld was one of the primary voices of Disne...Dick Tufeld was one of the primary voices of Disney. He voiced Disney programs (i.e. Zorro and Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color), many Disney trailers, including Mary Poppins (see link below), The Disneyland Parade, as well as the Disneyland ride "Rocket Rods." Dick Wesson was also a talented Disney voice.<br /><br />Mary Poppins (1964) trailer<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOfH7uEojKk<br /><br />R.I.P. Grandpaatufeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343098506489560352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-39161716516169697262012-01-23T20:05:36.792-08:002012-01-23T20:05:36.792-08:00And to confuse things about the Wessons further, t...And to confuse things about the Wessons further, there was Dick Wessell, who was in a few Three Stooges shorts.:) RIP, DIck Tufeld.:(Steve <br /><br />PS Dick Tufeld was in the offbeat extended short "The Adventures of the Roadrunner" briefly narrating over "Gee Whizz" [1956] a "Batman Mat Costume, worn only by REAL BATS" (LOL.) ad (there is really a Batman scene in that short-that Ralph Phillips (Nancy Wible) and his buddy (Dick Beals, Ralph's old voice) are watching, with Mel Blanc doing some voices--this is short that one of the last C.M.Jones Roadrunner shorts, "To Beep or Not to Beep", got some film from.Tufaled's quite funny in his brief narration}.<br /><br />Was also on "Garry Shandling's Show": in late 1980s onscreen briefly.<br /><br />Steve C.(But he was to my knowledge NEVER on any Gumby episodes..)Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-34892690726841286742012-01-23T16:17:09.170-08:002012-01-23T16:17:09.170-08:00No, but their voices sounded similar. Unless Tufe...No, but their voices sounded similar. Unless Tufeld did some Disney work after Wesson's death . . .wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-73256905976537679322012-01-23T11:02:04.601-08:002012-01-23T11:02:04.601-08:00There are some comptemporary newspaper pieces whic...There are some comptemporary newspaper pieces which mention Tufeld working for Disney.<br />Wesson's voice isn't quite the same as Tufeld's. I didn't realise that's who that was.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-78830448921739950412012-01-23T09:07:02.735-08:002012-01-23T09:07:02.735-08:00You sure it was Tufeld who announced for Disney pr...You sure it was Tufeld who announced for Disney programs and movie trailers? He has frequently been confused in this realm with the man who actually announced for Disney from the 1950's until his death in 1979, Dick Wesson (who, in turn, was frequently confused with the same-named comedian and TV show writer/producer [i.e. <i>Petticoat Junction</i>'s first season, the last few years of <i>The Beverly Hillbillies</i>] who passed away in 1996).wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.com