tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post4970541104565418353..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Grace Stafford, Better Than Mel Blanc?Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-67510877943287362752017-08-13T07:31:25.474-07:002017-08-13T07:31:25.474-07:00I had read Jack Mather was another voice. I rememb...I had read Jack Mather was another voice. I remember the giant killer one for Woody intterupting the standard "Fee Fi Fo Fum I Smell"..routine with "You SURE DO!"Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-81799349424149961912017-08-13T07:30:21.708-07:002017-08-13T07:30:21.708-07:00Wow..at Warners? That's a double irony there! ...Wow..at Warners? That's a double irony there! Mel replaced by Ben Hardaway who created the Bugs prototype, and in fact, Ben did the Groucho quote in "Porky's Hare Hunt", the "Of course,you know, this means war" near the end, and Grace, the eventual permnaent voice until her death of Woody, appeared in a WB film..:)SCPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-11436190735185999942017-08-13T00:55:14.602-07:002017-08-13T00:55:14.602-07:00You're missing Kent Rogers. He was the voice b...You're missing Kent Rogers. He was the voice before Hardaway; the trades mentioned Hardaway was taking over because Rogers had enlisted.<br />I think even Hardaway realised he couldn't act. There's not a lot of dialogue in a Woody cartoon after he took over.<br />I'd love to hear Blanc's Woody from the Mutual network series in the '50s. Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-7708781560278869472017-08-12T20:43:40.234-07:002017-08-12T20:43:40.234-07:00Wasn't the sequence of Woody voices like so: M...Wasn't the sequence of Woody voices like so: Mel Blanc, Danny Webb, Ben Hardaway and Grace Stafford? Usually Danny Webb is left out, it's his voice in cartoons such as "The Loan Stranger" and "The Screwball". Ben took over in 1945, I believe his first picture was "Woody Dines Out". Since Woody is a sped voice, nearly every actor that did it sounds pretty similar. I like Ben's performances as Woody, because his casual wackiness comes through better than Gracie's somewhat forced cuteness. Ben could act with the voice; I especially like Woody's attitude in "Woody The Giant Killer" as he mournfully decries the lack of housing at the start of the story, emerging from an ash can with a battered newspaper. Maybe the reason Lantz "almost fainted" when he found out that Gracie did the audition tape, is that all the try-out voices sounded about the same! Walter couldn't pick out Gracie's voice from the other submissions when sped up by a third. Mark Kauslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198724482452376069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-34684308560129303352017-08-12T16:19:11.441-07:002017-08-12T16:19:11.441-07:00I've seen a couple of movies Grace made at War...I've seen a couple of movies Grace made at Warners - "Doctor Socrates" (starring Paul Muni) and "Flight Angels," and she wasn't bad. But I agree that she couldn't touch Mel's portrayal of Woody. rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-89657150012451078172017-08-12T13:40:06.738-07:002017-08-12T13:40:06.738-07:00Ben hardaway took over after Blanc got that contra...Ben hardaway took over after Blanc got that contract with Warners. It's interesting that Blanc was replaced with the man who created the Bugs prototype.Kamden Spieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00054100784919062180noreply@blogger.com