Authorized Biography of Daws Butler (Yogi Bear) Available in November!
Joe Bevilacqua
In case you didn't know, Ben Ohmart and I have written Daws Buter's
authorized biography! You can order it through Bear Manor Media
(http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id20.html) and be sure to check out
www.dawsbutler.com!
Details below:
Best to you all!
Joe Bev.
THE NEW DAWS BUTLER BIOGRAPHY
DAWS BUTLER, CHARACTERS ACTOR
by Ben Ohmart & Joe Bevilacqua
FORWARD BY: Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson)
His voice can be heard in countless classic animated cartoons, still
seen on TV around the world daily. He was Yogi Bear, Huckleberry
Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Baba Looey, Super Snooper, Blabbermouse,
Snagglepuss, Augie Doggy, Mr. Jinks, Wally Gator, Elroy Jetson, Cap'n
Crunch and hundreds of others. He worked with nearly every major
animation director, including Messers Hanna and Barbera, Jay Ward,
Walter Lantz, Chuck Jones, and Tex Avery. He worked puppets for Bob
Clampett (Beany and Cecil). Fans included Groucho, Harpo, Lionel
Barrymore and even Albert Einstein.His collaborations with satirist
Stan Freberg sold millions of records. Yet you have probably never
heard of him. His name was Daws Butler.
Now, for the first time, DAWS BUTLER: CHARACTERS ACTOR brings you up
close and personal into the life of the man who many consider to be
the greatest voice magician of the 20th Century. From his early days
in radio in the 1940s to his five years as puppeteer on Time for
Beany, from his astonishingly creative days at Hanna-Barbera in the
1950s and '60s to his enduring legacy as mentor to the likes of such
up-and-coming actors as Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson) in the 1970s
and '80s until his death in 1987, this authorized biography includes
detailed eye-witness accounts and personal reminisces by his
colleagues, including Joe Barbera, Bill Hanna, Doug Young (Doggy
Daddy), Don Messick (Boo Boo, Ranger Smith), June Foray (Rocky the
Flying Squirrel) and Stan Freberg, as well as Daws's friends and
family. Best of all, the book includes the words of Daws Butler
himself telling his own story, through never-before-published
interviews, letters and personal phone conversations. In addition,
Nancy Cartwright pays loving tribute to her mentor in the book's
foreword.
How did Daws create the voice of Huckleberry Hound? What did comedian
Bert Lahr think of Snagglepuss? Who made the first Cecil puppet? What
was the Daws Butler Workshop? What was it like having Yogi Bear as a
dad?
The stories in this book will entertain, inform and astound! He was an
actor, a writer, a mentor, a husband and a father. He was DAWS BUTLER:
CHARACTERS ACTOR.