About Charles Dawson Butler
Daws Butler was the master of voice. His was the voice
behind most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry
Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, Elroy Jetson, and a hundred others. He also originated
the vocal character of Cap’n Crunch and other famous Jay Ward cartoon
characters. His significant work with Stan Freberg in the 1950s on The Stan Freberg Show and multimillion-selling
records such as “St. George and the Dragonet” are still held in reverence today.
He also ran a voice acting workshop for many years. Among his many successful
students are Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, and Corey Burton, from
Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind.
About Douglas McEwan
Douglas McEwan is the author of the books Tallyho, Tallulah!, My Lush
Life, and The Q Guide to Classic
Monster Movies. He has also written essays, television and radio scripts,
plays, comedy sketches, and the forward to Creatures
of the Night That We Loved So Well. As Tallulah Morehead, he wrote comic
essays and reviews in the Huffington Post
for two and a half years. As a radio personality in the 1970s, he interviewed
such comedy giants as Groucho Marx and Bud Abbott. He lives in Reseda,
California, with two cats who do not find him all that amusing.
About Joe Bevilacqua
Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.