June Foray Tribute (1917-2017) Her Best Work Showcased!

Clips of some of the late June Foray's BEST WORK in the Fractured Fairy Tales! (I should really say, RECENTLY "late"June Foray, as she died less than 3 months ago). More than 95% of the time, she was the SOLE female voice in these Jay Ward cartoons! Out of 91 "Fractured Fairy Tales", there were only three, when she was not available, so they used Julie Bennett then. Also, on another Jay Ward cartoon, "Peabody's Improbable History", actress Dorothy Scott filled in, when June wasn't free. Other than that, June did everything for all these cartoons associated with Rocky and Bullwinkle between 1959-1964. She also was the lone female voice actress in Jay Ward's late 60s show, "George of the Jungle" (which included the side shows of "Super Chicken" and "Tom Slick"). I hope you enjoy my tribute! Brian Kistler

[@zazuzazz5419]

All of these classic voices are the backdrop orchestra of my childhood television viewing. It’s like time traveling 🧭 🧳 a mood!

[@briankistler8349]

Back then, much of the animation was primitive compared to today. So the voices really shined all the more back then.

[@scottlauer7801]

U no it brings back lots of child hood memories there the greatest just to watch them and think back when u were a kid and that even brings smiles and even make u laugh sometimes just thinking about them and bugs bunny there's a few cartoons that I can almost repeat word for word but what I like to say alot is when usimity Sam is stranded on the island and baseball bugs and a few others I am a toon head always will be

[@briankistler8349]

@@scottlauer7801 :D

[@melissageiger71]

Always loved Fractured Fairy Tales 🧚🏼‍♂️

[@briankistler8349]

They meant a lot to me. Very clever too. Hard to believe they were all packaged in just 5 minutes.

[@Modeltnick]

They were hilarious cartoons! E.E. Horton was the icing on the cake!

[@briankistler8349]

Like a grandfatherly narrator for the children.

[@zazuzazz5419]

Edward Everett Horton! No one like him.

[@GeeBoggs]

Hats off to you, Brian Kistler, for recognizing Foray’s importance and for putting this piece together. She was an interesting woman. I was unaware of her age at time of death. Thank you. - Sonoma, CA

[@briankistler8349]

You're welcome. She wouldn't tell me her age when she replied to my letter in December 1973, although she told me just about everything else I asked her.

[@JamesHunterRoss]

That first Mother-in-Law voice sent me straight to the floor... buckled over... it was funny then, and even funnier now... so many great memories!

[@briankistler8349]

Yep! She sure did a lot of classic all-time great voices like the mother-in-law voice and the witches voices. The mother-in-law voice, I read, was her imitation of Marjorie Main from the old Ma and Pa Kettle movies from decades ago. :)

[@PieFights]

@@briankistler8349 The only voice I remember growing up that June Foray did was Magica De Spell for Disney's DuckTales

[@richardranke3158]

@@PieFights I recognized her right away!

[@ernestosuarez2316]

That's the voice of the mama ape raising bugs bunny with her husband!!

[@ernestosuarez2316]

I may be mistaken on that one, but she has done an ape wife with the rolling pin.

[@jonohman4232]

She lived for a whole century. How amazing for some people to live that long.

[@briankistler8349]

Yes, it is! I was thinking she would be around even longer when I saw some of her interviews and awards she received when she was in her mid to late 90s. I did not know, until a few months after she died, that she'd been in a serious car accident around 2014, so that may explain it all. Sorry I am just now getting a notification that you responded. I would have posted something sooner.

[@thema1998]

@@briankistler8349 June Foray was never able to fully recover from that car accident.

[@calvin7740]

I loved those shows I had some on cd but lost them. I know they would go great on Dvd & on cable. To all she did for us kids of the 50ths and the 60ths she will be loved by all. R.I.P. June Foray was one the best & thank you for tribute to a great super cartoon star .

[@briankistler8349]

Thank you so much. That's nice of you to say. I never thought we'd have her as long as we did, since she was middle-aged when I was born.

[@davidkaplan2745]

"We discontinued our giant line. Too much overhead" My favorite joke when I was 8 years old.

[@briankistler8349]

Really?

[@desiguy55]

what versatile voice talent she was in so many cartoons from fractured fairy tales to the old woman who owned tweety bird to the witch against bugs bunny to Betty rubble.

[@briankistler8349]

Thank you. I definitely agree on all counts! Betty Rubble in the pilot. I have yet to figure out if something went wrong between her and Rankin-Bass which did a lot of holiday cartoons. In Frosty the Snowman, they eventually replaced her voice with somebody else. And other than one other Rankin-Bass holiday cartoon, they seemed to stop using her and got other women instead. Paul Frees, however, was always a big favorite for Rankin-Bass.

[@scottlauer7801]

U no it just like mel blank 200 plus voices that he did the woman that did Popeye the sailor u don't have that anymore but another good cartoon spungebob another good cartoon never liked it at first now got almost all DVDs of him but nothing beets loony toons Harvey toons all them classic toons so great so funny and still watch them alot o and don't forget the roadrunner and Wiley cyoty super genuine

[@MileyonDisney]

I always like the Fractured Fairy Tales, and June's work is memorable.

[@briankistler8349]

I did feel that it was one of the best showcases for her work. So what if it leaves out Rocky and Natasha Fatale? In a compilation you cannot always include everything. And I did not want it to be more than just the F.F.s. There is one F.F. which opens up with Rocky and Bullwinkle in the intro, but they are not speaking.

[@TaharkahX]

I never knew her name but I loved her voice!

[@drifter2468]

I used to go to animation related things back in the late seventies. June was the guest at one and I helped her with her equipment. Nice lady.

[@phillyflash43]

"I'm Talking Tina and you'd better be nice to me!"

[@briankistler8349]

Good one! ;)

[@lilliangoldstein7654]

Now I want to see all of the Fractured Tales!!!

[@briankistler8349]

Some of them are truly great, but no surprise with 91 of them, some of them are not. A lot of folks talk about how the animation from these early shows was very primitive, and that gives the voice actors a lot of credit, since the animation was not super great. I only saw a few F.F.'s where I thought the animation was sloppy, so I would not agree with that. Long before I was able to buy a DVD with all the F.F.'s----back when I was around 12-14 years old, I tried to tape record all the F.F.'s as I saw them on TV. I never really got all of them. I will say this: without the video, when I would relisten to them on my tape recorder, it was almost like being back in the Golden Age Era of Radio, since I had only the voices to go by, and not the animated images. The irony is that most of these great cartoon voices from the show got their start in Radio.

[@richardwhite3924]

June, Daws Butler (the voice of "Huckleberry Hound" and many other Hanna-Barbara cartoons) and Peter Leeds were part of the great cast of Stan Freberg's national radio show in 1957. Two classic routines from the show were released as a comedy record and can be found on KZbin - "Saint George And The Dragonet" and "Little Blue Riding Hood".

[@briankistler8349]

Thanks Rick. I have heard bits and pieces of recordings from that St. George and the Dragonet. I think that Stan Freberg may have also used Walter Tetley to do some of the juvenile boy voices too on some of those records. I heard he also used Pinto Colvig (I think).

[@patrickdrazen2031]

As a child of the Fifties, I grew up with Freberg LPs in my dad's collection and knew June Foray's work on comedy LPs from an early age! Great bits, including the American History sketches where she played Betsey Ross arguing with George Washington: "Let me run the Flag Department while you run the Army like a nice little Father of your Country; OKAY?!"

[@markiangooley]

I was going to bring up Freberg and June Foray’s work with him…

[@DrDaab]

These are incredible, June Foray's voice is masterful, and with these ingenius, creative stories, and the great artwork, these are genuine MASTERPIECES. I grew up watching these but forgot just how good they are. Thank you so Much for creating this showcase !!!

[@briankistler8349]

You're welcome Dan! And ironically the critics referred to the animation as primitive, but I liked it just fine, myself.

[@DrDaab]

@@briankistler8349 Another example of the incredible stupidity of too many Crticis. The animation is sparse and ingenious, the emotions are executed brilliantly. They are not only dramatically effective, but also ORIGINAL !

[@briankistler8349]

@@DrDaab someone once told me that the more basic animation made the voice work shine all the more.

[@martyemmons3100]

This video is definitely a treasure of my youth. I liked to play outside but, on those days I stayed inside "Fractured Fairy Tales" kept me well entertained!

[@NormanChester882]

How wonderful, I love these cartoons

[@scottlauer7801]

I still watch rocky and Bullwinkle and always got into watching fractured fairy tails and will watch these cartoons till I die because they r just so funny to watch cause when you feel down just drop some cartoons in and watch your day get full of laughter believe me cartoons always make me laugh

[@briankistler8349]

I understand. When I was a kid, and I think the show was on Sunday mornings, I would wait to see if it was F.F.'s or Aesop's Fables instead. I was so disappointed when it ended up being Aesop and Son instead. But they did make 3 times as many F.Fs as they did Aesop and Son. So more than half the time, I got to see what I wanted.

[@scottlauer7801]

Well bro look in the stores for the cartoons in Walmart that's were I got all my cartoons from magilla garilla huckleberry hound bugs bunny the wacky racers I even have Gumby all three sets another good claymation cartoon when ever I go to Walmart I always look for cartoons cause u never get bord watching them

[@stanmyler9037]

The Rocky and Bullwinkle is way too sophisticated for the Simpsons, South Park, and King of the Hill Crowd to appreciate.

[@briankistler8349]

Definitely

[@sarahostrinsky4595]

June Foray was wonderful. thank you

[@briankistler8349]

Thank you so much. I am glad you enjoyed it. :)

[@greekpapi]

I lost it when she said:......"Now you dont want granny to have to sit over there and gum her basket of goodies, do ya??"

[@briankistler8349]

😆😅

[@evelynbeveraggi8724]

I loved all those fairy tales on Bullwinkle & Rocky❤️as a kid

[@briankistler8349]

My favorites out of that entire TV show

[@burkestephens2862]

Loved the mother character voice! happy memories, thanks June Foray

[@yoptastic8463]

Thank you Brian for letting me know the other voices, I recognised some of these wonderful tales but we didn't get to see all of them in the UK but I know a range of Hanah Barbara cartoon characters like Snagglepuss and Yogi Bear. She was the best in the business and a tragic loss.

[@briankistler8349]

Daws Butler did a lot of those H-B voices at the same time he was on these Jay Ward cartoons. But my understanding was that because the two sets of cartoons had different sponsors for the commercials, he thought he would get into trouble getting credit for both, so he opted to get no credit for the Fractured Fairy Tales since the lion's share of his work was with H-B. Daws Butler (and also June Foray) also got no credit when they did voices for Warners Brothers Cartoons, because Mel Blanc had a deal with them that he would get exclusive voice credit since he did the majority of the voices most of the time.

[@billdeacon458]

Great great tribute Brian, this was very special…

[@bronysimpson3250]

I was very upset that year that she died before ever getting to be a century old. She was so close. I will always remember her as the voice of Rocky The Flying Squirrel, Grammi Gummi and Magica De Spell.

[@briankistler8349]

I agree. I wish she could have worked almost til the end, but I heard she was in a bad car accident in 2014 and could no longer really work very well anymore. I was gratified, however, when I looked at KZbin videos to find one tribute done for her by two relatively young men. I think they were in their 20s or their 30s.

[@kootunesscrewy]

I like the voice she makes whenever she voices an angry woman, lol. (And for some reason, I like that mermaid)

[@briankistler8349]

I wonder if you mean the rough gruff middle aged voice. Once in a while she uses that with fairy god mothers too. That's actually an imitation of Marjorie Main, an actress, from a series of movies about Ma and Pa Kettle. I feel the same way about the mermaid. Hard to put my reason why into words without thinking about it.

[@kootunesscrewy]

Yeah. She has a nice character design. (The mermaid that is)

[@MarkMcCluney]

All these voice artists were just magnificent. Thanks for sharing this.

[@briankistler8349]

Thank you! Some people say that because the animation was more primitive that made the voices shine all the more. I did not think that all of the animation for these was primitive, but the very first one definitely was. It was Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They did more than one Goldilocks story; I mean the very first one.

[@scottwyckoff5483]

The fractured fairytales was always the best! I love them

[@atlasking6110]

"I'm not really a wicked fairy - I'm just wicked!"

[@briankistler8349]

Years ago, when all I had was just a tape recorded version of the two characters in that story (which I did myself from the TV), I thought of her more as an old lady. In the cartoon though she is not. It was sort of fun, though, listening to a bunch of the F.F.s that I recorded without being able to see them. It kind of gave me a window into the soul of all my ancestors who lived during Radio's heydey and had to imagine everything.

[@lorigale99]

Love June so much...

[@OofusTwillip]

I love that, in "The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile", she voiced the villainess under her married name (Mrs. Hobart Donavan).

[@briankistler8349]

I'll definitely look into that one.

[@bloqk16]

This is a remarkable compilation in that many of the clips I don't recall seeing before; and I thought I was thoroughly familiar with these cartoon shorts as shown on Rocky & Bullwinkle.

[@briankistler8349]

Thanks my friend. It was definitely some work to pick out the best moments and then arrange them just so. I appreciate your kind remarks. I would like to tweak it a little bit, but there is no way to really do that without having to start over from scratch, once it is posted.

[@pedrofernandez506]

I was at JFK getting on a plane about 1990's, and I heard that voice. And there she was. I wish we had cell phone cameras then.

[@briankistler8349]

I totally believe that! I once saw a politician, just out of the blue, at my own airport.

[@scottyamauchi8273]

As a kid my favorite thing to do on the summer was to play outside. My least favorite thing to do on sunny days was to go to school. My favorite thing to do on rainy days was to watch Rocky and Bullwinkle and Fractured Fairytales. My least favorite thing to do on rainy days was watch Lawrence Welk.

[@briankistler8349]

I remember at least in the summers watching a cousin to the Rocky and Bullwinkle Shows, Hoppity Hooper. I usually watched it around lunch time. Hoppity Hooper was the middle cartoon series of Jay Ward Productions. George of the Jungle was the last one.

[@lovesmusic36]

Hello Brian. Thank you for posting this beautiful tribute to a lovely lady! As is the case with so many "baby boomers", June Foray was a special part of my youth! Thanks also for focusing on Fractured Fairy Tales! I thought that portion of the program in particular was extremely clever. That's what I loved about that show, how intelligent it was and still is! It's unfortunate that we don't see that quality now because the writers, artists, animators and the talented voices of June Foray and Bill Scott are no longer here. Fortunately, we have youtube to take us back to those times . We also have people like you to post these great memories! Thank you!

[@briankistler8349]

I tried to reply. Looks like my reply did not go through. Yes you are right. I loved June! She may have only done about 9-10 voices tops, but they were SO GOOD!

[@briankistler8349]

Hey and thanks again for all the nice things you said, including your kind words about my production of the video! :) I did get some help, from the technical end. I did not know how to provide snippets of the episodes, nor how to do those introductory black screens with the episode names. :)

[@lovesmusic36]

@@briankistler8349 You're welcome, Brian! This great video has inspired me to "binge watch" some of these fabulous episodes! During this pandemic, it's definitely more intelligent and certainly funnier than what we've been recently exposed to where I live. Hoping you're well and thanks again!

[@briankistler8349]

@@lovesmusic36 we're all weathering this stupid virus. I just got my 2nd vaccine and now I heard on the evening TV news tonight, that I will probably need a Covid booster shot 12 months from my last vaccine.

[@lovesmusic36]

@@briankistler8349 I'm in Canada, lived here my entire life. We've done a very poor job of handling this virus. I have a 4-year-old granddaughter who lives 10 minutes from me. I haven't hugged, kissed her or held her hand in over a year. Schools are closed, small businesses are dying, everything is falling apart and the powers that be don't seem to care. I'm convinced that I'm not going to outlive this. I definitely need Rocky, Bullwinkle and friends!

[@billolsen4360]

Loved it when she gave a smart aleck Brooklyn accent to a princess in a Fractured Fairy Tale

[@briankistler8349]

That was actually a wicked queen she was talking to. June used that Brooklyn accent a lot with her princesses. I thought it was weird but I got used to it.

[@billolsen4360]

@@briankistler8349 Wonder if she got that idea from Lena Lamont in "Singin' in the Rain"?

[@briankistler8349]

@@billolsen4360 Hmmmm. I don't know. It's been a while since I've seen the movie. Although I think it came out in '52 and the Fractured Fairy Tales began in 1959 so maybe.

[@stevehartman1730]

Rocky n Bullwinkle was a great show highly underrated very sophisticated. LbJ hated it as he thought they were making fun of him as Bullwinkle.

[@briankistler8349]

So sad for him.

[@chesterlane3032]

She was so talented in her hey day and every night I was thinking about her and she was so much different than any other people who loved to perform and she was wonderful in anything

[@briankistler8349]

I agree!

[@jgsmile1331]

Underdog and fractured tales go together. Loved then loved now

[@briankistler8349]

It's my understanding that Jay Ward Productions allowed Total Television Productions (who produced Underdog and Tennessee Tuxedo) to use those cartoons as a filler since their shows did not take up the whole half hour.. But it kind of worked both ways because after Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jay Ward Productions used some of Total Television's cartoons as fillers for their 2nd cartoon series, Hoppity Hooper. I remember they used The World of Commander McBragg. They may have used others too.

[@jgsmile1331]

@@briankistler8349 thank you

[@yoptastic8463]

What a talented lady, I believe I recognised some other voices in there.

[@briankistler8349]

Daws Butler and Bill Scott mostly were the other voices..........as well as the narrator Edward Everett Horton. Paul Frees only appeared in 3 episodes of the 91 episodes recorded. Daws Butler was usually the leading man.

[@martinkalmus3761]

Thank You June ^^

[@Labor_Jones]

very very nice (fan since 59)

[@briankistler8349]

Do you mean 1959? :)

[@cmans79tr7]

5:26 - "And, eh, du whaaat!?" The delayed double-take when it sinks in that she says she has nothing to pay them with.😂

[@briankistler8349]

I should have turned on my closed captions for that line. I could never understand what he was saying.

[@theda850two]

"Be what you is , not what you is not, for those who do this is the happiest lot"

[@disco0752]

Seen every fractured fairy tale ever made and then some. Discovered E E Horton on the late show. "Hey, he sounds like fractured fairy tales!".

[@briankistler8349]

I saw him in a 1961 movie with Bette Davis called A Pocketful of Miracles. He even had a line where he talked about fairy tales, which was ironic, because like you, I was thinking the same thing that you said. I also liked two guest appearances he made on Dennis the Menace as Mr. Wilson's uncle.

[@disco0752]

Peteyboy I remember A Pocket Full of Miracles. Made me cry. EEH was in a number of movies in the 30's and early 40's that always turned up on the late show. It still took my teenage years to make the connection, lol.

[@laustcawz2089]

There's an extremely rare 1967 screwball comedy called "The Perils Of Pauline", starring Pat Boone & Pam Austin, apparently designed to be a spoof of the Pearl White serials &/or the 1947 "Perils Of Pauline" film starring Betty Hutton. The 1967 film features a character who's some sort of boy king. I forget who played the actual boy, but all it takes is listening to the voice to realize it's June Foray doing a V.O.

[@briankistler8349]

Yes, June did a lot of looping or dubbing in movies. I tried to respond to this a couple times before, and for some reason my message does not materialize. This one is shorter than my previous attempts.

[@laustcawz2089]

@@briankistler8349 Your problem in responding is puzzling & concerning, but thank you for persisting.

[@briankistler8349]

@@laustcawz2089 I think I finally figured it out. I was just hitting the enter button, after I wrote my comment........but looks like I have to hit the Reply button.

[@laustcawz2089]

@@briankistler8349 Glad the problem is resolved.

[@roberthenderson5513]

A lot people may or may not know this but June Foreway was the 1st and original voice of Betty Rubble when just before The Flintstones were named originally they were named the Flagstones But apparently the Hannibal bureanimators decided to go with another voice as it turned out it was none other than Bea Benaderet In the forties and early fifties she was a radio voice and also did Animated voice over work with the great Mel Blank in the looney tune cartoon. In the mid to late 50's she guessed stared on the Burns and Allen Show With George Burns and Grace Allen. It was ironically from Mel Blank's suggestion after he grabbed the voice of Barney to make her the voice of Betty. And that's how she got the part she was Betty Rubble for the 1st 4 seasons of the show and left the series after the 4th season. She pursued a CBS series Called Petticoat Junction were she was the mother of 3 young but grown daughters And managed a hotel in Is called the shady rust while doing so

[@roberthenderson5513]

I'm sorry it was entitled Shady Rust not shady rust Anyway Bea died sadly in 1968 from lung cancer. June Did come back to guess voice in an episode from the 3rd season of The Flintstones as a nurse by strange Coincidence it happened to be the episode where Pebbles was born entitled Dress Rehearsal Or The New Arrival. June also guest voice in the funstone movie entitled the man called Flintstone as a phantasymphotel assistant to the villain of the film the green goose voice by her old friend and colleague Paul Frees. June went on to guess star in alot of the sixties adventure Cartoon series such as The Lone Ranger The Impossibles Birdman. But of course as anyone knows her best known voice was on the rocky and bowling coast show between the star of the series RockyThe The Flying Squirrel and played the voice of Natasha Fatale The evil female assistant to Boris Badanoff voiced by Paul.Fress.

[@briankistler8349]

Yes. I actually heard about that and I saw a clip from the 1959 pilot The Flagstones on KZbin. Daws Butler was also the voice of Fred in that pilot instead of Alan Reed. I heard they went with Alan instead of Daws because this was an adult cartoon show at the time, and Daws was associated with a lot of their kid shows at the time and sponsors did not want the same voice as that for Fred. I did not know that Mel Blanc had suggested Bea. I was just thinking that because Bea was more famous than June and had also been a nagging wife in Burns and Allen that they felt she would be a cut above June in the cast. My understanding was that for the last 2 years that Bea did Betty, she tried to juggle both the Flintstones and Petty Coat Junction, but then after 2 years she had had enough.

[@drcrn1]

I even used one in my doctoral program!

[@briankistler8349]

Gee which one? I could totally see that. :)

[@quetzalflight5790]

Genuine Funnnnny Ahhhh childhood fun GODCHRIST LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU REST IN PEACE CARTOONS AND VOICES ARE NOTHING NOTHING LIKE THEN.😔😒😉☺👍🙏☝

[@briankistler8349]

I agree with you! And thanks!

[@Kikyolover9]

She was also the voice of talking Tina in the twilight zone episode of talking Tina

[@briankistler8349]

I know. I think she was particularly proud of that, that she got the chance to become part of that genre of TV history. It's also interesting, how well renowned she was, for Cindy Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, since that was such a tiny, tiny, tiny part, in that entire holiday special.

[@briankistler8349]

I would love it if someone could do a compilation of all her TV commercials over the years. I know she did a bunch of them. I remember the Jolly Green Giant, a Milk commercial, and many, many others.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

Yes, I remember that episode, which was called "Living Doll." The name of the doll, "Talky (not "Talking," as you said) Tina," was probably a parody of "Chatty Cathy," a real-life talking doll that was popular among little girls in the early to mid-1960s. "Saturday Night Live" also spoofed Chatty Cathy in a comic ad for "CATTY Cathy," a doll that makes sneering and insulting remarks about whoever plays with her, and makes little girls cry. The original commercial for Chatty Cathy was even used in a recent ad for the Geico insurance company, with dubbed voices making it sound like one version of the doll is complaining that her car insurance is "too high," while another version replies that she saved money "by switching to Geico." By the way, the male lead in the "Living Doll" story was Telly Savalas, best known as television's "Kojak."

[@NormanChester882]

I watch this everynight

[@briankistler8349]

The Fractured Fairy Tales? Complete episodes?

[@NormanChester882]

@@briankistler8349 just your tribute to June it's on my playlist

[@briankistler8349]

I thought you meant my video; I was just clarifying. I'm quite flattered if that is what you mean. 🙂

[@dimensionexpressiontarot4173]

Loved and still love it!

[@briankistler8349]

❤

[@Nova7o9]

I saw that image on the thumbnail and even though I could not have told you her name, I knew her voice right off! Such a big voice in animation. I never realized she played All of those parts. Also, I really enjoyed your introduction, such a great tribute to her legacy. 😁

[@briankistler8349]

Thank you so much. And it is indeed amazing that she did it for so many, many decades. She would have done it right up to the end, but from what I read she was in a bad car accident in 2014, and after that was not really working much the last three years of her life. :(

[@donaldclay9535]

She was Great Voice, May She R.I.P.

[@briankistler8349]

Yes, she really was. I miss her every day........although I may not think about her every day, I still miss her.

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

It's amazing how she could sound like a young woman one minute, and then sound like an old woman (or a witch) the next minute.

[@briankistler8349]

@@michaelpalmieri7335 yes, that is why I felt she really deserved a stroll down memory lane through this video. It was very interesting when she did as many as 3-4 characters.

[@briankistler8349]

@@michaelpalmieri7335 yes, she was incredible! Sometimes 3-4 different voices in one F.F.

[@NormanChester882]

I saw her name in the credits ,for the little drummer boy at Christmas ,June Foray

[@jameschatwick5754]

I liked her Jax beer commercials.

[@marcblack1]

Thank you, just found your YT page, awesome, 60"s kid.

[@briankistler8349]

I'm really glad you feel that way. 🙂

[@bostonrailfan2427]

they’re mostly the same, but it’s the inflection and enthusiasm that separated the voices: eager vs. angry vs. upset vs. apathetic vs. dumb…as long as there weren’t more than two women in the scene she was fine. she varied her voice more than Bill Scott did, as good as he was, it was the same voice for each character other than Bullwinkle

[@briankistler8349]

Yes, I think you are right. Although sometimes she would do 4-5 women in the same episode, although they did not all appear in a given scene together as you say.

[@garyrunnalls7714]

Loved her stuff especially Fractured 😂 fairy tales

[@briankistler8349]

Definitely!

[@garyrunnalls7714]

One of my favorites was Goldilocks and the 3 bears lol. That New York Jewish voice making money at a ski lodge while the 3 bears were screwing up her lodge was Epic! "But I'm not sleepy" " "I'm laughing just thinking about it. Thanks for honoring June she is missed

[@briankistler8349]

@@garyrunnalls7714 that was the very first Fractured Fairy Tale ever televised! Some time in the autumn of 1959.

[@malvinderkaur541]

i love these series. especially witches voice and the 'invisible prince:)

[@briankistler8349]

Yes, that is why I have quite a few clips with the witches. :)

[@jandjeaster]

The wolf sounds like Bullwinkle

[@briankistler8349]

I agree with you, and that is Bill Scott who did the voice of Bullwinkle doing the voice of the wolf. I think there is only a very subtle difference. Sorry it took so long before I was aware that you had commented.

[@rivaridge7211]

Thank you so much Brian for this - I was born in 1956 so these wonderful cartoons were a big part of my childhood. I did not always "get" the humor, but I love to re-watch these gems today and have a good laugh or three. Would you do a tribute to the wonderful Edward Everett Horton? My God, what a career he had - from silent films to co-starring with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. (And so much more!) Cheers and thanks!

[@briankistler8349]

I'm about three years younger than you. :) I guess I was a baby when the show debuted; I read it was supposed to start September 1959, but it did not actually start until November. I'm glad you liked my selections. That would take some doing to do a tribute to E.E. Horton. I'm not familiar with all his work, although did you see the two or three TV episodes when he guest starred in on Dennis the Menace as Mr. Wilson's uncle? I did see him in movies like Arsenic and Old Lace, Lost Horizon, Pocketful of Miracles, Top Hat (with Astaire and Rogers). His last film, Cold Turkey, in which he played a wheelchair ridden mogul of the tobacco industry was kind of sad, in that he had no lines for his last film, although they showed him a lot in the movie. That was in 1971 and he died before they released the film. I don't thi nk that was the last thing he did however. I think a guest spot on Love American Style and the sitcom The Governor and J.J. were his last jobs.

[@rivaridge7211]

@@briankistler8349 Thank you so much Brian for the kind reply! I will have to look up the "Dennis the Menace" episodes (hopefully, they are out here on KZbin). You are very spot on regarding many of Mr. Horton's most notable films. I did not know about the film "Cold Turkey" and how he had no spoken lines - Yes, I agree, this is a sad footnote. Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970) had an incredible career which (in films) started in the "silent era" and, along the way, he would rack-up 200 film credited appearances. Of, course, this does not include his countless stage, radio, and television appearances. His narration of the "Fractured Fairy Tales" was my first introduction to him. He spoke in such a clear and concise way that many people thought he was British - of course, he was born in Brooklyn, NY. One last thing - about twenty years ago, I purchased several "Playbills" from a very nice (elderly) collector from New York City. I received several true "gems" which I was thrilled to obtain. My favorite? It's not the most "valuable" (from other items I picked up) in terms of "collectability," but it certainly made my day. It is a Playbill ("Carousel") from 1965 - staged at the newly opened "Lincoln Center" in New York City. Mr.. Horton played the "Starkeeper" (his last stage role) and wrote a very big and clear autograph across the front of the Playbill - others in the cast signed it as well (including Jerry Orbach). Cheers and thanks again!

[@NormanChester882]

Hallelujah,

[@marieblue]

June Lucille Foray was the woman of a thousand cartoon voices : Rocky in the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Lucifer from Disney’s Cinderella, Jokey Smurf, Magica De Spell, Cindy Lou Who in The Grinch Stole Christmas, the little old lady who owned Tweety Bird and Sylvester in Looney Tunes, the delightfully evil Witch Hazel in Bugs Bunny, and countless others. Often referred to as the “First Lady of Animated Voicing” or “The Cartoon Queen,” Miss Foray was a trailblazer in her field. She is credited with the establishment of the Annie Awards, honouring excellence in animation. She was also instrumental to the creation of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002. Her career spanned over seven decades‼️ No wonder she has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame : 7080 Hollywood Boulevard. Chuck Jones was quoted as claiming : “June Foray is not the female Mel Blanc*. Mel Blanc was the male June Foray.” 💜🌈💙 A thousand thank-yous from zillions of fans of all ages around the 🌎 world, dear June Lucille Forer, a.k.a. June Foray (1917 - 2017)… 🌹 * Melvin Jerome “Mel” Blanc (né Blank, 1908 - 1989) was nicknamed “The Man of a Thousand Voices.”

[@briankistler8349]

I agree. Thank you so much! It's a shame she had to wait til she was 82 to get that star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

[@marieblue]

@@briankistler8349 Sadly, it’s all too often the case in the US : paying tribute to personalities later than sooner. Remember the belated homage to Charlie Chaplin? Best regards to you, Brian.

[@cmans79tr7]

12:36 "splenderous...the prosaic, RESPLENDENT!"

[@charlesperez9976]

Ohh,dearest June! A lovely compilation,tribute. I laffed my balls off! Fractured fairytales is downright legendary. But,I must admit,out of all of June’s voices,it’s the Russian Bunny. “Seek and go hide!” 😌❤️😌🥰😞

[@briankistler8349]

I loved how colorful and artistic the Fractured Fairy Tales were. I loved Natasha and also Rocky, but that part of the show was separate from this segment. You can hear June doing the Natasha voice on an episode of Tom Slick from the George of the Jungle show. Of course she is also the voice of Marigold: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIClZ2BsjLmZm8U

[@smasherjosh5000]

Is it me or did June Foray's Granny get better with age?

[@briankistler8349]

I think June grew into it as she got older. When she was really old, she told the producers, she could not sing, when they wanted Granny to sing. So they put a headset on her and had someone sing the lines and she imitated them. Eventually they spliced the song all together. After that, they decided, no more singing for June. It was a lot of work to make that happen.

[@vincentfranklin17]

Fractured Fairy Tales were TONS better than Disney's stuff! Loads of comedy! June Foray definitely added to it!

[@briankistler8349]

I really liked the episode Cutie and the Beast. Yes, June added to it because it was incredible that she could be anything from a little girl, to a crabby mother in law, to a witch, to an old lady, to a damsel in distress. Daws Butler had an equally amazing range. I just wish they had used his Ed Wynn imitation in at least one of the F.F.'s which they did not. If you ever saw the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Wally Gator, that was his Ed Wynn imitation. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@vincentfranklin17]

@@briankistler8349 Yes, I have. Daws didn't get credit for his voice work with Jay Ward because he was under contract with H-B.

[@vincentfranklin17]

@@briankistler8349 Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

[@briankistler8349]

@@vincentfranklin17 My understanding was it was more because of competing commercial sponsors on those programs, than it was a contract. So he elected to forgo voice credit because of that conflict of interest.

[@vincentfranklin17]

My top two favorite Fractured Fairy Tales: Pinocchio, and Sleeping Beauty. Bill Scott made Geppetto sound like a cranky Chico Marx! The Prince in Sleeping Beauty looking like Walt Disney, and sounding like Phill Silvers! Hilarious!

[@seanmcmonagle4012]

Listened to Mobituaries podcast of this legend today. So many memories.; Rocket J. Squirrel and Witch Hazel. And she was uncredited to play Little Ricky's dog on I Love Lucy. And.... the ending of the Bugs Bunny short which Witch Hazel turns into a beautiful witch is an animated version of June.

[@briankistler8349]

Interesting. And I never heard of Mobituaries before. I will have to look that up.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Grandma fa from Disney's Mulan

[@briankistler8349]

She was good in that.

[@Johnlock19]

I am clad sir you told me this she was great 👍

[@thema1998]

After finishing Saturday Morning Rewind's June Foray video, I figured that I might as well watch your June Foray video. EDIT- 4:08 P.M.: *finishes video 31 minutes later* This video was pretty funny. I almost wish that it could've lasted longer! 😂

[@briankistler8349]

Thank you so much M.A. You are so kind. I'm sorry I did not get an alert about your response. I am really glad you enjoyed it. Brian

[@barrydysert2974]

Fractured Fairytales was my very favorite part of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The only thing i really liked about them was Borisss darrrling and Natasha! i knew She had voiced the witches, but i'd no idea She had done so many of the other characters. What an amazing talent !:-) i wonder, was She the voice of Natasha?!?

[@briankistler8349]

She did voice Natasha. I am kind of like you. I liked them much better than Rocky and Bullwinkle. There were times I even found the R and B stories a little boring. I did like the story arc about the cereal box tops however.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Witch hazel

[@briankistler8349]

Exactly!

[@davidwesley2525]

@@briankistler8349 she was also the voice of Broom Hilda. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@briankistler8349]

@@davidwesley2525 I only ever heard of Witch Hazel for both Warner Bros and Disney. I heard that Disney was very upset with her about that, and she did not work for Disney for a few years after that.

[@TheCarnivalguy]

I was 10 in 1965 and I loved Fractured Fairy Tales. June’s voice was a highlight of that segment. Wasn’t she also the voice of that wacky, funny witch in some of the Bugs Bunny shorts? Thanks for this tribute to the great June Foray.

[@briankistler8349]

Yes. You are right. She was. She got into trouble with Disney for that, because she also did a Witch Hazel in the Disney cartoons for a while, and then that studio did not use her for quite a while. I loved her in the F.F.'s much more than on Rocky and Bullwinkle, or Dudley Do-Right or Peabody's Improbable History because on those segments of the show, her repetorie was not as varied and colorful.

[@TheCarnivalguy]

@@briankistler8349 Thanks for affirming my query. Her voice was so unique and unmistakable, at least to cartoon-watching kids of the ‘60s. I wonder how June’s voice sounded in everyday life. Did she, as some artists do, manipulate her normal raspy voice to enhance its effect even more? Edward Everett Horton is another recognizable voice to me. Horton could be so funny. Off hand I remember two of his roles: as Mr. Ritter on an episode of I Love Lucy & the butler from the Bette Davis film, Pocketful Of Miracles. Thanks again. Cheers.

[@briankistler8349]

@@TheCarnivalguy She had a soft femenine voice. Every so often one of her characters sounded like her natural voice. if you can find the fractured fairytale where she is a princess on a mountain of glass, saved by a frog prince, that is what her voice sounded like. You can find a lot of interviews with her; particularly the ones where she was a little younger. I remember E.E. Horton in those. I also remember him playing a character called Screaming Chicken (I think) on Batman and even though F Troop was before my time, I heard he played a similarly named character on F Troop.

[@NormanChester882]

Rocky and Bullwinkle, Boris and Natasha

[@briankistler8349]

June's married name was Donovan. On rare occasions, I have seen her name as June Foray Donovan. Her maiden name was Forer. I'm guessing that was a French name, since it was pronounced the same as her stage name, Foray.

[@WillScarlet16]

She was of Russian-Jewish and French Canadian ancestry.

[@briankistler8349]

Thank you for that interesting info. I am sorry that it took so long before I saw your comment. French-Canadian must have been on her father's side.

[@darliskawhitaker1979]

@@WillScarlet16 Yes She Is.

[@Tornado1994]

She was born June Lucille Forer on September 18,1918 in Springfield,MA. She had been widowed since 1978,

[@briankistler8349]

Hi @@Tornado1994 . I believe it was 1917. All of the records, that I have seen, say that. I was thinking that she was widowed in 1976. I think IMDB.COM says something to that nature.

[@Maniac4Bricks]

Did you know that she made a vocal appearance in LEGO Island as Mama Brickolini? This was LEGO's 2nd video game released in 1997 and had worldwide success with over 1 million copies selling on PC. There's a few clips from this news spot featuring her talking about her experience on the role: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXPchY2urb2amtk

[@briankistler8349]

That was cool! I think I saw on IMDB.com that she did some video voices, but it was cool seeing her in action and hearing some of that interview.

[@calvin7740]

She is also on Fractured Flicker. On Saturday mornings @ 6 am on the Movie channel which I watch every week. Would like see more of the Jay Ward shows. And wasn't she in the Rocky & Bullwinkle Movie?

[@briankistler8349]

In the year 2000, yes, she was in that movie. I have seen episodes of the Fractured Flickers on KZbin. It's too bad that show only lasted one season.

[@briankistler8349]

June's co-stars in these clips are Daws Butler, Bill Scott and in one and only one clip, Paul Frees (the Frog Prince). There was one witch voice which Bill Scott did in these clips (again, in the Frog Prince). It's pretty obvious that that particular witch was done by a man.

[@darliskawhitaker1979]

I LOVE JUNE FORAY 💖💞❤💙💚💜💗💝💟💓💛

[@johnbockelie3899]

Sleeping beauty Prince is Walt Disney.

[@briankistler8349]

@@johnbockelie3899 It's an imitation of Phil Silvers, by Daws Butler

[@briankistler8349]

@@darliskawhitaker1979 💗

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

I figured one of the other voices in this video was that of Daws Butler, because a few of the character voices sounded like Cap'n Crunch, and I know that Butler did his voice in those commercials for "Cap'n Crunch" cereal.

[@allieburchfield178]

Man I do forgive for June foray she was my favorite character when she did the voice of frosty the snowman and I think the voice of mammy 2 shoes from Tom and Jerry now she's gone forever but I will do a tom and Jerry movie called into the furry-future and I will add in loving memory of June foray before the end credits or after the end credits

[@briankistler8349]

Hi Allie. I think on Frosty the Snowman she did the voice of Karen and the teacher. However, I have read many times now, over the years, that they eventually decided to replace her voices with another actress in later airings of that show. I don't know why they did that. Wikipedia, for one, talks about that. You are right that June did voices on Tom and Jerry, but I think that Mammy 2 shoes was done by Lillian Randolph........I do see, however, after doing some research: June did redub Lillian's voice as Mammy 2 shoes for a few years (and then someone else redubbed June for a few years): the whole reason for that: the original voice was considered racist against African-Americans. Thank you for your nice comment! :)

[@cmans79tr7]

7:26 - Lemming with Lemur lining😂

[@briankistler8349]

You have a good ear. Not sure I ever figured that one out. :)

[@cmans79tr7]

​@Brian Kistler - Yeah, I think everyone heard the "matched shrewskin" hood, which for me, evoked Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" which I haven't read, and the fact that some nasty women have been called shrews, i still don't know why, and one of my earliest, and unpleasant early 1960's childhood memories consists of overhearing my parents having a serious argument where my father admitted calling my mother's mother a "shrew". IMO the comedic value is multiplied for me because for this unpleasant woman, a "twin shrew" (double shrew) might be appropriate for this character, and I can just picture the FFT writers doubled-over in laughter after they came up with the "TWIN" shrew idea and name for the hat. Then I did get the impression that the writers "Piece de Resistance" of the "lemur-lined" hat, note also their well-used alliteration, was slightly mumbled, and I did not want anyone to miss this gem, so I had to share my translation. And BTW I also thumbed up other people's comments who caught things that I "missed" here, too. Thanks so much for this compilation/distillation it was a great idea and effort.👌

[@WULDORI]

I think Tress MacNeille is the closest anyone ever could get to June Foray…

[@briankistler8349]

I believe I heard that as far as witch voices go? I tried to find your other comment-----I think you left a second one-----and for whatever reason I cannot seem to find it. I thought it was a travesty that the Simpsons only invited June Foray on their show, one time, to do some voices.

[@JESUSISLORDforevermore888]

10/25/2022: 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🙏🏾

[@andyxfish]

Her voice @2:51

[@briankistler8349]

Yep! :D

[@TheoneGodfather]

“That kids got a head like a casaba melon”.

[@briankistler8349]

😅 It was a nose though.

[@TheoneGodfather]

@@briankistler8349 Lol, yea I haven’t finished watching this video through yet. The “Casaba melon “ line is just a line I remember from a Fractured Fairytale when I was a kid. It could have been from one of those other shorts they used to play back then, I haven’t been able to find it since.

[@briankistler8349]

@@TheoneGodfather there are DVDs of all the Fractured Fairy Tales available for sale out there.

[@TheoneGodfather]

@@briankistler8349 Yea I’ve considered buying them.

[@briankistler8349]

@@TheoneGodfather You can buy them with or without the rest of the Rocky and Bullwinkle series with their friends. I chose to buy the fairy tales by themselves.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

If Foray ever performed any songs on CDs, then please lemme know.

[@briankistler8349]

I don't know of any. Let me know, too, if you hear of any.

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

@@briankistler8349 Sure thing, man.

[@joshuaharper4439]

Does anyone know the name of all of these cartoons and what show they were on? I’m wanting to look them up but was not sure of the name or what cartoon they came from if somebody has this information I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

[@briankistler8349]

@joshuaharper4439 These are the Fractured Fairy Tales portion of The Rocky and his Friends Show, and then later on it became The Bullwinkle Show.

[@chrisedwards3214]

Odd that her and Betty white almost died before their 100 the birthdays

[@briankistler8349]

I know!

[@WorgenGrrl]

Was she the first female voice actress to gain notoriety?

[@briankistler8349]

I can't think of too many from her era who were really BIG. As far as TV cartoons go, I believe Jean Vander Pyl (who did Wilma Flintstone) was getting started in TV cartoons right around the same time that June was. And not just on the Flintstones. But Jean had nowhere near the versatility that June had.

[@briankistler8349]

Although the shows on which the Fractured Fairy Tales appeared (Rocky and His Friends and Bullwinkle), ran from 1959-1964, the 1960-1961 season was likely when narrator Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, and all the other voice actors recorded their very last fairy tale. Why? For starters, the producers had already started recording and producing back in 1958. So by the time the show premiered, they already had the entire first season in the can. But also, for the 1962-1963 season, someone decided that the Fractured Fairy Tales were the weakest part of the show and unfortunately they replaced this feature with Aesop and Son. The producers were deluged with mail, that year, indicating that the viewers missed the Fractured Fairy Tales. So they brought them back for the last season. Unfortunately, they merely recycled the tales that had already been done. So for 1963-1964, the fairy tales were repeats.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

She WAS, very talented. As a kid, these were fun, but not to be taken as facts, in fairytales (it'll mess you up). She kinda reminds me, of a female Mel Blanc 😉!!!

[@briankistler8349]

Chuck Jones the director of the Warner Bros said June Foray is not the female male Blanc. Mel Blanc is the male June Foray. 😅 Chuck Jones did a lot for her. He lobbied Hollywood to give her her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when she was in her early 80s.

[@briankistler8349]

And in answer to your question----looks like you edited and deleted part of it, no she only did the female voices. Although sometimes in the Rocky and Bullwinkle show she'd do a male voice: Rocky or a newspaper boy.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

@@briankistler8349 How would you know (as an uploader) if something, was deleted?? I can see it lets you, and other people know, it was edited, but deleted? Do you receive, the original comment also?? 'Cause I deleted that, in the first 30 seconds.

[@briankistler8349]

@@rogerrendzak8055 I was able to see the original comment and then I was puzzled why the rest of it was not there. Then I noticed that it said comment edited. :)

[@rogerrendzak8055]

@@briankistler8349 Okay.

[@telemachus7732]

The funniest part were those tiny, tottering legs!

[@briankistler8349]

😅

[@Chris-on4jp]

3:17 That poor Ogre!

[@mistergrandpasbakery9941]

I think 20% of your tribute should be to be devoted to Ursula! 💘 💘 💘

[@briankistler8349]

If you mean Ursula from George of the Jungle, I personally Iove EVERY characterization that June did. :) Although Ursula was kind of a neutral "every woman" voice.

[@OnerousEthic]

Where is Rocky?

[@briankistler8349]

I guess I could have included Rocky. But then it would have been harder to draw from numerous cartoons. Just easier to stick with the Fractured Fairy Tales. I think most people know she did Rocky.

[@OnerousEthic]

@@briankistler8349 Could you please compile some Rocky clips? Or perhaps a narrated/curated collection? Thank you so much for putting this together! Well done!

[@briankistler8349]

@@OnerousEthic what is "c narrated/curated collection"? I got my clips for this video from a DVD collection of all 91 Fractured Fairytales from 1959-1964. So I would likely have to buy a DVD of the Rocky and Bullwinkle series first. Sorry. I'll keep it in mind; that is why I asked that question; just in case I get to that point. :)

[@OnerousEthic]

@@briankistler8349 It would be exactly what you did for June. “Tribute to Rocky The Flying Squirrel”. Like he was a real person.

[@briankistler8349]

@@OnerousEthic Okay, I get it. :)

[@cmans79tr7]

6:51 🤣

[@briankistler8349]

Yeah. I never really understood that.

[@NormanChester882]

98 cents, I'm rich

[@briankistler8349]

Yep! 😁