June Foray and Howard Schwartz Interview & Performance

[hwoods01]

you... lucky... bastard... ;)

[frizzlefrap]

this is great. brings back many memories. sounds exactly like her characters she voiced. an icon for many an american!

[frizzlefrap]

this video has to be close to 30 years old. there is no way this woman is 94.

[TaTgurl1003]

june foray is amazing. She rocks

[aardvarksrock]

What an incredibly versatile voice, but more...what an incredibly wonderful soul. It's easily over-analyzable...but her voice was the sound of reason for kids (as Rocky) in a tone we all had at the time.

[baarbear]

Did Howard Schwartz take over for some of Mel Blanc's characters after Blanc died? His Sylvester is very good.

[baarbear]

Magica Du Spell, Grammy Gummi, Milicent the Slobbovian Rabbit, Nell Fenwick, Natasha Fatale, Granny, Jokey Smurf, Rocket J. Squirrel. Wow what a resume!

[Velocity9s]

WOW, She's one hot old gal...I thank her for her talent and her stunning my socks off with her beauty!

[gerry3x]

Dar-link!

[JoeyMars1]

Great! I grew up on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show was one of the better ones!

[dofriesgowiththat]

my favorite was the witch. She's lovely. I hope she is still out there meeting fans

[deetjay1]

Boris and Natasha...Paul Frees and June Foray...What wonderful characters, and ONLY because of their genius...

[DancingSpiderman]

YAYY ! I lvoe this clip. I lvoe June Foray and her voiceovers !!

[Foolishpleazure]

Wow.seeing this really brought back a lot of memories.Thank you June for all the years you have entertained us.And I have to say,Howard did a GREAT Bullwinkle!!!!!

[TheNewFormat]

This is a Great Video! *****

[lednew2010]

A great talent, and a terrific lady. I met & worked with her over a decade ago on a concert, and she was the nicest person you could ever meet. I was in a room with the voices of Rocky/Natasha, Crusader Rabbit, Judy Jetson, Scooby-Doo, and so many other cartoon voices to honor Hanna-Barbera productions.

[Ahstaroth]

Her voice hasn't degraded at ALL. Her Rocky and Natasha is still as good as it was in the 60's. AMAZING!!

[Doommaster1994]

She looks like she's only 40 when really she's like 90.

June Foray and Lucile Bliss are the two best voice actresses.

[vmana]

@Doommaster1994 She doesn't look 40, or may be WHITE people 40.

[camplazlo22]

damn that was amazing!

love her!

she is a legend

[frederickus]

"Now here's something you'll REALLY like"!

[futuristfood]

howard you are a sweetheart. this is great stuff,, love june foray.. i had a record with a snippet of her on it as a child i lost along the way and i wish still had, it had a bandini commercial on it.. so great..

[jgstargazer]

I enjoyed this clip. She's a legend.

[jzerony]

What a GREAT talented lady.... and funny too...

[vdwest4592]

Thanks for this upload! I always wanted to match a face to this multitalented woman. She not only creates believable voices but her acting is right on!

[peppilepiu]

I've been trying to figure out why a voice, like June Foray's, (Rockey and Bullwinkle ) has so impacted my life.....I think it has something to do with her being like the tribal storyteller...very honored position.

[bassyck]

WOW!!! She is tremendous!!

[SpiffyShindigs]

Gosh, she just seems so full of life.

I've never heard anyone be able to do the "Rocky". She created one of the most unique voices in VO history.

[wattever333]

this was between 1987-92, because that's the years of jake and the fatman, which she mentions. Howard Schwartz!!! Yay! Long time no see! Who knew you could do voices!? Where is he now?

[fredjerk69]

she looks younger than she is

[bobandrayfan1]

Thanks for posting this! When I was a kid I wanted to be a cartoon voice..

June and the others inspired me..they still do!

I got into radio and did a whole bunch of creative voices. I'm 55 and still hoping for my Big Break!

[Chicoandtheman2001]

That's great you did that, and got her on tape. I do wish you'd had a better spot, but I trade that for the people who walked by and suddenly heard Rocky's voice coming out of this sweet lady!

[RICKOBEAR]

God bless this woman! :)

[ASAngelo]

Priceless. Love the reading! ! Wow!

[AuronTsubaki85]

One of the last surviving pioneers of voice acting is still around & her voice has not changed since 1959.

[eartant]

Years have been kind to June, and yeah she still does the voices perfect !

[Tyannalyn]

I remember she was Granny from the Bugs Bunny Shows.

[jmm1000]

4:19 is so great!

[gummisgonewild]

Liked your impersonations too. At age 5 or 6 I'd wake up at 5 at my grandmother's and watch that show when it came on at 6am. You obviously were a big fan of the Rocky and Bullwinkle show too.

[gummisgonewild]

<--beside himself (after hearing Ms. June Foray's Rocky) 04:31 ! (Sounds just like she sounded in 1959!)

[HUTINAK]

People walking by are CLUELESS

What an honor...you're a very lucky man

[dawoool]

Ever seen photos of the younger June? She was very beautiful. Also, happy people age better, and she seems very happy with the way her life has turned out. It's not surprising she looks so good for her age.

[drcoxcentral]

That's why Raquel Welch still looks like a fox at 70. And Mrs. Foray is not that bad looking either.

[RICKOBEAR]

true!! ;)

[BigBearPaul]

No June is not a witch but she does do the voice for Witch Hazel in the Bugs Bunny cartoons.

[sunwestmovie]

The likes of June Foray and Paul Frees are never to be seen again. June is a wonderful woman.

This is a joy.

[carlitosbug]

Did she die yet?

[presbran86]

not yet she's 91 now

[ClassicTVMan81]

And she will be 92 this September, if she can live this long before then...

[Ullarsskald1989]

I spoke with June for the first time in my life about a week ago, she and I are cousins (her mom and my grandad were siblings).

What a gracious, funny lady!

Thanks for posting this.

[Tyannalyn]

REALLY!!!?

[Ullarsskald1989]

Ab So Lutely!!!

And a few days later her younger sister and a week after that two cousins of my generation (mid-50's ,-)

[BenjaminWirtz]

That is a spot on Bulwinkle impression.

[theogore]

Wonderful vid. You could tell you have a true admiration for her, as I do. Very sentimental and heart warming. What a gal!

[Featureman]

She is great. She did a program that was aired on a station where I worked in 1991. It was a series called, "Women Who Won the West." She told and acted out pioneer stories.

[mundungus42]

This is absolutely marveous! June was so engaging and intelligent, and her voice work is the stuff of legend. Thank you so much for posting this!

[underpaidrockstar]

shes 90.

If this was just recent, then she looks pretty good for her age

[moogyboy6]

She mentions William Conrad's role in "Jake And The Fatman" as if it were a current series, so that detail dats this interview to the late '80s or early '90s. Conrad died in 1994.

Anyway, it's nice to see and hear June herself. What an amazing lady, still at it after all these years!

[Locke1217]

"If this was just recent, then she looks pretty good for her age" She looks 30 years younger!! Seriously, I don't get it! 1917 was when she was born. I've never seen a woman age this well... she might be a witch?

[KiriannasBoyARtisan]

Wikipedia said on December 20 last year, June Foray passed away of cardiac arrest.

[KiriannasBoyARtisan]

However, IMDB doesn't think so. Is she really dead or alive?

[Machohervey]

It must have been a mistake. Wikipedia no longer has a date of death and the article is described as a "biography of a living person".

[dilliphant3]

she is a babe.

[lonemapper]

Loved June and her work. Don't know who this Schwartz cat is, but does great voices also.

[candycane27]

i LOVED June Foray as grandmother faa in the movie Mulan. so funny :D

[fp75230]

Hello Howard,

I never tire of watching this vid. It's so much fun. She seems like a genuinely nice person. Also, I had no idea that Mae did Betty Boop. I've lost track of the # of times I've watched her as Mrs Strakosh in Funny Girl.

Francine Pilon

P.S. Was she that short? you seem to tower over her.

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

Currently, she's best known as playing, "Granny," from the modern Looney Tunes shows.

[1PrincessFiona]

she is my favorite voice actress

[mtlhs]

Mine too, Your Highness, and always will be.

H

[mtlhs]

Mine too, Your Highness, and always will be.

H

[CavriCaprice]

Sorry...it was in the description...duh

[mtlhs]

No problem

H

[CavriCaprice]

My goodness, did June Foray do the voice of Granny in the old WArner Bros cartoons? You know, the owner of Tweety bird? I always thought all of the voices were done by Mel Blanc, since he was the only one who was credited. Is she still alive? I'm very excited about this! ^_^

Thanks..

[DailyBrusher]

Thank you SO MUCH! What a treat for June fans, to actually see her doing the voices! And obviously, this video is an important historical document of pop culture, etc. Really wonderful!

[mtlhs]

Thanks for the comments, Daily.

If someone wants to nominate thisd I would be glad to provide a copy to some institution for posterity's sake. Enjoy your weekend.

HS

[snarfdude]

This is just some great tape that would likely have been lost otherwise. likely dated 80's with the Bill Conrad reference to "jake and the fat man" It's not often you actually see June on Camera, and I hope it was a thrill for howard to actually do a script with her. She really comes off warm and fun, and respects her place in cartoon history.

[mtlhs]

You have no idea how much of a thrill it was for me to meet and interview her. She was delighgted to do the script because she says it was a departure from the humdrum regular interviews, and being an individual who was brought up on that material, it was a natural for me. Anhyhow, I am looking for my interview with Chuck Jones and hope to post it soon.

June was lovely to spend time with.

Thanks for the post.

[leshaunfossett]

Thanx for sharing this; this is very cool.

[mtlhs]

I offer a Rocky and Bullwinkle trivia question. (Don't check an episode to cheat!)

Whose name is the last name in the credits, identified, I believe as the executive producer?

HS

BTW, R&B was produced by the same studio that did Underdog et al.

[YouSaidAMouthfull]

June was also the voice of "CHATTY KATHY" and she could be heard-with Paul Frees- in Pirates of the Caribbean.

[mtlhs]

Very good. I had no idea. Too bad Google wasn't up and running when we did the story. Paul Frees was wonderful, and I recall he even appeared in an episode of the Monkees in the role of a magician. I knew the voice but didn't place the name until the credits came on.

[YouSaidAMouthfull]

mtlhs Thanks fof this posting. Paul is the great ominous voice in the HAUNTED MANSION....I feel it is his greatest work. Paul appeared -briefly-as the "REPORTER" in the original WAR of The WORLDS....TRIVIA Did you know that this tremendous, gifted man was a tall midget? TRUE! I do not think he will ever be replaced....nor can June and certainly not Mel Blanc.

[mtlhs]

You're quite welcome. Thanks for the info. I will try to find those. I had no idea he was a tall midget. I think we can add to the list of names Jay Ward and his contemporaries.

I will be looking for my Chuck Jones interview to digitize. HS

[mtlhs]

That's right and she also provided some character voices for who framed Roger Rabbit.

But there were so many others, that's why I say, just talking to her or listening to her, her natural laugh, and it sounds so familiar. Her laugh is kind of like Natascha's. I didn't have enough time to write a few lines of Peabody and Sherman. But even after all of the time I spent with her, it still was and is bizarre tohear Rocky's voice come out of her!

HS

[YouSaidAMouthfull]

Does anyone have info on Mae Questal?

[mtlhs]

Wasn't she the voice of Betty Boop? I recall an interview with her -- must have been an excerpt -- when she died quite a few years ago. HS

[YouSaidAMouthfull]

mtlhs Mae WAS Betty Boop---and Olive Oil, the WITCH in Pop Eye cartoons and Casper the GHOST!!! Do you remember MAE in FUNNY GIRL???

[mtlhs]

No, nor did I know the rest of that. I haven't done my research. Apparently Mae also lent her talents in a short cameo of Betty Boop in Who Killed Roger Rabbit.

I am a little disappointed by Mel Blanc's son. He has the range and timber but he misses fine points and try as me does, he still sounds like a characature of himself.

Seth MacFarlane: the genius of our generation. (I do character voices, among others) Great attention to consistency of accents. HS

[Jen534]

She was also the voice of Witch Hazel for Disney's Donald Duck short Trick or Treat

[mtlhs]

She was also the voice of the witch in the Hansel and Gretl episode with Bugs Bunny.

[YouSaidAMouthfull]

Jen534 Bea Benaderate had a tremendous gift for VOICES and did some of the cartoons (uncredited)we often think are June...Both are great to hear...PIONEERS!

[mtlhs]

Not the least of which were Wilma Flintstone, "Aint" Pearl on Petticoat Junction and so many others. They shared the same vocal qualities, but Bea's voice was on the lower end of the scale. Then there's Wally Cox. What a legacy: Underdog and Hollywood Squares:)