A Piece Of My Childhood Passes Away

[Minimalist]

June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatal, died at the age of 99.

[chimp3]

She was also Granny from Sylvester and Tweety Bird fame. Nel from Dudley DoRight.

[Whateverist]

Maybe Dr Peabody would use the way back machine to go back to a time when Rocky still flew?

[Brian37]

That sucks. i never got that much into Rocky And Bullwinkle but I do a pretty good Bullwinkle.

I look at all the cartoons I wasn't into as a kid, like this and Scooby Doo, and they taught skepticism. Looking back at it now, as well intended as Bullwinkle was, Rocky was the one that saved his ass most of the time and it was because he was skeptical.

Outside this I do like squirrels. I love the way they pose either on the side of a tree, or pause on the ground and their tails can bend like a question mark.

My favorite line was "Hey Rocky? Wanna see me pull a rabbit out of my hat?"

[chimp3]

That sucks. i never got that much into Rocky And Bullwinkle but I do a pretty good Bullwinkle.

I look at all the cartoons I wasn't into as a kid, like this and Scooby Doo, and they taught skepticism. Looking back at it now, as well intended as Bullwinkle was, Rocky was the one that saved his ass most of the time and it was because he was skeptical.

Outside this I do like squirrels. I love the way they pose either on the side of a tree, or pause on the ground and their tails can bend like a question mark.

My favorite line was "Hey Rocky? Wanna see me pull a rabbit out of my hat?"

Squirrels are skeptical but what I see of roadkilled squirrels is most die from indecision.

[Minimalist]

And an inability to fly.

[brewer]

That's where I learned to like punny stuff.

[chimp3]

Whenever I use too much force (as in breaking off a bolt or something) I say "Pull a rabbit out of a hat! Doesn't know my own strength!"

[Rev. Rye]

And since nobody brought it up, she also did some work with Stan Freberg, and this episode of the Stan Freberg Show includes two of my favourite bits with her:






And in case you don't want to wait for them, the skits in question start around 8:00 and 16:10. The second one is one that particularly resonates with me since my family has a phone number that's a single digit away from a local bakery and we occasionally get calls ordering bread from there.

It's a shame she didn't hang on a few more months and reach 100.

[Godscreated]

June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatal, died at the age of 99.

  
  NO!
  We've lost many of the good ones, time can be cruel.

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