BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger

Subject: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: Raptor
Date: 24 May 05 - 07:18 AM

The man behind the voice that sold us Frosted Flakes for the last 30 years died on the weekend! He was a GRRRRRRREAT man!

Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: gnu
Date: 24 May 05 - 07:33 AM

Haven't seen anything about the voice of Fred Flinstone. Can't remember his name... from Montreal, I think. Died several days ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: gnu
Date: 24 May 05 - 07:36 AM

Flintstone, that is. Henry Cordon was his name. Died 20 May. Same guy?

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: JennyO
Date: 24 May 05 - 09:13 AM

His name was Thurl Ravenscroft. Here is some info.

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: Kim C
Date: 24 May 05 - 12:25 PM

I knew Thurl Ravenscroft was the Grinch singer, but I didn't realize he was also the voice of Tony the Tiger!

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: GUEST,MTed
Date: 24 May 05 - 12:46 PM

Celebrity deaths seem to come in groups of three, this week it is cartoon voices--along with Henry Corden(Fred Flintstone), Howard Morris also died this week, and he provided many of"additional voices" that filled out the Hanna-Barbera cartoons--

Thurl Ravenscroft Obituary

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: kendall
Date: 24 May 05 - 01:16 PM

Howard Morris? Is that the nut hillbilly from the Andy Griffith show? Ernest T. Bass.

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: GUEST,robomatic
Date: 24 May 05 - 05:04 PM

Howard Morris was on the Andy Griffith Show but I shall forever think of him as "Uncle Hoopy" from the "This Is Your Life" take-off done by "Your Show Of Shows" with Syd Caesar. The image of Uncle Hoopy in tears hanging off of Caesar brought my father to tears of laughter, and me too just thinking of it.

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: GUEST,Dave'sWife at Work
Date: 24 May 05 - 09:06 PM

The Tony the Tiger guy also sang 'Davey, Davey Crockett.. King of the wild frontier..." The Ballad of Davey Crockett!

This shouldn't be in BS - he's a genuine Folk Hero and.. a singer!

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: Gypsy
Date: 24 May 05 - 10:49 PM

He was in the store i managed, years ago. Did the store name, and 'it's greeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!' for us. Such a nice man was he.

Subject: RE: BS: Obit: Tony The Tiger
From: clueless don
Date: 25 May 05 - 10:04 AM

GUEST,Dave'sWife at Work, I don't think I can rule out the possibility that Mr. Ravenscroft sang The Ballad of Davy Crockett at some point in his career, but he didn't have the hit. That was Bill Hayes (who later had a starring role on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives".)

Don