[Groop]Question for Mark (Off Topic)

[Mark Evanier]

On Tue, 22 May 2001 22:27:08 -0700, "Gary Grossmann"
<grossfam@olywa.net> wrote:

>I finally started reading Mark's web site on a regular basis (He has a kind
>of potpourri entry every other day or so that has lot's of interesting
>stuff, in addition to all the info about, and links to, all sorts of pop
>culture icons and things)  And anywho, Mark, you made a reference to sort of
>being the Susan Lucci of comedy writers when it comes to Emmys until she
>finally won.  How many times have you been nominated and for what
>jects?    -Gary G.

ME: You know, I'm not sure.  I have three Emmy nomination
certificates.  One was for a show called PRYOR'S PLACE and the other
two were for GARFIELD & FRIENDS.  But I think I was nominated one
other time for GARFIELD...

>PS  Popeye is my favorite animated cartoon of all time, until you guys make
>a Groo cartoon.  The ones from the 30's are the best.  Did you ever meet
>Jack Mercer or May Questal?  (Who played Bluto most of the time slips my
>mind at the moment)

ME: I met Jack Mercer for a whopping thirty seconds one time.  Never
met Mae Questel.  Bluto was voiced by a number of people but mainly by
Jackson Beck, who is still alive and heard often in TV commercials
even though he's well over 90 years old.  Never met him, either.  (All
three of these folks did most of their work in New York.)  I did meet
Dave Barry -- no relation to the columnist -- who was a voice for
Bluto for about four cartoons.  Barry was also a frequent voice for WB
cartoons.  (He's the guy who did Bogart whenever Bogart turned up in a
cartoon, among other roles.)

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