Rare Daws Butler, Vol. 4 - Abridged

Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.

Daws Butler was the master of voice. His was the voice behind most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, Elroy Jetson, and a hundred others. He also originated the vocal character of Cap’n Crunch and other famous Jay Ward cartoon characters. His significant work with Stan Freberg in the 1950s on The Stan Freberg Show and multimillion-selling records such as “St. George and the Dragonet” are still held in reverence today. He also ran a voice acting workshop for many years. Among his many successful students are Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, and Corey Burton, from Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind.

Bob Barker is best known as the epitome of game show hosts, having recently retired after fifty years on television and thirty-five years of hosting The Price Is Right—the longest running game show in television history. Prior to The Price Is Right he hosted Truth or Consequences for nearly twenty years and had his own radio show, The Bob Barker Show. Born in Darrington, Washington, on December 12, 1923, he currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

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