Semi-OT: Harry Babbit Dies

[Thad Komorowski]

Harry Babbit, the man who played the laugh in the original 1948 Kay Kyser WOODY WOODPECKER SONG (and in the opening song in Woody's WET BLANKET POLICY), has died at the age of 90.

Source: Jerry at Cartoon Brew (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/)


-Thad

[Steve Carras]

Kay KIyser's had to be one of mos underrated bands even to wualify as swing.An odd duck,his band offered a most intriuging combo of swing, sweet, boogie,jive,nobelty,standards,and show tunes. Ginny Simms, ('94), Ish Kabibble(93),Kyser himself (85), and now Harry.


Other tunes were
STRIP POLKA
THREE LITTLE FISHIES
MAIRZY DOATS
THINKING OF YOU,the Kyser theme.

Kinda the WWIII Big band equivalent to Three Dog Night (the equally versatile and commercial popular 1970s rock band)-Glenn Miller would be the other band, and Bing Crosby (who's got a posthumour birthday a-comin;), the crooning, equivalents as far as ultra-versatilty goes.

[AarHan3]

Harry Babbit, the man who played the laugh in the original 1948 Kay Kyser WOODY WOODPECKER SONG (and in the opening song in Woody's WET BLANKET POLICY), has died at the age of 90.

Source: Jerry at Cartoon Brew (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/)


-Thad
Gee! And I thought only Mel Blanc and Grace Stafford did Woody's voice...