lauren (01/15/83)
When I held my Jay Ward Film Festival here in L.A. (about a year ago, I guess), two of my guests of honor were June Foray and Bill Scott. June, of course, provided 90%+ of the female voices (+ Rocky) for Ward productions, and Bill did most of the male voices (including our friend the Moose.) Anyway, we all had a great time, and Bill (who also co-produced/wrote most of the shows) was asked why J. Ward has nothing on the air these days other than some commercials (e.g. "Captain Crunch" cereal). He responded that the network execs thought that the type of humor presented by the shows was "too funny". "Kids aren't going to 'get' that...", was their typical comment. The early Ward productions almost died from a similar attitude back in the early 60's. J. Ward fans who find themselves out here should *definitely* visit the Dudley Do-right emporium. Located out on Sunset Blvd., a few blocks from the old Hollywood J. Ward studios, it is an entire store devoted totally to J. Ward merchandise and "goodies" of all kinds. --Lauren-- P.S. During the period of time that I was arranging the film festival, I had the bizarre experience of getting messages from June on my answering machine. They would tend to start off, "Hi Lauren, this is Rocky calling..." When you start getting phone calls from animated characters, you *know* you're in trouble... --LW--