Friday, July 14, 2023

Cartoon Network Toon Mail

 In the early years of Cartoon Network, one of the cooler things the channel did was a series of promos titled "Toon Mail." In these segments, the characters of several shows would answer viewer mail questions. What's especially cool about these is that in all of them, the characters are fully voice-acted. Some are portrayed by their original voice actors, while others are done by whatever actor had taken over the character at that time. Without further introduction, here's the first I'll share today, starring Birdman. I cannot say for certain, but I do believe his original voice actor Keith Andes plays him here.


In this second video, a girl tries to pawn off her brother on none other than Judy Jetson, voiced by Janet Waldo!


Hanna-Barbera characters weren't the only participants in these segments, however. Here's one featuring Popeye the sailor man! Here, he is portrayed by Maurice LaMarche. LaMarche previously played the character in the Hanna-Barbera-produced series Popeye and Son.


One especially interesting fact about these ads is that they were actually featured in other territories, like this one from Latin America starring Space Ghost. I'm curious as to who voiced this in the English counterpart: Gary Owens, or his Coast-to-Coast counterpart George Lowe.


I would not at all be surprised to learn that there were even more promos in this series than what can be found on Youtube, but I'd love to hear from any of you reading this. Are there any of these that you remember seeing back in the day? I'd be very interested in hearing if there are any that haven't been preserved online.

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