Another month, another installment of our ongoing "Classic Cartoon Actors in Advertising" series, where I spotlight some forgotten TV commercials featuring your favorite voice actors from Disney, Warner Brothers, Hanna-Barbera, and many other classic cartoon studios and franchises. Last time, I shared a trio of videos with the man of a thousand voices Mel Blanc, and today, we're going to look at three videos starring four classic Hanna-Barbera actors. The first one is the most-effectual Top Cat, Arnold Stang, in a commercial for Chunky Chocolate. Stang did a number of commercials for this product, and in this particular one, he gets some help from a much younger companion. Check it out below!
Our next commercial is for KFI radio, and features Gary Owens. He was probably the closest thing HB ever had to a real-life superhero, portraying Space Ghost, the Blue Falcon, and countless others. However, he was just as prolific in radio as he was in animation, as evident by this 1988 ad for a morning radio show he was the host of. It's a short but nonetheless charming appearance by Owens, and you can't really ask for more than that!
Last but not least is a commercial that features not one, but two classic voice actresses! Well, sort of. You only see their arms but if you listen to their voices, you can clearly hear that these two women are Jean Vander Pyl and June Foray. Vander Pyl is best remembered for voicing Hanna-Barbera characters like Wilma and Rosie the Robot, while June Foray portrayed everyone from Granny in Looney Tunes to Rocky the Flying Squirrel. Funnily enough, the uploader of this ad even mentions that the women sound like Wilma and Betty. While she didn't voice her in the series, June Foray did play Betty in The Flagstones, a short pilot that was made to help sell the series.
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