If you've been following this blog for any significant amount of time, you likely know I love the old Hanna-Barbera vocal artists. From Daws Butler to Don Messick, I love their many performances, and I take great joy in finding lost or forgotten interviews with them. Today, I have three to share from 1991, all of which come courtesy of the Internet Archive!
The first one I'll share appeared in the June 1991 edition of Comics Scene Magazine, and is focused on the woman behind Wilma, Jean Vander Pyl. Highlights of this interview include Vander Pyl reflecting on three decades of The Flintstones, the production of the 1990 Jetsons animated feature, and how exactly she got involved in cartoons in the first place.
Just a month later, Comics Scene interviewed another member of the Flintstone household, Henry Corden. Interviews with Corden are a bit of a rarity (although I have one I'll share soon enough), so coming across this was most definitely a surprise. Corden discusses how he took over the role of Fred following Alan Reed's passing, comparisons to the then-new member of the animated sitcom class, The Simpsons, and his thoughts on the live-action movie. Out of the three, this one had the most new information in it, so it's easily my favorite of the set. Corden's interview starts on page 43.
Later that year in October, Janet Waldo, the talent behind many of Hanna-Barbera's heroines, sat down with the folks at Comics Scene. Clearly, someone on their editorial stuff must've been a big fan of Hanna-Barbera cartoons. This interview begins on page 30, and focuses on Waldo's voice-over career, her return as Judy Jetson in the 1980s revival, and of course, her removal from the Jetsons movie in favor of Tiffany. The most interesting piece of information from this article though? As far as Waldo knew, Joe Barbera was interested in making a new Jetsons spin-off at the time of this magazine's publication, titled Jetsons Juniors. Why oh why am I not surprised?
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