Tomorrow marks 102 years since the multitalented Paul Winchell was born. He had an eventful life that saw him become everything from a ventriloquist to one of the first to patent an artificial art. But if you're visiting a blog about cartoons, chances are you mostly know him for his voiceover work: Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races, and Gargamel from The Smurfs, among several others.
In celebration of his birthday, here's a short video featuring him alongside two of his Smurfs costars: Lucille Bliss and Alan Oppenheimer. This was filmed sometime during the late eighties, and is part of a larger interview with Winchell you can find on this Youtube channel, as well as the Children's TV Archive website. A really great video featuring three voice actors who rarely get the appreciation they deserve.
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