Talk:Gary Owens

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Contents 1 Biography assessment rating comment 2   3 A run for his money? 4 Cupped hand over ear 5 Friend of those who have no friends

[edit] Biography assessment rating comment

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I believe that Gary Owens did the voice for Mendoza in The Mysterious Cities of Gold. Can anyone back this up?

IMDB only lists the Japanese and French voices for Mendoza, so no leads there unfortunately.

[edit] A run for his money?

I added a ^{[citation needed]} to the phrase, "Gary certainly gave comedian Stan Freberg, a popular record album comic, a run for his money." Not because I want an actual citation, but more because someone forgot to explain to people who haven't heard the album just how he gave him this proverbial financial jog. µ TorbenFrost 23:50, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cupped hand over ear

I always thought that Gary Owens' cupped hand over the ear on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In was in imitation of an announcer or radio performer holding a single-speaker earphone over his ear. Singers and narrators usually wear earphones in recording studios so they can hear instructions from the engineer or program director. Can anyone provide a citation or evidence that this was done for "acoustic feedback"? —Quicksilver^{T @} 17:41, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Friend of those who have no friends

Uh, that wasn't the Shadow, that was Boston Blackie. Since I'm not sure of the source that attributes it to the Shadow, and because I wouldn't know if the Shadow was Owens' hero or Boston Blackie was, I haven't edited it.

Anyone know which is correct?