Line #3 Creator/DonMessick


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3	-> '''"Don was one of the nicest people on the planet...and one of the true titans and legends of cartoon voices. At a recording session, I did once hear Don overlap the voice of Scooby and Scrappy -- honestly -- both voices came out of his mouth at the same moment. We had said that we'd need to overlap their dialog in post, and he said, "Don't bother." His Hamton was the single genuinely nice character in the Tiny Toons series...which fit perfectly for Don."''
4	-->-- Tom Ruegger
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6	Donald Earl Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was a famous voice actor, best known for voicing Creator/HannaBarbera characters from the late 1950s into the 1990s.
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8	Some of his most famous roles were Franchise/ScoobyDoo (arguably the role for which he is best remembered), Bamm-Bamm Rubble from ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', and Astro from ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons''. His characters often had a raspy dialect, which Messick attributed to decades of smoking. He eventually gave up tobacco use in 1995, but the loss of his rasp led to him leaving the role of Scooby.
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10	Sadly, despite quitting, the damage from decades of tobacco use took a toll on his health. In 1996, Messick suffered a stroke while recording voices. He recovered, but decided to retire from voice-over to spend more time with his family. He died of a second one in 1997 at the age of 71. A year later, ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'' was released in his memory.
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12	!!Notable Roles Messick Played:
13	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'': Various voices.
14	* ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': Muttley[[note]]Archive audio of Messick's laughter as Muttley was reused in ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}''.[[/note]]
15	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'': Dum Dum, Pockets, Snoozy, Zippy
16	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': Bamm-Bamm Rubble
17	* ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'': Astro, RUDI, Uniblab
18	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'': Scooby-Doo, Scrappy-Doo
19	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'': Papa Smurf, Dreamy Smurf, Azrael
20	* ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'': Boo Boo, Ranger Smith
21	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Snagglepuss}}'': Major Minor
22	* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'': Sebastian and Bleep
23	* ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'': Spot
24	* ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'': Dr. Benton Quest ([[TheOtherDarrin taking over]] for Creator/JohnStephenson), Bandit
25	* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Hamton J. Pig
26	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Gears, Ratchet, Scavenger, Doctor Andrews
27	* ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'': Ali, Sense Gnomes
28	* ''[[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends Challenge of the SuperFriends]]'': The Scarecrow
29	* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'': Blip, Zorak, Sisto, Moltar, Creature King
30	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shazzan}}'': Kaboobie
31	* ''WesternAnimation/Birdman1967'': Falcon 7, Avenger, additional voices
32	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGalaxyTrio'': Vapor Man
33	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Foofur}}'': Pepe
34	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRuffAndReddyShow'': Ruff, narrator, Salt Water Daffy, Professor Gismo
35	* ''WesternAnimation/WheelieAndTheChopperBunch'': Scrambles
36	* ''WesternAnimation/DrakPack'': Fly and Toad
37	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'': Godzooky
38	* ''WesternAnimation/MobyDickHannaBarbera'': Moby Dick the Whale and Scooby the Seal
39	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'': Dr. Vernon Danger
40	* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaAndTheGroovieGoolies'': Harvey Kinkle
41	* ''WesternAnimation/MrAndMrsJEvilScientist'': Junior
42	* ''WesternAnimation/CharlottesWeb'': Jeffrey, Lamb, Spectators, and Uncle
43	* ''Series/CuriosityShop'': Flip the Hippo, Woodrow the Groundhog, Mr. Jones, and ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId

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