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3 | Gary Owens (born Gary Bernard Altman; May 10, 1934 – February 12, 2015) was an American disk jockey and voice actor from Mitchell, South Dakota. He was known for his [[PigeonholedVoiceActor deadpan, baritone voice]], his TheComicallySerious roles, his habit of cupping his hand to his ear while announcing[[note]]He did this in homage to early radio announcers, who had to do this to tell how they sounded to the audience. He would often give funny and ridiculous reasons for doing this when asked about it.[[/note]], and his {{Catch Phrase}}s "Beautiful downtown Burbank", "This is Gary Owens, friend of those who want no friends, going places and losing things.", and "Hello, and also hi; but not necessarily in that order." To an extent, another catchphrase was "[[WesternAnimation/SwatKats Bring me chopper backup!]]" |
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5 | He was a gifted punster with a fondness for WordSaladHumor, which his earnest deadpan delivery made even more hilarious. He often threw a PerfectlyCromulentWord into his radio announcing, dropping such phrases as "We'll be back in just a krenellemuffin" and "I'd like to thank my engineer, Wayne Doo, for creebling at the turntables." As a radio DJ, he urged listeners to send in for "yours", [[ExactWords which turned out to be a postcard from him with the word "Yours" written on it]]. Despite his ability to navigate any amount of silliness with a straight face, he was caught at least once in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0fxtJXJzTk a famous example]] of {{Corpsing}}, breaking up into hysterics upon realizing that the sponsor of the ad he was reading was a hemorrhoid cream. |
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7 | His sons Christopher Dane Owens (of "Music/ShineOnMe" [[SoBadItsGood fame]]) and Scott Owens are a movie producer and production manager respectively. |
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9 | He passed away at age 80 from complications involving Type 1 Diabetes, which he had first been diagnosed with at age 8. |
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11 | !Notable Roles |
12 | * ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'': Narrator |
13 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'': Narrator (TV pitch pilot only) |
14 | * ''Series/BarnabyJones'': Gary Michaels |
15 | * ''Series/Batman1966'': Radio announcer, T.V. announcer |
16 | * ''Letters To Laugh-In'': Emcee |
17 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': 1950's Batman |
18 | * ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': Space Ghost |
19 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'': Captain Squash |
20 | * ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'': Opening narration |
21 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'': Narrator |
22 | * ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': Blue Falcon |
23 | * ''WesternAnimation/DinoBoy in the Lost Valley'': Opening narration |
24 | * ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'': Narrator (two episodes) |
25 | * ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder'': Blue Falcon |
26 | * ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'': Himself |
27 | * ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'': Introductory announcer; various announcers on [[ShowWithinAShow shows within the show]]; himself (in the episode "The Binky Show") |
28 | * ''Series/TheGreenHornet'': Newscaster |
29 | * ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'': Gadget in the first version of the "Gadget in Winterland" pilot[[note]]it was later recorded with Jesse White doing a Don Adams impression and, in syndication, Don Adams himself[[/note]] |
30 | * ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': Blue Falcon |
31 | * ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'': Blue Falcon |
32 | * ''WesternAnimation/MightyOrbots'': Narrator |
33 | * ''Outpatients'' (Comedy album): Co-recorded with Creator/JonathanWinters |
34 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop'': The Narrator |
35 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Pigs Is Pigs|1954}}'': Narrator |
36 | * ''The Prisoner of Second Avenue'': Radio newscaster |
37 | * ''WesternAnimation/RawToonage'': Badly Animated Man |
38 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': Powdered Toast Man |
39 | * ''WesternAnimation/RogerRamjet'': Roger Ramjet |
40 | * ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'': The Announcer |
41 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'': Animated letter of the day and "Secret drawing" segments. Also starred in live action “The Man From Alphabet” segments in the initial pilot episodes, which were unaired. |
42 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'': Space Ghost |
43 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'': Himself, appearing under the guise of a Space Ghost replicant in the episode "Warren". |
44 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'': Narrator |
45 | * ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier'': Narrator |
46 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpaceStars'': Space Ghost |
47 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'': Narrator |
48 | * ''Series/SquareOneTV'': Dirk Niblick (animated segments) |
49 | * ''WesternAnimation/SwatKats'': [[PlayingAgainstType Commander Ulysses Feral]] |
50 | * ''Series/That70sShow'': Announcer |
51 | * ''WesternAnimation/TwoStupidDogs'': Announcer, Principal Schneider |
52 | * ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': Alarm Voice, Ominous Voice |
53 | * ''WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace'': The Announcer |
54 | * ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'': Narrator |
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