I always find the best stuff just by wandering down some odd, seemingly unrelated trail. Folks really miss out, but I can share because we're all FRiends here, right? 🤗
"(Please Touch) Center", and look what happened when I did that, look what popped up:
CharacterOriginally named "Jonathan Pillsbury", the doughboy was given a scarf, a chef's hat, and two big blue eyes to distinguish him from the rolls, as well as a faint blush and a soft, warm chuckle when poked on the belly. The Doughboy was originally designed by Milt Schaffer
Voice actor Paul Frees was chosen to be Fresh's voice.
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Voiced by Paul Frees (1965–1986)
Solomon Hersh Frees (June 22, 1920 – November 2, 1986), better known as Paul Frees, was an American actor, comedian, impressionist, and vaudevillian. He is known for his work on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Walter Lantz, Rankin/Bass and Walt Disney theatrical cartoons during the Golden Age of Animation, and for providing the voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.[1] Frees was known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", though the appellation was more commonly bestowed on Mel Blanc.[2]
Early life
Solomon Hersh Frees was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, on June 22, 1920.
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Frees's early radio career was cut short when he was drafted into the United States Army during World War II, where he fought at Normandy, France, on D-Day.[6] He was wounded in action and was returned to the United States for a year of recuperation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Frees
So there you have it. I make a joke but then no joke, it turns out that the original Pillsbury Doughboy was not only born Jewish (but of course), the Doughboy literally survived D-Day before he could rise.
Not by Bread AloneIf anybody might actually wonder why I stay like this, it's becauseEleven deaf-blind actors take the audience on a magical tour in the districts of their inner world; the world of darkness, silence and... bread.
there's no going back!
Poppin' really got around:
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He voiced the unseen "Ghost Host" at Haunted Mansion Attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. For the Pirates of the Caribbean, Frees recorded the ghost voice saying the iconic "dead men tell no tales" used in the ride...
Frees also provided narration for the Tomorrowland attraction Adventure Thru Inner Space (1967–1985, later replaced by Star Tours) and the original Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. Audio clips from the attractions in Frees's distinctive voice have been included in fireworks shows at Disneyland...
He was also Hocus Pocus, the traffic cop, the ticket-taker, and Santa Claus in Frosty the Snowman in 1969 and played the central villain, Burgermeister Meisterburger, and his assistant Grimsley in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town in 1970.
And so many more!
"Get da brat outta here!"
(warm chuckle)
(You know the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser were both Jewish, right? Makes sense, same mother. They listened to their mother.)
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