Publisher Description
In July 2003 the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, invited members to discover the many talents of a person who became an icon in animation and inspired an entire generation of voice actors: Daws Butler.
Hosted by Butler prot├®g├® Joe Bevilacqua (a.k.a. Joe Bev), the event included special guests June Foray (Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Witch Hazel, and Granny), Corey Burton (Justice League, Captain Hook), and Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Rugrats). The entire panel shared their stories of Daws and performed several of Daws' workshop scripts live.
Also played at the event was the rare sound of Daws performing one of his own scripts. At the end, Corey Burton and Joe Bevilacqua signed copies of Scenes for Actors and Voices by Daws Butler.
ASIFA-Hollywood is a California-based nonprofit organization established over thirty-five years ago to promote and encourage the art and craft of animation.
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About Joe Bevilacqua
Joe Bevilacqua, also known as Joe Bev, is a public radio producer and radio theater dramatist. However, his career has taken him into every aspect of show business, including stage, film, and television as a producer, director, writer, author, actor, journalist, documentarian, and even cartoonist. He is also a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City.
About the Narrators
Daws Butler is considered one of greatest voice actors of the twentieth
century. Known as the voice of Hanna-Barbera, he spent two decades with the
animation production company and originated the voices of many well-known
cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound,
and Cap’n Crunch.
Corey Burton, a prolific voice actor, is best known as the current voice of Captain Hook for numerous Disney projects. He is also the voice of Brainiac in the DC animated universe; Count Dooku for numerous Star Wars projects; and Spike Witwicky in the Transformers universe. A former student of voice legend Daws Butler, he has worked for Cartoon Network and the Walt Disney company for more than forty years.
Daws Butler is considered one of greatest voice actors of the twentieth
century. Known as the voice of Hanna-Barbera, he spent two decades with the
animation production company and originated the voices of many well-known
cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound,
and Cap’n Crunch.