About the Authors
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.
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.
Pedro Pablo Sacristán was born in Madrid and graduated with an MBA from a prestigious business school. His passion for education and writing led him to create Bedtime Stories, short stories that help teach kids values.
Robert L. Mills, a native of San Francisco, served in the Navy after high
school and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1962 and the
University of California Hastings Law in 1965. He practiced law for ten years before moving to Hollywood to write for
television. Mills worked on The Dinah Shore Show and The Dean Martin Celebrity
Roasts before joining Bob Hope as a staff writer in 1977. He has also written for the Los Angeles Times, and in 1999 he became an enrichment lecturer for Crystal Cruise, performing shows based on his experiences with Hope aboard numerous cruise ships. He lives in Studio City, California, with his wife Shelley.
The
Unknown Comic is the stage name of actor and stand-up comedian
Murray Langston. Inspired as a youngster by Jerry Lewis, Langston eventually left his
home in Canada to pursue a career in comedy in Hollywood.
Charlie Morrow is an American sound artist, composer, conceptualist, and performer whose work connects leading-edge ideas and technologies with archaic and shamanistic practices. His numerous and diverse creative projects have included chanting and healing works, museum and gallery installations, large-scale festival events, radio and television broadcasts, film soundtracks, commercial sound design, and advertising jingles.
Fred
Frees is the son of Paul Frees and a voice actor in his
own right. He is the voice of Morocco Mole for the Cartoon Network and many
other television shows. In Disneyland
and Disneyworld kiosks, he was the voice of the Ghost Host for the thirty-year
anniversary of the Haunted Mansion.
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.
About a full cast
R. F. Daley is an actor, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator. His television credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bones, Dexter, The Office, Arrested Development, Boston Public, and Spin City, among many others. He has narrated numerous audiobooks by L. Ron Hubbard and was the voice of the military adviser in the video game Civilization V.