Sunday, March 21, 2021

Tooniversary: Niagara Fools (1956)

 Woody Woodpecker (Grace Stafford Lantz), after a park ranger (Bob Johnson) boasts of never letting anyone go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, decided to challenge the ranger's record. Here's "Niagara Fools":


Curiously, while Johnson was credited, Grace Stafford Lantz was not. 10 years later, Johnson landed his most famous gig, as the uncredited voice giving IMF agents Dan Briggs (Steven Hill) & Jim Phelps (Peter Graves) their assignments on tape on Mission: Impossible.

Take note of the design of the ranger. I think we've found one of John Kricfalusi's influences.

Rating: B.

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