Eight years after Johnny Hart's B. C. characters made their first television special, Hart decided to take a look at Christmas through the eyes of the cast. Different animation house, and the lead voices were comedy legends Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding, no strangers to voice work themselves with their radio series, and a series of animated spots for Utica Club back in the day.
Here's B. C.: A Special Christmas:
We had B. C.: The First Thanksgiviing a while back, but lost that when it was deleted. We'll try to get that back for next Thanksgiving.
Rating: B.
2 comments:
In the first special "B.C.: The First Thanksgiving", the title character was voiced by Daws Butler, who alternated between sounding like either Jack Benny or Mr. Jinks, depending on the situation. In this special, however, B.C. is mute, perhaps tying into his "innocent everyman" character. Santa Claus likewise appears without dialogue here.
I'd say it's probably because neither Bob nor Ray knew how to create an appropriate voice for either Santa or B. C..
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