It is said that the legendary Fred "Tex" Avery directed this next spot for Kool-Aid. Here, we have a talking pitcher (Thurl Ravenscroft) telling the story of an Army soldier fending off a Native American attack with a certain drink.......
The Three Stooges are in the old west, as a trio of wandering prospectors who end up as "The Three Troubledoers" in trying to help a young woman (Christine McIntyre) find her missing father.
Donald Duck ventures out for a day at a very crowded beach. Unfortunately, a bee wants the same space. Chaos follows.
Here's "Bee at The Beach":
Terrytoons tried out something new in 1945, hoping to add it to their line of stars.
Smoky Joe is an aged horse who is being forced to retire when a local fire company gets a brand new engine for their truck. Of course, being an underdog story of a sort, you know how this will end.
Most of the Recess kids are excited about "Parents Night". All except Spinelli, who first hires an unrelated couple to pose as her mom & dad before the real parents show up. Katey Sagal (ex-Married...With Children, and a year away from Futurama) guest stars.
William Dozier's adaptation of The Green Hornet was just starting on ABC when producer Hal Seeger (Milton The Monster) signed a syndication deal with Screen Gems to put Batfink on the air. Also a Batman spoof for obvious reasons, the hero (Frank Buxton, Discovery) faced his share of odd villains.
In the opener, Batfink and his aide, Karate (Len Maxwell, also the narrator) are to guard the "Pink Pearl of Persia":
Fans of 60's superhero cartoons will remember radio & film star Gerald Mohr as the original voice of Reed Richards (Fantastic Four) and Green Lantern, using the same inflection in his voice in both roles. Baby boomers will recall Mohr was also the narrator in early episodes of The Lone Ranger during its live-action run.
In the 60's, before turning to toons, Mohr made the rounds as a character actor in television, with guest appearances on shows like Maverick and, in this case, the short-lived Pistols 'n' Petticoats, in which he plays a card sharp who gets schooled by the Hanks family (Douglas Fowley, Ann Sheridan, & Ruth McDevitt).
Mohr appears around the 20 minute mark in this episode, which also features brief appearances by Lon Chaney, Jr. (ex-Hawkeye & The Last of The Mohicans) and Burt Mustin, himself a legendary character actor who made his fame in the 60's and 70's. You might recall Mustin showing up on tons of other shows, including Dragnet.
