Top 10 Cartoon Character Voices That Are Actually Impressions
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Date: 2023-11-21
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Ed
You guys really dont understand why your Hanna-Barbera/Yogi Bear audio sounds like that, do you? Its usually easy to fix if you understand audio.
By the way, Yogi Bear and BOTH Honeymooners characters, Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, (also used in Warner Bros. The Honeymousers) were performed by Daws Butler, who did about 997 others in cartoons for Warners (hes also the guy who tells the story in Warners Go Fly A Kit, about a kitten that can fly, and in a Bugs Bunny cartoon that takes place on a train, Walter Lantz (creator of Woody Woodpecker, Jay Ward Productions (The Bullwinkle Show and Rocky and his Friends, both essentially the same show, Walt Disney, and his own Advertising Agency, which made animated TV commercials and Radio commercials. Daws Butler and Stan Freberg INVENTED the comedy record, with both playing different characters, along with other actors hired for the occasion.
And yes, Helen Kane DID file a lawsuit against Fleischer Studio and Paramount Pictures. It was thrown out of court when, at the hearing, Max Fleischer showed up with a dozen women. Every one of them could act and sound like Mae Questel (the original voice of Betty, who did the voice, among other voice actresses) off and on for many years. That ended the lawsuit. Mae Questel was the first Betty and I believe the last.
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You guys really dont understand why your Hanna-Barbera/Yogi Bear audio sounds like that, do you? Its usually easy to fix if you understand audio.
By the way, Yogi Bear and BOTH Honeymooners characters, Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, (also used in Warner Bros. The Honeymousers) were performed by Daws Butler, who did about 997 others in cartoons for Warners (hes also the guy who tells the story in Warners Go Fly A Kit, about a kitten that can fly, and in a Bugs Bunny cartoon that takes place on a train, Walter Lantz (creator of Woody Woodpecker, Jay Ward Productions (The Bullwinkle Show and Rocky and his Friends, both essentially the same show, Walt Disney, and his own Advertising Agency, which made animated TV commercials and Radio commercials. Daws Butler and Stan Freberg INVENTED the comedy record, with both playing different characters, along with other actors hired for the occasion.
And yes, Helen Kane DID file a lawsuit against Fleischer Studio and Paramount Pictures. It was thrown out of court when, at the hearing, Max Fleischer showed up with a dozen women. Every one of them could act and sound like Mae Questel (the original voice of Betty, who did the voice, among other voice actresses) off and on for many years. That ended the lawsuit. Mae Questel was the first Betty and I believe the last.
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Gerald
OK, in Foghorn Leghorn's 1957 episode Fox Terror, a fox disguises himself in a suit and feigned gangster voice to convince Foghorn to take a hunting trip with the dog, thereby leaving the henhouse unprotected. He gets Foghorn's attention with Psst. Hey, Bud, c'mere. In this disguise he is, of course, The Tout, a nameless recurring longtime character on the Jack Benny Show, mostly played by Sheldon Leonard. After luring Jack over with Psst, Hey, Bud, c'mere, The Tout proceeds to ask him personal questions about his plans, and then offer him bizarre advice, in a secretive manner as if he were offering tips at a race course. This was one of the most popular skits on the show. I suspect that there must have been other cartoon impressions of The Tout that I just can't recall. Foghorn himself is, of course, the hilarious windbag Senator Claghorn character (That's a joke, son) from The Fred Allen Show.
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OK, in Foghorn Leghorn's 1957 episode Fox Terror, a fox disguises himself in a suit and feigned gangster voice to convince Foghorn to take a hunting trip with the dog, thereby leaving the henhouse unprotected. He gets Foghorn's attention with Psst. Hey, Bud, c'mere. In this disguise he is, of course, The Tout, a nameless recurring longtime character on the Jack Benny Show, mostly played by Sheldon Leonard. After luring Jack over with Psst, Hey, Bud, c'mere, The Tout proceeds to ask him personal questions about his plans, and then offer him bizarre advice, in a secretive manner as if he were offering tips at a race course. This was one of the most popular skits on the show. I suspect that there must have been other cartoon impressions of The Tout that I just can't recall. Foghorn himself is, of course, the hilarious windbag Senator Claghorn character (That's a joke, son) from The Fred Allen Show.
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Book
Pepe LePew was inspired by Charles Boyer. (Come with Me to the Casbah) Roger the Alien was clearly inspired by Paul Lynde. Likewise, Jabber Jaw was Curly Howard. King Candy in Wreck It Ralph was an impersonation of Ed Wynn. The movements of Aladdin were based on Tom Cruise. Harley Quinn was inspired by a scene Arleen Sorkin played on Days of Our Lives. Both Inch High Private Eye and Cool McCool were impersonations of Jack Benny. The G. I. Joe character Shipwreck talked like Jack Nicholson. Finally, the Joker was at least partially inspired by Conrad Veidt's character in The Man Who Laughs.
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Pepe LePew was inspired by Charles Boyer. (Come with Me to the Casbah) Roger the Alien was clearly inspired by Paul Lynde. Likewise, Jabber Jaw was Curly Howard. King Candy in Wreck It Ralph was an impersonation of Ed Wynn. The movements of Aladdin were based on Tom Cruise. Harley Quinn was inspired by a scene Arleen Sorkin played on Days of Our Lives. Both Inch High Private Eye and Cool McCool were impersonations of Jack Benny. The G. I. Joe character Shipwreck talked like Jack Nicholson. Finally, the Joker was at least partially inspired by Conrad Veidt's character in The Man Who Laughs.
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Good
In my opinion, SpongeBobs voice was based on Curly Howard or Jerry Lewis. How about some more characters based on celebrity impressions.
Squidward Tentacles - Moe Howard
Patrick Star - Art Carney or Barney Rubble
Chief Wiggum - Edward G. Robinson
Dr. Hibbert - James Earl Jones
Pepe Le Pew - Maurice Chevalier
Oscar Proud - John Witherspoon
Spike - Jimmy Durante
Sandy Cheeks - Dolly Parton
Kent Brockman - Walter Cronkite
Ranier Wolfcastle - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Professor Utonium - Jimmy Stewart or Adam West
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In my opinion, SpongeBobs voice was based on Curly Howard or Jerry Lewis. How about some more characters based on celebrity impressions.
Squidward Tentacles - Moe Howard
Patrick Star - Art Carney or Barney Rubble
Chief Wiggum - Edward G. Robinson
Dr. Hibbert - James Earl Jones
Pepe Le Pew - Maurice Chevalier
Oscar Proud - John Witherspoon
Spike - Jimmy Durante
Sandy Cheeks - Dolly Parton
Kent Brockman - Walter Cronkite
Ranier Wolfcastle - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Professor Utonium - Jimmy Stewart or Adam West
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Trevor
Bugs Bunny from Clark Gable? No way, no way. Bugs always had a Brooklyn accent. But some others you didn't mention:
Top Cat was Phil Silvers from 'Sgt. Bilko'. Disney's Tigger and Mad Hatter were both Ed Wynn. Jabberjaw was Lou Costello. The ant and the aardvark from 'The Ant and the Aardvark' was John Byner doing Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively. The vultures from the Disney's Jungle Book were also meant to be the Beatles. Pepe LePew was Maurice Chevalier.
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Bugs Bunny from Clark Gable? No way, no way. Bugs always had a Brooklyn accent. But some others you didn't mention:
Top Cat was Phil Silvers from 'Sgt. Bilko'. Disney's Tigger and Mad Hatter were both Ed Wynn. Jabberjaw was Lou Costello. The ant and the aardvark from 'The Ant and the Aardvark' was John Byner doing Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively. The vultures from the Disney's Jungle Book were also meant to be the Beatles. Pepe LePew was Maurice Chevalier.
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On
In the 70s Scooby Doo, Fred is a very similar voice to Mr. Fred Rodgers of Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood.
In Futurama, the sassy Lela is based on, and voice by, the actress that play Peg in Married with Children.
Roger Rabbit was originally a Pee Wee Herman voice, but they changed it up.
Jessica Rabbit is clearly a copy of Rita Hayworth I'm not bad, I'm just born that way with a little Vikki Dougan the back lady. (Okay boomer, lol no I have boomer parents.
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In the 70s Scooby Doo, Fred is a very similar voice to Mr. Fred Rodgers of Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood.
In Futurama, the sassy Lela is based on, and voice by, the actress that play Peg in Married with Children.
Roger Rabbit was originally a Pee Wee Herman voice, but they changed it up.
Jessica Rabbit is clearly a copy of Rita Hayworth I'm not bad, I'm just born that way with a little Vikki Dougan the back lady. (Okay boomer, lol no I have boomer parents.
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Mike
The Warner animtators may have stolen the carrot eating scene in It Happened One Night, but Mel Blanc always said that since Bugs seemed to be a really tough guy, so this would best be conveyed by either a Brooklyn accent or a Bronz accent. So he put them both together. Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots, but Only a carrot sounds like a carrot, so he would always eat a real carrot when saying Eh, what's up, doc? and then immediately spit it out.
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The Warner animtators may have stolen the carrot eating scene in It Happened One Night, but Mel Blanc always said that since Bugs seemed to be a really tough guy, so this would best be conveyed by either a Brooklyn accent or a Bronz accent. So he put them both together. Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots, but Only a carrot sounds like a carrot, so he would always eat a real carrot when saying Eh, what's up, doc? and then immediately spit it out.
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classic
The irony of Helen Kane's lawsuit is amazing, given that she stole HER act from a Harlem nightclub performer called Esther Jones. How does it feel, Helen? Also: can we take a minute to be a little stunned that one sitcom that ran for ONE YEAR, The Honeymooners, had such a colossal influence? Can we also be stunned that one movie, It Happened One Night, invented the cinema romcom and Bugs Bunny's signature behavior?
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The irony of Helen Kane's lawsuit is amazing, given that she stole HER act from a Harlem nightclub performer called Esther Jones. How does it feel, Helen? Also: can we take a minute to be a little stunned that one sitcom that ran for ONE YEAR, The Honeymooners, had such a colossal influence? Can we also be stunned that one movie, It Happened One Night, invented the cinema romcom and Bugs Bunny's signature behavior?
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Gerald
Oh, here's one nobody mentioned: Mortimer Snerd, the dummy of Edgar Bergen. I've heard cartoons use the Mortimer Snerd voice and personality many times. Whenever you see an extremely dimwitted and slowspoken character and his catchphrase is Yup, yup, yup, that is Mortimer Snerd. One such character was Beaky Buzzard, who starred in 4 Looney Tunes from 1942 to 1950.
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Oh, here's one nobody mentioned: Mortimer Snerd, the dummy of Edgar Bergen. I've heard cartoons use the Mortimer Snerd voice and personality many times. Whenever you see an extremely dimwitted and slowspoken character and his catchphrase is Yup, yup, yup, that is Mortimer Snerd. One such character was Beaky Buzzard, who starred in 4 Looney Tunes from 1942 to 1950.
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Cheneil
Betty Boop is actually based off Black actress Esther Jones, as known as Baby Esther. She was a performer at the Cotton Club during the 1920's as a jazz singer and entertainer. Helen Kane based her persona off Esther. The character was whitewashed around the 1940's due to The Hayes Code
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Betty Boop is actually based off Black actress Esther Jones, as known as Baby Esther. She was a performer at the Cotton Club during the 1920's as a jazz singer and entertainer. Helen Kane based her persona off Esther. The character was whitewashed around the 1940's due to The Hayes Code
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Gerald
Nobody mentioned Inspector Gadget, in which Don Adam's reprised his role of the imbelic Maxwell Smart? (Don Adam's also voiced the equally in a fog Tennessee Tuxedo) And of course The Inspector is just a cartoonization of Inspector Clouseau and his boss from the Pink Panther movies.
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Nobody mentioned Inspector Gadget, in which Don Adam's reprised his role of the imbelic Maxwell Smart? (Don Adam's also voiced the equally in a fog Tennessee Tuxedo) And of course The Inspector is just a cartoonization of Inspector Clouseau and his boss from the Pink Panther movies.
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Veikko
Bugs Bunny's voice wasn't based on Clark Gable's; Bugs had a very pronounced New York accent, which Gable (who was born and raised in Ohio) never had. According to some versions the inspiration for Bugs' carrot did come from It Happened One Night, but even that has been disputed.
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Bugs Bunny's voice wasn't based on Clark Gable's; Bugs had a very pronounced New York accent, which Gable (who was born and raised in Ohio) never had. According to some versions the inspiration for Bugs' carrot did come from It Happened One Night, but even that has been disputed.
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Gerald
How about the great impression of heroic charismatic leading man Ronald Colman by Alan Swift as Odie Coloney (punning on EU de cologne for the skunks name) in Leonardo Lion Odie's arch enemy was Biggie Rat, overtly based on the gangster characters of Edward G. Robinson.
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How about the great impression of heroic charismatic leading man Ronald Colman by Alan Swift as Odie Coloney (punning on EU de cologne for the skunks name) in Leonardo Lion Odie's arch enemy was Biggie Rat, overtly based on the gangster characters of Edward G. Robinson.
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Robert
What about Simon Bar Sinister as an impression of Lionel Barrymore or Mr. Whoopee as Frank Morgan, one of the mainstays of Larry Storch (Whoopee's voice actor. The Ant and the Aardvark, John Biner doing Dean Martin and Jackie Mason respectively.
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What about Simon Bar Sinister as an impression of Lionel Barrymore or Mr. Whoopee as Frank Morgan, one of the mainstays of Larry Storch (Whoopee's voice actor. The Ant and the Aardvark, John Biner doing Dean Martin and Jackie Mason respectively.
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On
It's amazing how many people copied Peter Lorre and Jackie Gleason and Caroll O'Connor. I think though that Family Guy patriarch Peter Griffin is more close to O'Connor than Gleason. Gleason's voice is a bit raspier and less punchy. It's Carroll.
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It's amazing how many people copied Peter Lorre and Jackie Gleason and Caroll O'Connor. I think though that Family Guy patriarch Peter Griffin is more close to O'Connor than Gleason. Gleason's voice is a bit raspier and less punchy. It's Carroll.
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Atom-T
Wow didnt know Tom Kenny got his voice from an angry elf. Thought it was just his own concoction. I also didnt know Bugs was an imitation of Clark Gable. I dont remember Mel Blanc saying that in his interview so not sure thats correct
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Wow didnt know Tom Kenny got his voice from an angry elf. Thought it was just his own concoction. I also didnt know Bugs was an imitation of Clark Gable. I dont remember Mel Blanc saying that in his interview so not sure thats correct
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Ikrani
Mel Blanc said on-camera that he came up with Bugs's voice upon being told he's a tough little stinker and immediately thinking of the Brooklyn and Bronx accents. What's this Clark Gable nonsense drawn from?
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Mel Blanc said on-camera that he came up with Bugs's voice upon being told he's a tough little stinker and immediately thinking of the Brooklyn and Bronx accents. What's this Clark Gable nonsense drawn from?
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Haweater
The voice of the Simpson's Mayor Quimby is based on JFK. As I'm too young to know what he sounded like, and a Simpson's clip featuring JFK on TV was confusing to me at first, until my dad pointed it out.
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The voice of the Simpson's Mayor Quimby is based on JFK. As I'm too young to know what he sounded like, and a Simpson's clip featuring JFK on TV was confusing to me at first, until my dad pointed it out.
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Enrique
I've known about the Peter being an impression of a security guard thing for awhile now and I still can't get the idea of an early Family Guy era Peter being a security guard out of my mind.
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I've known about the Peter being an impression of a security guard thing for awhile now and I still can't get the idea of an early Family Guy era Peter being a security guard out of my mind.
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Gerald
Did anyone list comedian Jerry Colonna? Wikipedia lists 11 Warner Bros cartoons that imitated him, and I know of one they missed. Among his catchphrases was Ahhhhh yes! and Greetings, Gates!
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Did anyone list comedian Jerry Colonna? Wikipedia lists 11 Warner Bros cartoons that imitated him, and I know of one they missed. Among his catchphrases was Ahhhhh yes! and Greetings, Gates!
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Tyrone
well, another character you missed, on Sesame Street, there used to be a character/game show host named Guy Smiley. that voice was based off of real life game show host and talent Jim Perry.
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well, another character you missed, on Sesame Street, there used to be a character/game show host named Guy Smiley. that voice was based off of real life game show host and talent Jim Perry.
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Michael
She said that Bugs Bunny is from The Loony Tunes franchise which is true of course but he is also from the Merry Melodies franchise as well even though both are essentially the same thing
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She said that Bugs Bunny is from The Loony Tunes franchise which is true of course but he is also from the Merry Melodies franchise as well even though both are essentially the same thing
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cRULZ23487's
Boomhauer from King Of The Hill was based off a phone message Mike Judge had received complaining about Beavis and Butthead who also thought it was called Porky's Butthole
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Boomhauer from King Of The Hill was based off a phone message Mike Judge had received complaining about Beavis and Butthead who also thought it was called Porky's Butthole
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skll
the only ones i don't hear are the gable/bunny connection. in bugs, i hear more of a brooklyn or bronx tough guy voice; like a gangster. hence the 'bugsy' bunny moniker.
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the only ones i don't hear are the gable/bunny connection. in bugs, i hear more of a brooklyn or bronx tough guy voice; like a gangster. hence the 'bugsy' bunny moniker.
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Gerald
Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively, were the models for The Ant and the Aardvark. To this day I burst in hysterics at the Aardvark with his heavy Jewish accent.
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Dean Martin and Jackie Mason, respectively, were the models for The Ant and the Aardvark. To this day I burst in hysterics at the Aardvark with his heavy Jewish accent.
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PaNoWa
I always thought that the Brain sounded more like Vincent Price than Orson Welles. Also, Top Cat's voice, performed by Arnold Stang, is patterned after Phil Silvers.
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I always thought that the Brain sounded more like Vincent Price than Orson Welles. Also, Top Cat's voice, performed by Arnold Stang, is patterned after Phil Silvers.
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Glasher
Could you have done a lower quality recording of Yogi? I wasn't going to take a chance on grudging through the rest of your recordings, I hope they were better.
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Could you have done a lower quality recording of Yogi? I wasn't going to take a chance on grudging through the rest of your recordings, I hope they were better.
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Ed
Why do the first two cartoon clips have PHASE DISTORTED AUDIO? If you have the ability to make a frame-accurate edit with Twitters video software, its an easy fix
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Why do the first two cartoon clips have PHASE DISTORTED AUDIO? If you have the ability to make a frame-accurate edit with Twitters video software, its an easy fix
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Gerald
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope of the road movies are the father and uncle, respectively, of Taz in the 1990s series Taz-Mania. Both were voiced by Maurice LaMarche
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Bing Crosby and Bob Hope of the road movies are the father and uncle, respectively, of Taz in the 1990s series Taz-Mania. Both were voiced by Maurice LaMarche
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Rebelle
Not even gonna mention the black woman Helen Kane stole the Betty Book act from? You mention the trial but her? Esther Jones for those interested.
Smh
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Not even gonna mention the black woman Helen Kane stole the Betty Book act from? You mention the trial but her? Esther Jones for those interested.
Smh
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