Hello!

Correspondent Michael McQuarrie has found a good one, a half-hour ‘Century 21 Films’ documentary on the voice artists that provided the personalities for the wooden characters in Gerry and Sylvia Andersons’ English Sci-fi shows starring marionettes —  Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet etc.

The well-produced show encouraged these seldom-seen performers to ‘act up.’ They tend to be very entertaining … and proud to shine on camera.

… the wonderful  June Foray was once stuck waiting with me on a phone line for 20 minutes. Instead of griping, she proceeded to fill the minutes with more character voices, jokes and friendly gab than I ever heard from a celebrity. Ms. Foray insisted on talking ‘normal’ to me as Rocket J. Squirrel — I couldn’t believe my ears but my mind’s eye pictured her as the cartoon character.

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson