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BearManor Media publishes Cartoon Scripts by Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear

2009-10-08T12:53:00.000-07:00

For Immediate Release
Contact: joebev@joebev.com
845-647-9475

BearManor Media publishes Cartoon Scripts by Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear

2009-10-08 17:01:22 - "Uncle Dunkle and Donnie" was edited, co-written and illustrated by Butler protégé Joe Bevilacqua (of NAPANOCH, NY), who has also recorded the audio "cartoon" book. Available at: http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id244.html

A seal who can't balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters--Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Snagglepuss, to name a few.

Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Jay Ward "Fractured Fairy Tales" and "Aesop and Sons" animated cartoons.

The book was edited, co-written and illustrated (in retro Hanna-Barbera style) by Joe Bevilacqua, who has also recorded an audio "cartoon" book of UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, doing all the voices himself!

As the protege of cartoon voice legend Daws Butler (Yogi Bear), Bevilacqua, a veteran award-winning broadcaster (NPR, XM Radio), is no stranger to the cartoon world. Joe Bev even co-authored his mentor's
authorized biography, "Daws Butler, Characters Actor", available at http:/www.BearManorMedia.Com">http:/www.BearManorMedia.Com

Uncle Uncle and Donnie is available at:
http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id244.html, for Just $19.95 plus postage.

What the animation industry is saying about UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE:

"It all started with Daws Butler--actor, writer, teacher--writing UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE children's stories with exquisite sophisticated humor but always resonating with gentle and subtle lessons in morality. Then came Joe Bevilacqua--also actor, writer and producer--vocally bringing to life all of the charming characters in the Daws Butler book. Reading and listening to UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE is a delightful experience that you and your family can and will enjoy!"

- June Foray, legendary voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Witch
Hazel, Granny)

"Any cartoon fan can recognize Daws Butler's multitude of voices, but few know of his writing. Butler, a purveyor of witty wordplay and twisty tales, will surprise and amuse readers. These stories now come to life as told by the hilarious Joe Bevilacqua, man of 97 voices!"

- Linda Simensky (Senior Director of Programming for PBS Kids)

"Those of us who loved (and still love) Daws are grateful to Joe for all his endeavors that keep the name alive. This fine collection of the works of Butler and Bevilacqua is yet another in a long list."

Mark Evanier, Writer-Historian

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From October 2 to November 16, 2009, Joe Bev. will be performing in New York, New Jersey and California, promoting UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE. His personal appearance schedule can be found here:

http://www.pr-inside.com/veteran-broadcaster-announces-october-november-per-r1505863.htm

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Joe Bev. also hosts a daily radio show, CARTOON CARNIVAL, "The first radio cartoon show ever!" You can listen online EVERY day at WWW.SHOKUSRADIO.COM - 3 PM (PDT), 5 PM (CT), 6 PM (ET)

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If you'd like to order by check or money order, please add $5 for the 1st book, and $1 per additional book for postage, payable to:

BearManor Media
P O Box 71426
Albany, GA 31708

Phone: 580-252-3547 (Sandra Grabman)
Fax: 814-690-1559
books@benohmart.com

Retail book orders over $99 always receive FREE US SHIPPING!
We only ship to the USA. Foreign orders please order via amazon.com.

Press Information:
Waterlogg Productions

P.O. Box 374
Napanoch, NY 12458

Contact Person:
Joe Bev.
Owner
Phone: 845-647-9475
email: joebev@joebev.com

Web: http://www.joebev.com

BearManor Media publishes Cartoon Scripts by Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear

2009-10-08T12:39:00.001-07:00

For Immediate Release
Contact: joebev@joebev.com
845-647-9475

BearManor Media publishes Cartoon Scripts by Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear

2009-10-08 17:01:22 - "Uncle Dunkle and Donnie" was edited, co-written and illustrated by Butler protégé Joe Bevilacqua (of NAPANOCH, NY), who has also recorded the audio "cartoon" book. Available at:
.

A seal who can't balance? An elephant who always forgets? A green cow who walks on her front feet? These are just some of the wacky characters from the unique mind of Daws Butler, the man who voiced most of the classic Hanna-Barbera characters--Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw and Snagglepuss, to name a few.

Uncle Dunkle and Donnie is a collection of imaginative, never-before-released cartoon scripts by Butler, who also worked on the classic 1960s Jay Ward "Fractured Fairy Tales" and "Aesop and Sons" animated cartoons.

The book was edited, co-written and illustrated (in retro Hanna-Barbera style) by Joe Bevilacqua, who has also recorded an audio "cartoon" book of UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE, doing all the voices himself!

As the protege of cartoon voice legend Daws Butler (Yogi Bear), Bevilacqua, a veteran award-winning broadcaster (NPR, XM Radio), is no stranger to the cartoon world. Joe Bev even co-authored his mentor's
authorized biography, "Daws Butler, Characters Actor", available at http:/www.BearManorMedia.Com.

Uncle Uncle and Donnie is available at:
., for Just $19.95 plus postage.

What the animation industry is saying about UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE:

"It all started with Daws Butler--actor, writer, teacher--writing UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE children's stories with exquisite sophisticated humor but always resonating with gentle and subtle lessons in morality. Then came Joe Bevilacqua--also actor, writer and producer--vocally bringing to life all of the charming characters in the Daws Butler book. Reading and listening to UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE is a delightful experience that you and your family can and will enjoy!"

- June Foray, legendary voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Witch
Hazel, Granny)

"Any cartoon fan can recognize Daws Butler's multitude of voices, but few know of his writing. Butler, a purveyor of witty wordplay and twisty tales, will surprise and amuse readers. These stories now come to life as told by the hilarious Joe Bevilacqua, man of 97 voices!"

- Linda Simensky (Senior Director of Programming for PBS Kids)

"Those of us who loved (and still love) Daws are grateful to Joe for all his endeavors that keep the name alive. This fine collection of the works of Butler and Bevilacqua is yet another in a long list."

Mark Evanier, Writer-Historian

---

From October 2 to November 16, 2009, Joe Bev. will be performing in New York, New Jersey and California, promoting UNCLE DUNKLE AND DONNIE. His personal appearance schedule can be found here:

http://www.pr-inside.com/veteran-broadcaster-announces-october-november-per-r1505863.htm

---

Joe Bev. also hosts a daily radio show, CARTOON CARNIVAL, "The first radio cartoon show ever!" You can listen online EVERY day at WWW.SHOKUSRADIO.COM - 3 PM (PDT), 5 PM (CT), 6 PM (ET)

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If you'd like to order by check or money order, please add $5 for the 1st book, and $1 per additional book for postage, payable to:

BearManor Media
P O Box 71426
Albany, GA 31708

Phone: 580-252-3547 (Sandra Grabman)
Fax: 814-690-1559
books@benohmart.com

Retail book orders over $99 always receive FREE US SHIPPING!
We only ship to the USA. Foreign orders please order via amazon.com.

Press Information:
Waterlogg Productions

P.O. Box 374
Napanoch, NY 12458

Contact Person:
Joe Bev.
Owner
Phone: 845-647-9475
email: joebev@joebev.com

Web: http://www.joebev.com

TV Confidential interview

2009-05-24T21:34:00.000-07:00

On June 2, Tuesday night, at 8 pm Pacific time, I will be a guest on Ed Robertson's TV Confidential radio show on KSAV.

http://www.ksav.org/

Click the Listen button in the left column of the website and tune in to hear us talk about my biography on Guy Williams who played Zorro in the late 1950s and John Robinson on Lost in Space in the mid 1960s plus several other roles on TV and movies.

Thanks,
Antoinette G. Lane
author, Guy Williams: The Man Behind the Mask

Guy Williams: the Man Behind the Mask

2009-04-15T21:06:00.000-07:00

The Annual Cowboy Festival will feature several authors in the Buckaroo Bookstore, such as Robert Michum's daughter and Cheryl Rogers, daughter of Roy Rogers and many more. I will be signing my biography of Guy Williams (Zorro and Lost in Space) on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 & 26th from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in Santa Clarita, CA. Check out this event at http://www.cowboyfestival.org.
It's held at Melody Ranch once owned by Gene Autry, and used for numerous western movies.

Hi!

2009-03-24T15:42:00.000-07:00

I'm Ed Solomonson and together with my partner, Mark O'Neill, we have written what we think, and hopefully you will too, is the B*E*S*T book ever written about M*A*S*H, the TV Series. How nice of Ben to invite me to be a part of, and a contributor to his Author Army. Bearmanor has the best books on radio, television and film, and I'm flattered to be a part of that. I wish I had the time to read them all. However, the books I have a particular interest in, besides mine, are "Stooges Among Us" by Lon and Debra Davis and the newly released "Flights of Fantasy," the story of Radio and TV's Superman by Michael J. Hayde. (Can't get enough George Reeves' Superman. Is it possible to wear out DVDs?)
Thanks for the invite, Ben. Glad to be here!

Ed Solomonson

Bob Mills' "Laugh Makers" Off & Running!

2009-03-21T07:24:00.000-07:00

New Bear Manor author Bob Mills -- "THE LAUGH MAKERS: A Behind-The-Scenes Tribute to Bob Hope's Incredible Gag Writers" (Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com) was released on Valentines Day -- has been doing more press interviews than Lindsay Lohan after a bust. He recently was interviewed live by Joel Bloomberg who hosts a national radio show out of New York.

Bob did another live interview on "Access Unlimited." KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles and 98.7fm Santa Barbara reaches from Santa Barbara to San Diego and the show is archieved at www.kpfk.org.

Bob just completed an hour-long pre-taped interview with LA radio legend Frank Brezee whose Saturday night show airs on www.yesterdayusa.com.

Upcoming events on Bob's agenda:

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009: Hour-long interview on Boston's WBZ Radio and WCCO, Minneapolis-St. Paul with host, Jordan Rich. The interview will kick off the station's Salute to Old Time Radio and will be live-streamed @ www.WBZ.com at 9-10 PM PDT.

FRI-SAT-SUN, MAY 1-2-3, 2009: The annual SPERDVAC CONVENTION (Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama, Variety & Comedy). Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn, 4222 Vineland Avenue, North Hollywood, CA (818) 980-8000. Host: "I Love a Mystery" Panel; Authors' Panel and book signing with fellow author, Martin Grams. Jr. (Mission Impossible: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic). For further info and event times phone: Barbara Williams 530-990-4231.

SATURDAY, MAY, 9, 2009: Author's Talk + Q&A followed by book-signing at BOOK SOUP, 8818 W. Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA. (310-659-3110) 7:00 PM (Wayne Schulman 818-512-4474)

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A BEAR MOUNTAIN FIRST! Plans are underway for Bob to record an audio version of THE LAUGH MAKERS which will be released on the Bear Manor Media label. We'll keep you posted on this! The guy's a real dynamo and sales of his book should sky rocket. Go, Bob!

Whitey Mitchell does radio!

2008-09-05T12:14:00.000-07:00

Hey Friends,

Whitey and I will be in Toronto, Canada next week and he'll be appearing on a live radio show Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 4:00pm, our time (7:00pmEST), with an invited in-studio audience. It will be a jazz musical event as well as an interview discussing his book "Hackensack To Hollywood-My Two Show Business Careers". Whitey will be playing with John Sherwood on piano, a very popular local favorite, and our very own son-in-law, world-class drummer, Terry Clarke, who lives in Toronto. Actually, Sir Terry Clarke.....he was awarded the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honor, by Queen Elizabeth!

The Toronto radio station is JAZZ FM91.1, Canada's premiere station for jazz. So tune in if you can, as they "go live" at 4:00pm Wednesday. Go to their website at www.jazz.fm and click the "Listen Live" box at the top.

For any early risers, the following day, Thursday 9/11/08, at 6:00am our time and (9:00amEST), Whitey will do an in-studio interview on "Jazz World With Wally D",
broadcast on CKLN FM 88.1 from Toronto. Their website is www.ckln.fm. Click on the circle at the right, "Listen Live".

I'm Marilyn Mitchell and I approve this message!

Janet Gari's birthday signing!

2008-08-14T07:20:00.000-07:00

Janet Gari (Eddie Cantor's daughter) is having a book signing/birthday celebration on Oct 5th at the Drama Book Shop (3-5PM) in New York City!

the great Bill Marx!

2008-07-05T06:35:00.001-07:00

Playing at his club at Vicki's Restaurant!

the sci-fi cookbook blog!

2008-06-25T06:59:00.000-07:00

http://itcamefromthekitchen.blogspot.com/

Guy Williams book discussion on "Talking Television"

2008-06-24T15:43:00.000-07:00

Hi
Just an FYI to tell you I'm going to be on Dave White's Talking Television show on Internet Radio on July 1st, 2008 to talk about my book, "Guy Williams, The Man Behind the Mask" focusing on the making of the Disney Zorro TV show and Guy's life and career.

Please check this website for the time in your area and to hook up for a Listen:
http://www.ksav.org/
Click Listen Now on the left. If any of you are interested in getting on the show to promote your book, you should contact him. He likes to read the book first.

Thanks,
Antoinette

Newark radio convention!

2008-06-21T08:08:00.000-07:00

We're gonna be here too!

October 23- 26, 2008
Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention in Newark, NJ
Bear Manor Media authors will be guests at the event, autographing their books!
Mel Simons (Old-Time Radio Trivia and Old-Time TV Trivia Books)
Ben Ohmart (Walter Tetley, Joan Davis)
Brian Gari (Late Night Comic, We Bombed in London)
Martin Grams Jr. (The Railroad Hour, I Led Three Lives)
Arthur Anderson (Let's Pretend)
Jim Cox (The Great Radio Soap Operas)
Jack French (Private Eyelashes)

author convention!

2008-06-12T13:40:00.001-07:00

MID-ATLANTIC NOSTALGIA CONVENTION
Bear Manor Media will be displaying their books at the 3rd Annual Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Aberdeen, Maryland, on September 18 - 20, 2008. If you have an idea for a book, or want to submit a manuscript, here's your chance! Come on over and say hi! The weekend event includes movie stars signing autographs, nostalgic TV and movies 24 hours in the movie room, and panels and presentations. Among the guests are Edd Byrnes (77 Sunset Strip), Patty McCormack (The Bad Seed), Margaret Kerry (The Little Rascals), Jon Provost (Timmy on Lassie), Conrad Brooks (Ed Wood), Kathleen Hughes (It Came From Outer Space), Larry Storch (F-Troop). Bear Manor Media's authors will be there signing books and offering presentations. Jack French (Private Eyelashes), Mike Nevins (Ellery Queen), Ben Ohmart (Paul Frees), Martin Grams Jr. (Information Please) and Derek Tague (contributor for Let's Pretend).
http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com

Come pay us a visit at the convention!

Bob Rocca's blog

2008-04-27T06:19:00.001-07:00

He's written the Definitive book on The Professionals, the still-popular UK action series. Check out Bob's blog at http://bobrocca.blogspot.com/

It's out, so now let's publicize!

2008-04-25T13:38:00.001-07:00

Hi, folks.

Wright King's and my book, No Retakes! (about the exciting era of live television), is now out and ready for its readers. Right away, we have a radio interview lined up. On Tuesday night, we'll be interviewed live (how appropriate is that?) on Peter Anthony Holder's show at CJAD, which broadcasts to Montreal and Toronto. Our segment will be 30 minutes long, and airs at 1:00 a.m. Eastern time (actually, that's Wednesday morning). Wright's the lucky one. It'll be only 10:00 p.m. his time. If you're in CJAD's listening area, I hope you'll tune in.

Sandy

Fred M. Grandinetti & the rock band Someday Rome

2008-04-14T17:20:00.000-07:00

The author of the Jack Mercer (voice of Popeye) book gets even More famous!

Hot off the press!

2008-04-10T18:24:00.000-07:00

Wright King's and my new BearManor Media book, entitled No Retakes!, is hot off the press and ready for its readers. In this book, Wright and other actors/actresses tell us what it was like to work in live television. Some loved it; others got ulcers. Among those who shared their memories with us were Peter Mark Richman, Betsy Palmer, Rance Howard, Steve Marlo, Kathy Garver, Bill Erwin, Jack Klugman, and Eva Marie Saint. I don't know about you, but I like the "Bloopers" chapter best.

It's That Time Again 4!

2008-03-19T08:41:00.000-07:00

Yes, Jim Harmon is ready with the 4th in the series of new stories of old-time radio shows, and we'll be putting up the link to it soon. This time it's gonna be all Mysteries!

Ben Ohmart

A Book Signing

2008-03-03T18:26:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, March 15th, I'll be signing copies of my BearManor book about early television, The Lucky Strike Papers, at the "Amazing Grapes" wine bar/wine and spirits shop, in Pompton Lakes, NJ.

"Amazing Grapes" hosts wine tastings on Saturdays, from noon until 6 p.m. I'll be signing copies of the book towards the end of the event--from 4 until 6 p.m.

"Amazing Grapes" is located at 23 Wanaque Avenue, in the Pompton Lakes Towne Square Shopping Center. The phone number is: (973) 831-5700.

Ward Morehouse III

2008-02-26T07:25:00.000-08:00

The man has an Excellent site here. More info than a blog! If you like hotels and stories of celebrities in hotels, you'll be surprised.

Latest Update

2008-02-19T12:38:00.000-08:00

Ben Ohmart forwarded a very nice review for my book from Peter E. Blau's Sherlockian newsletter:

Michael A. Hoey's ELVIS, SHERLOCK & ME: HOW I SURVIVED GROWING UP IN HOLLYWOOD (Albany: Bear Manor Media, 2007; 335 pp., $24.95) is written with humor and style, about the author's interesting career in Hollywood, but (more important for Sherlockians) it offers an excellent account of the stage and screen career of his father, Dennis Hoey, who played Lestrade in six of the Basil Rathbone films made by Universal in the 1940s.

I spent a very interesting weekend at the Hollywood Collectors Show in Burbank, California. Sold a few books and renewed a lot of old acquaintances. Mark Evanier was there and I gave him a copy - he's already talking about it on his website www.newsfromme.com/ and saying nice things. He'll give it a full review in a couple of days. I'm being interviewed by Nigel Patterson of the Elvis Information Network tomorrow afternoon. Nigel's website www.elvisinfonet.co/bookreview_hoey.html also gave my book a terrific review.

meet Whitey MItchell

2008-02-10T15:05:00.001-08:00

Michael Hoey's new website

2008-02-10T08:18:00.000-08:00

I’ve finally managed to overcome the intricacies of the internet and create my website. It has taken much too long, but now it is up and running. Take a look at www.mhoey.com

it's Brian Gari's birthday!

2008-02-09T19:34:00.000-08:00

Brian Gari, the grandson of Eddie Cantor says:

I'll be doing my annual birthday show with special guest Liz Larsen
February 18th at 7PM
at Don't Tell Mama
343 w 46 street
$5 cover/2 drink minimum
no credit cards
reservations: 212 757-0788
Hope you can make it!

Your Hit Parade

2008-01-28T19:56:00.000-08:00

Greetings, again.

Here’s a 1951 print advertisement; it’s for Lucky Strike cigarettes, and features singer Dorothy Collins, one of the stars of the TV show Your Hit Parade (also known as The Lucky Strike Hit Parade).

A 1979 conversation I had with Dorothy Collins—who passed away in 1994—is included in my recently published BearManor book, The Lucky Strike Papers (subtitled Journeys Through My Mother’s Television Past).

The Hit Parade aired on television between 1950 and 1959. My late mother, Sue Bennett, was a featured singer on the program in 1951 and 1952. The show—in particular, its early years on TV—is profiled, at length, in The Lucky Strike Papers.