#gary owens

[soledadcatalina]

a whole bunch of guys!

mostly focused on the genpop guys but i may need to do a part 2 for lucy, pete, ozzie, etc.

[oldshowbiz]

Powdered Toast Cap

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

Have you seen Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1976-1977)?

Yes

Partially

No, but I've heard of it

Never heard of it

Voting ended onMar 2

[browsethestacksofficial]

To Gary Owens... Our Real Shazam!

From Carmine Infantino And The Gang At DC

Art by Joe Orlando

From Heritage Auctions...

An incredible piece showing how much various people from the Comic Book industry respected and admired Gary Owens. This image of Gary Owens as Captain Marvel was produced by Joe Orlando in the 1970s.

[mikyapixie]

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝟝𝟡 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠, 𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟘, 𝟙𝟡𝟞𝟞, 𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝔹𝕊!!

[fancoloredglasses]

SPAAAACE GHOOOOST: COOOOAST TO COOOOAST!

[All images are owned by Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. Discovery. Please don’t sure me or sic Zorak on me]

(Thanks to SkullyTheHypnoSkull)

Space Ghost was a cartoon in the 60s (before Congress came down on all the cartoon violence) about a space-faring super hero and his kid sidekicks (and a space monkey that was actually useful)

Our Hero, Space Ghost (voiced by Laugh In announcer Gary Owens), was created specifically for the cartoon and is never shown to have a Secret Identity (or origin story; he is and always has been Space Ghost…kinda like The Tick) He has special bracelets that fire a variety of energy beams and a stealth suit that enables him to turn invisible, as well as fly.

He fights injustice throughout the galaxy , operating out of a spaceship known as the Phantom Cruiser.

Space Ghost is aided by twin teenagers Jan and Jace, and their pet monkey Blip (no explanation is given as to why Space Ghost recruited them), all of whom have flying stealth suits similar to Space Ghost’s, though no laser-spewing armbands. I guess Space Ghost knows better than to arm children and animals.

The series (in which his adventures were paired with ones of someone named Dino Boy. Don’t ask; I’ve never heard of him) consisted of 10-minute adventures against the worst scum in the galaxy. Though there are a few recurring villains, most threats die (by virtue of being caught in a explosion that thankfully doesn’t show a body) by the end of the episode.

The series lasted one season. You can catch his adventures on YouTube, or find episodes of the series behind your favorite paywall (if you watch it, please tell me who the hell Dino Boy is)

You would think this would be the end of Space Ghost’s story, but thankfully he didn’t go the way of Dino Boy, as he made the occasional guest appearance on various shows on Cartoon Network after Time-Warner (later Warner Bros. Discovery) acquired Hanna-Barbera. Eventually the network started updating a number of 60s cartoons for quirky shows for their Adult Swin programming block. Suddenly Space Ghost had new life…as a talk show host!

(Thanks to Calmpurple)

Sadly, Owens did not return for this series (since he had the perfect voice to be an announcer). Instead, the voice was recast with George Lowe, who would be the voice of Space Ghost until his death in 2025.

Space Ghost had a number of guests who appeared on a monitor, including “Weird Al” Yankovic, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jim Carrey (in a bonus feature for the DVD for The Mask), the Bee Gees, Ben Stiller, and Hulk Hogan. Most of the interviews consisted of softball and/or insane questions.

Of course, a host is only as good as his sidekick. I mean, Johnny Carson has Ed McMahon, David Letterman had Paul Schaeffer, Jimm Kimmel has Guillermo…

Obviously, Jan, Jace, and Blip are too bland for the talk show scene! Space Ghost needed a sidekick with more…oomph! Therefore, he went to the Galactic Prison and made a deal with his enemies for them to work for him (for free) in exchange for an early release. This goes better than you’d think and, at the same time, about as chaotic as you’d expect.

Zorak is an evil mantis who serves as Space Ghost’s band leader. He hates Space Ghost and will do anything to embarrass and undermine him.

(Thanks to Robert Hansen)

Moltar is a former warlord who now serves as the show’s producer/director. Though he hates Space Ghost as must as Zorak does, he takes his role as producer/director very seriously and get mad at Space Ghost and/or Zorak when things get too chaotic.

(Thanks to Jake Cook)

Brak was a pirate and one of Space Ghosts’s most dangerous adversaries before he suffered brain damage following their final encounter and…well…he became an idiot (Hey, don’t yell at me! I’m not trying to belittle those who suffer from mental disabilities! I’m just reporting the facts!) who tends to liven the show up with his goofball antics

(Thanks to GenesisKOC1985)

(Is it just me, or does Brak remind you of Caboose?)

(Thanks to Rooster Teeth Animation)

In fact, he was so popular with fans that he was spun off into his own show!

The show, to be honest, is pure chaos. In fact, the only way it could be more chaotic is if it turned into Wrestlemania.

(Thanks to Gavin Mcknight)

…yeah, kinda like that.

The series lasted 9 seasons. If you would like to watch the series, it’s available on SlingTV. If you would like to se an episode reviewed…well, I suppose, but as I say, my attempts at humor likely won’t measure up to this hot mess (and I mean that affectionately).

[mulletsonlydotcom]

LAUGH IN HAS BEEN REALLY SCARY FOR ME LATELY

[kchasm]

Ryu Number: Don Adams

Don Adams was an American actor, best known for his role as the incredibly skilled yet incredibly clumsy secret agent Maxwell Smart in the secret agent spoof sitcom Get Smart. If you don't recognize the title—which, fair enough, it aired literally sixty years ago—he also notably voiced the dimwitted cyborg police officer protagonist of the Inspector Gadget cartoons.

He has a Ryu Number of at most 4.

The last portion of Space Quest V: Roger Wilco – The Next Mutation features our titular protagonist infiltrating the SCS Goliath, making use of its cramped, labyrinthine maintenance tunnels.

Apparently someone in development thought the passageways a bit reminiscent, video-game-wise: Take the right wrong path, and Roger will speedily crawl in the other direction with an unexpected cameo on his tail.

Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier is fully voiced, including—as you may know already because @ryunumber—noted disc jockey, announcer, and voice actor Gary Owens. Normally this wouldn't be enough to count the actor themselves, even if they are credited in the game—but persist past the end credits and fade-out and you'll hear the narrator thank you for playing Space Quest 6 before extroducing himself specifically as "Gary Owens, signing off." Totally counts!

Finally, guess who got himself a copy of TV Land Presents Blast From the Past?

Mind, it's such a jalopy of a game I couldn't get it to run on my computer without serious graphical issues...

... but I was able to get it to run just runnily enough to confirm its nature! If you ever wanted to play a game where TV stars of a bygone era ask you trivia questions about the shows they were on... then you're not exactly choked with options, are you?

Gary Owens pulls double-duty here, playing both quiz host and TV star questionmonger, his questions focusing on the sketch comedy show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (where he was the on-screen announcer).

Don Adams' questions, of course, have to do with Get Smart. Unfortunately, I couldn't get any clean, non-glitched-out footage of him from my recordings, so have this video I extracted from the game files instead.

You know what? There's a charm to it.