Keith Scott | |
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Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 29 October 1953
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Years active | 1969–present |
Spouse | Sue Scott [1] |
Children | 7 |
Website | www |
Keith Scott (born 29 October 1953) is an Australian voice actor, comedian, impressionist and animation historian.
At a young age, Scott was always enchanted by the mimics and impressionists on The Ed Sullivan Show . He began developing his ability to impersonate voices in high school, doing cartoon characters (the first of which being Mr. Jinks) and teacher's voices. In October 1972, just after leaving school, Scott was hired by William Hanna, the head of Hanna-Barbera, which had established a large animation studio in Sydney, Australia. He got the gig when he brought in some letters that he had received from Daws Butler (voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, etc.) in December 1970. Hanna gave him a letter of recommendation when he was retrenched from the H-B office, and his name was such a credible one that it got Scott an instant agent, and his voice-over career began. In 1974, Scott began doing either impersonations or original character voices in many anonymous radio and TV commercials, and was promoted at Sydney clubs as "the Voice of 1000 Commercials". [2] [3] [4]
He also made many appearances on TV shows as a comic impressionist, including Hey Hey It's Saturday and The Midday Show , and has provided voices for various Australian animations, including Yoram Gross's Dot feature films, Blinky Bill (he also sang the original version of the theme song for the first season), Tabaluga , Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown and Flipper and Lopaka . In the case of Yoram Gross' productions, Scott began working for Gross in 1984 and usually provided all of the male character voices. Across Australia he can be heard on some fifty radio stations, skewering the reputations of media and political types in How Green Was My Cactus . [5]
Scott became internationally famous for his expert "matching" of cartoon characters. In July 1990, he was appointed an official licensed voice of Warner Bros' Looney Tunes characters for Australia, following the death of Mel Blanc in 1989, and since then he did Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester and the rest for countless animated TV commercials, live shows and promotions for Warner Bros. Movie World, Westfield, KFC, etc. [2] [5] [6] Scott had narrated a TV promotion for The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie in 1983, [7] and met Blanc in May 1985, taping some impersonations for the Triple M network and trading blows with their voice impressions; he did Elmer Fudd and Jack Benny, while Blanc did Bugs and Sy the Mexican. [8] He was also approved by Hanna-Barbera to do the voices of Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear and others. [5]
Scott was a long-time friend of Bill Scott (no relation) and Jay Ward (whom Scott had met in 1973), and is an expert on the history of Jay Ward Productions, authoring the book The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose (St. Martin's Press, 2000. ISBN 0-312-19922-8). He has also spent years studying the work of early voice actors, trying to identify performers who originally went uncredited in cartoons.
In 1991, a couple of years after Ward died in 1989, his daughter Tiffany took over his company and began revitalizing The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends characters. At that time Scott had made a tape of all the imitations of Bullwinkle J. Moose, Boris Badenov, Dudley Do-Right and a lot of the supporting characters in March of that year. Tiffany got a copy of the tape from June Foray (voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel). Once Tiffany heard the tape, she realized that Scott had obviously studied it for years, so she and Ward's wife Ramona appointed him the official voices in 1992. [2] Scott did the voice of the narrator in George of the Jungle and George of the Jungle 2 , and provided the voices for Bullwinkle, Boris, Fearless Leader, The Narrator and the RBTV Announcer in the 2000 motion picture The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (for which he had been specially flown to the United States several times). Also in 2000, Scott was originally cast as the voice of Diesel 10 in Thomas and the Magic Railroad , but was ultimately replaced by Neil Crone after test audiences said that Scott made the character sound too frightening for young children. However, his voice can still be heard in early UK and US trailers of the film. Scott also narrated the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends toy merchandise commercials from Bluebird Toys in Australia in 1998.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Epic | Special vocal effects | Theatrical film |
1985 | Dot and the Koala | Bruce, Mayor Percy, Sherlock Bones, Watson and various | |
1986 | Dot and Keeto | Keeto, Butterwalk, Atlantis, Grasshopper and various | |
Dot and the Whale | Nelson, Owen and Moby Dick | ||
1987 | Dot and the Smugglers | Mr. Sprag, Scarface | |
Frenchman's Farm | Radio Announcer | ||
The Adventures of Candy Claus | Santa Claus, Head Elf, Elves, Mustknow Computer, Professor Mustknow, Oh No, Lou and Sam [9] | TV movie | |
Dot Goes to Hollywood | Gumley, Grumblebones, Laurel and Hardy and various | Theatrical film | |
1988 | Black Tulip | ||
Hiawatha | TV movie | ||
Peter Pan | Mr. Smee | Theatrical film | |
Alice in Wonderland | White Rabbit, March Hare, Dodo and Card Painter [10] | ||
Around the World in 80 Days | |||
1991 | The Magic Riddle | Philippe, Widow (Wolf Disguise), Pinocchio, Seven Dwarves and various | |
1992 | Blinky Bill The Mischievous Koala | Splodge the Kangaroo, Flap the Platypus, Mr Wombat (Wombo), Mayor Pelican, Mr Emu, Jacko, Harry and Joe [11] | |
1994 | Dot in Space | Grumblebones, Buster, Papa Drop, Riley, Professor Globus, Inflato, Sergeant, Soldiers and various | |
1997 | Go to Hell!! | Various | |
George of the Jungle | Narrator | ||
Paws | Computer [12] | ||
1999 | Fractured Fairy Tales: The Phox, the Box & the Lox | The Phox and The Lox | Theatrical short film attached with Dudley Do-Right |
2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Bullwinkle J. Moose, Animated Boris Badenov, Animated Fearless Leader, The Narrator and RBTV Announcer [13] | Theatrical film |
Thomas and the Magic Railroad | Diesel 10 | Original workprints only, replaced by Neil Crone | |
The Magic Pudding | Additional voices | Theatrical film | |
2003 | Subterano | Puppeteer (voice) [14] | |
George of the Jungle 2 | Narrator | Direct-to-video | |
2005 | Blinky Bill's White Christmas | Flap the Platypus, Splodge the Kangaroo, Wombo, Mayor Pelican and various | TV movie |
2007 | Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale | Uncle Kelvin, Ghoulie Gilly, Grampala and additional voices | |
2009 | Daybreakers | Theatrical film |
Year | Title | Role |
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1975–1976 | Kum-Kum | Jumbo, Strongarm, The Wise One, Additional Voices (English dub) |
1983–1989 | Perfect Match | Announcer (1983–84), Dexter the Robot [15] |
1988–1989 | Bright Sparks | Sparky [16] |
1992–1995 | Lift Off | Additional Voices (animated segments) |
1993–2004 | The Adventures of Blinky Bill | Flap the Platypus, Splodge the Kangaroo, Wombo, Mr. Koala, Mayor Pelican, Danny Dingo, Meatball Dingo, Shifty Dingo, Various Voices [17] |
1997–2003 | Tabaluga | Arktos, Shouhu, Tyrion, Ruby, James, Vultur, Attila the Walrus, Various Voices [18] |
1998 | Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown | Mayor Croco, Professor Angus McPouch, Brusier, Sirlion, Damon, Rowdy, Honest L. Slick, Pos, Major Winston Gelles, Rocky Star, Various Voices [19] |
1999–2005 | Flipper and Lopaka | Flipper, Ottie, Ray, Puffy, Dexter, Serge, Sharks, Various Voices [20] |
2000 | 2000 Kids' Choice Awards | Bullwinkle J. Moose [21] |
2001–2002 | Fairy Tale Police Department | Various Voices |
2002 | Old Tom | Old Tom, Various Voices |
2009-2010 | Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | Gnasher, Dad, Colonel, Sergeant Slipper, Mr. Har Har, Additional Voices [22] |
2009-2013 | Sally Bollywood: Super Detective | Harry Bollywood, Additional Voices [23] |
2018 | Nate Is Late | Dwayne, Jumbo, Ogre, Additional Voices |
Year | Title | Role |
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2008 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | Bullwinkle J. Moose, Boris Badenov, The Narrator and Boris Badenov Campaign Narrator [24] |
The Banana Splits | Fleegle, Bingo and Announcer |
Year | Title | Role |
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1997 | Blinky Bill's Ghost Cave | Flap the Platypus, Splodge the Kangaroo, Wombo Wombat, Danny Dingo, Mr. Rabbit and Ear [25] |
Blinky Bill's Extraordinary Balloon Adventure | Flap the Platypus, Splodge the Kangaroo, Wombo Wombat, Kevin the Kiwi, Benny the Beaver and The Reindeer [26] | |
1998 | Rocky & Bullwinkle's Know-It-All Quiz Game | Bullwinkle J. Moose, Boris Badenov, Fearless Leader, Captain Peachfuzz, Dudley Do-Right, Inspector Fenwick and Aesop |
2000 | The Three Worlds of Flipper and Lopaka | Flipper, Dexter, Goat Fish, Garden Eel, Textile Cone, Blue Fish and Narrator [27] |
2012 | The Flintstones Gaming Machine | Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble [28] |
Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
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1991 | The Simpsons: Live on Stage | Homer Simpson [29] [30] | Dreamworld live show, part of a promotion of the Australian premiere of The Simpsons on Network Ten [30] |
Bugs Bunny Demonstration Animatronic | Bugs Bunny [31] [32] [2] [5] | Designed by Greg McKee, Matt Ward, John Cox and Chris Chitty in just a few weeks for Warner Bros. Movie World in 1989 [32] | |
Looney Tunes Musical Revue | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil and Foghorn Leghorn [33] [34] | Warner Bros. Movie World live show | |
1992 | Spectacular Light and Sound Show Illuminanza | All the characters (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil, Foghorn Leghorn, Wile E. Coyote and Pepé Le Pew) [35] [36] [29] [2] [5] | Warner Bros. Movie World live show, celebration of the park's second birthday [35] |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Show | Bullwinkle J. Moose, Boris Badenov and Dudley Do-Right | Universal Studios Florida live show | |
1997 | Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Nite | Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, George Jetson and Huckleberry Hound [37] | Wonderland Sydney live show |
1999 | Looney Tunes: What's Up, Rock? | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil and Foghorn Leghorn [2] [5] [38] | Six Flags Great Adventure live show, rebranded as Looney Tunes: We Got the Beat! in 2004 with a re-recorded track by Scott [38] |
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls | Dudley Do-Right and Inspector Fenwick [5] [39] | Universal's Islands of Adventure ride | |
Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges | Popeye and Bluto [5] [40] [41] | Universal's Islands of Adventure ride | |
Pandemonium Cartoon Circus | Popeye, Bluto, Bullwinkle J. Moose, Boris Badenov and Dudley Do-Right [42] | Universal's Islands of Adventure live show | |
2000 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle Show 2 | Bullwinkle J. Moose and Boris Badenov | Universal Studios Florida live show |
2008 | Looney Tunes: What's Up Rock?! | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil and Foghorn Leghorn [2] [5] [43] | Warner Bros. Movie World live show |
2010 | Looney Tunes on Ice | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Sylvester | Warner Bros. Movie World ice show |
2011 | Looney Tunes LIVE! Classroom Capers | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian and Tasmanian Devil [2] [5] [44] | Touring live show |
Christmas Moments with Looney Tunes | Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester | Live show | |
2013 | Looney Tunes Christmas Carols | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Marvin the Martian and Tasmanian Devil [2] [5] [45] [46] [47] | Carols by Candlelight live show |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Fruity Pebbles Commercials | Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble [48] | Fruity Pebbles commercials, animation by Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd. |
1979 | Welcome SuperChook | SuperChook [49] | KFC commercial |
1980 | The Blob | Blob and Narrator [50] | Streets commercial |
1981 | Pauls Scooby-Doo Ice Cream | Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones and Chocolate-Chomping Vanilla Gorilla [51] | Pauls commercial, animation by Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd. |
Streets Doctor Who Ice Cream | Fourth Doctor, K9 and Meglos [52] | Streets commercial | |
Pauls Buck Rogers Star Stick | Buck Rogers, Twiki and Narrator [53] | Pauls commercial | |
1982 | Streets Mr. Men and Doctor Who Ice Cream | Narrator [54] | Streets commercial |
Pauls Pac-Man Ice Cream | Narrator [55] | Pauls commercial | |
Stay Alive Commercial | Count Dracula and Vincent Price [56] | Stay Alive commercial | |
Fridge a Kit Kat | Kool Kat [57] | Kit Kat commercial | |
1983 | Pizza Hut Martians | Martian and Narrator [58] | Pizza Hut commercial |
Pauls Yogi Fruits | Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo Bear [59] | Pauls commercial | |
Demon Attack Commercial | Vincent Price [60] | Demon Attack commercial | |
Australian Museum Commercial | Singer and Narrator [61] | Australian Museum commercial | |
Streets Mr. Men Ice Treats | Mr. Nonsense, Mr. Funny, Mr. Mischief, Mr. Bump, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Greedy and Narrator [62] | Streets commercial | |
The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | Narrator [7] | TV promotion | |
1985 | Masters of the Universe Ice Cream | He-Man and Skeletor [63] | Streets commercial |
Peters Transformers Ice Cream | Autobot and Narrator [64] | Peters Ice Cream commercial | |
Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda | Boy (voice) [65] | Yoplait commercial | |
Marley Commercial | Duck [66] | Marley commercial | |
1986 | Surfing | Chester Cheetah [67] | Cheetos commercial |
1987 | Pascall Disney Jellies | Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy [68] | Pascall commercial |
Garfield Phone | Garfield [69] | Garfield Phone commercial | |
Inspector Gadget Fun Pack | Inspector Gadget and Brain [70] | KFC commercial | |
Pauls Pink Panther | Inspector Clouseau [71] | Pauls commercial | |
$100 000 Kit Kat Competition | Kool Kat [72] | Kit Kat commercial | |
1988 | Call Candy Claus! | Santa Claus [73] | 1-900 commercial |
Chickadees Chicken Chips | Chickadee Chicken [74] [75] | Chickadees commercial | |
The Go Go Gadget Deal | Inspector Gadget, Pirate and Vikings [70] | KFC commercial | |
1989 | Amber Tiles Commercial | Fred Flintstone [76] | Amber Tiles commercial, animation by Cinemagic Animated Films, music by Bob Davies [77] [78] |
Lethal Weapon 2 and Batman | Narrator [79] | TV promotion | |
1990 | Bugs Bunny's 50th Birthday | Bugs Bunny [80] | Song bumper on Porky Pig (1990 VHS) |
KFC Looney Tunes Cars | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [70] | KFC commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
KFC Looney Tunes Cars 2 | Daffy Duck [70] [81] | KFC commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Bugs Bunny's 50th Birthday Special | Bugs Bunny [82] | Nine Network promotion | |
Wilde About DuckTales | Donald Duck [83] | McDonald's commercial | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rad Badges | Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo and Splinter [84] [85] | Pizza Hut commercial | |
It's a Buzz | Raphael [86] [85] | Timezone commercial | |
Kold Snap | Kool Kat [87] | Kit Kat commercial | |
1991 | Mirinda Drinker | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [88] | Mirinda commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation [88] |
Buried Treasure | Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam [88] | Mirinda commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation [88] | |
Peters Donald Duck Ice Cream | Donald Duck [89] | Peters Ice Cream commercial | |
Buttercup Crumpets and Muffins | Buster Bunny [90] | Buttercup commercial | |
Rollerblades | Tony the Tiger [91] | Frosted Flakes commercial | |
Buttercup Muffins | Buster Bunny [90] | Buttercup commercial | |
KFC Looney Tunes Glasses | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [70] [92] | KFC commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
McCain Looney Tunes Meals | Bugs Bunny [93] | McCain commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
HBF Insurance Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck Commercial 1 | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [94] | HBF Insurance commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
HBF Insurance Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck Commercial 2 | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [95] | HBF Insurance commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Beach | Chester Cheetah [96] | Cheetos commercial | |
Little Buddy | Kool Kat [97] | Kit Kat commercial | |
Prime Television Promotion | Raphael [98] [85] | Prime Television promotion | |
Looney Tunes Poster Calendar, Stickers, Photo Frame and Loonar Sticks | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester and Santa Claus (voice) [99] [100] | Westfield commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Warner Bros. Movie World Commercial | Narrator [101] | Warner Bros. Movie World commercial | |
1992 | Warner Bros. Movie World Commercial | Daffy Duck [102] | Warner Bros. Movie World commercial, Daffy animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation |
Warner Bros. Movie World Commercial 2 | Daffy Duck [102] | Warner Bros. Movie World commercial, Daffy animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Mirinda Pineapple Flavour | Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam [103] [88] | Mirinda commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation [88] | |
HBF Insurance Tweety and Sylvester Commercial | Tweety [104] | HBF Insurance commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Fruity and Jaffa Pebbles | Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Dino [105] | Green's commercial | |
The Flintstones Kids' Cocktails and Dino Racers | Fred Flintstone [106] | Cobb & Co. commercial | |
Toyota Family Wagons | George Jetson and Mr. Spacely [107] | Toyota commercial | |
Volleyball | Tony the Tiger [108] | Frosted Flakes commercial, redub of commercial from 1986 | |
Robin Hood | Dig'em Frog [109] | Honey Smacks commercial, redub of commercial from 1990-1991 | |
Taco Bell Rocky and Bullwinkle Commercials | Bullwinkle J. Moose and Boris Badenov [110] [111] | Taco Bell commercials | |
Target Rocky and Bullwinkle Commercial | Boris Badenov | Target commercial | |
Pizza Hut Blinky Bill Commercial | Flap the Platypus and Splodge the Kangaroo [112] | Pizza Hut commercial | |
The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy Commercial | Fred Flintstone [113] | The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy commercial | |
Cwazy 1992 Clearance | Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck [114] | Toyota commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Cwazy 1992 Clearance 2 | Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn and Daffy Duck [114] | Toyota commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Cwazy 1992 Clearance 3 | Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn and Daffy Duck [114] [115] | Toyota commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Cwazy 1992 Clearance 4 | Elmer Fudd and Foghorn Leghorn [114] [116] | Toyota commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Cwazy 1992 Clearance 5 | Elmer Fudd and Daffy Duck [114] [117] | Toyota commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
1993 | Looney Tunes Colourgrams | Bugs Bunny [118] | Nutella commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation |
Looney Tunes Glasses | Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil [118] [119] | Nutella commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
World of Illusion Commercial | Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Narrator [120] | World of Illusion commercial | |
KFC Looney Tunes Mugs | Tweety and Sylvester [70] | KFC commercial | |
KFC Looney Tunes Mugs 2 | Bugs Bunny and Sylvester [70] [121] | KFC commercial | |
KFC Looney Tunes Mugs 3 | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Sylvester [70] [122] | KFC commercial | |
Golden Eggs Foghorn Leghorn Commercial | Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk [123] | Golden Eggs commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Mirinda Factory | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [124] [88] | Mirinda commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation [88] | |
Fruity and Choconilla Pebbles | Fred Flintstone [125] | Green's commercial | |
1994 | Green's Looney Tunes Chocolate Rings | Tweety and Sylvester [126] | Green's commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation |
KFC Looney Tunes Mugs 4 | Foghorn Leghorn and Tasmanian Devil [70] [127] [128] | KFC commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Lane Corn Snacks | Jose and Manuel [129] | Lanes commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Amber Tiles Commercial 2 | Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble [76] | Amber Tiles commercial, animation by Cinemagic Animated Films, music by Bob Davies [77] [78] | |
Amber Tiles Commercial 3 | Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble [76] [130] | Amber Tiles commercial, animation by Cinemagic Animated Films, music by Bob Davies [77] [78] | |
Amber Tiles Commercial 4 | Fred Flintstone [76] | Amber Tiles commercial, animation by Cinemagic Animated Films, music by Bob Davies [77] [78] | |
It's Showtime at Westfield | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Director and Narrator [99] [131] | Westfield commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Mid-Week Lotto Commercial | Gentleman, Troll, Cannibal, Mermaid, Jack, Jester and Plant Man [132] | Mid-Week Lotto commercial | |
1995 | Sonic the Hedgehog Milk Ice with Shock Rocks | Dr. Robotnik and Narrator [133] | Toppa commercial |
Energizer Boris and Natasha Commercial | Boris Badenov [134] | Energizer commercial | |
Energizer Boris and Natasha Commercial 2 | Boris Badenov [134] | Energizer commercial | |
Qantas Warner Bros. Movie World Commercial | Bugs Bunny [135] | Qantas commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Canon Personal Squirt | Speedy Gonzales and Baby Mice [136] | Canon commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Canon Personal Squirt and Bubble Jet Printer | Speedy Gonzales [136] [137] | Canon commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Canon Say-It-All Squirt | Speedy Gonzales [136] [138] | Canon commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Canon Runaround Squirts | Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck [136] [139] | Canon commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
HardieDux Daffy Duck Commercial | Daffy Duck [140] | HardieDux commercial, animated by Peter Luschwitz at Flix Animation | |
Soyaking Commercial | King [141] | Soyaking commercial | |
1996 | Tazos Looney Tunes Commercial | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Marvin the Martian and Narrator [142] | Tazos commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] |
Looney Tunes Steins | Tweety, Sylvester, Daffy Duck and Yosemite Sam [70] [143] | KFC commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
Sylvester and Tweety Stein | Tweety and Sylvester [70] | KFC commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
Daffy Duck Stein | Tweety, Sylvester and Daffy Duck [70] [144] | KFC commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
Wile E. Coyote Stein | Tweety and Sylvester [70] | KFC commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
Yosemite Sam Stein | Tweety, Sylvester and Yosemite Sam [70] [145] | KFC commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
It's Showtime at Westfield 2 | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Marvin the Martian [100] | Westfield commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
Kraft Shake 'n Bake Commercial | Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk [146] [147] | Kraft Foods commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
Wonderland Sydney Commercials | Fred Flintstone, Dino, Top Cat and Choo-Choo [148] | Wonderland Sydney commercials | |
Cheerios Rocky and Bullwinkle Commercial | Bullwinkle J. Moose and Boris Badenov [149] | Cheerios commercial | |
Minnesota State Lottery Rocky and Bullwinkle Commercial | Bullwinkle J. Moose [150] | Minnesota State Lottery commercial | |
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show | Bullwinkle J. Moose and Boris Badenov | Nickelodeon bumpers | |
The Rocky, Bullwinkle, Underdog, Roger, and George Show | Bullwinkle J. Moose [151] | Cartoon Network bumper | |
Ford Explorer Rocky and Bullwinkle Commercial | Bullwinkle J. Moose [152] | Ford commercial | |
1997 | The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show | Boris Badenov [153] | Cartoon Network bumper |
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show 2 | Bullwinkle J. Moose and Boris Badenov [151] [153] | Cartoon Network bumper | |
The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show 3 | Dudley Do-Right [154] | Cartoon Network bumper | |
Looney Tunes Village | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [102] | Warner Bros. Movie World commercial | |
1998 | Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends | Narrator [155] | Bluebird Toys commercials |
1999 | Game Boy Color with Camera and Printer | Tony the Tiger [156] | Kellogg's commercial |
2000 | Rocky and Bullwinkle's "You Call This A Marathon?" Marathon | Bullwinkle J. Moose, Boris Badenov and The Narrator [151] [153] | Cartoon Network bumpers |
KFC Looney Tunes Chicky Meal Toys | Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck [70] [157] | KFC commercial | |
Road Runner Roller Coaster | Road Runner and Narrator [29] [2] [5] | Warner Bros. Movie World commercial, animated in Hong Kong [2] | |
2001 | Looney Tunes Splash Zone | Bugs Bunny [102] | Warner Bros. Movie World commercial |
2002 | Batman Adventure – The Ride 2 | Narrator [158] | Warner Bros. Movie World commercial |
2004–2006 | Boomerang Australia Bumpers | Bugs Bunny and Narrator [159] [160] [161] | Boomerang bumpers |
2006 | Looney Looney Fool-A-Thon | Narrator [162] [160] | Boomerang bumpers |
2008 | Paddle Pop Moo | Paddle Pop Lion [163] | Streets commercial |
2012 | The Sound Effects of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | Bullwinkle J. Moose [164] | Sound Ideas demo |
The Flintstones Gaming Machine | Fred Flintstone [28] | Adelaide Casino commercial | |
2015 | Aldi: Home of the Lowest Prices, Part II | Robot [165] | Aldi commercial |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1986–present | How Green Was My Cactus | Various voices [166] [167] | Syndicated radio program produced and recorded by Bill Dowling at Top Spots Digital/Sound Kitchen [166] [167] |
2012 | The Looney Tunes Radio Show | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, Tasmanian Devil, Foghorn Leghorn, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Pepé Le Pew and additional voices [168] [169] [170] | Unreleased radio series produced and recorded by Bill Dowling at Top Spots Digital/Sound Kitchen in 1991, part of a promotion of Warner Bros. Movie World [168] [169] [170] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | The Christmas Looney Tunes Classic Collection | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Tasmanian Devil, Foghorn Leghorn and Director [171] | Cassette tape produced in 1991 |
1993 | Australia's Funniest Answering Machine Messages Impersonations by Keith Scott | Bob Hawke, Gough Whitlam, Darryl Eastlake, Andrew Peacock, Kerry Packer, Santa Claus, Elf, John Hewson, John Laws, Ronald Reagan, Derryn Hinch, Kamahl, Sir Joh, Peter Harvey, Malcolm Fraser, Christopher Skase, Paul Keating, John Howard, Bill Clinton and Sean Connery [172] | Cassette tape produced in 1993 |
1999 | Blinky Bill and his "Extraordinary" Christmas Sing-Along! | Various voices [173] | CD produced in 1999 |
2012 | Looney Rock | Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Speedy Gonzales, Marvin the Martian, Foghorn Leghorn and Pepé Le Pew [174] [175] [176] | Unreleased album produced between 1994 and 1995 |
2018 | 21st Century Blues | Himself and various voices [177] [178] | CD produced in 2018 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1969 | My World and Welcome to It | Leonard Otterquist | Episode: "The Mating Dance" |
2004 | Day of Miracles | LA Fireman | Direct-to-video |
The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Keith Scott won three awards in that time. [179]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result (wins only) |
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1978 | Keith Scott | Johnny O'Keefe Encouragement Award | Won |
2010 | Keith Scott | Comedy Act of the Year | Won |
2011 | Keith Scott | Comedy Act of the Year | Won |
Melvin Jerome Blanc was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova and his own short-lived sitcom.
Bugs Bunny is a cartoon character created in the late 1930s at Warner Bros. Cartoons and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his featured roles in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Earlier iterations of the character first appeared in Ben Hardaway's Porky's Hare Hunt (1938) and subsequent shorts before Bugs's definitive characterization debuted in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare (1940). Bob Givens, Chuck Jones, and Robert McKimson are credited for defining Bugs's design.
Daffy Duck is a cartoon character created by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig or Speedy Gonzales. He was one of the first of the new "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1930s to replace traditional everyman characters who were more popular earlier in the decade, such as Mickey Mouse, Porky Pig, and Popeye.
Porky Pig is a cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He was the first character created by the studio to draw audiences based on his star power, and the animators created many critically acclaimed shorts featuring the character. Even after he was supplanted by later characters, Porky continued to be popular with moviegoers and, more importantly, the Warners directors, who recast him in numerous everyman and sidekick roles.
Tweety is a yellow canary in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons. His characteristics are based on Red Skelton's famous "Junior the Mean Widdle Kid." He appeared in 46 cartoons during the golden age, made between 1942 and 1964.
Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical short Fast and Furry-ous. In each episode, the cunning, devious and constantly hungry coyote repeatedly attempts to catch and eat the roadrunner, but is humorously unsuccessful. Instead of using animal instinct, the coyote deploys absurdly complex contraptions to try to catch his prey. They comically backfire, with the coyote often getting injured in slapstick fashion. Many of the items for these contrivances are mail-ordered from a variety of companies implied to be part of the Acme Corporation. TV Guide included Wile E. Coyote in its 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time".
Marvin the Martian is an extraterrestrial character from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. He frequently appears as a villain in cartoons and video games, and wears a Roman soldier's helmet and skirt. The character has been voiced by Mel Blanc, Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen and Eric Bauza, among others.
Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fast, being quick-witted and heroic while speaking with an exaggerated Mexican accent. He usually wears a yellow sombrero, white shirt and trousers, and a red kerchief, similar to that of some traditional Mexican attires. There have been 46 theatrical shorts made either starring or featuring the character.
Sylvester J. Pussycat Sr. is a fictional character, an anthropomorphic cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Most of his appearances have him often chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippety Hopper. He appeared in 103 cartoons in the golden age of American animation, lagging only behind superstars Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Daffy Duck. Three of his cartoons won Academy Awards, the most for any starring a Looney Tunes character: they are Tweetie Pie, Speedy Gonzales, and Birds Anonymous.
Yosemite Sam is a cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of short films produced by Warner Bros. His name is taken from Yosemite National Park in California. He is an adversary of Bugs Bunny and his archenemy alongside Elmer Fudd. He is commonly depicted as a mean-spirited and extremely aggressive, gunslinging outlaw or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs in particular. In cartoons with non-Western themes, he uses various aliases, including "Chilkoot Sam" and "Square-deal Sam" in 14 Carrot Rabbit, "Riff Raff Sam" in Sahara Hare, "Sam Schultz" in Big House Bunny, "Seagoin' Sam" in Buccaneer Bunny, "Shanghai Sam" in Mutiny on the Bunny, "Von Schamm the Hessian" in Bunker Hill Bunny, "Baron Sam von Schpamm" in Dumb Patrol, and many others. During the golden age of American animation, Yosemite Sam appeared as antagonist in 33 animated shorts made between 1945 and 1964.
The Tasmanian Devil, commonly referred to as Taz, is an animated cartoon character featured in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Though the character appeared in only five shorts before Warner Bros. Cartoons shut down in 1964, marketing and television appearances later propelled Taz to new popularity in the 1990s.
Petunia Pig is an animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. She looks much like her significant other, Porky Pig, except that she wears a dress and has pigtailed black hair.
Henery Hawk is an American cartoon character who appears in twelve comedy film shorts produced in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. His first appearance is in the 1942 theatrical release The Squawkin' Hawk, which was directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Leon Schlesinger. Henery's second screen appearance, one directed by Robert McKimson, is in Walky Talky Hawky (1946), which also features the characters Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg in their first cartoon roles. The last Warner Brothers theatrical short to showcase the little chickenhawk is the 1961 release Strangled Eggs in which he co-stars again with Foghorn Leghorn as well as with another popular character of that period, Miss Prissy. Following that production, Henery continued to be seen periodically in other animated presentations such as The Looney Tunes Show and Looney Tunes Cartoons.
Pepé Le Pew is an animated character from the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons, introduced in 1945. Depicted as a French anthropomorphic striped skunk, Pepé is constantly on the quest for love and pursuit of romance but typically his skunk odor causes other characters to run away from him.
Eric Bauza is a Canadian voice actor based in the United States. He is mostly known for voicing several Looney Tunes characters, for which he won two Emmy Awards for his performances in Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024) and Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present). Other notable roles include Puss in Boots in The Adventures of Puss in Boots (2015–2018) and Baby Fozzie in Muppet Babies (2018–2022).
Jeffrey Bergman is an American voice actor who has provided the modern-day voices of various classic cartoon characters, most notably with Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera.
Foghorn Leghorn is an anthropomorphic rooster who appears in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and films from Warner Bros. Animation. He was created by Robert McKimson, and starred in 29 cartoons from 1946 to 1964 in the golden age of American animation. All 29 of these cartoons were directed by McKimson.
Elmer J. Fudd is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series and the archenemy of Bugs Bunny. His aim is to hunt Bugs, but he usually ends up seriously injuring himself and other antagonizing characters. He speaks in an unusual way, replacing his Rs and Ls with Ws, so he often refers to Bugs Bunny as a "scwewy" (screwy) or "wascawwy (rascally) wabbit". Elmer's signature catchphrase is, "Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits", as well as his trademark laughter.
Noel Barton Blanc is an American commercial producer, retired voice actor, and the son of the late cartoon voice actor Mel Blanc.
Looney Tunes Cartoons is an American animated television series developed by Pete Browngardt and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the characters from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. The series made its worldwide debut at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 10, 2019, and premiered on HBO Max on May 27, 2020.
They're posting old clips of we '80s stand-uppers on the quirky Australian comedy-variety show HEY, HEY IT'S SATURDAY! (an earlier one with me from 1990 is below if you scroll). Here's my spot from June 2nd, 1989: Daryl Sommers, the show's host, asked me to reprise a medley of cartoon voices, and I'm glad he did, because way back when Warner Bros. saw this (Mel Blanc died only five weeks later), and within months I was appointed as the official "licensed" voice to do all the Looney Tunes characters in this end of the world, in animated TV ads, on radio, and for theme parks. I had 25 enjoyable years doing the beloved WB cartoon voices, and all because of this TV gig!! At least the voices hold up from 26 years ago (the once-topical political gags work too; however I do fret about a couple of non-PC gags you couldn't do now, but back in the day, no-one blinked).
The traditional rivalry between Coke and Pepsi has become animated. The "flavour drink" brands owned by each company, Coke's Fanta and Pepsi's Mirinda, have an advertising agency in Singapore: enlisted the sales help of some influential characters: cartoon characters to be exact. Fanta has been using Disney characters in its advertising for the past few years, and now, whether by coincidence or not, Mirinda has counter-punched by using the only cartoon heavyweights capable of going toe-to-toe against Disney: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other Looney Tunes luminaries from Warner Bros. The campaign is the largest marketing push ever for Pepsi-Cola International's flavour drink brand, and stems from a US $15 million licensing partnership signed earlier this year between Mirinda and Warner Bros. Mirinda's "Bugs campaign" is running in all corners of the globe where the soft drink is consumed which means just about everywhere except North America, Africa and continental Europe. Mirinda is spending more than US$4.1 million on the campaign this year. What's unusual about the worldwide media blitz is that it originated from an advertising agency in Singapore, Ogilvy & Mather. In the Asia-Pacific region, more than a year ago, Mirinda, a 10-flavour line of soft drinks whose most popular variety is orange, realised that it lacked a strong identity in many countries. "It had had four campaigns in four years, but with very little impact," says regional management supervisor of Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore, Peter Wilken. "There was no brand identity, and no investment in [advertising] except in Thailand. We were charged with getting things moving." A total of six different O&M offices in the region submitted creative ideas for a Mirinda relaunch, after the client had determined to hitch its ad wagon to the Looney Tunes stars. "We tried to think of a creative project that could run regionally, to exploit the Looney Tunes characters, led by Bugs Bunny," says Wilken. BURIED TREASURE: Mirinda ads: classic slapstick from Bugs. Bugs was deemed the Mirinda ads' most universally popular character. ("Elmer Fudd did not test so well," he says.) With advice from Warner Bros. Merchandising in Sydney, O&M's Singapore office came up with a creative strategy revolving around Bugs and friends. The Singapore concepts were chosen because they remained true to the original Warner Bros. cartoon style without letting the sales message get lost in the animated shenanigans. "We wanted to use the originality of the Warner Bros. characters in a way that would distinctly promote Mirinda," says Wilken. "Bugs has been successful for 50 years, so there is substantial borrowed-interest to be had." The agency had a budget of about US $650,000 to produce three cartoons this year, although the third spot will not be produced until late in the year." That's only about one-fifth what it would cost to produce a campaign like this in the US," says senior writer at O&M, Clive Morris. Flix Animation of Sydney, a Warner-approved graphics house, contributed the animation (by Peter Luschwitz). The voice-over artist was also approved by Warner: Keith Scott, a Mel Blanc soundalike who lives in Sydney. The campaign targets children aged 10 to 14, with a secondary appeal to parents, who may have grown up on the classic Looney Tunes cartoons. O&M's creative approach was bound by the strict guidelines which Warner Bros. imposes on the use of Bugs and company, including how the characters are to be paired (for instance, Tweety Bird may not be paired with Wile E. Coyote, and so on). "We made the commercials classic slapstick, 100 per cent visual, with no language barriers," says Morris. "We wanted to make this a Mirinda commercial, not a Bugs commercial." This is reflected in the first two spots. In one, a thirsty Daffy Duck tries to steal Bugs' can of Mirinda, and ends up being handed a stick of dynamite by the crafty Bugs. The final shot features Bugs holding a can of Mirinda rather than his carrot and saying the tagline, "You can't out thinka Mirinda drinker." The other features Yosemite Sam and Bugs, with Sam doing a classic fall off a cliff (after hovering in the air for a couple of beats until he realises that he's no longer standing on solid ground), as he hunts for a buried treasure trove of Mirinda. Both commercials were produced in versions of 15 seconds and 30 seconds, with two versions featuring either a can or bottle of Mirinda. The bottle versions are for such countries as Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, where the product is sold in bottles. The international rollout began in February, when the commercials began to air in Malaysia. This was followed in April by Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore. Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh began in May, with Taiwan, Korea and the Canary Islands in June. The campaign broke in New Zealand in August. South American countries are scheduled to begin running the campaign late this year, Indonesia will begin next year, and there are no exact dates yet for the Middle East. In the Asia-Pacific region, the estimated media expenditure (in US $) is: Thailand, $1 million; Philippines, $600,000; Korea, $700,000; Malaysia, $500,000; Singapore, $250,000; Taiwan, $700,000; Australia, $250,000 and New Zealand, $100,000. In Asia-Pacific, the Bugs relaunch has helped Mirinda boost its sales so far this year by 18 per cent (excluding the Philippines, where the industry is suffering from a 27 per cent price increase). According to a tracking study, advertising awareness and brand awareness for Mirinda are up substantially in each country where the campaign is running. "The campaign is even more successful in countries where the Looney Tunes cartoons themselves are running on TV," says Wilken. He notes that Korea has only recently begun to air Bugs Bunny cartoons, and therefore he "borrowed interest" of the commercials is lower. Yet Wilken says that in Singapore and the Philippines, the target groups of 10-to-14-year-old children have given the commercials an approval rating (in copy testing) of 80 to 90 per cent. "This beats the all-time high established by the successful 7-Up Fido Dido campaign in the Philippines," says Wilken. You can't out thinka Mirinda drinker! The campaign has also seen some public-relations tie-ins, coordinated by O&M PR, in various countries. Earlier this year, the "Mirinda Motorcade" came to Malaysia, Singapore and Bangkok. The motorcade comprises four Looney Tunes cars: the Bugs Bunny Limo, the Daffy Duck Dragster, the Road Runner Rocket and the Sylvester Catillac. In a sense, the cars are Warner Bros.'s version of the famous "BMW Art Cars". During exhibitions in each city, the motorcade includes magic shows, music request booths, photo-taking sessions with Bugs and fellow cartoon stars, children's plays and cartoon shows. The motorcade is sponsored by Mirinda Orange. "This is a model case study of a totally integrated campaign," says Wilken. "It's brand image-led, with aggressive sales-promotion and public relations activities."