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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, Quality casting as Blackhawk

Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 3h

I can recall Timer's voice so well - this was actually the 2nd voice actor, Lennie Weinrib. I did this frozen OJ thing (but we had plastic sleeves and reuseable plastic handles from a store)

Thanks Kay

Kay Profundo @unicornosis.bsky.social · 3h

I thought it was Lennie Weinrib (the original voice for Scrappy-Doo)

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 3h

I seems like there were 2 voice actors for Timer. By the time of the ABC edu-mmercials it was Lennie Weinrib.

A great and memorable voice, extoling use to eat cheese and crackers, or a bit of frozen OJ

Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 3h

And for dessert? A little Sunshine on a Stick!

*Timer, animated by DePatie Freleng, and voiced by Lenny Maxwell (who was also the voice of Punchy, the Hawaiian Punch mascot. Oh yeah)

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 3h

You might be right! Len Maxwell may be the original voice actor, but by this time there was a new voice actor - Lennie Weinrib!

Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 3h

A loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter

1972 I can Remember from Sesame Street by Jim Simon's Wantu Animation.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 3h

And for dessert? A little Sunshine on a Stick!

*Timer, animated by DePatie Freleng, and voiced by Lenny Maxwell (who was also the voice of Punchy, the Hawaiian Punch mascot. Oh yeah)

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 4h

Oh! that nightmarish monster! My bet is the sword was stolen by Brunhilde - look at rhose close-set eyes! Got criminal written all over her /s

Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 4h

Avast and Enjoy Captain Crunch

Jay Ward Productions did the original 1963 animated commercials - the character was acually created by 23 year old Allan Burns, who later co-created the Mary Tyler Moore Show. What a great design. He got paid $1000 for the it.

When did Captain Crunch lose his sword?

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 4h

Wow ... they really did not like the 2011 Captain America movie.

To be fair, Captain Crunch is pretty boss.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 4h

Ha! You earn a Touché Turtle for that!

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 4h

I get flagged on a regular basis. Its bizarre and I
wish the pearl clutching fig leaf brigade that oversees the algorithm would tone it own - but 2025 has enough issues, so I just mock it when silly flagging hapens.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 6h

Right. Its partly honest food labeling and industry lobbies
A few years back the dairy industry took umbrage at nut milk. We should be able to have nouns do this kind of broadstrokes differentiation.

Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 6h

Thats cool! I grew up with the earlier Ultraman (who haf a beta capsule). 2 rings, 2 people, usually 2 genders.

Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 6h

Wait? a 1970s Hanna Barbera cartoon getting tagged as Adult Content?

I guess one of the nuns who run moderation thinks Thing Ring is a sex aid.

Daniel of Evil Breakfast Studios @ebstudios42.bsky.social · 8h

There's also the "Thing Rings," which are one of the more weirder elements from the Hanna-Barbera library for the solo cartoon of The Thing.

Just... So damn weird.

youtu.be/cUSuPvkADDE?...

Thing Ring Do Your Thing

YouTube video by zazelby

youtu.be

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 6h

1 person clanging 2 rings together gets used later by DC comics to let Dan the Dyna-mite power-up without TNT as well!

Also funny this got tagged as adult content. 😀

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 11h

They absolutely did, and Shazzan / Shazam cannot be a coincidence. This was that time when Shazam was essentially a forgotten property, years before DC licensed it.

The voice cast is nicely familiar though, with the same voices as Josie and Alan from Josie and the Pussycats.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 12h

The Thinker is the first one that comes to mind, followed by No, not the Gesundheit!

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 12h

Does the 'needs 2 to use' predate even TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite?

I don't think so, except in the general idea of things needing sign and countersign, or two keys to open a vault or a safe deposit box. In modern times, I think of needing two keys to arm the missiles.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 12h

Daily Hanna Barbera Bonus

While "Wondertwins Powers! Activate" is the best known case of 'needs 2 to use', it didn't originate in Superfriends (1977), or Shazzan (1967)

A similar (non-sibling) version goes back to Mort Weisinger's TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite in Star Spangled Comics 7 (1942)

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 12h

Daily Hanna Barbera

WonderTwin Powers! Activate ... er, not quite

The 1967 Alex Toth created show Shazzan (1967) has a very similar element, where Chuck and his sister Nancy, must put their fists together to complete a ring to summon the genie.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 13h

The cat really doesn't have a name, but is referenced as "The Supreme Cat" but I like McKimson Cat. Same thing with the dog as just McKimson Dog.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 13h

The 'joke' was that the cat would spin a wheel of penalties, which had a filing cabinet to match the number to things like 'Gesundheit' or 'Roll out the Barrel'

They were directed by Robert McKimson, who did great stuff like Hillbilly Hare and The Hole Idea.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no! Not the ...

Gotta say, the bulldog with the wheel of penalties and the cat cartoons were a bridge too far for me. The Itchy and Scratchy of its day.

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 1d

Dance like no one is watching

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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 1d

Flex Mentallo

Charles Atlas Ltd broight a trademark suit on DC about the character but it was dismissed as legally protected parody

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