Karen

July 9th, 2022 at Hallmark

 

Happy December! ☃️ I thought I would start out the month with a Frosty Fun fact (with help from my friend Jorge Baeza)! Read more about Frosty the Snowman in my hardcover book Rankin/Bass' Frosty the Snowman 50th Anniversary Scrapbook available at www.miserbros.com 🎅 I will be talking more about Rankin/Bass classics on radio and in podcasts this month too ⛄ #frostythesnowman #rankinbassproductions #suzannedavidson

I saw a fan in one of our Rankin/Bass groups, shared an article by a classic TV network that had errors in it about Frosty the snowman. It said June Foray, who I became friends with and interviewed extensively, did the voice of Karen and then was replaced by an unknown actress after a few airings in the early seventies. FALSE: Her original recording as Karen made it onto the MGM soundtrack album, but never made it on to CBS television. She was the voice of the school teacher and some of the school children. This is covered in my books and liner notes to the MGM digipack cd release too. Maybe they did their research on Wikipedia? I have no idea. #Frostythesnowman #Juneforaydonovan ☃️

50!

Sunday Night Art

June Foray Donovan is 99 years old today! A Happy Birthday to a dear friend!

 

The Paul Coker, Jr. design of Karen 

RANKIN/BASS' FROSTY THE SNOWMAN

RANKIN/BASS' FROSTY THE SNOWMAN has been on CBS since it's debut in 1969, scoring big ratings as it did the other night! Then FROSTY RETURNS comes on and viewers go scrambling to other channels...

c. 1969 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

The weather outside is frightful...

c. 1969 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow....

Belly Whopping in the snow!

It is almost BELLY WHOPPING time in CHICAGO!

We are suppose to get snow flurries this weekend and be in the 30s! THANKS for the continued book reservations and DVD orders! Mailing many orders today!