Hat tip to George Kelley.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Dick Tufeld, R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: Dick Tufeld, who possessed one of Hollywood’s most often-heard disembodied voices, especially from the 1950s through the 1970s, announcing or narrating television shows like “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” and commercials for products like Mr. Bubble bubble bath and Gallo wine, but who was best known for his electronic intonations as the robot in the loopy science-fiction series “Lost in Space,” died on Sunday at his home in the Studio City section of Los Angeles. He was 85.
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A fine personal recollection of Mr. Turfeld by TV writer/blogger/wit Ken Levine here:
http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2012/01/rip-dick-tufeld.html
You might also be interested in several pieces that Mark Evanier did on Dick Tufeld's passing:
http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/01/23/dick-tufeld-r-i-p/
http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/01/23/more-on-dick-tufeld/
http://www.newsfromme.com/2012/01/25/still-more-about-dick-tufeld/
Mark was quite "irritated" by the fixation that so many people had with Dick's work as the Robot on "Lost In Space" which was really such a small part of his career (three seasons and probably no more than a few hours per season; probably less if they simply reused the same recording of "Danger Will Robinson, danger" every time).
Who can ever forget: "Danger, Will Robinsin!"
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