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79-585: The character was originally voiced by Paul Winchell , using a characterization that Winchell would also employ several years later to voice the Smurfs ' nemesis Gargamel . Winchell's facial structures were caricatured in the related character design as well. In subsequent depictions of the character, Dick Dastardly was voiced by Rob Paulsen and by Jim Cummings (the latter of whom was notable for voicing other characters previously voiced by Winchell, including Tigger and Zummi Gummi). Dastardly's catchphrases in

158-613: A Grammy Award for his performance in Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too . Beginning with the television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh , he alternated in the role with Jim Cummings , the current voice of Pooh. Winchell's final performances as Tigger were in 1999 for Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh attraction at Walt Disney World . After that, Jim Cummings permanently took over

237-719: A messenger pigeon , "Yankee Doodle Pigeon", from delivering messages to an opposing army (seemingly American and/or the Triple Entente ), often with the song "Stop the Pigeon" playing. A typical scene shows the Vulture Squadron all converging from different directions on Yankee Doodle Pigeon, only to end up crashing into one another—while the bird remained unharmed. As in Wacky Races , Dastardly continued to fail miserably at his mission, only coming near to success on

316-600: A 1960 motion picture that included a compilation of Three Stooges shorts ( Stop!, Look and Laugh ), and also in the Jerry Lewis movie Which Way to the Front? . Winchell appeared as himself in 1963 in the NBC game show Your First Impression . He appeared in the late 1960s in a sketch on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in as a French ventriloquist named Lucky Pierre , who has the misfortune of having his elderly dummy die of

395-475: A Congressional committee with several other celebrities, including actors Richard Dreyfuss and Ed Asner , and Dr. Heimlich. The committee declined to finance a pilot program for the tilapia aquaculture project in Africa because it required digging wells into non-potable water. Winchell had three children: a son, Stacy Paul Winchell; a daughter, Stephanie, from his first marriage to Dorothy "Dottie" Movitz; and

474-644: A child (known as Dickie) in the short-lived series Yo Yogi! , voiced by Rob Paulsen . In the series he rides a bicycle that resembles the Mean Machine and his clothes resemble his ones from Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines . Dick Dastardly would often come up with various plots which would often backfire on him. The series depicted a roster of both new and returning racers competing against each other. Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect had married and created Perfect Industries,

553-620: A comedy routine, which he then took to the Major Bowes Amateur Hour in 1938, winning first prize. A touring offer, playing various theaters with the Major Bowes Review, was part of the prize. Bandleader Ted Weems saw the young Winchell while on tour; he visited Winchell and made him an offer of employment. Winchell accepted and became a professional at age 14. Winchell's best-known ventriloquist dummies were Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff . Mahoney

632-462: A daughter, April Winchell (the current voice of Clarabelle Cow ), who is a comedian and voice actress, from his second marriage to actress Nina Russel. His third wife was the former Jean Freeman. Winchell's autobiography, Winch (2004), exposed many details of Winchell's life that had previously been kept private, including early stories of an abusive childhood , a long history of depression , and at least one mental breakdown , which resulted in

711-458: A device. The University of Utah School of Medicine developed a similar apparatus around the same time, but when they tried to patent it, Winchell's patents were cited as prior art. Eventually, Winchell donated his heart patents to the university. There is some debate as to how much of Winchell's design Robert Jarvik used in creating the Jarvik-7 . Dr. Heimlich stated, "I saw the heart, I saw

790-445: A double-mask trick by wearing a mask of himself over a mask of Simon Cowell . During the credits, Muttley breaks Dastardly out of prison. Dick Dastardly appeared in the third season of Jellystone! , voiced by Dwight Schultz , in his Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines outfit. Dick Dastardly is the mayor of New Bedrock. Paul Winchell Paul Winchell ( né Wilchinsky ; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005)

869-590: A heart attack in the middle of his act. On Love, American Style , he appeared with fellow ventriloquist Shari Lewis in a sketch about two shy people in a waiting room who choose to introduce themselves to each other through their dummies. Winchell's most successful TV show was Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965–1968), a children's show written by his wife, actress Nina Russel. Winchell played several onscreen characters, including Knucklehead Smiff's father, Bonehead Smiff. He also played himself as friend and adult adviser to Mahoney and Smiff. He also created "Mr. Goody-good,"

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948-480: A home version of the character that included an Ozwald body, creative pencils to draw the eyes and nose, and a "magic mirror" that automatically turned a reflection upside down. In 1948, Winchell and Joseph Dunninger were featured on Floor Show on NBC . Recorded via kinescope and replayed on WNBQ-TV in Chicago, the 8:30–9 p.m. Central Time show on Thursdays was the station's first midweekly program. During

1027-619: A mechanical artificial heart , implantable in the chest cavity (US Patent #3097366 of 1963). Winchell has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television. Born Paul Wilchinsky in New York City on December 21, 1922, he was the son of Solomon Wilchinsky and Clara Fuchs. His father was a tailor. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Congress Poland and Austria-Hungary . At age 6, his legs atrophied after contracting polio . When he

1106-453: A scruffy anthropomorphic dog named Muttley who had a distinctive wheezy laugh, heard most often when Dastardly's schemes failed. Despite Dastardly and Muttley's best efforts, the "double-dealing do-badders", as the opening narration of Wacky Races describes them, failed to win a single race. Dastardly came close to winning on several occasions, but always failed, either through his own actions or bad luck, such as posing for his picture as it

1185-457: A short stint in an institution . The book revealed the bad treatment Winchell had received from his mother for a considerable period, and the mental impact that continued to negatively affect him for decades after his mother's death (Clara Wilchinski died in 1953 when she was only 58 years old, and Paul was 30). The autobiography caused a major estrangement between Winchell and his children, prompting daughter April to publicly defend her mother, who

1264-502: A single occasion. Muttley, despite showing enough competence to win various medals (which Dastardly was constantly threatening to revoke), seemed to delight in Dick's failures, displaying his trademark snickering laugh. In later years, Dastardly and Muttley were the nemeses for Yogi Bear and his friends in the 1980s series Yogi's Treasure Hunt . This time, Dick repeatedly failed at discovering hidden treasure before Yogi and his team. It

1343-516: A surreal character, by painting eyes and a nose on his chin, covering his face with a small costume, then having the camera image inverted. The resulting pinheaded character seemed to have an immensely wide mouth and a highly mobile head. Winchell created this illusion by moving his chin back and forth. The show was produced at KTTV in Los Angeles, which was owned by Metromedia . Winchell started "negotiating with Metromedia in 1970 to syndicate

1422-727: A tour de force, featuring all of the H-B characters) and later on Wake, Rattle and Roll (which was a Wacky Races spinoff). Also on the animated movie Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose , he did the voice of the Dread Baron, who was previously voiced by John Stephenson on the Laff-a-Lympics . Winchell (often with Jerry Mahoney) was a frequent guest panelist on What's My Line? in 1956. (On

1501-554: Is based on the film's villain, Sir Percival Ware-Armitage, played by Terry-Thomas . Dastardly and Muttley flew with two other pilots: Zilly, a coward who would hide in his own clothing when ordered to deploy, and Klunk, the mechanic/inventor, who speaks a language largely composed of strange sounds that only Zilly can understand. Together, they comprised the "Vulture Squadron", presumably working for Germany and Central Powers in World War I . The squadron constantly attempted to stop

1580-629: The American Red Cross . Other devices that he invented and patented included a disposable razor , a blood plasma defroster, a flameless cigarette lighter , a garter belt with no outwardly visible lines, a fountain pen with a retractable tip, and battery-heated gloves. In the 1980s, Winchell's concern about starvation in Africa led him to develop a method to cultivate tilapia in tribal villages and small communities. The fish thrives in brackish waters, which made it particularly well suited for sub-Saharan Africa . Winchell appeared before

1659-523: The Anglo-German naval arms race . The mission was a failure because the Germans attempted to link a "naval holiday" with a British promise to remain neutral if Germany should become engaged in a war where "Germany could not be said to be the aggressor." Zara Steiner says, "It would have meant abandoning the whole system of ententes which had been so carefully nurtured during the past six years. There

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1738-653: The Baghdad Railway , which would help German expansion in the Near East . The coming into being of the entente did not necessarily fix a permanent division into two opposing power blocs. The situation remained flexible. The alignment of the Russian Empire with Europe's two largest power centres was controversial on both sides. Many Russian conservatives distrusted the secular French and recalled British past diplomatic manoeuvres to block Russian influence in

1817-627: The Blue Falcon . He operates a giant airship that is loosely based on his racing vehicle, the Mean Machine . During a scheme to steal the treasure horde left by Alexander the Great in the Greek underworld by use of a dimensional portal, Dastardly lost Muttley in the underworld when the portal was found to be one way only. He then seeks out the three skulls of Cerberus and Scooby-Doo because as

1896-770: The Dual alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary was concluded in October 1879 and with Italy in May 1882. The situation in the Balkans, especially in the wake of the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War and the 1878 Treaty of Berlin , which made Russia feel cheated of its gains made in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78, prevented the League from being renewed in 1887. In an attempt to stop Russia from allying with France, Bismarck signed

1975-706: The Entente cordiale . The Tangier Crisis later encouraged co-operation between the two countries from their mutual fear of apparent German expansionism. Britain, traditionally having control of the seas, by 1909 saw the German navy as a serious threat to its Royal Navy. Britain was well ahead in terms of Dreadnought technology and responded with a major building program. They built a Royal Navy that Germany could never rival. The British sent war minister Lord Haldane to Berlin in February 1912 to reduce friction stemming from

2054-810: The Franco-Prussian War . The alliance also served to oppose such socialist movements as the First International , which the conservative rulers found unsettling. However, the League faced great difficulty with the growing tensions between Russia and Austria-Hungary , mainly over the Balkans , where the rise of nationalism and the continued decline of the Ottoman Empire made many former Ottoman provinces struggle for independence. To counter Russian and French interests in Europe,

2133-1013: The French Third Republic , and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland . It was built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894, the Entente Cordiale of 1904 between France and Britain, and the Anglo-Russian Entente of 1907. It formed a powerful counterweight to the Triple Alliance of the German Empire , the Austro-Hungarian Empire , and the Kingdom of Italy . The Triple Entente, unlike

2212-564: The Near East . In turn, prominent French and British journalists, academics, and parliamentarians found the reactionary tsarist regime distasteful. Mistrust persisted even during wartime, with British and French politicians expressing relief when Tsar Nicholas II abdicated and was replaced by the Russian Provisional Government after the February Revolution in 1917. An offer of political asylum for

2291-418: The 1950s, Winchell hosted children's ( The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show ) and adult programs with his figures for NBC Television, and later for syndication. The NBC Saturday morning program, sponsored by Tootsie Roll , featured a clubhouse motif and a theme song co-written by Winchell and his longtime bandleader and on-air sidekick, Milton Delugg . The theme song was titled "HOORAY, HOORAH" and featured

2370-420: The 305 color segments of the show", but nothing came of it. Finally, "Winchell offered to purchase the tapes outright for $ 100,000. Metromedia responded with an ultimatum...: Agree on a syndication plan or the tapes will be destroyed." When Winchell did not agree, Metromedia carried out with its threat and the tapes were erased and destroyed. Winchell sued Metromedia and in 1986 a jury awarded him "$ 3.8 million for

2449-562: The April 29 episode, in which Winchell was a panelist, the mystery guest was Edgar Bergen ; after his identity was revealed, Jerry Mahoney and Mortimer Snerd carried on a conversation.) Other work included on-camera guest appearances on such series as The Polly Bergen Show ; The Virginian ; The Lucy Show ; Perry Mason ; The Donna Reed Show ; Dan Raven ; The Brady Bunch ; as Homer Winch on The Beverly Hillbillies ; and as Claude Wilbur on The Dick Van Dyke Show . He appeared in

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2528-720: The British under Admiral Limpus, et al., the French, and the Germans to reorganize and modernize the Ottoman armed forces, would come to control the Dardanelles , a vital trade artery that carried two-fifths of Russia's exports. There was also Russia's recent rivalry with Austria-Hungary over the spheres of influence in the Balkans and after the Reinsurance Treaty was not renewed in 1890, Russian leaders grew alarmed at

2607-469: The Professor ( Season 2, Episode 13 ) as a "mean old man" (a puppeteer who had retired into seclusion after losing his wife in an accident). In 1996, Winchell contracted with figure maker Tim Selberg to construct a more contemporary version of Jerry Mahoney, which Winchell described as "Disney-esque". Winchell used the new figure version to pitch a new TV series idea to Michael Eisner. In 2009, Winchell

2686-531: The Red Square. Unfortunately, their prize was simply a piece of red square paper, and not the deed to the Russian capital as the title of 'red square' would imply. In another Fender Bender race (The "Hit 'n' Mississippi 500"), he played on Yogi Bear 's famous catchphrase of being "smarter than the average bear" by claiming to be "smarter than the average cheat". Dick Dastardly (alongside Muttley) appeared as

2765-713: The Russo-Japanese rapprochement. Thus was built the Triple Entente coalition that fought World War I. At the start of World War I in 1914, all three Triple Entente members entered it as Allied Powers against the Central Powers : Germany , Austria-Hungary , the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria . On September 4, 1914, the Triple Entente issued a declaration undertaking not to conclude a separate peace and only to demand terms of peace agreed among

2844-660: The Triple Alliance or the Franco-Russian Alliance itself, was not an alliance of mutual defence. The Franco-Japanese Treaty of 1907 was a key part of building a coalition as France took the lead in creating alliances with Japan, Russia, and (informally) with Britain. Japan wanted to raise a loan in Paris, so France made the loan contingent on a Russo-Japanese agreement and a Japanese guarantee for France's strategically vulnerable possessions in Indochina. Britain encouraged

2923-519: The cartoons were "Muttley, do something!", "Drat, and double drat!" and occasionally "Triple drat!" or "Curses, foiled again!" In Wacky Races , Dastardly was one of the drivers who competed in each episode for first place, in a long and hazard-filled cross-country road rally . As his name implies, Dastardly aimed to win solely through cheating and trickery. His race car, numbered double-zero and named The Mean Machine , featured all sorts of devious traps for him to use against his opponents. As Wacky Races

3002-466: The character of Burger Chef for the fast food chain of the same name, the Scrubbing Bubbles for Dow Chemicals, and Mr. Owl for Tootsie Roll Pops . From 1981 to 1989, Winchell voiced Gargamel on The Smurfs as well as on several Smurfs television movies. During the 1980s, he was called upon by Hanna-Barbera to reprise his role of Dick Dastardly on Yogi's Treasure Hunt (which was

3081-555: The corporate sponsor of the new Wacky Races; their children, Parker and Piper, competed in the race. Dick Dastardly (voiced by Jim Cummings) appears in this and hatches a plan to take them out of the race but has it backfire on himself instead. In the 2017 reboot of Wacky Races it is revealed that the Dick Dastardly who flew in World War I (voiced by Tom Kenny ) was the father of the Dick Dastardly (presumably Dick Jr.) of

3160-667: The country's diplomatic isolation and joined the Franco-Russian Alliance in 1894. France developed a strong bond with Russia by ratifying the Franco-Russian Alliance, which was designed to create a strong counter to the Triple Alliance. France's main concerns were to protect against an attack from Germany and to regain Alsace-Lorraine. In the last decade of the nineteenth century, Britain continued its policy of " splendid isolation ", with its primary focus on defending its massive overseas empire . However, by

3239-404: The decision for war in 1914. But the naval competition nonetheless created an atmosphere of mutual hostility and distrust, which circumscribed the space for peaceful diplomacy and public recognition of shared interests, and helped to pave the twisted road to war in Europe." The Entente, unlike the Triple Alliance and the Franco-Russian Alliance, was not an alliance of mutual defense and so Britain

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3318-479: The dummies, giving the visual effect of gesturing with their hands while "conversing" with each other. He modified two other copies to create Knucklehead Smiff. The original Marshall Jerry Mahoney and one copy of Knucklehead Smiff are in storage at the Smithsonian Institution . The other two figures are in the collection of illusionist David Copperfield . Winchell's first show as a ventriloquist

3397-473: The duo once again appeared in a suped-up version of the Mean Machine as a monster truck called the Dirty Truckster (a pun on the phrase "dirty trickster"), but raced against such Hanna-Barbera stalwarts as Yogi Bear and Quick Draw McGraw . In this series, they were actually able to pull off at least two race wins, one when racing to Russia's 'Red Square' where it was announced that the prize was itself

3476-584: The early 1900s, the German threat had increased dramatically, and Britain thought it was in need of allies. London made overtures to Berlin which were not reciprocated, so London turned to Paris and St. Petersburg instead. In 1904, Britain and France signed a series of agreements, the Entente cordiale , mostly aimed toward resolving colonial disputes. That heralded the end of British splendid isolation. France and Britain had signed five separate agreements regarding spheres of influence in North Africa in 1904,

3555-591: The escalating military development of Germany, began building up its own war industries and army to deter German aggression. Russia had previously been a member of the League of the Three Emperors , an alliance in 1873 with Austria-Hungary and Germany. The alliance was part of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck 's plan to isolate France diplomatically; he feared that France's revanchist aspirations might lead it to attempt to regain its 1871 losses stemming from

3634-728: The final season in 1990. Winchell provided the voices of Sam-I-Am and the unnamed character Sam pesters in Green Eggs and Ham from the animated television special Dr. Seuss on the Loose in 1973. He played Fleabag on The Oddball Couple , Fearless Freddy the Shark Hunter on the Pink Panther spinoff Misterjaw in 1976, as well as a number of one-shot characters in The Blue Racer series. In commercials, he voiced

3713-428: The finish line first without cheating, but chose not to win and let the other racers finish before him, as he did not want to win fairly.) Dick Dastardly (actually Dick Dastardly Sr.; see below) continued his villainous career in the Wacky Races spin-off Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines . The series was inspired by the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and Dastardly's appearance

3792-541: The humiliating Russo-Japanese War , a cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905 , and the apparent transformation into a constitutional monarchy. Although it was perceived as useless during the war with Japan , the alliance was valuable in the European theatre to counteract the threat of the Triple Alliance. Tomaszewski describes the evolution of the triple entente relationship from the Russian standpoint during

3871-523: The judges gave the win to Dastardly – however – to Dastardly's horror. He won by due to the sudden shift in his personality, such as saying nicer things to other racers and not cheating. The event also involved race, which Dastardly of course lost, though it had no effect on who won the trophy. In the episode "Grandfather Knows Dast", the original Dick Dastardly (World War I flying ace) rides with Dick Dastardly III, and chastises Dick Dastardly III for cheating instead of winning and ultimately causes them to lose

3950-470: The last descendant of Peritas , Alexander's dog, he is the key to opening the gates to the Underworld and reuniting with Muttley; though at the cost of unleashing Cerberus onto the world. After achieving this, Dastardly and Muttley try to escape with treasure, but are captured by the reformed Rottens and taken into custody by Blue Falcon, Dynomutt , and Dee Dee Skyes . During his capture, Dick attempts

4029-428: The late 1950s to the mid 1970s, such as Perry Mason , The Dick Van Dyke Show , McMillan & Wife , The Brady Bunch , The Donna Reed Show , and appearances as Homer Winch on The Beverly Hillbillies . In animation, Winchell was the original voice of Tigger , Dick Dastardly , Gargamel , Scrubbing Bubbles, and other characters. He also had medical training and became the first person to build and patent

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4108-456: The original Wacky Races . In the new version, Dick Jr.'s son/descendant, Dick Dastardly III, technically wins in the episode "Sister Twister" – winning the "Great Sportsman of the Year" trophy after he made a bet with Peter Perfect that involved him being nice and not cheating for once. He won due to Pandora Pitstop disguising herself as Penelope Pitstop who proceeded to act unsportmans-like and so

4187-416: The past without punishment (and indeed the original footage showed that Dastardly had not extended the nose of his car). In another episode, The Mean Machine accidentally crossed the finish line first, but Dick was still disqualified; due to a series of crazy vehicle mix-ups, Dastardly and Muttley were in the wrong car! It seemed likely that if Dastardly had not bothered to cheat, he might have won many of

4266-668: The patent, and I saw the letters. The basic principle used in Winchell's heart and Jarvik's heart is exactly the same." Jarvik denied that any of Winchell's design elements were incorporated into his device, which was first successfully implanted in Barney Clark in 1982. Winchell established more medical patents while working on projects for the Leukemia Society (now known as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ) and

4345-446: The period 1908 to 1914 as a progression from a shaky set of understandings that withstood various crises and emerged as a fully-fledged alliance after the outbreak of World War I. In 1907, the Anglo-Russian Entente was agreed, which attempted to resolve a series of long-running disputes over Persia , Afghanistan and Tibet and end their rivalry in Central Asia , nicknamed The Great Game . and helped to address British fears about

4424-418: The production of this movie Winchell was 75 years old). Tom Kenny and Peter Woodward took on the role of Dick Dastardly and Hank Azaria , Rainn Wilson , and Mark Irons took on the role of Gargamel. Triple Entente The Triple Entente (from French entente [ɑ̃tɑ̃t] meaning "friendship, understanding, agreement") describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire ,

4503-464: The race just as they were about to win. Dick Dastardly is the main antagonist in the animated Scooby-Doo film Scoob! , voiced by Jason Isaacs . This version of Dick lacks the hat and goggles he usually wears, and his overcoat is now a dark purple long coat. According to his police report, this version of Dastardly is 6' 5", 295lbs. He is also depicted as more of a supervillain than a racer, having robotic minions called Rottens and being an enemy of

4582-438: The races fairly. The Mean Machine was the fastest car on the grid (indeed, in many races, he would take the lead before stopping to set traps for the other drivers), and Dastardly's driving ability was often shown to be superior to the other racers. Alas, Dick seemed bound to a code similar to that of wrestler Gorgeous George : "Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat!" (In fact, in one episode he came close to crossing

4661-447: The role of Tigger, starting with Sing a Song with Pooh Bear in 1999 (though some of Winchell's vocals from previous Pooh animations were included). Other Disney roles included parts in The Aristocats as a Siamese cat named Shun Gon, and The Fox and the Hound as Boomer the woodpecker. He was also the original voice of Zummi Gummi on the TV series Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears for seasons 1–5; Jim Cummings took over for

4740-405: The secret Reinsurance Treaty with Russia in 1887. This treaty assured that both parties would remain neutral if war broke out. The growing rapprochement between Russia and France and Bismarck's exclusion of Russia from the German financial market in 1887 prevented the treaty from being renewed in 1890, ending the alliance between Germany and Russia. After the forced resignation of Bismarck in 1890,

4819-482: The secret password "SCOTTY WOTTY DOO DOO". An ending song titled "Friends, Friends, Friends" was sung by the children in the audience. In October 1956, Winchell moved to ABC , hosting Circus Time on Thursday evening for one season before returning to Winchell-Mahoney on Sunday afternoons. On one episode in late 1959, The Three Stooges appeared on the show to promote their joint feature film venture, Stop, Look and Laugh . Winchell made an appearance on Nanny and

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4898-445: The three parties. Historians continue to debate the importance of the alliance system as one of the causes of World War I . During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, Prussia and its allies defeated the Second French Empire , resulting in the establishment of the Third Republic. In the Treaty of Frankfurt , Prussia forced France to cede Alsace-Lorraine to the new German Empire , souring subsequent relations. France, worried about

4977-549: The value of the tapes and $ 14 million in punitive damages against Metromedia." Metromedia appealed the award all the way to the Supreme Court but was unsuccessful. Winchell's last regular on-camera TV appearances working with his puppets were Storybook Squares , a children's version of the adult celebrity game show Hollywood Squares , which was seen Saturday mornings on NBC during the 1969 TV season, and Runaround , another children's TV game show seen Saturday mornings on NBC from September 1972 to September 1973. Winchell

5056-455: The voice of Bubi Bear in Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! in 1971, Revs on Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch , Moe on The Robonic Stooges , and Shake on The CB Bears . In 1973, he did the voice of Goober the Dog on the H-B show Goober and the Ghost Chasers and also guest starred as the rain-making villain on an episode of Hong Kong Phooey . For Disney , Winchell voiced Tigger in Disney 's Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes, and won

5135-426: The young Kaiser Wilhelm set out on his imperialist course of Weltpolitik ("world politics") to increase the empire's influence in and control over the world. Russia had by far the largest manpower reserves of all the six European powers, but it was also the most backward economically. Russia shared France's worries about Germany. Additionally, the Russians feared that the Ottomans, who had received assistance from

5214-399: Was 12 or 13, he came across a magazine advertisement offering a ventriloquism kit for ten cents. Back at school , he asked his art teacher, Jero Magon, if he could receive class credit for creating a ventriloquist's dummy. Magon was agreeable, and Winchell thanked him by naming his creation Jerry Mahoney. Winchell went back to reading magazines, gathering jokes from them and putting together

5293-428: Was a photo finish , stopping to sign an autograph for Muttley, and having Muttley sabotage his own vehicle (Dick told the hound to "stop the winning car"). On one occasion, Dastardly did cross the finish line in first place, but was revealed to have extended the nose of his car at the last moment, and was disqualified in favor of Penelope Pitstop; this despite the fact that other characters had pulled similar stunts in

5372-429: Was a pre-med student at Columbia University . He graduated from The Acupuncture Research College of Los Angeles in 1974 and became an acupuncturist. He also worked as a medical hypnotist at the Gibbs Institute in Hollywood. He owned more than 30 patents in his lifetime. He invented an artificial heart with the assistance of Dr. Henry Heimlich (inventor of the Heimlich maneuver ) and held an early US patent for such

5451-408: Was a very troubled and unhappy man. If there is another place after this one, it is my hope that he now has the peace that eluded him on earth. Jim Cummings took on the role of Tigger full-time starting with The Tigger Movie (2000) after Winchell was rejected by the studio as it thought at that time that his voice and energy sounded and felt too old for the role of the character (at the time of

5530-440: Was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1954, he hosted The Paul Winchell Show , which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC : The Speidel Show , and What's My Name? . From 1965 to 1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series Winchell-Mahoney Time . He made guest appearances on television series from

5609-400: Was carved by Chicago-based figure maker Frank Marshall . Sometime later Winchell had basswood copies of Jerry's head made by a commercial duplicating service. One became the upgraded Jerry Mahoney that is seen primarily throughout Winchell's television career. The television versions of Jerry and Knucklehead also featured Winchell's innovation of actors slipping their hands into the sleeves of

5688-476: Was estranged from his children, and they were not immediately informed of his death. Upon learning of it, April posted an entry on her website: I got a phone call a few minutes ago, telling me that my father passed away yesterday. A source close to my dad, or at least, closer than I was, decided to tell me himself, instead of letting me find out on the news, which I appreciate. Apparently a decision had been made not to tell me, or my father's other children. My father

5767-521: Was featured in the comedy documentary I'm No Dummy , directed by Bryan W. Simon . Winchell's career after 1968 included various voice roles for animated television series. For Hanna-Barbera , he played the character Dick Dastardly in multiple series (including Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines ); Clyde and Softy on Wacky Races and The Perils of Penelope Pitstop ; Fleegle on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour ; and Gargamel on The Smurfs . He also provided

5846-555: Was free to make its own foreign policy decisions in 1914. As British Foreign Office Official Eyre Crowe minuted, "The fundamental fact, of course, is that the Entente is not an alliance. For purposes of ultimate emergencies, it may be found to have no substance at all. For the Entente is nothing more than a frame of mind, a view of general policy which is shared by the governments of two countries, but which may be, or become, so vague as to lose all content". Russia had also recently lost

5925-475: Was in this series' episode Yogi's Heroes that Dick's full name was revealed; as the leader of an island named Dicaragua, he introduced himself as Richard Milhous Dastardly (a play on former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon ). One episode shows that Dastardly and Muttley are the greediest creatures in the world. Dick Dastardly and Muttley were in the "Fender Bender 500" shorts on the early 1990s short-lived series Wake, Rattle, and Roll . In those segments,

6004-436: Was inspired by the film The Great Race , so was Dastardly derived from the film's chief villain, Professor Fate, played by Jack Lemmon . Dastardly in this series wore old-fashioned racer's gear — a long blue duster overcoat often worn by early motorists, along with long red gloves , a large striped hat with driving goggles attached, and sporting a handlebar mustache. Dastardly was aided in his schemes by his sidekick,

6083-694: Was negatively portrayed in the book. After writing in God 2000: Religion Without the Bible (1982) that religion brought more chaos to humanity than any "other invention of man", Winchell expressed deist opinions within his 2004 book Protect God . Winchell died on June 24, 2005, at the age of 82, from natural causes in his sleep at his home in Moorpark, California . He was survived by his wife, his children, and three grandchildren. His remains were cremated , and his ashes scattered over his home property. Winchell

6162-419: Was no German concession to counter the fear of German aggression." Essentially, the British reserved the right to join whatever country was attacking Germany even if Germany did not start the conflict, dooming the talks to failure. According to German historian Dirk Bönker, "To be sure, the [naval] race was decided early on; political leaders and diplomats learned to bracket it as an issue, and it did not cause

6241-476: Was on radio with Jerry Mahoney in 1943. The program was short-lived, however, as he was overshadowed by Edgar Bergen . Winchell also created Ozwald , a character that resembled Humpty Dumpty . The effect was accomplished by painting eyes and a nose on his chin, then adding a "body" covering the rest of his face, and finally electronically turning the camera image upside down. In 1961, Berwin Novelties introduced

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