| “ | Heavens to Murgatroyd! | „ |
| ~ Snagglepuss's famous catchphrase. |
Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959, a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by the late Daws Butler and Greg Burson, he is currently voiced by Jeff Bergman. He is best known for phrases such as "Exit, stage left!" and "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" Snagglepuss was originally known as "Snaggletooth" (a pink lion precursor). By 2021, he is voiced by Dana Snyder.
Character
Butler's voice characterization is reminiscent of the more soft-spoken aspect of Bert Lahr's broad-ranging characterizations, specifically the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz. (Coincidentally, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera headed the MGM cartoon studio on the Tom and Jerry anthology before opening Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1957.)
History
Snagglepuss has three signature catchphrases. Before dashing off (whether to escape or for some other reason), he exclaims "Exit, stage left!" (or stage right, and sometimes even up or down), a phrase used in theatrical stage directions. Snagglepuss typically appends the adverbial focus particle "... even" to seemingly every phrase. His most famous is his perpetual exclamation, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" - a line first uttered by Bert Lahr in the 1944 film Meet the People.
Crossover Appearances
When the character of Snagglepuss was used for a series of Kellogg's cereal television commercials in the 1960s, Lahr filed a lawsuit, claiming that the similarity of the Snagglepuss voice to his own might cause viewers to falsely conclude that Lahr was endorsing the product. As part of the settlement, the disclaimer "Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler" was required to appear on each commercial, thus making Butler one of the few voice artists to receive a screen credit in a TV commercial.
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See Also
- Snagglepuss on the Villains Wiki
- Snagglepuss on the Laff-a-Lympics Wiki
- Snagglepuss on the Hokey Wolf Wiki
- Snagglepuss on the Yogi Bear Wiki
- Snagglepuss on the Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy Wiki
- Snagglepuss on the Hanna-Barbera Wiki
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