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personality. His polished <a href="/wiki/Baritone" title="Baritone">baritone</a> speaking voice generally offered deadpan recitations of total nonsense, which he frequently demonstrated as the announcer on <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i>. Owens was equally proficient in straight or silly assignments and was frequently heard on television and radio as well as in commercials. </p><p>He was best known, aside from being the announcer on <i>Laugh-In</i>, for providing the voices of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost" title="Space Ghost">titular superhero</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost_(TV_series)" title="Space Ghost (TV series)">Space Ghost</a></i> and of Blue Falcon in <i><a href="/wiki/Dynomutt,_Dog_Wonder" title="Dynomutt, Dog Wonder">Dynomutt, Dog Wonder</a></i>. He also played himself in a cameo appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost_Coast_to_Coast" title="Space Ghost Coast to Coast">Space Ghost Coast to Coast</a></i> in 1998. Owens' first cartoon-voice acting was performing the voice of Roger Ramjet on the <i><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ramjet" title="Roger Ramjet">Roger Ramjet</a></i> cartoons.<sup id="cite_ref-bcdb_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bcdb-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later served as announcer of <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">Antenna TV</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owens was born in <a href="/wiki/Mitchell,_South_Dakota" title="Mitchell, South Dakota">Mitchell, South Dakota</a>, the son of Venetta Clark Altman, an educator and county auditor, and Bernard Joseph Altman, a county treasurer and sheriff.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Haley_and_Gary_Owens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Jack_Haley_and_Gary_Owens.jpg/220px-Jack_Haley_and_Gary_Owens.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Jack_Haley_and_Gary_Owens.jpg/330px-Jack_Haley_and_Gary_Owens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Jack_Haley_and_Gary_Owens.jpg/440px-Jack_Haley_and_Gary_Owens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1667" data-file-height="1353" /></a><figcaption> Gary Owens and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Haley" title="Jack Haley">Jack Haley</a>, 1979.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="14" data-mwtitle="Gary_Owens_-_Am_1490_KORN_Legal_ID.ogg" data-mwprovider="local" resource="/wiki/File:Gary_Owens_-_Am_1490_KORN_Legal_ID.ogg"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/6/6f/Gary_Owens_-_Am_1490_KORN_Legal_ID.ogg/Gary_Owens_-_Am_1490_KORN_Legal_ID.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Gary_Owens_-_Am_1490_KORN_Legal_ID.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption>Audio clip of Gary Owens as News Director at <a href="/wiki/KORN_(AM)" title="KORN (AM)">AM 1490 KORN</a> in Mitchell, South Dakota, early to mid-1950s.</figcaption></figure> <p>Owens started his radio career in 1952 as a news reporter at <a href="/wiki/KORN_(AM)" title="KORN (AM)">KORN</a> in Mitchell, South Dakota, and two years later was promoted to news director. In 1956, he left KORN for a newscaster job at <a href="/wiki/KMA_(AM)" title="KMA (AM)">KMA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah,_Iowa" title="Shenandoah, Iowa">Shenandoah, Iowa</a>, before moving on to a <a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">disc jockey</a> job at <a href="/wiki/KOIL" title="KOIL">KOIL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>. He also worked in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, and at <a href="/wiki/KKSE_(AM)" title="KKSE (AM)">KIMN</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> before relocating to California in 1959, working at <a href="/wiki/KCVV" title="KCVV">KROY</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a> and <a href="/wiki/KKSF_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KKSF (AM)">KEWB</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland</a> before finally settling in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owens moved to KEWB's <a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">sister station</a> 980 <a href="/wiki/KFWB" title="KFWB">KFWB</a> in Los Angeles in 1961. From there, he joined the staff of 710 <a href="/wiki/KSPN_(AM)" title="KSPN (AM)">KMPC</a> in 1962, where he remained for the next two decades, replacing previous afternoon host <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Grant_(radio_personality)" title="Johnny Grant (radio personality)">Johnny Grant</a>, working the 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. shift Monday through Friday. A gifted punster, Owens became known for his surrealistic humor. Among his trademarks were daily appearances by "The Story Lady" (played by <a href="/wiki/Joan_Gerber" title="Joan Gerber">Joan Gerber</a>); the Rumor of the Day; myriad varieties of "The Nurney Song"; and the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Nonsense_word" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonsense word">nonsense word</a> "insegrevious", which was briefly included in the <a href="/wiki/Funk_%26_Wagnalls" title="Funk & Wagnalls">Funk & Wagnalls</a> Dictionary. </p><p>His regular on-air radio terms included "krenellemuffin", as in "We'll be back in just a krenellemuffin." Gary always credited his radio engineer at the end of his broadcast: "I'd like to thank my engineer, Wayne Doo, for creebling at the turntables" (referring to KMPC engineer Wayne DuBois). He also created the previously non-existent colors "veister" and "krelb". </p><p>In the early 1960s, like punster-TV star comic colleagues <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Kovacs" title="Ernie Kovacs">Ernie Kovacs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Allen" title="Steve Allen">Steve Allen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Winters" title="Jonathan Winters">Jonathan Winters</a>, Owens created a few comic characters of his own, such as the gruff old man Earl C. Festoon and his wife Phoebe Festoon, the stuffy old businessman Endocrine J. Sternwallow, and the goofy good ol' boy, Merle Clyde Gumpf. Another character was crotchety old cantankerous Mergenthaler Waisleywillow. </p><p>Owens also did amusing radio promotions, such as sending in for "Yours", which turned out to be a postcard from him at the radio station which simply said "Yours" on it; autographed pictures of the <a href="/wiki/Interstate_110_and_State_Route_110_(California)" title="Interstate 110 and State Route 110 (California)">Harbor Freeway</a> in Los Angeles; and his famous "Moo Cow Report", in which Gary and his character Earl C. Festoon would describe where cows were moving inbound on the crowded freeways of Los Angeles. </p><p>During this time Owens was also known as "Superbeard", because like his contemporary radio icon <a href="/wiki/Wolfman_Jack" title="Wolfman Jack">Wolfman Jack</a>, he sported a goatee-beard, Hawaiian shirts, baggy Bermuda shorts, and his "1941 wide necktie with a hula girl on it". Often during these comedy sketches on the air, he would have the assistance of other radio comics, most notably <a href="/wiki/Bob_Arbogast" title="Bob Arbogast">Bob Arbogast</a> (known as "Arbo" to his fans), Stan Ross (of "Drowning in the Surf" fame in 1963), and Jim "Weather Eyes" Hawthorne. </p><p>Owens appeared on eight episodes of the 1966-67 television series <i><a href="/wiki/Green_Hornet" title="Green Hornet">The Green Hornet</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Owens also did his famous "Good Evening Kiss" on KMPC when he was on from 9 p.m. to midnight, by saying, "Now I'll just snuggle up to a nice warm microphone, and <i>embracemoi</i>", making a big wet kiss sound effect followed by the sound effect of a gong striking. In 1966, Owens collaborated with Bob Arbogast, <a href="/wiki/June_Foray" title="June Foray">June Foray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daws_Butler" title="Daws Butler">Daws Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Frees" title="Paul Frees">Paul Frees</a>, and others on a comedy spoof record album titled <i>Sunday Morning With the Funnies</i> with the Jimmy Haskell Orchestra on Reprise Records. </p><p>During this period, Owens became more widely known as the voice of the eponymous television cartoon characters in <i><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ramjet" title="Roger Ramjet">Roger Ramjet</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost" title="Space Ghost">Space Ghost</a></i>; the excitable narrator/announcer from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Perils_of_Penelope_Pitstop" title="The Perils of Penelope Pitstop">The Perils of Penelope Pitstop</a></i>; and perhaps most well-known, as the hand-on-the-ear announcer in the booth on <i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i>, all the while continuing his show on KMPC. He also hosted its daily game show spin-off, <i><a href="/wiki/Letters_to_Laugh-In" title="Letters to Laugh-In">Letters to Laugh-In</a></i>, during its brief run in 1969. </p><p>Capitalizing on Owens' <i>Laugh-In</i> fame, <a href="/wiki/Mel_Blanc" title="Mel Blanc">Mel Blanc Audiomedia</a>, an audio production company based in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Beverly Hills">Beverly Hills</a>, developed and marketed <i>The Gary Owens Special Report</i>, a 260-episode package of syndicated radio comedy shows. </p><p>Owens appeared in the <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> pilots in a sketch called "The Man from Alphabet" as the title character, a bumbling spy in a trench coat who, with the help of a young paperboy called H.B., tried to catch the villainous Digby Dropout and his henchman Dunce using clues from H.B.'s "Alphabet Book". Initially, the Man was also to have had a chief, "Teacher". The segments were created by <i>Sesame Street</i> executive producer David Connell and referenced such tongue-in-cheek spy series as <i><a href="/wiki/Get_Smart" title="Get Smart">Get Smart</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E." title="The Man from U.N.C.L.E.">The Man from U.N.C.L.E.</a></i>. Despite the advance publicity, and Connell's investment in the series, "The Man from Alphabet" proved to be a failure with test audiences. The Man from Alphabet's constant bungling and problem-solving attempts confused kids and the lessons never came across. H.B.'s role as the true problem-solver was not clearly understood, a fact exacerbated by the child actor's stilted delivery and poor diction. As assessed by Edward L. Palmer, "The amount of truly effective educational content, relative to our goals, is virtual nil." After reviewing the test results, producer Connell advised that the segments be shelved, referring to them as "Connell's Folly". The segments never aired on <i>Sesame Street</i>. </p><p>Owens was a scriptwriter for <a href="/wiki/Jay_Ward_Productions" title="Jay Ward Productions">Jay Ward Productions</a>, appeared in many series for <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a>, and did over 30,000 commercials. He was also a guest star on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Munsters" title="The Munsters">The Munsters</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jeannie" title="I Dream of Jeannie">I Dream of Jeannie</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/McHale%27s_Navy" title="McHale's Navy">McHale's Navy</a></i>. </p><p>During the late 1960s, when the films of 1930s comedians such as the <a href="/wiki/Marx_Brothers" title="Marx Brothers">Marx Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/W._C._Fields" title="W. C. Fields">W. C. Fields</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mae_West" title="Mae West">Mae West</a> were finding a new audience, Owens narrated phonograph records containing sound clips from the films. </p><p>Owens appeared as the racing correspondent in Disney's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Bug" title="The Love Bug">The Love Bug</a></i> (1968). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972, he released the comedy LP <i>Put Your Head On My Finger</i> for the MGM-Pride label. </p><p>In 1973, Owens wrote <i>The (What to Do While You're Holding the) Phone Book</i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87477-015-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-87477-015-7">0-87477-015-7</a>), a comedic look at the history of the telephone, and appeared in the first season of <i>Barnaby Jones</i>, in the episode titled "Twenty Million Alibis", playing the role of Gary Michaels. </p><p>On the live album <i><a href="/wiki/Uptown_Rulers:_The_Meters_live_on_the_Queen_Mary" title="Uptown Rulers: The Meters live on the Queen Mary">Uptown Rulers</a></i> by the funk band <a href="/wiki/The_Meters" title="The Meters">The Meters</a>, Owens can be heard on the first track introducing the band. The live recording took place on March 24, 1975, at <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linda_McCartney" title="Linda McCartney">Linda McCartney</a>'s release party for the <i><a href="/wiki/Venus_and_Mars_(Wings_album)" title="Venus and Mars (Wings album)">Venus and Mars</a></i> album held aboard the <a href="/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary" title="RMS Queen Mary">RMS <i>Queen Mary</i></a>. </p><p>Owens did the humorous news blurbs that are interspersed throughout the 1975 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Second_Avenue" title="The Prisoner of Second Avenue">The Prisoner of Second Avenue</a></i>. In 1976–77, he hosted the first season of the nighttime version of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gong_Show" title="The Gong Show">The Gong Show</a></i>; he was replaced by the show's creator, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Barris" title="Chuck Barris">Chuck Barris</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In that same year, Owens became the voice of a new cartoon character, the Blue Falcon, a character who fought crime in fictional Big City with the "help" of his clumsy sidekick, Dynomutt, also known as <i><a href="/wiki/Dynomutt,_Dog_Wonder" title="Dynomutt, Dog Wonder">Dynomutt, Dog Wonder</a></i>. The series was a parody of <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a>, specifically the live-action version starring <a href="/wiki/Adam_West" title="Adam West">Adam West</a>. It was not uncommon to see the Blue Falcon use various "falcon gadgets", much like Batman used various "Bat-Equipment" items. The falcon belt was used in a similar fashion to Batman's utility belt with an endless supply of weapons and other devices. Owens would provide the voice of the Blue Falcon from 1976 through 1977 in 20 half-hour episodes. The 1977 episodes were broken into two parts that ran 11 minutes each — 16 episodes in 1976 and four in 1977. Also, he narrated <i><a href="/wiki/Yogi%27s_Space_Race" title="Yogi's Space Race">Yogi's Space Race</a></i> in 1978 and announced for Disney's Wonderful World, starting in 1979. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owens received a <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> Star in 1980, between those of <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney" title="Walt Disney">Walt Disney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Betty_White" title="Betty White">Betty White</a>. On August 30, 1983, Owens emceed the unveiling ceremony for the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star for <a href="/wiki/The_Three_Stooges" title="The Three Stooges">The Three Stooges</a>. Owens, a long-time friend of the Stooges, had been a major driving force in helping the Stooges get the Star. The ceremony was featured on <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Tonight" title="Entertainment Tonight">Entertainment Tonight</a></i>. </p><p>In the 1980s, he announced on jazz radio station <a href="/wiki/KKJZ" title="KKJZ">KKJZ</a> (then KKGO-FM) in <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a>. </p><p>On the weekend of September 12–13, 1981, Owens substituted for his old KEWB station partner <a href="/wiki/Casey_Kasem" title="Casey Kasem">Casey Kasem</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/American_Top_40" title="American Top 40">American Top 40</a></i>. This was his only appearance on radio's first <a href="/wiki/Radio_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio syndication">nationally syndicated</a> countdown show. In that same year, <a href="/wiki/Watermark_Inc." title="Watermark Inc.">Watermark Inc.</a> chose Owens to replace <a href="/wiki/Murray_the_K" title="Murray the K">Murray "The K" Kaufman</a> as permanent host of <i>Soundtrack Of The Sixties</i>, an oldies retrospective show that ran in syndication through 1984. Immediately afterward, he hosted Creative Radio's <i>Gary Owens' Supertracks</i>, which was an oldies retrospective show similar to <i>Soundtrack Of The Sixties</i>, except it presented the fifties, sixties, and seventies. </p><p>He was the narrator of <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_World" title="Walt Disney World">Walt Disney World</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Epcot" title="Epcot">EPCOT Center</a> pavilion, <a href="/wiki/World_of_Motion" title="World of Motion">World of Motion</a>, which operated between 1982 and 1996. His television special was "The Roots of Goofy", which aired from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. </p><p>Owens moved from KMPC to another Los Angeles station, 1150 <a href="/wiki/KEIB" title="KEIB">KPRZ</a>, in 1982, hosting mornings at the "<a href="/wiki/Music_of_Your_Life" title="Music of Your Life">Music of Your Life</a>" <a href="/wiki/Adult_standards" title="Adult standards">adult standards</a> station. Owens in the morning and Dick Whittinghill in afternoon drive was an inversion of Owens' KMPC years. </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Roger_Barkley" title="Roger Barkley">Roger Barkley</a> surprisingly walked out of the long-running <i>Lohman and Barkley Show</i> on <a href="/wiki/KFI" title="KFI">KFI</a> in Los Angeles, Owens briefly teamed with <a href="/wiki/Al_Lohman" title="Al Lohman">Al Lohman</a> for the successful morning commute show. Jeff Gehringer was brought on as producer. The program ended after the station changed its format to all-talk. </p><p>Owens had a bit part as an emcee for "Pimp of the Year", a dream scene in the 1988 comedy <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Gonna_Git_You_Sucka" title="I'm Gonna Git You Sucka">I'm Gonna Git You Sucka</a></i>. </p><p>Owens also co-starred in a number of documentaries about dinosaurs in the 1980s alongside Chicago's Eric Boardman. These documentaries were distributed by the Midwich Entertainment group for the <a href="/wiki/Disney_Channel" title="Disney Channel">Disney Channel</a> before it went from being a premium pay channel on cable to a standard channel. </p><p>Owens guest starred on one episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show!" title="The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!">The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!</a></i> </p><p>From 1987 to 1992, Owens was the voice of Lt. Dirk Niblick of the Math Brigade, the protagonist of an animated series which was part of PBS's <i><a href="/wiki/Square_One_Television" title="Square One Television">Square One TV</a></i>. </p><p>Owens was the voice narrator on the ABC Saturday morning animated series <i><a href="/wiki/Mighty_Orbots" title="Mighty Orbots">Mighty Orbots</a></i> in 1984. </p><p>In 1989 Owens appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Court" title="Night Court">Night Court</a></i>, season 7 episode 7, entitled "Auntie Maim". Owens played DJ Bobby Bumgartner. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 1990s, Owens hosted the morning show on the <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Your_Life" title="Music of Your Life">Music of Your Life</a> radio network, where he later had the evening shift and hosted a weekend afternoon show until 2006. He also announced pre-recorded <a href="/wiki/Station_identification" title="Station identification">station IDs</a> for <a href="/wiki/Parksville,_British_Columbia" title="Parksville, British Columbia">Parksville, British Columbia</a> radio station <a href="/wiki/CHPQ-FM" title="CHPQ-FM">CHPQ-FM</a> (The Lounge), and for humorist <a href="/wiki/Gary_Burbank" title="Gary Burbank">Gary Burbank</a>'s long-running afternoon show on <a href="/wiki/WLW" title="WLW">WLW</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> (Burbank took his stage name from Owens). Owens was also the announcer for <i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos" title="America's Funniest Home Videos">America's Funniest Home Videos</a></i> from 1995 to 1997, the last three years of <a href="/wiki/Bob_Saget" title="Bob Saget">Bob Saget</a>'s hosting tenure, replacing <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Anderson" title="Ernie Anderson">Ernie Anderson</a>. </p><p>The cartoon <i><a href="/wiki/SWAT_Kats:_The_Radical_Squadron" title="SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron">SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron</a></i> featured Owens as the voice of Commander Ulysses Feral, a police chief constantly butting heads with the two main protagonists. </p><p>Owens guest starred on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show" title="The Ren & Stimpy Show">The Ren & Stimpy Show</a></i> as the voice of Powdered Toast Man. </p><p>He lent his voice as the narrator for the 1992 voiced CD-ROM version of <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment" title="Sierra Entertainment">Sierra On-Line</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Quest_IV" title="Space Quest IV">Space Quest IV</a></i>. He again assumed the role in the series' final installment, 1995's <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Quest_6" title="Space Quest 6">Space Quest 6</a></i>. </p><p>From 1994 to 1995, Owens narrated the opening and interstitial bumpers of <i><a href="/wiki/Superhuman_Samurai_Syber-Squad" title="Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad">Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad</a></i>. </p><p>In 1998, he appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_the_Teenage_Witch_(1996_TV_series)" title="Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)">Sabrina the Teenage Witch</a></i> (episode: "Good Will Haunting"; Season 3, Episode 6) as "Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_years">Last years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Last years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2004, Owens co-wrote a book titled <i>How to Make a Million Dollars With Your Voice (Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying)</i>. In his last years, Owens was the promotional announcing voice for <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">Antenna TV</a>, an over-the-air digital network dedicated to classic shows of the past, like <i><a href="/wiki/Three%27s_Company" title="Three's Company">Three's Company</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Monkees_(TV_series)" title="The Monkees (TV series)">The Monkees</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Adam-12" title="Adam-12">Adam-12</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Gidget_(TV_series)" title="Gidget (TV series)">Gidget</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owens married Arleta Markell on June 26, 1956; they remained married for nearly sixty years until his death in February 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together they had two sons, Scott and Chris.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owens died on February 12, 2015, at age 80, from complications due to <a href="/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus_type_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Diabetes mellitus type 1">Type 1 diabetes</a>, a condition with which he was first diagnosed at the age of eight.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voice_acting">Voice acting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Voice acting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Owens provided the voices for: </p> <ul><li>The title character of <i><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ramjet" title="Roger Ramjet">Roger Ramjet</a></i>.</li> <li>The narrator for the cartoon series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Perils_of_Penelope_Pitstop" title="The Perils of Penelope Pitstop">The Perils of Penelope Pitstop</a></i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost" title="Space Ghost">Space Ghost</a> for the original <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost_(TV_series)" title="Space Ghost (TV series)">Space Ghost</a></i> (1966–1968) cartoon series (credited as Gary Owen) and on <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Stars" title="Space Stars">Space Stars</a></i> (1981–1982). He later reprised his role in a 2011 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Brave_and_the_Bold" title="Batman: The Brave and the Bold">Batman: The Brave and the Bold</a></i> titled "Bold Beginnings!".</li> <li>The announcer for <i><a href="/wiki/Garfield_and_Friends" title="Garfield and Friends">Garfield and Friends</a></i>.</li> <li>The narrator of <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Phibes_Rises_Again" title="Dr. Phibes Rises Again">Dr. Phibes Rises Again</a></i>.</li> <li>The narrator in two episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Dinosaurs_(TV_series)" title="Dinosaurs (TV series)">Dinosaurs</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show_characters#Powdered_Toast_Man" title="List of The Ren & Stimpy Show characters">Powdered Toast Man</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show" title="The Ren & Stimpy Show">The Ren & Stimpy Show</a></i>.</li> <li>Captain Squash on <i><a href="/wiki/Bobby%27s_World" title="Bobby's World">Bobby's World</a></i>.</li> <li>The title character of <i><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Gadget_(1983_TV_series)" title="Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)">Inspector Gadget</a></i> in one of several versions of the pilot episode.</li> <li>Cartoon characters in various letter-of-the-alphabet cartoons on <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i>.</li> <li>The narrator for the "Secret Drawing" cartoon series on <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i>.</li> <li>Dirk Niblick of the Math Brigade on PBS's <i><a href="/wiki/Square_One_Television" title="Square One Television">Square One Television</a></i>.</li> <li>A substitute announcer for <i><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nye_the_Science_Guy" title="Bill Nye the Science Guy">Bill Nye the Science Guy</a></i>.</li> <li>The announcer and Principal in two episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/2_Stupid_Dogs" title="2 Stupid Dogs">2 Stupid Dogs</a></i></li> <li>The Blue Falcon in <i><a href="/wiki/Dynomutt,_Dog_Wonder" title="Dynomutt, Dog Wonder">Dynomutt, Dog Wonder</a></i>. (He later reprised the role in both an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Dexter%27s_Laboratory" title="Dexter's Laboratory">Dexter's Laboratory</a></i> and an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bravo" title="Johnny Bravo">Johnny Bravo</a></i>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raw_Toonage#Totally_Tasteless_Videos" title="Raw Toonage">Badly Animated Man</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS"><span title="The anchor (Totally Tasteless Videos) has been deleted. (2024-07-21)">broken anchor</span></a></i>]</sup> in <i><a href="/wiki/Raw_Toonage" title="Raw Toonage">Raw Toonage</a></i>.</li> <li>Commander Ulysses Feral in <i><a href="/wiki/SWAT_Kats:_The_Radical_Squadron" title="SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron">SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron</a></i>.</li> <li>The narrator for the pilot episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog">Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i>.</li> <li>The narrator for the U.S. commercial of <i><a href="/wiki/Super_Mario_Land_2:_6_Golden_Coins" title="Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins">Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins</a></i>.</li> <li>Opening narration for <i><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Lightyear_of_Star_Command" title="Buzz Lightyear of Star Command">Buzz Lightyear of Star Command</a></i>.</li> <li>The voice of Nick / The Dark Talon from the episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Teamo_Supremo" title="Teamo Supremo">Teamo Supremo</a></i>.</li> <li>The voice of Cy from the <i><a href="/wiki/Galactica_1980" title="Galactica 1980">Galactica 1980</a></i> episode <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)_and_Galactica_1980_episodes#Galactica_1980" title="List of Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) and Galactica 1980 episodes">The Return of Starbuck</a></i>.</li> <li>The announcer and himself for an episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost_Coast_to_Coast" title="Space Ghost Coast to Coast">Space Ghost Coast to Coast</a></i>.</li> <li>The 1950s-styled <a href="/wiki/Batman" title="Batman">Batman</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Batman_Adventures" title="The New Batman Adventures">The New Batman Adventures</a></i> episode <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Batman_Adventures#Episodes" title="The New Batman Adventures">Legends of the Dark Knight</a></i>.</li> <li>The announcer for <i><a href="/wiki/Superhuman_Samurai_Syber-Squad" title="Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad">Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad</a></i>.</li> <li>The voice of the <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">Antenna TV</a> promotions (2011–2015), intoning <i>Vintage...without the funny smell</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namor" title="Namor">Namor</a> in the "7 Little Superheroes" episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Spider-Man_and_His_Amazing_Friends" title="Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends">Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends</a></i>.</li></ul> <p>He also narrated or announced dozens of other cartoons, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Space_Quest_IV" title="Space Quest IV">fourth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Space_Quest_6" title="Space Quest 6">sixth</a> installments of the <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Quest" title="Space Quest">Space Quest</a></i> <a href="/wiki/PC_game" title="PC game">PC game</a> series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trademarks">Trademarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Trademarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When appearing "in character" on camera as "Gary Owens, the announcer", Owens held his right hand up to his right ear while speaking into a <a href="/wiki/Gimbal" title="Gimbal">gimbaled</a> boom <a href="/wiki/Microphone" title="Microphone">microphone</a>. This was done in imitation of the announcers in the early days of radio, who had to rely upon the acoustic feedback of their cupped hand to hear how they sounded to the audience. Owens used this as a <a href="/wiki/Running_gag" title="Running gag">running gag</a> and gave various outlandish reasons for this pose: On his KMPC radio show in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he claimed that this was because a piece of shrapnel took off his ear during the war; sometimes it would come loose and he had to hold it on; at other times he said that he was given a wooden ear, and was keeping the termites warm. This gag was later parodied by <a href="/wiki/Les_Lye" title="Les Lye">Les Lye</a> on the Canadian children's sketch-comedy show <i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Do_That_on_Television" title="You Can't Do That on Television">You Can't Do That on Television</a></i>. </p><p>Owens coined the phrase "Beautiful downtown <a href="/wiki/Burbank,_California" title="Burbank, California">Burbank</a>", which was later used on <i>Laugh-In</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show" title="The Tonight Show">The Tonight Show</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His trademark self-introduction was "This is Gary Owens, friend of those who want no friends, going places and losing things", or occasionally, "Hello, and also hi; but not necessarily in that order", as a shorter version. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Blast_from_the_Past"><i>Blast from the Past</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Blast from the Past"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, <a href="/wiki/TV_Land" title="TV Land">TV Land</a> released two computer games titled <i>Blast from the Past</i>, hosted by Owens and featuring other TV celebrities including <a href="/wiki/Florence_Henderson" title="Florence Henderson">Florence Henderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Asner" title="Ed Asner">Ed Asner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(musician)" title="Davy Jones (musician)">Davy Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Denver" title="Bob Denver">Bob Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Adams" title="Don Adams">Don Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Eden" title="Barbara Eden">Barbara Eden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Todd_Bridges" title="Todd Bridges">Todd Bridges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Young" title="Alan Young">Alan Young</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marion_Ross" title="Marion Ross">Marion Ross</a>, among others. The games spoofed a game show and the prize for winners was an interview with the chosen celebrity the contestant selected at the start of the game. (Players can choose Owens as a celebrity if they wish). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Naked_Witch" title="The Naked Witch">The Naked Witch</a></i> </td> <td>Prologue Narrator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/McHale%27s_Navy_Joins_the_Air_Force" title="McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force">McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force</a></i> </td> <td>Enlisted Man </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Secret_Agents" class="mw-redirect" title="The Last of the Secret Agents">The Last of the Secret Agents</a></i> </td> <td>Voice </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Love_Bug" title="The Love Bug">The Love Bug</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Phibes_Rises_Again" title="Dr. Phibes Rises Again">Dr. Phibes Rises Again</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Second_Avenue" title="The Prisoner of Second Avenue">The Prisoner of Second Avenue</a></i> </td> <td>Radio Newscaster (voice) </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Return_from_Witch_Mountain" title="Return from Witch Mountain">Return from Witch Mountain</a></i> </td> <td>Newscaster (voice) </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Coming Attractions</i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i>Buyer Be Wise</i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td>Uncredited, Short film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hysterical_(1983_film)" title="Hysterical (1983 film)">Hysterical</a></i> </td> <td>TV Announcer (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/National_Lampoon%27s_European_Vacation" title="National Lampoon's European Vacation">National Lampoon's European Vacation</a></i> </td> <td>"Pig in a Poke" Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i>Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs</i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Destroyer_(1988_film)" title="Destroyer (1988 film)">Destroyer</a></i> </td> <td>Game Show Announcer (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Got_into_College" title="How I Got into College">How I Got into College</a></i> </td> <td>Sports Announcer (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kill_Crazy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kill Crazy">Kill Crazy</a></i> </td> <td>The Sheriff </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Diggin' Up Business</i> </td> <td>Minister </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spy_Hard" title="Spy Hard">Spy Hard</a></i> </td> <td>M.C. </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i>Border to Border</i> </td> <td>Mr. Kirby </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Muppets_from_Space" title="Muppets from Space">Muppets from Space</a></i> </td> <td>UFO Mania Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Major_Damage" title="Major Damage">Major Damage</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jane_White_Is_Sick_%26_Twisted" title="Jane White Is Sick & Twisted">Jane White Is Sick & Twisted</a></i> </td> <td>TV Announcer (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Frank_McKlusky,_C.I." title="Frank McKlusky, C.I.">Frank McKlusky, C.I.</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Book:_The_Movie" title="Comic Book: The Movie">Comic Book: The Movie</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Know_That_Voice" title="I Know That Voice">I Know That Voice</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/McHale%27s_Navy" title="McHale's Navy">McHale's Navy</a></i> </td> <td>The Photographer, The 1st Sailor </td> <td>Episodes: "The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker", "A Star Falls on Taratupa" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ramjet" title="Roger Ramjet">Roger Ramjet</a></i> </td> <td>Roger Ramjet (voice) </td> <td>156 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965–1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Munsters" title="The Munsters">The Munsters</a></i> </td> <td>Zombo's Announcer, Dick Willet </td> <td>Episodes: "Will Success Spoil Herman Munster?", "Zombo" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Fun_(TV_series)" title="Summer Fun (TV series)">Summer Fun</a></i> </td> <td>Henry </td> <td>Episode: "McNab's Lab" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1966–1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Green_Hornet" title="Green Hornet">Green Hornet</a></i> </td> <td>Newscaster, Commentator </td> <td>8 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Batman_(1966_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Batman (1966 TV series)">Batman</a></i> </td> <td>Voice on Radio, T.V. Announcer </td> <td>3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966–1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost" title="Space Ghost">Space Ghost</a></i> </td> <td>Space Ghost, Narrator (voices) </td> <td>20 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><i>Mr. Traffic</i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "I Can't Fly" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i>Sally Sargent</i> </td> <td>Blake Jameson, Narrator (voices) </td> <td>Television short </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968–1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rowan_%26_Martin%27s_Laugh-In" title="Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In">Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer, Himself </td> <td>134 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Dream_of_Jeannie" title="I Dream of Jeannie">I Dream of Jeannie</a></i> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "The Biggest Star in Hollywood" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969–1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i> </td> <td>The Man from Alphabet, Today's Secret Drawing Announcer, various characters </td> <td>13 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i>Sesame Street Pitch Reel</i> </td> <td>Unknown role (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Barnaby_Jones" title="Barnaby Jones">Barnaby Jones</a></i> </td> <td>Gary Michaels </td> <td>Episode: "Twenty Million Alibis" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Out_to_Lunch_(TV_program)" title="Out to Lunch (TV program)">Out to Lunch</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Get_Christie_Love!" title="Get Christie Love!">Get Christie Love!</a></i> </td> <td>TV Reporter </td> <td>Episode: "Murder on High C" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt_Hour" title="The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour">The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour</a></i> </td> <td>Blue Falcon (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976–1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dynomutt,_Dog_Wonder" title="Dynomutt, Dog Wonder">Dynomutt, Dog Wonder</a></i> </td> <td>Blue Falcon (voice) </td> <td>20 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Man_from_Atlantis" title="Man from Atlantis">Man from Atlantis</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Man O'War" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Scooby%27s_All-Star_Laff-A-Lympics" title="Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics">Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics</a></i> </td> <td>Blue Falcon (voice) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977–1980 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Caveman_and_the_Teen_Angels" title="Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels">Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="4">Narrator (voice) </td> <td>40 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Yogi%27s_Space_Race" title="Yogi's Space Race">Yogi's Space Race</a></i> </td> <td>7 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1979–1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Legends_of_the_Superheroes" title="Legends of the Superheroes">Legends of the Superheroes</a></i> </td> <td>Episodes: "The Challenge", "The Roast" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Magical_World_of_Disney" class="mw-redirect" title="The Magical World of Disney">The Wonderful World of Disney</a></i> </td> <td>Episodes: "Baseball Fever", "Pluto and His Friends", "Ferdinand the Bull and Mickey" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Galactica_1980" title="Galactica 1980">Galactica 1980</a></i> </td> <td>Cy </td> <td>Episode: "The Return of Starbuck" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/No_Soap,_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="No Soap, Radio">No Soap, Radio</a></i> </td> <td>Skit Performer </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Stars" title="Space Stars">Space Stars</a></i> </td> <td>Space Ghost (voice) </td> <td>11 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Superbman: The Other Movie</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Narrator (voice) </td> <td>Short film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i>Get It Right: Following Directions with Goofy</i> </td> <td>Short film; Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1983 </td> <td><i>Breakaway</i> </td> <td>Host, Announcer </td> <td>Unknown episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Inspector_Gadget_(1983_TV_series)" title="Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)">Inspector Gadget</a></i> </td> <td>Inspector Gadget (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Pilot" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Orbots" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mighty Orbots">The Mighty Orbots</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Magnetic Menace" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Vacationing with Mickey and Friends</i> </td> <td>Proprietor of the <i>Let's Get Away From It All</i> Travel Agency </td> <td rowspan="2">Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>The Roots of Goofy</i> </td> <td>Host </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Simon" title="Simon & Simon">Simon & Simon</a></i> </td> <td>Sanfred Thompson </td> <td>Episode: "Down-Home County Blues" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985–1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Yogi%27s_Treasure_Hunt" title="Yogi's Treasure Hunt">Yogi's Treasure Hunt</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td>13 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sledge_Hammer!" title="Sledge Hammer!">Sledge Hammer!</a></i> </td> <td>Sledge's Neighbours, Radio Announcer, Series Announcer </td> <td>Episodes: "A Clockwork Hammer", "Wild About Hammer" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>DTV Monster Hits</i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Square_One_Television" title="Square One Television">Square One Television</a></i> </td> <td>Lt. Dirk Niblick (voice) </td> <td>5 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Garfield_and_Friends" title="Garfield and Friends">Garfield and Friends</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer, Instructor (voices) </td> <td>42 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Court" title="Night Court">Night Court</a></i> </td> <td>Bobby Baumgarner </td> <td>Episode: "Auntie Maim" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Super_Mario_Bros._Super_Show!" title="The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!">The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!</a></i> </td> <td>Willy White (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Home Radio/Elvin Lives" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tom_%26_Jerry_Kids" title="Tom & Jerry Kids">Tom & Jerry Kids</a></i> </td> <td>Additional voices </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bobby%27s_World" title="Bobby's World">Bobby's World</a></i> </td> <td>Captain Squash (voice) </td> <td>23 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dinosaurs_(TV_series)" title="Dinosaurs (TV series)">Dinosaurs</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td>Episodes: "Nuts to War: Part 1", "Nuts to War: Part 2" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Defenders_of_Dynatron_City" title="Defenders of Dynatron City">Defenders of Dynatron City</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Television short </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Goof_Troop" title="Goof Troop">Goof Troop</a></i> </td> <td>Mr. Hammerhead (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Date with Destiny" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Raw_Toonage" title="Raw Toonage">Raw Toonage</a></i> </td> <td>Badly Animated Man (voice) </td> <td>1 episode </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1992–1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ren_and_Stimpy_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ren and Stimpy Show">The Ren and Stimpy Show</a></i> </td> <td>Powdered Toast Man, Announcer, Charles Globe, Player (voices) </td> <td>7 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Eek!stravaganza</i> </td> <td>Reporter, Announcer, Additional voices </td> <td>30 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog" title="Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog">Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator (voice) </td> <td>Episode" "Pilot" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/2_Stupid_Dogs" title="2 Stupid Dogs">2 Stupid Dogs</a></i> </td> <td>Principal Schneider, Johnny the Announcer (voices) </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/SWAT_Kats:_The_Radical_Squadron" title="SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron">SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron</a></i> </td> <td>Commander Ulysses Feral, Commander Feral, Cmdr. Ulysses Feral (voices) </td> <td>22 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fantastic_Four:_The_Animated_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantastic Four: The Animated Series">Fantastic Four: The Animated Series</a></i> </td> <td>Gary Owens, Bystander #1 (voices) </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Superhuman_Samurai_Syber-Squad" title="Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad">Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad</a></i> </td> <td>Opening Narration (voice) </td> <td>53 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_War_(TV_series)" title="Love & War (TV series)">Love & War</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Ten Cents a Dance" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994–1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_Warriors" title="Skeleton Warriors">Skeleton Warriors</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Additional voices </td> <td>11 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twisted_Tales_of_Felix_the_Cat" title="The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat">The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Aaahh!!!_Real_Monsters" title="Aaahh!!! Real Monsters">Aaahh!!! Real Monsters</a></i> </td> <td>Clown, Broadcaster #2 (voices) </td> <td>Episode "A Room with No Viewfinder/Krumm Rises to the Top" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Funniest_Home_Videos" title="America's Funniest Home Videos">America's Funniest Home Videos</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Reality television series </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost_Coast_to_Coast" title="Space Ghost Coast to Coast">Space Ghost Coast to Coast</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Late Show" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Mask (TV series)">The Mask</a></i> </td> <td>Channel, Raymond Neilsen (voices) </td> <td>Episode: "Channel Surfing'" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What_a_Cartoon!" title="What a Cartoon!">What a Cartoon!</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer, Commander (voices) </td> <td>Episode: "Dino in the Great Egg Scape" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/101_Dalmatians:_The_Series" title="101 Dalmatians: The Series">101 Dalmatians: The Series</a></i> </td> <td>TV Announcer (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Tic Track Toe/Lucky All-Star" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina,_the_Teenage_Witch" class="mw-redirect" title="Sabrina, the Teenage Witch">Sabrina, the Teenage Witch</a></i> </td> <td>Guy Who Thinks He's Gary Owens </td> <td>Episode: "Good Will Haunting" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Oh_Yeah!_Cartoons" title="Oh Yeah! Cartoons">Oh Yeah! Cartoons</a></i> </td> <td>MC, Fisherman #1 (voices) </td> <td>Episode: "Youngstar 3" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Batman_Adventures" title="The New Batman Adventures">The New Batman Adventures</a></i> </td> <td>50s Batman (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Legend of the Dark Knight" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter%27s_Laboratory" title="Dexter's Laboratory">Dexter's Laboratory</a></i> </td> <td>Blue Falcon, TV Announcer </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/That_%2770s_Show" title="That '70s Show">That '70s Show</a></i> </td> <td>Announcer, Narrator (voices) </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Lightyear_of_Star_Command" title="Buzz Lightyear of Star Command">Buzz Lightyear of Star Command</a></i> </td> <td>Opening Narration (voice) </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Teamo_Supremo" title="Teamo Supremo">Teamo Supremo</a></i> </td> <td>Nick / The Dark Talon </td> <td>Episode: "The Grandfather Show" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i>Ren and Stimpy Rocks</i> </td> <td>Unknown role </td> <td>Episode: "Hard Times for Haggis" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Bravo" title="Johnny Bravo">Johnny Bravo</a></i> </td> <td>Blue Falcon (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Johnny Makeover/Back on Shaq" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Batman:_The_Brave_and_the_Bold" title="Batman: The Brave and the Bold">Batman: The Brave and the Bold</a></i> </td> <td>Space Ghost (voice) </td> <td>Episode: "Bold Beginnings!" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Video games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Quest_IV:_Roger_Wilco_and_the_Time_Rippers" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers">Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Space_Quest_6:_The_Spinal_Frontier" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier">Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier</a></i> </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/3D_Movie_Maker#Versions" title="3D Movie Maker">Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker</a></i> </td> <td>Powdered Toast Man </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOwens1973" class="citation book cs1">Owens, Gary (1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/whattodowhileyou00owen"><i>The (what to do while you're holding the) Phone Book</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/TarcherPerigee" title="TarcherPerigee">Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc.</a> <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0874770155" title="Special:BookSources/978-0874770155"><bdi>978-0874770155</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+%28what+to+do+while+you%27re+holding+the%29+Phone+Book&rft.pub=Jeremy+P.+Tarcher+Inc.&rft.date=1973&rft.isbn=978-0874770155&rft.aulast=Owens&rft.aufirst=Gary&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwhattodowhileyou00owen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Owens" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOwensLenburg2004" class="citation book cs1">Owens, Gary; Lenburg, Jeff (2004). <i>How to Make a Million Dollars with Your Voice (Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying)</i>. <a href="/wiki/McGraw-Hill_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="McGraw-Hill Education">McGraw-Hill Education</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0071424103" title="Special:BookSources/978-0071424103"><bdi>978-0071424103</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+to+Make+a+Million+Dollars+with+Your+Voice+%28Or+Lose+Your+Tonsils+Trying%29&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill+Education&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0071424103&rft.aulast=Owens&rft.aufirst=Gary&rft.au=Lenburg%2C+Jeff&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Owens" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot">"Inkpot Award"</a>. <i>Comic-Con International: San Diego</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Comic-Con+International%3A+San+Diego&rft.atitle=Inkpot+Award&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.comic-con.org%2Fawards%2Finkpot&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Owens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bcdb-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bcdb_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20150216002032/http://blog.bcdb.com/cartoon-voiceover-artist-gary-owens-passes-8300/">"Cartoon Voiceover Artist Gary Owens Passes Away"</a>. BCDB. 2015-02-13. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.bcdb.com/cartoon-voiceover-artist-gary-owens-passes-8300/">the original</a> on 2015-02-16.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Cartoon+Voiceover+Artist+Gary+Owens+Passes+Away&rft.date=2015-02-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.bcdb.com%2Fcartoon-voiceover-artist-gary-owens-passes-8300%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Owens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nytimes-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFox2015" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Margalit_Fox" title="Margalit Fox">Fox, Margalit</a> (13 February 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/arts/television/gary-owens-announcer-on-laugh-in-dies-at-80.html?_r=0">"Gary Owens, Announcer on 'Laugh-In,' Dies at 80"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Gary+Owens%2C+Announcer+on+%27Laugh-In%2C%27+Dies+at+80&rft.date=2015-02-13&rft.aulast=Fox&rft.aufirst=Margalit&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F02%2F14%2Farts%2Ftelevision%2Fgary-owens-announcer-on-laugh-in-dies-at-80.html%3F_r%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Owens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/gary-owens-announcer-of-laugh-in-fame-dies-at-80-1201433731/">"Gary Owens, Announcer of 'Laugh-In' Fame, Dies at 80"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>. 13 February 2015. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0042-2738">0042-2738</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Variety&rft.atitle=Gary+Owens%2C+Announcer+of+%27Laugh-In%27+Fame%2C+Dies+at+80&rft.date=2015-02-13&rft.issn=0042-2738&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2015%2Ftv%2Fnews%2Fgary-owens-announcer-of-laugh-in-fame-dies-at-80-1201433731%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Owens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColker2015" class="citation news cs1">Colker, David (13 February 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-gary-owens-20150213-story.html">"Gary Owens, radio and 'Laugh-In' announcer, dies at 80"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=Gary+Owens%2C+radio+and+%27Laugh-In%27+announcer%2C+dies+at+80&rft.date=2015-02-13&rft.aulast=Colker&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Flocal%2Fobituaries%2Fla-me-gary-owens-20150213-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Owens" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Owens&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654365/">Gary Owens</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comedyhalloffame.com/archives/gary-owens/">Gary Owens at the Comedy Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://traxandgrooves.blogspot.com/2020/02/gary-owens.html">Gary Owens at Trax & Grooves</a> (Middle Column, lengthy bio)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Role originator</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Actors portraying <a href="/wiki/Space_Ghost" title="Space Ghost">Space Ghost</a> </b><br />1966–1982 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Merrill" title="Andy Merrill">Andy Merrill</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" 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Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka" title="Osamu Tezuka">Osamu Tezuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_West" title="Adam West">Adam West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Wood" title="Wally Wood">Wally Wood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bails" title="Jerry Bails">Jerry Bails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Cole" title="L. B. Cole">L. B. Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Fitzpatrick_(artist)" title="Jim Fitzpatrick (artist)">Jim Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Giordano" title="Dick Giordano">Dick Giordano</a></li> <li>Dave Graue</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gulacy" title="Paul Gulacy">Paul Gulacy</a></li> <li>Mary Henderson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Hubenthal" title="Karl Hubenthal">Karl Hubenthal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bil_Keane" title="Bil Keane">Bil Keane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Miller" title="Frank Miller">Frank Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Moench" title="Doug Moench">Doug Moench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey_Punch" title="Monkey Punch">Monkey Punch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_O%27Neil" title="Dennis O'Neil">Dennis O'Neil</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gary Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rockwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Rockwell">Richard Rockwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Saunders" title="Allen Saunders">Allen Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Schwartz" title="Julius Schwartz">Julius Schwartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sekowsky" title="Mike Sekowsky">Mike Sekowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sienkiewicz" title="Bill Sienkiewicz">Bill Sienkiewicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Sim" title="Dave Sim">Dave Sim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Toth" title="Alex Toth">Alex Toth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrie_Turner" title="Morrie Turner">Morrie Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Woggon" title="Bill Woggon">Bill Woggon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Bindig" title="Bob Bindig">Bob Bindig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bolland" title="Brian Bolland">Brian Bolland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Cochran_(publisher)" title="Russ Cochran (publisher)">Russ 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<li>John Pound</li> <li>Tony Raiola</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Starr" title="Leonard Starr">Leonard Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Williams_(artist)" title="Robert Williams (artist)">Robert Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a></li> <li>Maeheah Alzmann</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Aparo" title="Jim Aparo">Jim Aparo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bluth" title="Don Bluth">Don Bluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Gottfredson" title="Floyd Gottfredson">Floyd Gottfredson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Maurer" title="Norman Maurer">Norman Maurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_P%C3%A9rez" title="George Pérez">George Pérez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arn_Saba" class="mw-redirect" title="Arn Saba">Arn Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Spiegle" title="Dan Spiegle">Dan Spiegle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Staton" title="Joe Staton">Joe Staton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Van_Hise" title="James Van Hise">James Van Hise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Yronwode" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat Yronwode">Cat Yronwode</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Anderson" title="Murphy Anderson">Murphy Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rom%C3%A1n_Ar%C3%A1mbula" title="Román Arámbula">Román Arámbula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a></li> <li>Fae Gates Desmond</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Drake" title="Stan Drake">Stan Drake</a></li> <li>John Field</li> <li><a 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Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bova" title="Ben Bova">Ben Bova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a></li> <li>Jack Cummings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Davis_(cartoonist)" title="Jack Davis (cartoonist)">Jack Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_O%27Bannon" title="Dan O'Bannon">Dan O'Bannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Orzechowski" title="Tom Orzechowski">Tom Orzechowski</a></li> <li>John Rogers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Schomburg" title="Alex Schomburg">Alex Schomburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Simonson" title="Walt Simonson">Walt Simonson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Zimmer_Bradley" title="Marion Zimmer Bradley">Marion Zimmer Bradley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Gibbons" title="Dave Gibbons">Dave Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Giraud" title="Jean Giraud">Jean "Moebius" Giraud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Hernandez" title="Gilbert Hernandez">Gilbert Hernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Hernandez" title="Jaime Hernandez">Jaime Hernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Kitchen" title="Denis Kitchen">Denis Kitchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Leialoha" title="Steve Leialoha">Steve Leialoha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Nodell" class="mw-redirect" title="Marty Nodell">Marty Nodell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Pekar" title="Harvey Pekar">Harvey Pekar</a></li> <li>Mark Stadler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Stevens" title="Dave Stevens">Dave Stevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1987</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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