"give up."" The postcard also listed the League's demands: E. L. Wisty E. L. Wisty was a fictional character created and played by the comedian Peter Cook on and off throughout his career. A bland, monotonal know-it-all, Wisty usually appeared in monologues, or in two-handed sketches in which he bores the other person. According to British comedy scholar Roger Wilmut, ""The striking thing about E. L. Wisty was that he never smiled—Cook managed to keep a straight face throughout, despite the audience laughter."" The character was originally known as Mr Boylett, after the table butler at Radley College, the school"
"Ernie Hart Ernest Huntley Hart (October 2, 1910 – May 2, 1985 or July 1985; sources differ), also known as H.E. Huntley, was an American comic-book writer and artist best known for creating Marvel Comics' funny animal character Super Rabbit as well as co-creating the superhero The Wasp. In addition, he variously wrote, edited and illustrated numerous books on dog breeding and ownership. During the 1930s, Ernie Hart painted murals for the Works Progress Administration. In the following decade he joined Timely Comics, the future Marvel Comics, as part of its ""animator"" bullpen, separate from the superhero group that produced"
"Willie Whistle Willie Whistle was a local Boston children's television character of the late 20th century. He hosted a local children's show from 1967 to 1987. Willie Whistle, a seagoing clown, was played by Dick Beach. Beach created the character of Salty the Clown as a fill-in for a local Toledo, Ohio show, ""Fun Farm"". In 1960, he was given his own show, ""The Adventures of Salty and Friends"". The Salty character featured a tiny whistle sitting on Beach's tongue that changed his voice to a high-pitched squeak. He performed skits with another character, Captain Cotton, and introduced cartoons. Beach"
"Taco Bell following complaints that the puppets had become stuck to children's tongues. Lowly Worm Lowly Worm is a fictional character created by Richard Scarry; he frequently appears in children's books by Scarry, and is a main character in the animated series ""The Busy World of Richard Scarry"" and ""Busytown Mysteries"". In ""The Busy World of Richard Scarry"" he is voiced by Keith Knight. In ""Busytown Mysteries"" he is voiced by Paul Wensley. Lowly is an anthropomorphic earthworm. He usually wears a Tyrolean hat on his head, which pays homage to the hat which Richard Scarry purchased in St. Anton"
"Chilly Willy Chilly Willy is a funny animal cartoon character, a diminutive anthropomorphic penguin living in Alaska, but lives in Antarctica in the New Woody Woodpecker Show. He was created by director Paul Smith for the Walter Lantz studio in 1953, and developed further by Tex Avery in the two subsequent films following Smith's debut entry. The character soon became the second most popular Lantz/Universal character, behind Woody Woodpecker. Chilly Willy was inspired by mystery writer Stuart Palmer, according to Scott MacGillivray's book ""Castle Films: A Hobbyist's Guide"". Palmer used the Lantz studio as a background for his novel ""Cold"
"J. Elvis Weinstein Joshua Stuart ""Josh"" Weinstein (born May 21, 1971), known professionally as J. Elvis Weinstein, is an American writer and performer, best known for his roles as Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer and voice for Tom Servo and Gypsy on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". Weinstein was one of the founding writers/performers of the show in 1988 at the age of 17. Weinstein worked on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" during its original appearance on Minneapolis UHF station KTMA-TV from 1988 to 1989, and its first season on Comedy Central (then called the Comedy Channel) from 1989 to"
"Snidely Whiplash Snidely Whiplash is the archenemy of Dudley Do-Right in the ""Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties"" segments of the animated television series ""The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"" (1959–64) conceived by American animator Jay Ward. The character was voiced by Hans Conried in the original cartoon series. Alfred Molina played Whiplash in the 1999 live action film version ""Dudley Do-Right"". Whiplash is the stereotypical villain in the style of stock characters found in silent movies and earlier stage melodrama, wearing black clothing and a top hat and with a handlebar moustache. Whiplash's henchman, Homer, usually wears a tuque. In the"
"Eric Hill Eric Gordon Hill (7 September 1927 – 6 June 2014) was an English author and illustrator of children's picture books, best known for his puppy character named Spot. His works have been widely praised for their contributions to child literacy. He was born in Holloway, London, and left school at 14. He first worked as an errand boy in an illustration studio where he was encouraged to draw cartoons and comic strips in his spare time. Following National Service, he produced sketches for magazines, and later worked as a freelance designer and illustrator in advertising. He moved with"
"Boogie, el aceitoso Oily Boogie or Boogie, the Oily (in Spanish: Boogie, el Aceitoso) is a character from comic strips in Argentina, created by Roberto Fontanarrosa. He is a fictional Vietnam veteran, soldier and bounty hunter, and is used to make parody of racism, violence, nationalism, sexism, which are included as exaggerated character traits. His comic strips were collected in 10 books, and in a complete ""Todo Boogie"" (""All Boogie""). An animated movie of the character was made in 2009. Boogie was created by Roberto Fontanarrosa in the 1970s, as a comedic parody of Dirty Harry. The original style was"
"Lowly Worm Lowly Worm is a fictional character created by Richard Scarry; he frequently appears in children's books by Scarry, and is a main character in the animated series ""The Busy World of Richard Scarry"" and ""Busytown Mysteries"". In ""The Busy World of Richard Scarry"" he is voiced by Keith Knight. In ""Busytown Mysteries"" he is voiced by Paul Wensley. Lowly is an anthropomorphic earthworm. He usually wears a Tyrolean hat on his head, which pays homage to the hat which Richard Scarry purchased in St. Anton in 1950 and often wore during visits to his publishers in New York"
"H. F. Ellis Humphry Francis Ellis (July 17, 1907 – December 8, 2000) was an English comic writer. He created A. J. Wentworth, the ineffectual schoolmaster whose fictional diaries were first published in the magazine ""Punch"". Humphry Francis Ellis was born in Metheringham, Lincolnshire. After gaining a double first in classics at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1930, Ellis was employed by Marlborough College to teach. ""Punch"" magazine first accepted a submission in 1931, and he left to become a staff writer on the magazine in 1933, the same year he married Barbara Hasseldine. Ellis became literary and deputy editor of"
"was shown by the Smithsonian in 1996. E. Simms Campbell Elmer Simms Campbell (January 2, 1906 – January 27, 1971) was an American cartoonist who signed his work E. Simms Campbell. He was the first African-American cartoonist published in nationally distributed slick magazines, and he was the creator of Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of ""Esquire"". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of educators Elmer and Elizabeth Simms Campbell. His father, who died when Campbell was four years old, was assistant principal of Summer High School in St. Louis, and had been a track and football star at Howard"
"Dinky Doodle Dinky Doodle was a cartoon character created by Walter Lantz for Bray Productions in 1924. Dinky was standard boy character, sporting a flat cap, a striped shirt, and dark shorts. He and his dog Weakheart appeared alongside Lantz himself (as the cartoonist) in a series of cartoons that combined live-action and animation, similar in style to Max Fleischer's ""Out of the Inkwell"" series. The character enjoyed a degree of popularity among audiences, but was retired from the screen in 1926. The character was mentioned as someone supposedly kidnapped when Angelo mocks Eddie Valiant for working for a toon"
"Boody Rogers Gordon G. Rogers (September 8, 1904, Hobart, Oklahoma – February 6, 1996), better known as Boody Rogers, was an American comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody ""Sparky Watts"". Born in Hobart, Oklahoma, Rogers attended the University of Arizona, the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Chicago Art Institute. His artistic influences included Walter Berndt. In the late 1920s and through the 1930s, Rogers illustrated newspaper strips for such syndicates as the Newspaper Feature Service and the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Rogers was Zack Mosley's assistant on ""The Adventures of Smilin'"
"end title card. The character of Mr. Twiddle was likely inspired by Avery's own suffering from burn-out and exhaustion. Sh-h-h-h-h-h Sh-h-h-h-h-h is a 1955 cartoon directed by Tex Avery and produced by Walter Lantz. It was the fourth (and last) cartoon directed by Tex Avery at the Walter Lantz Studio. This cartoon features the 1922 ""Okeh Laughing Record"" for much of its soundtrack. This was the last theatrical cartoon Avery made. A short, mild-mannered man, Mr. Twiddle, plays the congas in a nightclub jazz combo; the incessant noise (the horn players point their instruments directly at Twiddle's head) cause him"
"E. Simms Campbell Elmer Simms Campbell (January 2, 1906 – January 27, 1971) was an American cartoonist who signed his work E. Simms Campbell. He was the first African-American cartoonist published in nationally distributed slick magazines, and he was the creator of Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of ""Esquire"". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of educators Elmer and Elizabeth Simms Campbell. His father, who died when Campbell was four years old, was assistant principal of Summer High School in St. Louis, and had been a track and football star at Howard University. With his mother he moved to"
"film became the public's major exposure to Schlitzie, who remains one of the more memorable characters in the film. Schlitzie's iconic image has lent itself to many products, including masks, hats, shirts, models, clocks, snow globes, and dolls. Additionally, Schlitzie has been cited as an inspiration for Bill Griffith's comic strip ""Zippy the Pinhead"". In 2016, the biographic account of Schlitzie will be featured in a new documentary, titled ""Schlitzie: One of Us"", currently in production and directed by Steve Belgard. Schlitzie Schlitzie (alternatively spelled Schlitze or Shlitze; (September 10, 1901 – September 24, 1971), possibly born Simon Metz and"
"'oogl' to cause the spinach to fly at him through the air. E. C. Segar Elzie Crisler Segar (December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip ""Thimble Theatre"". Segar was born on December 8, 1894, and raised in Chester, Illinois, a small town near the Mississippi River. Segar was Jewish. The son of a handyman, his earliest work experiences included assisting his father in house painting and paper hanging. Skilled at playing drums, he also provided musical"
"going for. The Kirk mask did, resulting in the crew selecting it for the film. However, in the opening scene to ""The Dark Knight"", Heath Ledger's Joker character is seen waiting to cross a busy Gotham City street holding an Emmet Kelly mask, which he is later seen wearing during a bank robbery. Emmett Kelly Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure ""Weary Willie"", based on the hobos of the Depression era. Kelly began his career as a trapeze artist. By 1923, Emmett Kelly was working his trapeze"
"Egghead Jr. (Looney Tunes) Egghead Jr. is a character in the animated cartoon Looney Tunes, created by Robert McKimson in the 1950s. He debuted in 1954's ""Little Boy Boo"", and made two subsequent Looney Tunes appearances in 1955's ""Feather Dusted"" and 1960's ""Crockett-Doodle-Doo"". Egghead Jr. is a large-headed and very intelligent baby chick and appeared in several shorts with bumptuous Foghorn Leghorn (also a character directed by McKimson and voiced by Mel Blanc). The only child of Miss Prissy, a widow hen, Egghead Jr. was bookish and never talked (though he mumbled when he counted playing hide-and-seek with Foghorn in"
"Fred Lowery. Elmo Tanner William Elmo Tanner, known as Elmo Tanner (August 8, 1904 – December 20, 1990) was an American whistler, singer, bandleader and disc jockey, best known for his whistling on the chart-topping song “Heartaches” with the Ted Weems Orchestra. Tanner and Weems recorded the song for two different record companies within a period of five years. Neither recording was successful originally. The song became a hit for both record companies after a Charlotte, North Carolina disk jockey played it at random in 1947. Tanner was originally hired by Weems as a vocalist; the bandleader discovered Tanner's whistling"
"Foghorn Leghorn Foghorn J. Leghorn is a cartoon character that has appeared in ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" cartoons for Warner Bros. Pictures. He was created by Robert McKimson and writer Warren Foster, and starred in 29 cartoons from 1946 to 1964 in the Golden Age of American Animation. All 29 of these cartoons were directed by McKimson. Foghorn Leghorn's first appearance was in the 1946 Henery Hawk short, ""Walky Talky Hawky"". The character is tied with the Tasmanian Devil as the most popular McKimson-created character . Foghorn's voice was created and originally performed by Mel Blanc and was later"
"Evil Ernie Evil Ernie, an undead psychotic killer, is a fictional comic-book character created by writer Brian Pulido and artist Steven Hughes in 1991 and originally published by Eternity Comics, then the imprint shifted hands in 1993 to Chaos! Comics and then Devil's Due Publishing in 2005. Evil Ernie is currently published by Dynamite Entertainment in their purchasing of the Chaos! Comics imprint. Ernest Fairchild is the root or core of Evil Ernie. Ernest Fairchild was a young boy who possessed the supernatural power to sketch scenes which would later come to pass, for instance he drew him and his"
"Sam, Kangaroo Kit, Yreka Jim, Denver Doll, and Lady Kate. Edward Lytton Wheeler Edward Lytton Wheeler (1854/5 – 1885) was a nineteenth century American writer of dime novels. One of his most famous characters is the Wild West rascal Deadwood Dick. Wheeler was born in Avoca, New York and later managed a theater company in Philadelphia. He created the seminal character of Deadwood Dick, during a period when the country was fascinated by the Black Hills region of the American west after Custer’s defeat at Little Bighorn. Wheeler had never been to the Black Hills. He originally created Deadwood Dick"
"handful of appearances in the ""Popeye"" cartoons, including ""A Clean Shaven Man"" (1936, nonspeaking role), ""Olive's Boithday Presink"" (1941), and ""Wimpy the Moocher"" (1960). In the 1980 ""Popeye"" film, Geezil was a greengrocer who was constantly arguing with Wimpy, but the two maintained a shaky friendship (at one point, he comments ""Phooey! The Commodore! Besides Wimpy, I hate him best!""). Geezil was played by Richard Libertini. George W. Geezil George W. Geezil, also known as simply Geezil, is a comic strip character created by E.C. Segar for the ""Thimble Theatre"" (now ""Popeye"") strip. Geezil made his first appearance in the"
"Pinky the Whiz Kid Pinky the Whiz Kid is a fictional character, a comic book superhero published by Fawcett Comics, and later by DC Comics. Pinky Butler debuted in ""Wow Comics"" #4 (cover-dated Winter 1941-42), and was created by Otto Binder and Jack Binder. Pinky was the adopted son of district attorney Brian Butler, also known as Mr. Scarlet, who fought evil in his city for several years. His father's success was such that his employment was frequently in jeopardy due to a lack of crime. As a result, he throughout his series took up several odd jobs to supplement"
"Stanley Unwin (comedian) Stanley Unwin (7 June 1911 – 12 January 2002), sometimes billed as Professor Stanley Unwin, was an English comedian, actor and comic writer. He invented his own comic language, ""Unwinese"", referred to in the film ""Carry On Regardless"" (1961) as ""gobbledygook"". Unwinese was a corrupted form of English in which many of the words were altered in playful and humorous ways, as in its description of Elvis Presley and his contemporaries as being ""wasp-waist and swivel-hippy"". Unwin claimed that the inspiration came from his mother, who once told him that on the way home she had ""falolloped"
"the film ""Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me to Be"", which he directed. J. Elvis Weinstein Joshua Stuart ""Josh"" Weinstein (born May 21, 1971), known professionally as J. Elvis Weinstein, is an American writer and performer, best known for his roles as Dr. Laurence Erhardt and the original puppeteer and voice for Tom Servo and Gypsy on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". Weinstein was one of the founding writers/performers of the show in 1988 at the age of 17. Weinstein worked on ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" during its original appearance on Minneapolis UHF station KTMA-TV from 1988 to 1989,"
"Noel Sickles Noel Douglas Sickles (January 24, 1910 – October 3, 1982) was an American commercial illustrator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip ""Scorchy Smith"". Sickles was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. Largely self-taught, his career began as a political cartoonist for the ""Ohio State Journal"" in the late 1920s. At that time he met and shared a studio with cartoonist Milton Caniff, then working for the ""Columbus Dispatch"". Sickles followed Caniff, creator of the ""Terry and the Pirates"" comic strip, to New York City in 1933, where both men initially worked as staff artists for the Associated Press."
"Danny Antonucci Daniel Edward Antonucci (; born February 27, 1957) is a Canadian animator, director, producer, and writer. Antonucci is known for creating the Cartoon Network animated comedy series ""Ed, Edd n Eddy"". He also created ""Lupo the Butcher"", ""Cartoon Sushi"", and ""The Brothers Grunt"". Antonucci dropped out of the Sheridan College of Visual Arts to take a job as an animator at Hanna-Barbera, where he worked on a number of series, including ""The Flintstones Comedy Hour"", ""Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo"", ""The Smurfs"", and ""Richie Rich"". He continued his career in Vancouver, where he worked on animated shorts and television commercials"
"fever was so severe that he saw strange, gangly creaures stalking his neighborhood. He says to this day that it was the most terrifying thing he has seen in his life. Following this experience, he created heroes in his mind that would fight these creatures. From these early characters and ideas evolved the beginnings of a story that years later became the story of Elsie Hooper. Besides occasional artwork, posters, and prints, Patch Together toys released a limited edition statuette of EH's protagonist, Ridley Hooper. The 7"" figure is true to the comic, in stark black and white, although it"
"Hush (character) Hush (Tommy Elliot) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. Hush first appeared in ""Batman"" #609 (January 2003), as part of the 12-issue storyline """" where he was created by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee. Hush resurfaced in """", and later in ""Detective Comics"" and """". He has recently reemerged as the architect behind several of the events of ""Batman Eternal"". Dr. Thomas ""Tommy"" Elliot was a childhood friend of Bruce Wayne, and was also born into a wealthy family. The two boys often"
"Alex Anderson (cartoonist) Alexander Hume Anderson Jr. (September 5, 1920 in Berkeley, California – October 22, 2010) was an American cartoonist who created the characters of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right, as well as Crusader Rabbit. He was not directly involved in ""The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"", however. Anderson was born in Berkeley, California, a nephew of Mighty Mouse producer Paul Terry, and began his career in 1938 at his Terrytoons animation studio. Anderson and Jay Ward grew up together in Berkeley, California, and formed a business in the late 1940s to pitch cartoon ideas to television,"