Unfortunately, the same could not be said for Don Messick. In the years leading up to his death in 1997, he found he could no longer effectively do any of his famous dog voices, like Scooby-Doo for example, as he claimed when he stopped smoking, it took away his ability to enunciate "dog talk."

I'd read that as well...but in reality he was still voicing Scooby prior to his September 1996 stroke. His last vocal performance as Scooby happened in 1996 in a brief commercial for Burger King. Scott Innes took over the role of Shaggy starting with that commercial. The commercial is on KZfaq and Don sounds the same as usual. Scott took over as Scooby in 1998 and was the official voice until Frank Welker took over the role in 2002. Don had his first stroke in September 1996 inside Hanna-Barbera's studio while recording voices. He officially retired the following month as he could no longer perform the characters. Mark Evanier attended the retirement party in October 1996 and on his webpage remarked that Don was in great spirits but in weak voice due to the stroke. Don had a second stroke more than a year later in October 1997 and passed away soon after. I know that there's reference on-line to a charity function he appeared at in London and it's reported that he did a lot of his characters at this event except for Scooby. However, I came across that information on Wikipedia and there's no source cited for verification. I question the legitimacy because of Don voicing Scooby for a video game in 1995 and the Burger King commercial in 1996.

@@ACcountryFan The reason Scott Innes did Shaggy's voice in that Burger King commercial is because Casey Kasem was a vegetarian. That's why Casey Kasem also didn't do Shaggy's voice in the early direct-to-video Scooby Doo movies like Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, which shows Shaggy (and Scooby) eating crawdads, and Scooby Doo and the Cyber Chase, which shows Shaggy (and Scooby) eating hamburgers and hot dogs. Whereas in Aloha Scooby Doo!, which was made after Casey Kasem was back on board as Shaggy, Shaggy (and Scooby) eat fruit, ice cream and cake. Now that Casey Kasem is dead, Shaggy is back to eating meat, like in Frankencreepy, in which Shaggy and Scooby enter (and win) a bratwurst-eating contest.

I know. Just think; starting off with The Flintstones in 1960, and managing to stay alive and well into the 21st century to voice characters in the latter era. Quite a remarkably healthy specimen, wasn't he?

June foray lasted longer

Loved him as Defcon! Interesting how in the same episode he plays Bosch.

Yes that is right, he was a guest there along with Gregg Berger, Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil, and Michael Bell.

@@stainshield that would be Alongside his Transformers co-Star

Yes they did

The portrayal of John Arable in Charlottes Web was probably accurately based on his physical appearance.

With a little bit of John Dehner, too.

And Joe Flynn.

@@TwoWeekCowboy a splash of Billy Bletcher in there too.

And a bit like Corey Burton too.

@@Rlotpir1972 That's why John Stephenson did the voice of Mr. Peevely (sp?) in Help! It's the Hair Bunch. Hanna-Barbera originally wanted Joe Flynn to voice the character but ended up not using him.

By a long shot too, he made it to this decade. The others were gone before this millennium (especially Alan Reed)

@@lotusbandicoot Bea Benaderet died nearly 10 years before Alan Reed, in 1968.

Mildew Wolf was originally voiced by Paul Lynde in 1969 in the "Its The Wolf" shorts on the Cattanooga Cats Cartoon

Doug Young was the the original voice of Doggie Daddy. I don't know why he didn't do Doggie Daddy's voice in later years because he lived to be nearly 100.

Chief Quimby to be accurate. I.G. was voiced by Gary Owens.

Mr Arables physical appearance was obviously based on Mr John Stephensons appearance.

John also had a recurring role in a sitcom called "People's Choice" that Jackie Cooper starred in. John played the role of Roger Crutcher. John also did a lot of television commercials in the '50s...particularly those that aired during "I Love Lucy".

Yeah and 2015 wow. That was almost as long as the woman that played on Looney Tunes, she died a few years ago. She was about 100. I forgot her name though.

@@cockerspanielfan56 June Foray

And just my observations: in cartoons, he could’ve played a great sportscaster/play by play, maybe baseball, would’ve loved to hear him call a huge out of the park home run with a crowd. Or, had more holiday specials came, JMO, and IDK if he’s done it, he could’ve been a great santa.

Mr John Arable looks just like John Stephenson himself :

You forgot about Windcharger!

Yes, JS did the voice of Dr. Quest but only on five episodes; the role of Dr. Quest was recast with Don Messick when Joe Barbera thought Stephenson's portrayal of Dr. Quest sounded too similar to Mike Road doing Race Bannon.

They left out his Laff A Lympics characters 😐

I love Fancy-Fancy

Working on it as we speak - it'll be out next week.

@@SaturdayMorningRewind Could you do the many voices of Jason Griffith.

In Jeepers,it's the Creeper,it was Casey Kasem,not John Stephenson,in the Birdman epidsode with Cumulous,it was Henry Corden & the other hooded villain was Doug Young.

I'm pretty sure it was the Johnny Bravo episode A Page Right Out Of History, On The Rocks came out in 2001 while the Johnny Bravo episode came out in 2004.

The claymation Fruity Pebbles commercials.

@@MaestroDrake I'm not counting commercials.

@@SegaNintendoGuy64 That's ok. I do.

I meant Don Messick.

And it was on the first four episodes where John Stephenson did Dr. Quest's voice. He did continue to voice other minor roles on the remainder of the series after Don Messick took over for Dr. Quest.

Great list! I started working on one for Jess not too long ago. I think I'll work on one for Hal soon too.

@@SaturdayMorningRewind you know, that's what I was going to ask you to do. Can you do Lennie Weinrib and Howard Morris?

@@SaturdayMorningRewind and Ron Perlman when you get the chance.

Whos Julie Bennett?

A popular actress from back in the day. She did Gay Purree, the Looney Tunes, etc. Look her up on KZfaq

@@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514Julie Bennett is best-known for doing the voice of Yogi Bear's girlfriend Cindy Bear.

Eustace P. Peevly was one of his best in my opinion!

Nope he doesn't look nothing like him

Thanks Sarah!!

Saturday Morning Rewind your welcome 😊

If only you knew the power of the dark side.

Hopefully very soon.

@@SaturdayMorningRewind Thank you.

@@SaturdayMorningRewind Could you do the many voices of Jason Griffith. (The voice of Sonic The Hedgehog and Cilan from pokemon.)

Murphy wants Mingus Dew!

Hong Kong Phooey, Scat Cat, and I think he sang the theme song for The Heathcliff and Marmaduke Show. (Though I know him best as Louie the garbageman on Chico and the Man.)

You're welcome! And I used to love Galaxy High School. Definitely an underrated cartoon you should check out. The DVD's are available on Amazon.

@@SaturdayMorningRewind It was called Galaxy High

@@SaturdayMorningRewind Could you do the many voices of Sarah Natochenny. (The voice of Ash Ketchum)

Thanks! It's been a busy busy month, haha. Hmm... all sources online point to 1923. So I don't know.

@@SaturdayMorningRewind Thank you.

Yeah, it was a busy month. Didn't have much time for editing. Yep, already planned on doing one for Tim. Should be out soon.

well one of the Scooby voices was from the Tim Conway episode

You mean: "John Stephenson: (1923-2015) Which character is your favorite from John Stephenson? Leave a comment below ↓ ... and remember to SHARE the video. " I put these in all my videos. Not taken from google at all.

It was a bank guard...not a police officer..

Oh no... it was just a very busy month. Finally had time this week to sit down and edit. Hopefully it won't happen again.

@@SaturdayMorningRewind Oh good!