Snagglepuss gay
Snagglepuss debuted in the Hanna Barbera Quick Draw McDraw cartoon series in the episode Lamb Chopped. Daws Butler voiced Snagglepuss, creating the voice to sound similar to Burt Lahr&#;s Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz. One of Snagglepuss&#; catch phrases, &#;Heavens to Murgatroyd&#; was a line spoken by Lahr as well in the movie Gather The People. It was usual during the late s and s for cartoon characters to be licensed for either Dell or Gold Key comics and Snagglepuss was no different. He had only a handful of appearances in Yogi Bear and other Hanna Barbera licenses comics before a solo run long-lasting just four issues. In addition to cartoon and comics appearances, Kellogg&#;s licensed the character to appear in several TV commercials promoting Cocoa Krispies; he also appeared on cereal boxes for a period. Snagglepuss returned to comics at Marvel during a period in the late s and then at DC when the Hanna Barbera properties were acquired by DC&#;s parent company.
Snagglepuss returned to comics with a six issue mini series from DC Comics in January written by Mark Russell and
DC Reviving Hanna-Barbera&#;s &#;Snagglepuss&#; as Gay Playwright
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Heavens to Murgatroyd. This January, Hanna-Barbera&#;s classic cartoon character Snagglepuss is being revived by DC Entertainment, but Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles is anything but a strict reboot of the pink mountain lion with particularly refined sensibilities.
The six-issue series is written by Mark Russell, who turned The Flintstones into one of the most critically acclaimed comics in recent memory, and features art by Mike Feehan. Exit Stage LeftreimaginesSnagglepuss as a closeted gay playwright from the south who just happens to be the hottest thing on Broadway… but will he be capable to stay in that role and speak out against the many social injustices happening all around him?
Heat Vision has the two covers to the first issue — by Ben Caldwell (above) and Evan &#;Doc&#; Shaner (below) — and also talked to Russell about how he ended up bringing the beloved animated lion into his new position in life.
Given your function on The Flintstones and Prez astro1 Oddly his wiki entrymakes virtually no note of Snagglepusses widely acknowledged adoption by the gay group as one of their own. He is a pink lion created in whose voice mannerisms are about as fey and arch as can be. Did the creators judge ahead of moment that they wanted Snagglepuss to be kinda sorta swish or did the voice actor carry the “gay” to the Snagglepuss personality, or was it simply an prolongation of (I’m guessing per the lawsuit mentioned in the Wiki) copying Bert Lahr’s characterization of the cowardly lion, which was cute swish itself … or what? Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew2 I don’t know, but this thread prompted me to Google “Murgatroyd,” which led to my learning that the “Heavens to Murgatroyd” catchphrase was cribbed from Bert Lahr in a non-Cowardly Lion role. ETA: Oh, duh–that’s already mentioned in the Wikipedia entry you linked to. Never mind. parthenokinesis3 jayjay4 I always sense bad for ol’ Snagglepuss. He’s the ORIGINAL pink panther, created in , but this smug upstart shows up in and complet HeavenstoMurgatroyd! Snagglepuss, a popular cartoon personality from the s, is getting reinvented as a closeted gay playwright during the McCarthy era. On Jan. 3, DC Comics will release “Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles,”a six-issue miniseries featuring the pink lion as a southern Gothic playwright a la Tennessee Williams during the conservative s. The DC Comics summary describes the plot like this: “It’s While the United States is locked in a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, the gay Southern playwright known as Snagglepuss is the toast of Broadway. But success has made him a objective. As he plans for his next hit compete , Snagglepuss becomes the fixate of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. And when powerful forces align to purge show business of its most subversive voices, no one is safe!” Baby boomers and latchkey kids from the s might remember Snagglepuss as a pink lion with theatrical aspirations known for saying things like “Exit, stage left!” when faced with a predicament. Snagglepuss’s extravagant personality led older viewer How did Snagglepuss become gay?