Meadows Racetrack announcer Roger Huston called the race this way: As they race down the track, Bambi has the lead. Here comes Rudolph from the outside. Were there really two horses named Bambi and Rudolph?
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Dennis the Menace, Navy Sailor
You remember those Navy Chow posters I posted on earlier? The ones that advised Sailors not to get too much food? Guess whose signature popped on one? Look at the bottom corner of the poster:
- Hank Ketcham, Navy Sailor, Dennis the Menace cartoon creator
Hank Ketcham, the Dennis the Menace creator was a Navy Sailor! In the Reserves:
Ketcham started in the business as an animator for Walter Lantz and eventually Walt Disney, where he worked on Fantasia, Bambi and Pinocchio. During World War II, Ketcham was a photographic specialist with the US Navy Reserve. Also while in the Navy he began a camp newspaper strip. Half Hitch, which ran in The Saturday Evening Post beginning in 1943.
I wonder if Dennis was modeled after a Sailor he knew. I could think of several.