The Jungle Book Cels

Disney's The Jungle Book was the last animated feature that was supervised by Walt before his passing in 1966. It shows Walt's keen sense of story, his love of laughter, and his dedication to excellence. It was clearly a triumph and remains a favorite of Disney fans. We love it because we're such huge fans of singer Phil Harris, who was the voice of Baloo the bear. Old fogies like us learned to love Phil Harris because of his appearances on the Jack Benny radio program, starting in the 1930s and continuing through the early 1950s. And, I always thought that Sebastian Cabot, who was appearing in a popular television series at that time called "Checkmate", was an inspired choice as the mature and rational voice of Bageerah the panther. But that's not to overlook the other two famous voices. First and foremost in the hearts of Disney fans is Sterling Holloway who was the voice of Kaa the snake. Sterling's unusual voice marked his career in films and on television, starting in the late 1940's. His talents became most famous when he was cast as the original voice of Winnie The Pooh. That brings us to Maggie's personal favorite: George Sanders who was the deep, menacing voice of the evil Shere Kahn the tiger. George Sanders was a British actor who starred in many films for Hollywood. He became enormously popular for starring as Simon Templar, The Saint, based on the Leslie Charteris story.

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