# From Beautiful Downtown Burbank - Gary Owens dead at 80. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618 "2015-02-14T01:19:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/1 "2015-02-14T01:19:10Z")
[RIP, Gary.](http://www.avclub.com/article/rip-gary-owens-laugh-announcer-and-cartoon-voiceov-215260) “That’s right, Bob. Donna’s “Open For Business.” Now excuse me, but I’m next.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/2 "2015-02-14T01:24:05Z")
He was touched by the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/3 "2015-02-14T01:25:25Z")
Missed the edit window: [Open For Business](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upUg_mtCWq0) ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/4 "2015-02-14T01:26:42Z")
He was another Dick Clark in that he’d been around forever and yet he never seemed to age a day! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/5 "2015-02-14T06:25:17Z")
The American Eagle squadron flies in the Missing Man formation today. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/6 "2015-02-15T17:52:38Z")
VOICE ACTOR GHOOOOST Just kidding, great voice actor. He will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/7 "2015-02-15T19:01:05Z")
Damn. Great voice. Remember his from _Laugh-In_, of course, which was the first and practically only thing I encountered him in. I have an audiobook of his reading of Richard Shenkman’s _Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of American History_. His voice is wonderful, but at times he sounds as if he’s reading it sight unseen, and at other times he sounds as if he disagrees with Shenkman. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/8 "2015-02-17T22:42:06Z")
I just learned of Gary Owens’ death today. He was the announcer for Antenna TV and I saw a placard saying “In Memoriam”. I’ve been a fan of his since his “Laugh-In” days. He was a great announcer and comic. I have the DVD of the movie “Comic Book: The Movie”. One of the special features is of Gary hosting a panel of voice actors at one of the San Diego ComicCons. He was surrounded by such colleagues as Maurice LaMarche, Jim Cummings, Billy West, Rob Paulsen, and Jess Harnell. A veritable “Who’s Who” of animated voice talent. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-beautiful-downtown-burbank-gary-owens-dead-at-80/712618/9 "2015-02-17T23:16:18Z")
A classic blooper from Gary: [https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;\_ylt=A2KLqIPZyuNUyX0AFcH7w8QF;\_ylu=X3oDMTByZWc0dGJtBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMQ--?p=gary+owens+preparation+h&vid=745113bbbc2aa25c9dc80b7c000ea3d0&l=00%3A41&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVN.608020743688553776%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dw0fxtJXJzTk&tit=KMPC+Gary+Owens+Commercial&c=0&sigr=11budkbv2&sigt=10qbpubmj&sigi=11riq8ld5&age=1337144303&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&tt=b](https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KLqIPZyuNUyX0AFcH7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWc0dGJtBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMQ--?p=gary+owens+preparation+h&vid=745113bbbc2aa25c9dc80b7c000ea3d0&l=00%3A41&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVN.608020743688553776%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dw0fxtJXJzTk&tit=KMPC+Gary+Owens+Commercial&c=0&sigr=11budkbv2&sigt=10qbpubmj&sigi=11riq8ld5&age=1337144303&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&tt=b)