
There was a character actor named Chill Wills that did the voice of Francis. If you heard his voice once you'd never forget it. Chill had the perfect voice for a jack ass. No, I mean it. Wouldn't you like to have lived in his shoes for a day? Every time he opened his mouth until the day he died, people would hear a jackass.
Donald O'Conner left the Francis franchise after "co-starring" with the mule six out of the seven movies made through out the 1950's. O'Conner had top billing but everyone knew who the real star of the show was. O'Conner cited upon leaving, "That mule gets more fan mail than I do!" Arthur Lubin directed only the shows O'Conner "co-starred." Francis was a big celebrity back then and it's been decades since I've seen one. It may be that I might not find the Francis movies so endearing if I were to see one again. They sure were a treat to me when I was I a kid.
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I never really wtached the Francis movies. I was a Bedtime for Bonzo fan myself. Then there was Lassie and Flipper and Gentle Ben and Rin Tin Tin and Jaws and That cartoon parrot from Aladin and Lion King and well you get it....
The list goes on and on.
Although I thought Donald O'Connor was an underated Comic. By the way wasn't his mother Sara O'Connor from the Terminator Movies?
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I don't think so AHHHHnold.
Say, I think I'd like to see those Bonzo movies again. I heard tell that Reagan fellow went into politics after leaving acting.
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