Most Walter Lantz fans know Andy Panda, a panda who began appearing in cartoons in 1939, as one of Walter’s most popular characters. But who were the voices behind the bear?

According to my research, the following actors voiced Andy Panda:

Bernice Hansen (1939-1940)

Sarah Berner (1941-1944)

Walter Tetley (1945-1949)

Daws Butler (once in the 1960s Spook-A-Nanny cartoon)

According to Wikipedia, Hansen originally voiced Andy Panda from 1939 to 1940, with Berner providing the voice from 1941 to 1944, and Tetley taking over the role until Andy’s last short film in 1949. Andy Panda later appeared on Woody Woodpecker TV. special “Spook-A-Nanny” (1964), in which she was voiced by Daws Butler.

Bernice Hansen: According to the looneytunes.wikia.com site, Hansen was best known as a voice artist who did several female character voices for Warner Bros. cartoons in the 1930s and early 1940s. She also did male characters that required voices. shrill.

Hansen not only voiced Andy in his early cartoons, Hansen was the voice of Andy Panda in the famous Andy cartoon. Knock Knock. This cartoon features the first appearance of Woody Woodpecker. Of course, Woody Woodpecker became the biggest star of Walter Lantz’s cartoon.

Sarah Berner: Berner was a film, television and radio actress. She was also active as a radio host and cartoonist, working primarily with Warner Bros., according to Wikipedia. The online database went on to state that she received no screen credit at Warners. Sadly, all of the on-screen voice credits went to Mel Blanc at the time.

Examples of Berner’s work for which she was not credited include the voice of Mama Buzzard in the shy buzzard and Bugs Bunny gets the Boidthe singing voice of the one-time character A. Flea in the 1943 short An itch in time and an uncredited role as the female voices in 1947 Book Review. Of course, he sometimes did the voice of Andy Panda and also Jerry Mouse.

walter tettley: Tetley, who voiced Andy until he was 49, was a talented actor, according to waltertetley.com, a website dedicated to the man. The site also states that although he was a good actor, radio and dubbing roles were his expertise.

Tetley became sought after for children’s roles and to do children’s voices due to an aging disorder that caused him to not age properly. Therefore, Walter Tetley had the characteristics of a 10-year-old boy for more than half of his life, explains his fan site.

Also, speaking on behalf of Andy Panda, Tetley is known for playing Mister Peabody’s pet boy, Sherman, on the Rocky and Bullwinkle shows.

Butler: Butler, who voiced Andy once, is a famous voice actor, having voiced Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, and Snagglepuss. Butler was also the voice of Droopy Dog in some cartoons.

I highly recommend that younger viewers who haven’t had a chance to see the Andy Panda cartoons buy some of the Woody Woodpecker and Friends DVDs that are available in stores and online. I purchased Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 and am impressed with the cartoon selections and the quality of the video. Young children will not only enjoy watching these classic cartoons that they have not been exposed to these days. But Baby Boomers and Generation Xers who grew up with Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker cartoons through reruns will love seeing their old friends on TV again.

Ten years ago, foreign consumer products were scarce in India and only available to the wealthy section. Import restrictions prevented or severely hindered the entry of foreign consumer goods into India. With the economic liberalization that followed, foreign brands are now prevalent throughout India. Today, multinational corporations see emerging markets like India as prime growth opportunities. Rural markets are growing twice as fast as urban markets. With a rural population equivalent to just under 2.5 times the population of the entire United States according to the 2000 census, the potential consumer base is staggering.

But overall, the success of multinational corporations in rural Indian markets has been mediocre at best. Yet it is from these struggles and failures that multinational corporations seeking to enter the rural Indian market can learn how to do so more intelligently.

Kellogg’s is a prime example of a company that has struggled in the Indian market. Kellogg’s entered the Indian market in the mid-1990s. They intended to find a new market, consisting of over a million people, many of whom did not eat grain. What Kellogg’s discovered was that they were introducing an entirely new product category. This meant that they would have to invest large sums of money to create new eating habits in consumers. The most common Indian breakfast consists of biscuits and tea.

While Kellogg’s was busy creating new eating habits, local competitors were able to grab parts of India’s already small cereal market by introducing local cereal flavors at lower prices. The lackluster sales that followed in the first three years resulted in Kellogg’s needing to completely realign its marketing to meet local needs, as well as introduce a line of inexpensive breakfast biscuits. Disappointments like this have caused companies looking to enter the rural Indian market to re-evaluate their entire approach.

Understand the Rural Market

With a population already exceeding one billion people, India has drawn the attention of multinational corporations from around the world as a place of opportunity to explore new markets. While India has parts of its population that would be considered wealthy or middle class by Western standards, a much larger percentage of India’s population remains low-income. As a result, they spend money, live and use products differently than the countries where most multinational corporations originate. Rural areas, in particular, exemplify these differences.

Understanding the characteristics that make the people and the market in rural India unique can help corporations successfully enter this market. The key features define the term rural, determine the amount and flow of income, and determine the types of products and packages typically used in rural India.

Definition of rural

Seventy percent of India’s population, or approximately 700 million people, live in rural areas. This equates to just under 2.5 times the population of the US A location is defined as rural if at least 75 percent of the population is agrarian. With such a large number of potential consumers, it is clear why multinational corporations would want to successfully penetrate the rural Indian market.

Rural Income

With a median income equivalent to $42 per month ($504 per year), rural Indians have very little disposable income. Most cottages have minimal storage space and no refrigeration. Very few people own or have access to cars. As a result, rural Indian clothing buyers tend to have an “earn today, spend today” mentality.

Instead of buying in bulk, which would mean paying more for a large quantity up front, rural Indians tend to buy what they need for short periods of time. These factors result in consumers buying products locally, as well as on a daily basis. Apart from the fact that income levels are low, rural incomes also vary greatly depending on the monsoons. When a monsoon arrives, it devastates the livelihood of most rural consumers because they depend on farm work for income. Corporations are also directly affected because this makes it difficult to predict demand.

Products and Uses

Before a company considers entering the rural market, it is crucial to understand the types of products and packages that rural Indians typically use.

For example, urban Indian consumers often use toothpaste to brush their teeth, while most rural Indians prefer to use tooth powder.

As a company looking to enter the Indian market with an oral care product, this would be an important fact to be aware of and consider during the product and package development stages. Similarly, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL), the Indian subsidiary of Dutch-based Unilever, found that rural Indians tend to use the same soap to wash everything from hair to body to clothing (if that use some soap). Because HUL manufactures products that include various soaps and detergents, HUL’s packaging and product development processes have taken this rural habit into account when designing all-in-one soaps. Considering the low disposable incomes and unique product and packaging needs of this market, consumer products designed and packaged for this market have great potential.

Any company starting to venture into the rural Indian market should keep these aspects in mind and after that plan their next steps, because one wrong step on their part can also ruin their entire brand image in other parts of the country.

Where is this giant sign? It’s right where it should be. There is only one logical place in this country where it could be. No, it’s not in New York City. A neon sign of this size needs a lot of space. You also have to advertise somewhere that is popular enough that this gigantic billboard can pay for itself. That means a place that attracts millions of visitors annually. New York City welcomes them.

But where could they put it? Times Square doesn’t have enough space. Also, the corporation that owns this neon sign has property in the Big Apple, but there is not enough room or space for this sign, which is not a sign that can be hung or attached to a building. The only place that ticks all the boxes, if you haven’t already guessed, is “The Strip” in Las Vegas. This location is ideal because the money generated here far exceeds any income New York can produce and once you see the price, you’ll know why Las Vegas got the thumbs up. The most obvious reason, the size of this neon sign, points to Las Vegas.

This neon sign was the brainchild of the Hilton Hotel Corporation. The company that was to build the original sign had planned to build a 364-foot-tall sign on the site when they started in 1994. However, this neon sign was all but destroyed during construction by a wind storm in July of that year. . Luckily, however, the intact foundation and steel frame were usable when the foundation for the new sign was poured in 1996. It became the largest and tallest freestanding billboard in the world. Las Vegas, known as The City of Lights, received the brightest neon sign in the world.

What makes this neon sign the brightest star in town? It is powered by flashing ballasts and neon transformers. Lights are provided by more than 1,500 flashing sign ballasts. The total area of ​​the sign is more than 70,000 square feet. This neon can produce up to 64 shades of changing colors. The hotel’s name, Hilton, is done in rebox-style letters 164 feet wide and 29 feet tall and uses 9,310 feet of lighting. The sign is two-sided and displays ridges that are four lamps deep all the way up and down the sign.

The sign features a “Star Trek: The Experience” logo and a programmable reading board. This double-sided reading board is 40 feet tall and 80 feet wide and filled with 32,000 colored lamps per side. The Star-Trek portion of the sign required 6,944 linear feet of neon to light. The sign’s flashing ballasts are used to turn colors on and off, move light across the screen, and control the sign’s flashing activities efficiently and effectively. Flasher ballasts are 120 volt, high output, allowing dependable shutdown at low temperatures. They support up to three lamps and have preheated cathodes to improve lamp performance. The ballasts are good for about 20,000 hours. The sign has proven to be very popular with visitors. There is another title that could certainly be applied to this sign for a price tag of approximately $9 million, it could easily be the most expensive neon sign in the world.

It is interesting to note that Saginaw, Michigan claims to have the largest neon sign in the state. It is 35′ tall and 50′ long and is said to be the largest figure sign in the entire United States. A figurative sign is based on human or animal figures.

Neon signs are things we see every day. From our largest cities to our smallest towns, they display their colorful brilliance day and night through all types of weather. Although their main function is advertising, they add warm lights to illuminate many dark areas. They add color to monotonous buildings.

America has its Times Square and Las Vegas, both impressive showcases of neon signs. London has its Piccadilly Circus, a well-known sign display. Some of the other places with bright sign centerpieces are Ginza and Shibuya in Tokyo, Do ton bun in Osaka, Nanjinj Road in Shanghai (the world’s largest shopping street), and Bankok’s Soi Cowboy district, named after an American who opened a go-go bar there. in the 1970s. This one made the list because of the supposed off-putting weirdness of it that featured pink elephants marching up and down its neon pink streets.

Neon signs are found all over the world. Although they proclaim their messages in hundreds of languages, their purposes and benefits are the same as here.