Gary Owens

Gary Owens (b. 1939) is an announcer, comic actor, and voice actor best remembered as the ear-cupping booth announcer on Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, and also the voice of cartoon superheroes ranging from Roger Ramjet to Space Ghost. In 1969, Owens was cast as "The Man from Alphabet" in a series of film sketches for Sesame Street. The segments tested poorly and were never aired. However, Owens did supply narration and character voices for assorted animated sketches on the series. In 1978, he was seen and heard in The Muppets Go Hollywood as the enthusiastic announcer. On Dinosaurs, he provided mock-serious narration for "Nuts to War," parts 1 and 2, spoofing William Woodson's narration for The Winds of War.