rarely mentioned his credential as the voice of the young deer in Disney’s 1942. Some of these gags showed the forest was filled with small creatures, too - a bee (temporarily swallowed by Bambi), ants and the grasshopper, who is almost stepped on by Bambi before he starts hurling the small-guy anger. As a kid in the 1930s, he was discovered at a local talent show in Memphis, Tennessee. The voices of Bambi (Donnie Dunagan, left) and Thumper (Peter Behn, right) in ‘Bambi’ (Disney/ Everett). Story artists created the grasshopper after Walt Disney asked to incorporate more characters from the forest to punch up the comedy in early drafts. But I sure as heck can envision Bambi not having this grasshopper.” “And in Bambi, they have a grasshopper who just looks like a grasshopper. I couldn’t imagine Pinocchio without Jiminy Cricket. But Jiminy Cricket becomes more cartoony, much more appealing and engaging and a central character,” says Carney. The two projects were developed in overlapping time frames, Carney says.Įxclusive: Original 'Snow White' kiss was a shockerĭeer and bunny embrace inner Bambi and Thumper The grasshopper's fate is a far cry from Disney's star insect, Jiminy Cricket (both belong to the order Orthoptera, meaning 'straight wings'), from 1940's Pinocchio. toothy, yellow-nosed rabbit named Thumper almost hops off with the picture. Voice Cast: Donnie Dunagan (Young Bambi), Peter Behn (Young Thumper), Stan Alexander (Young Flower), Paula Winslowe (Bambis Mother), Cammie King (Young. Edith Barijaona, the voice of Thumper's mother in the third dubbing (1993), was miscredited as Edith Barijoane. Mak Darah, the voice of Bambi's mother in the third dubbing (1993), was credited with her real name, Marie-Christine Darah. Ornery for the sake of being ornery didn’t add anything to the story.' Bambi (Disney RKO-Radio) may not be the best picture I have ever made. Bernard Gabay, the voice of Adult Bambi in the third dubbing (1993), was credited as Bernard Brieux. Bambi, the classic 1942 Disney feature known and loved around the world, is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a new collection on digital HD debuting today (May 23rd) and on blu-ray on June 6th. “This grasshopper was just very ornery,” says Fox Carney, head of research at the animation library. “He was not that appealing. Thumper is one of Bambis friends and is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Flower) of Disneys 5th full-length animated feature film Bambi and one of the three tritagonists (alongside Flower and Faline) of its 2006 midquel Bambi II.

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