Oh no. Really? I just found this out on this thread. I had no idea that Kenneth Mars passed away last Saturday.
This has been one heartbreaking year for the LBT world so far.
First, we lost Tony Geiss, (one of the story writers of the original '88 LBT) on Jan. 21.
And now on Feb. 12, we lose Kenneth Mars, who voiced probably the biggest adult character, grandpa longneck (in movies II-XIII, and the t.v. series)
*and the sad thing is... I think the chances of seeing a future LBT movie just got worse. Grandpa Longneck was perhaps the biggest adult character of all, as he was the leader of the herd*
(lbtDiclonius: Mars was actually 74, he was about 2 months shy of his 75th birthday)
I didn't know he was 74, I thought he was in his 80's now.
(Co-incidentally, my own grandpa is 75 years old right now, and he was born April 13, 1935 1 year and 1 day before Mars was born... )
*If you wanted to know how our flyers are doing, here are their ages, most of them are still acting great today with no problems*
Will Ryan (the original 1988 Petrie) is 71
Jeff Bennett (Petrie from II-XIII, and the t.v. series) is 48
Tress MacNeille (Petrie's mom) is 59
Michael York (Pterano) is 68
Rob Paulsen (Rinkus) is 54
Jim Cummings (Sierra) is 58
R.I.P. Kenneth Mars (April 14, 1936-February 12, 2011) you will be missed.
