Yep, I think that voice is largely Newtonian! (And it's one that Paul Frees "paid homage to" (*cof * cof *) later...)

Here's Orson Welles, 11 years earlier, doing a nice gruff Long John (with my dear friend Arthur Anderson very good as Jim):

http://old-time-radio-shows.blogspot.com/2012/01/mercury-theatre-treasure-island.html

-Craig


Monsterkid since the Kennedy Era
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