Star Wars Lego Cartoons

One of the fun things I discovered when my grandson came to visit (he's here for one month this summer, and I get him on the weekends, plus a few days during the last week), was that there was a Star Wars Lego cartoon series. It is actually pretty funny, and the episode I am watching this evening (yeah, my grandson is NOT here, and I AM watching Cartoon Network) has a Lego George Lucas character that pops in and out giving directions to the characters (mostly to Darth Vadar).

I have been laughing through the whole show!

RIP, Speed Racer (Peter Fernandez)

William Winckler has informed ANN that Peter Fernandez, the actor and voice director best known as the title character in the animated Speed Racer series, passed away this morning due to lung cancer. He was 83.

Fernandez not only voiced Speed himself, but also his brother Racer X and several other characters in the English-dubbed adaptation of Tatsunoko's Mach Go Go Go anime series. He also directed the voice cast and even wrote the lyrics to the signature theme song. He later played Lupin III, Daisuke Jigen, and President Jimmy Carter in the JAL dubbing of the Lupin III: The Secret of Mamo film. His voice can be heard in such dubbed anime titles as Astro Boy, Gigantor, Marine Boy, Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars, and Superbook. He made a cameo appearance as an announcer in the 2008 live-action Speed Racer film.

RIP