Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Thurl Ravenscroft

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Last updated on November 9, 2024.

Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft was an American actor and bass singer. He was known as one of the booming voices behind Kellogg's Frosted Flakes animated spokesman Tony the Tiger for more than five decades. He was also the uncredited vocalist for the song "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from the classic Christmas television special, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

American - Actor | February 6, 1914 - May 22, 2005

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I did the commercials for Gillette during the World Series and at one point I had 27 different beer contracts.

Thurl Ravenscroft

All I have to do is walk into any crowd in the United States, I'll bet you, and say, 'G-rr-r-r-e-a-a-at!' and everyone would turn around and say, 'Tony!'

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Jack Benny was a very warm person and a very appreciative person.

Thurl Ravenscroft

It was hard to know if anything, any one particular thing, increased my career or not.

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I love to keep doing the voice, and I'll do it as long as I'm able and as long as Tony sells cereal.

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The good lord gave me a very unusual voice, and gave me the opportunity to learn how to use it.

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When Kellogg's brought up the idea of the tiger, they sent me a caricature of Tony to see if I could create something for them. After messing around for some time I came up with the 'Great!' roar, and that's how it's been since then.

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Tony is just a good, wholesome character.

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I've been a very fortunate man and have had many wonderful jobs and experiences in my life.

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Whenever anyone finds out that I'm Tony, 'Oh, do it! Do it!' What they mean is they want me to say, 'Put a tiger on your team with Kellogg's Sugar Frosted Flakes. They're great!' That's what everybody wants to hear.

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I made Tony a person. For me, Tony was real. I made him become a human being, and that affected the animation and everything.

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I'm the only man in the world that has made a career with one word: 'Grrrrreeeat!'

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To me, that's when music was music. Every studio had a full symphonic orchestra and a whole bunch of singers they used on every picture. Every radio show had singers on it, and NBC and CBS had their own staff orchestras. Music was everything. And it was good music; it wasn't based on three chords.

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It always ended up that they said, 'Tony, are Frosted Flakes good?' And he would laugh and say, 'Good? Why, they're great.' And I said, 'Well, we've gotta do something with the word 'great' to make It explode. It has to really knock the packages off the shelves.'

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Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by Thurl Ravenscroft

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