Janet Waldo

She was best known as the voice of Judy Jetson on the cartoon “The Jetsons”. Her name is Janet Waldo. She died Sunday, June 12, 2016, at the age of 96. She had been diagnosed with a benign and inoperable brain tumor back in 2011.

She voiced a lot of other cartoon characters as well. She was the voice of Penelope Pitstop. On “The Flinstones” she was Pearl Slaghoople. If you watched “Josie and the Pussycats” you heard her as Josie McCoy. On “The Smurfs” she provided the voice of Hogatha. Most recently she was Mrs. Tobbis in a 1998 animated TV series “King of the Hill”.

Aside from providing voices to cartoon characters, she also appeared on the TV show “I Love Lucy” in 1952.

I’ve always been the kind of person who notices the things other people overlook — strange roadside attractions, forgotten pieces of history, unusual places, odd trends, and the little things in everyday life that make you stop and say, “Wait... when did that become normal?” That curiosity is really what this blog is all about. I’m especially drawn to the stories hiding in plain sight: a forgotten piece of Michigan history, a roadside attraction you’d never know was there, an old building with a story behind it, or some completely ordinary part of modern life that suddenly seems ridiculous when you think about it for more than five seconds. Some days you’ll find a fascinating history story here. Other days I may take you along on a road trip, dig into something weird from Michigan’s past, share an interesting discovery, or simply rant about something in modern life that makes absolutely no sense. I don’t pretend to have all the answers. I just enjoy asking the questions, digging around for the stories, and sharing the interesting things I find along the way. My goal is simple: Keep looking. Keep learning. And keep things interesting.

1 Comment

  1. diane
    June 13, 2016 - 2:49 pm

    wow nice job

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