THE HAT SQUAD: REMEMBERING NORMAN ALDEN

Back in July, actor Norman Alden passed away; he was in his 80s. I think his best known role in Toobworld would have been Coach Leroy Fedders on 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'. And that was mostly because of the way he signed off.....

In my opinion, that has to be the best death scene actually seen on TV.

Alden did a lot of voice work in the Tooniverse. He was the first voice to be associated with the super-hero Plastic Man:

And since this is the month in which we celebrate TV Westerns, Norman Alden was a regular on Tim Conway's short-lived sitcom 'Rango' in which he was a bumbling Texas Ranger. Alden played his boss, Captain Horton at the Deep Wells Ranger Station. Horton wanted to get Rango transferred, but that was impossible when Rango's father was the head of the Texas Rangers.

Here's the opening credits and theme song......

Good night and may God bless......