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Who did the voice of Mister Ed?
—Joe Rck. Bryan. Texas
Actor Allan Lane did die talking for TVs most famous talking
horse in the popular 1960 s series. Long before he saddled up the
Mister Ed microphone, however, Lane enjoyed a long and durable
career in movies, appearing in nearly 120 of them from 1929
until the late ’sos. For a 10-year string of back-to-back B-movie
Westems. studio execs must have thought it would be a real
chore to come up with a different character name for him in
each. So lie played a gun-slinging do-gooder conveniently named
“Allan Rocky' Lone” in some 40 consecutive shoot-'em-ups.
Q Who does the narration for Meerkat Manor ? i
love the show, and the voice is perfect.
—Allison Spencer. Hastings. Neb.
Actor Sean Astin, 36, provides the
voice for the popular Animal Planet
series that chronicles the life of a fam
ily of meerkats in Africa. The son of
John Astin, who played Gomez on
TVs The Addams Family in the 19605,
and actress Patty' Duke, he’s been in a
steady stream of movies and television
shows since childhood. He played Mikey in The Goonies,
Rudy in Rudy, and loyal hobbit Sam in The Lord of tlx Rings
trilogy. As for his off-camera role on Meerkat Manor. ; Astin
says it’s a perfect fit. “I think I look like a meerkat and feel
like a meerkat,” he says. "It’s easy to identify with them.”
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Q My daughter is a big fan of a
girl named Ashley Tisdale. What
can you tell me about her?
—Julie Christianson, New York. N.Y.
Tisdale, 22, the candy-counter clerk Mad
die on the Disney Channel's hit series The
Suite Life of Zack & Cody , also starred in
the hit Disney TV movies High School
Musical and High School Musical 2. Born
in West Deal, NJ., she was discovered at Actress Ashley Tisdale
the age of 3 in her hometown shopping mall by a talent manager
and went on to appear in more than 100 national TV commer
cials. At age 8, she landed the leading role in a touring production
of Les Miserables, after which she also toured with Annie. Also a
singer, she released her first solo album, Headstrong, last year.
Q Megan Mullally always made me
laugh on Will <£ Grace. Is it true she
sings in a band? A
—Hannah F.. Gitano. Miss.
Mullally sings with the band Supreme
Music Program, which has record
ed two CDs. Her success on
Will & Grace didn’t transfer
to her 2006 daytime talk
show, which was canceled
in January for low ratings. I
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way in Grease (with Rosie J
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hosted Saturday Night Live
and w;is picked to fill in for
late-night TV host David
Letterman when he was side
lined by shingles in 2003.
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