AESOP AND SON

CHARLIE RUGGLES - "AESOP"
DAWS BUTLER - "AESOP JR."

"Aesop and Son" was an animated segment on "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" (1959-1964), which tells fable tales. The typical structure consists of Aesop attempting to teach a lesson to his son using a fable. After hearing the story, the son subverts the fable's moral with a pun. This structure was also suggested by the feature's opening titles, which showed Aesop painstakingly carving his name in marble using a mallet and chisel and then his son, with a jackhammer and raising a cloud of dust, appending "And Son". Aesop was voiced by actor Charlie Ruggles and the son, was voiced by Daws Butler.

EPISODES SEASON 1 1.01 The Lion and the Mouse 1.02 The Mice and the White Cat 1.03 The Fox and the Stork 1.04 The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing 1.05 The Hare and the Tortoise 1.06 The Hare and the Hound SEASON 2 2.01 The Hares and the Musical Hares 2.02 The Frogs and the Beaver 2.03 The Lion and the Aardvark 2.04 The Jackrabbits and the Mule 2.05 The Dog and His Shadow 2.06 The Cat and the Fifteen Mice 2.07 The Goldfish and the Bear 2.08 The Vain Crow 2.09 The Canary and the Hares 2.10 The Fox and the Minks 2.11 The Owl and the Wolf 2.12 The Centipede and the Snail 2.13 The Fox and the Owl 2.14 The Hound and the Wolf 2.15 The Fox and the Winking Horse 2.16 The Sick Lion 2.17 The Porcupine and the Tigers SEASON 3 3.01 The Son of the Masked Clock 3.02 The Hen and the Cat 3.03 The Chicken and the Ducks 3.04 The Coyote and the Jackrabbits 3.05 The Rooster and the Five Hens 3.06 The Three Bears 3.07 The Robin, the Pelican and the Angleworm 3.08 The Eagle and the Beetle 3.09 The Fox and the Hound 3.10 The Bears and the Dragon 3.11 The Fox and the Woodman SEASON 4 4.01 The Country Frog and the City Frog 4.02 The Fox and the Rabbit 4.03 The Hare and the Tortoise 2 4.04 The French Poodle and the Ally Cat 4.05 The Fox and the Three Weasels

From IMDB: Charles Ruggles was born on 8 February 1886 in Los Angeles, California, USA and passed away on 23 December 1970 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Charles Ruggles had one of the longest careers in Hollywood, lasting more than 50 years and encompassing more than 100 movies. He made his movie debut in 1914 in "The Patchwork Girl of Oz" (1914) and worked steadily after that. He was memorably paired with Mary Boland in a series of comedies in the early 1930's, and was one of the standouts in the all-star comedy "If I Had a Million" (1932), as a harried, much-put-upon man who finally goes berserk in a china shop. Ruggles' slight stature and distinctive mannerisms - his fluttery, jumpy manner of speaking, his often befuddled look whenever events seemed about to overwhelm him, which was often - endeared him to generations of moviegoers. Memorable as Maj.or Applegate the big-game hunter in the classic screwball comedy "Bringing Up Baby" (1938). Many will remember him as the narrator of the "Aesop and Son" segment of the animated cartoon "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" (1959-1964). He was the brother of director Wesley Ruggles.

Charles Dawson (Daws) Butler was born on 16 November 1916 in Toledo, Ohio, USA and passed away on 18 May 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA. From Wikipedia: Charles Dawson Butler was a voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Loopy De Loop, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson, Peter Potamus, and Scooby-Dum.

The following is the opening for the show:

"Aesop and Son" - opening from The Professor's Scary Clips on Vimeo.