Voices
Nearly all of the Munchkin voices were dubbed in by uncredited voice actors, who sang in their normal voices at a specific tempo, and the recordings were sped up to create the unique Munchkin "voices". The Deluxe CD includes the actual voices of the three "Lollipop Guild" on-screen performers for contrast. According to the CD liner notes, the uncredited voice actors for certain segments were:
- "The Lullaby League": Lorraine Bridges, Betty Rome and Carol Tevis.
- "The Lollipop Guild": Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, and Harry Stanton.
- "Hail Hail the Witch Is Dead": Ken Darby (the arranger)
Bletcher and Colvig had previously performed voice work notably in Three Little Pigs, and would go on to do a significant amount of voice work for the Warner and Disney cartoon studios. Bletcher himself was a short man, at 5 feet 2 inches, though notably taller than the Munchkins he voiced.
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