Edward G. Robinson character based on Robinson's tough-guy image was The Frog (Chauncey "Flat Face" Frog) from the cartoon series "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse". The voice of B.B. Eyes in "The Dick Tracy Show" was based on Robinson, with Mel Blanc and Jerry Hausner sharing voicing duties. The animated series "Wacky Races"' character 'Clyde' from the Ant Hill Mob was based on Robinson's Little Caesar persona. In the 1989 animated series "C.O.P.S." the mastermind villain Brandon "Big Boss" Babel's voice sounded just like Edward G. Robinson when he would talk to his gangsters. Then years later voice actor Hank Azaria has noted
Words for the Dying by record labels Opal and Warner Bros. in the US and Europe and Land in the UK. It was reissued in 1992, and in 2005 with a different cover. Lou Reed selected the album as one of his 'picks of 1989'. In its retrospective review, "Fact" described it as "arguably the last great album John Cale recorded". In 1993 an 80-minute documentary film "Words for the Dying", directed by Rob Nilsson, was released on DVD. It follows Cale and Eno to Moscow, London, and Wales during the creation of the album. All tracks composed by John Cale, except as indicated.