▁value ▁of ▁R ice ▁K ris p ies . ▁ ▁From ▁their ▁original ▁design ▁as ▁elder ly ▁g nom es ▁with ▁large ▁nos es , ▁ears ▁and ▁h ats , ▁S nap , ▁Cra ck le ▁and ▁Pop ▁were ▁re im ag ined ▁with ▁younger ▁and ▁more ▁proportional ▁features ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 . ▁Some ▁time ▁after ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁their ▁g nome - like ▁o vers ized ▁ears ▁became ▁more ▁proportional ▁yet ▁pointed , ▁as ▁seen ▁in ▁common ▁port ray als ▁of ▁el ves . ▁They ▁first ▁appeared ▁as ▁animated ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁target ed ▁toward ▁such ▁children ' s ▁shows ▁as ▁The ▁How dy ▁Do ody ▁Show . ▁The ▁voices ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁g nom es ▁were ▁provided ▁by ▁D aws ▁Butler , ▁Paul ▁Win ch ell ▁and ▁Don ▁Mess ick . ▁More ▁recent ▁voices ▁have ▁included ▁Chris ▁Evans , ▁Keith ▁Che g win , ▁Ch ad ▁D ore ck , ▁Edd ie ▁De e zen , ▁Thom ▁Ad co x - H ern ande z ▁and ▁D ino ▁And rade . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁three ▁g nom es ▁are ▁vo iced ▁by ▁Andy ▁Hir sch ▁( S nap ), ▁D anny ▁Cook sey ▁( C rack le ) ▁and ▁Mark ▁Ball ou ▁( Pop ). ▁ ▁The ▁tri o ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁conservation ▁messages ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁and ▁briefly ▁re - im ag ined ▁as ▁super h ero es ▁in ▁the