William Shatner Explains It All In A Recording Session

The following is a recording session with William Shatner getting direction with which he doesn't agree. Shatner and the director have an . . . interesting exchange.

W*A*R*N*I*N*G*! There is adult language including "F**k" spoken by a "Stern" radio host and his female sidekick. Most of this comes after Shatner's portion.

June Foray documentary, Hokey Smoke!

While reading Mark Evanier's blog, News From Me, I came across this reference to a 35 minute documentary on June "Rocky the flying squirrel" Foray set to be released this summer. Narrated by Gary Owens, with comments by Evanier, Leonard Maltin, and others, this promises to be of great interest to fans of the diminutive dame of dynamite.

Monsters vs. Aliens in 3-D

Coming this Sunday during the Super Bowl is a bit of "Monsters vs. Aliens" in 3-D. Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogan, Rainn Wilson and Hugh Laurie star. The film will be released on March 27th 2009.

Nausicaa - English Voice Work

The following video is from Behind the Microphone: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind




Narrator: Tony Jay
Nausicaä: Alison Lohman
Lord Yupa: Patrick Stewart
Kushana: Uma Thurman
Kurotowa: Chris Sarandon
Mito: Edward James Olmos
Lastelle: Emily Bauer
Asbel: Shia LaBeouf
Mayor of Pejite: Mark Hamill
Obaba: Tress MacNeille
King Jihl: Mark Silverman
Muzu: James Arnold Taylor
Gikuri: Jeff Bennett
Lastelle's Mother: Jodi Benson
Gol: Frank Welker

Voice Actors Billy West & Bob Bergen, behind the scenes on "Bah, Humduck"

The voice and vision of Jim Henson

The world is a better place for Jim Henson sharing his vision, his voice, his heart, and his soul. Let's take a look and listen back over his work.





















Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990)

Listen to "A Boy and his Frog" by Tom Smith

Read the lyrics by Tom Smith

Bob "Porky Pig" Bergen Wednesday on Shokus Internet Radio

Mark Evanier


Over at his wonderful blog, "News From Me," Mark Evanier let us know that the enormously talented Bob Bergen (the nice Jewish boy who grew up to voice Porky Pig) will be appearing on "Stu's Show" on Shokus Internet Radio with Stuart Shostak. Mark reminds us that Shokus Internet Radio is NOT a podcast, so you CANNOT download the show, but MUST listen during the "aired" time from 4 PM to 6 PM Pacific Time, 7 PM to 9 PM Eastern.


Bob Bergen

You might want to check out Bob"s one-man-show "Here's The Deal" and what he has to say about recording a voice-over demo here.

Here is an interview with Bob at ToonZone, Part 1 and
ToonZone, Part 2

Mark has also posted a couple of "Mr. Magoo" commercials for Stag Beer, voiced by the late, great, Jim Backus

Susan Berkley presents her mini-course on interpreting ad copy

Susan Berkley presents her 5 part Mini Course - How To Do Voice-overs
The Five Questions voice actors need to ask themselves in order to interpret Ad Copy
Question #1 Who am I?
Question #2 Who Am I Talking To?
Question #3 What Is My Relationship?
Question #4 Where Are We?
Question #5 What Would It Look Like?

Learn more about Susan at The Great Voice Company: http://www.greatvoice.com

You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

Boris Karloff performed the voice-over work and Thurl(Tony the Tiger)Ravenscroft sings the signature song from "How The Grinch Stole Christmas."

Good Morning, Bob Bergen

Gary Cogill of Good Morning, Texas interviews Bob Bergen (voice of Porky Pig and Tweety Pie) at this link.