Friday, November 21, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Up!
On November 24th, 2003, Laurie and I went to a live-cast reading of THE WALDORF CONFERENCE, a play about the men behind the Hollywood Blacklist. The play was presented at the WGA Theatre in Beverly Hills as a benefit for the Hollywood ACLU and the Writers Guild Foundation. Nat Segaloff produced and John de Lancie directed with the following cast:
Edward Asner as Louis B. Mayer
James Cromwell as James F. Byrnes
John de Lancie as Eric Johnston
Harlan Ellison as Barney Balaban
Michael Laskin as Mendel Silberberg
Paul Mazursky as Samuel Goldwyn
Kenny Morse as Spyros Skouras
Ethan Phillips as Harry Cohn
Robert Picardo as Dore Schary
Lawrence Pressman as Albert Warner
Jacob Snyder as William Goetz
Alan Toy as Nicholas Schenck
After the play we were handing out with Harlan and Susan Ellison, when I worked up the nerve to ask Harlan to introduce us to Ed Asner. "Hey, Eddie! Come're, I want you to meet some people." Thanks to Harlan, we met a true gentleman.
On June 28th, 2008 I participated in Patrick Farley's "Mix Down/Melt Down" event, held in Chandler, Arizona. I had been listening to Pat's free lessons and felt I could learn a great deal from such a generous teacher. I was right. I spent some time with Pat at VOICE 2008 and I felt even more inspired by his teaching style and demeanor.
I recently participated in Pat's "Billion $ Read" which was another mind-expanding event.
I do regret my inability to attend Pat's "Play Among The Stars" event. One of the directors was Ed Asner.
Edward Asner as Louis B. Mayer
James Cromwell as James F. Byrnes
John de Lancie as Eric Johnston
Harlan Ellison as Barney Balaban
Michael Laskin as Mendel Silberberg
Paul Mazursky as Samuel Goldwyn
Kenny Morse as Spyros Skouras
Ethan Phillips as Harry Cohn
Robert Picardo as Dore Schary
Lawrence Pressman as Albert Warner
Jacob Snyder as William Goetz
Alan Toy as Nicholas Schenck
After the play we were handing out with Harlan and Susan Ellison, when I worked up the nerve to ask Harlan to introduce us to Ed Asner. "Hey, Eddie! Come're, I want you to meet some people." Thanks to Harlan, we met a true gentleman.
On June 28th, 2008 I participated in Patrick Farley's "Mix Down/Melt Down" event, held in Chandler, Arizona. I had been listening to Pat's free lessons and felt I could learn a great deal from such a generous teacher. I was right. I spent some time with Pat at VOICE 2008 and I felt even more inspired by his teaching style and demeanor.
I recently participated in Pat's "Billion $ Read" which was another mind-expanding event.
I do regret my inability to attend Pat's "Play Among The Stars" event. One of the directors was Ed Asner.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Paul Frees: Welcome, indeed!
He's was the voice of John Lennon and George Harrison, the voice of Boris Badenov and Inspector Fenwick, the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, Froot Loops Toucan Sam, and the Jolly Green Giants' protogé, Sprout, among others. Paul Frees had a long and varied career in radio, television, movies, and voice-over. Arguably,more people have heard Frees as the Ghost Host of Disney's Haunted Mansion than any of his other work. Listen to these outtakes of Frees recording sessions for Disney. Happy Halloween!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
It's Gary Owens!
Host ,Janie Haddad, speaks to Radio announcer and voice actor, Gary Owens,about his book, HOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS WITH YOUR VOICE, and his career.
Here we have Gary Owens going through some memorabilia from his days on Laugh-In.
Here we have Gary Owens going through some memorabilia from his days on Laugh-In.
Friday, October 17, 2008
June Foray and Bill Scott
I feel it's time to hear from June Foray (Rocky) and Bill Scott (Bullwinkle) so without further ado, (because there's a backorder on ado)Bullwinkle and Rocky!
Friday, October 3, 2008
Yogi Turns 50!
Mark Evanier was generous enough to share his answering machine message created by Daws Butler, the voice of Yogi Bear.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
"Bob Bergen: So Here's The Deal"
Bob Bergen, the official voice of Porky Pig, has put together a one-man-show and here is the trailer for that show. Enjoy!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Famous Voices Go Commercial
Go here to learn more about Chatty Cathy and the Twilight Zone episode she inspired, "Living Doll," with the voice of June Foray as Talking Tina.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Don LaFontaine, "The Voice of God," dead at 68
List of links:
http://www.donlafontaine.com/DLF2007/Intro.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_LaFontaine
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0480963/
http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/64990/index.html
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2008_09_04.html#015768
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPMvj_xejg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44-Z9XyS58
http://thatvideosite.com/video/3421
http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/10852/
http://www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com/Podcasts/P_77.mp3
http://www.creatingsuccesspodcast.com/PopUps/P_62.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=100&width=480&modal=true
http://www.harrisonline.com/audio/voiceover.mp3
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/the-greatest-hits-of-don-lafontaine-917782.html
http://bobsouer.com/blog/2008/08/26/please-pray-for-don-lafontaines-health/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awlqbcJZd38&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMngjDMZTWo
If you follow this link to Push Creative you can read an interview Rudy Gaskins conducted with Don LaFontaine.
Follow this link to Mark Evaniers' website for some final words by Don LaFontaine.
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