This article by Mufaddal Fakhruddin for Tbreak came across our feeds this past weekend – and it’s welcome news for those of us who like working with voice actors (heck, you’ve probably realized most of us over here in the Tulgey Wood are voice actors). If you want a TL;DR summary, the fantasy RPG video…
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Some folks may first think of Jim Cummings as the “new” voice of Winnie-the-Pooh (Hal Smith had a couple outings in the 80s, but most people probably remember the distinctive voice of Sterling Holloway as the silly old bear). Cummings has voiced a lot of characters in the past 40 years or so, not just…
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We felt a great disturbance in the Force yesterday. It turns out that’s because actor James Earl Jones had died at the age of 93. You can read obituaries and remembrances from: Jones was a phenomenal actor, full stop. And his presence in the American theater (touched on in several of the pieces above), deserve…
Read MoreRogue Tyger — and, indeed, some of our other series — take their cliffhanger inspiration from a certain series about a time-traveling alien. And how better to judge the hero than by their villains? Certainly, the Daleks have been oddly satisfying in that regard. Odd, because through much of their history, their arch nemesis wasn’t…
Read MoreDisney’s animated films usually come with requisite musical numbers and, while there isn’t anything wrong with that, it’s not something we’ve done a lot of… yet. So it was nice to see this brief, six-minute piece that shows some of the voice actors behind one of Disney’s forays into a classic adventure yarn of a…
Read MoreWhat with our current production of “Prince Prigio” using many cast members to do about 50 different voices, we thought it’d be fun to share a video by one voice actor who could arguably do them all. Odds are, you’ve heard Rob Paulsen do voices in any of a number of shows. In this 20-minute…
Read MoreWe naturally love voice actors, so when we come across a nice retrospective of a voice actor’s work, we love to share. Today, it’s Thurl Ravenscroft — who left us in 2005 and yet may still be heard here and there, now and then… kind of like a voice actor pooka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUl8dyaUIqo
Read MoreWe are convinced that, in an alternate dimension, Quorum was done as a vintage radio show and Paul Frees was a member of the Quorum. So it was a great treat to hear Paul Frees’ demo tape. Note to current voice actors: under no circumstances should your demo tapes be five minutes long. In fact,…
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