This is the first compilation of bloopers and blunders directly from the Time Machine Show, year #2 (2004). Those of you that are unfamiliar with the show can read all about it here: http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Time_Machine_Show
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There has only been one other person that said something along the same lines as you have, and I told him the same thing I will tell you and anyone else that feels the same way. Please do not take this as a "nagging" or "chewing out" session, but more like an educational overview on the craft of voice acting in general. Observe:
Ever since the show started running, I have provided voices for the characters that you hear on my show, and the listeners all look forward to hearing them.
Think about this. Would you ask Rob Paulsen to quit speaking in an English accent when he provided the voice of Pinky in "Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain" when we know he's an American and we know what his real voice sounds like? Would you ask Jaleel White not to provide the voices of three hedgehogs at the same time in "Sonic Underground"? Ross Bagdasarian (AKA David Seville) provided all three chipmunk voices for Alvin and the Chipmunks, plus his own voice in the 50s and 60s recordings of the Chipmunks novelty songs. You wouldn't tell him not to act like there were more than one person when we all knew it was him with his voice just sped-up. That's not even counting ventriloquists who speak in their own voice while coversing with one or two other voices for the puppets or dummies at the same time; some even go through great lengths to act like their dummies are really talking and moving by themselves.
Let's also not forget the film "Good Morning, Vietnam" starring Robin Williams, who portrays a former Airman-turned-radio DJ for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War...who provided voice talents for fictional characters (and celebrity impersonations) alongside his own voice during his radio broadcasts.
In retrospect, voice actors use make-believe characters and bring them to life as a means of entertainment, and that is what I do. Providing the voice talents of five or six different characters all at once is not an easy task, especially when it's all done live, unedited, and without pre-written material.
For future reference, when you are aware that a person creates and provides voice talents for fictional characters, please understand that there is a purpose for them being there to begin with, and that purpose is all in part of a wonderful world we call "voice acting in entertainment".
(Not meaning to lecture you or anything, but I feel that in times like this, one needs to be educated with an in-depth point of view in the ways of voice acting.)
Ever since the show started running, I have provided voices for the characters that you hear on my show, and the listeners all look forward to hearing them.
Think about this. Would you ask Rob Paulsen to quit speaking in an English accent when he provided the voice of Pinky in "Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain" when we know he's an American and we know what his real voice sounds like? Would you ask Jaleel White not to provide the voices of three hedgehogs at the same time in "Sonic Underground"? Ross Bagdasarian (AKA David Seville) provided all three chipmunk voices for Alvin and the Chipmunks, plus his own voice in the 50s and 60s recordings of the Chipmunks novelty songs. You wouldn't tell him not to act like there were more than one person when we all knew it was him with his voice just sped-up. That's not even counting ventriloquists who speak in their own voice while coversing with one or two other voices for the puppets or dummies at the same time; some even go through great lengths to act like their dummies are really talking and moving by themselves.
Let's also not forget the film "Good Morning, Vietnam" starring Robin Williams, who portrays a former Airman-turned-radio DJ for the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War...who provided voice talents for fictional characters (and celebrity impersonations) alongside his own voice during his radio broadcasts.
In retrospect, voice actors use make-believe characters and bring them to life as a means of entertainment, and that is what I do. Providing the voice talents of five or six different characters all at once is not an easy task, especially when it's all done live, unedited, and without pre-written material.
For future reference, when you are aware that a person creates and provides voice talents for fictional characters, please understand that there is a purpose for them being there to begin with, and that purpose is all in part of a wonderful world we call "voice acting in entertainment".
(Not meaning to lecture you or anything, but I feel that in times like this, one needs to be educated with an in-depth point of view in the ways of voice acting.)
Yeah, but the point is, is that they didn't all sound the same, yours do. And Robin Williams is a comedian. I'm not trying to chew you out but they just all sound the same to me. I found the bloopers hysterical, and I'm not nagging, you don't have to take advice. It's just that yours all sound the same.
Ahh, okay. During the first two years, the character voices did sound kinda identical, but it took time to get them to sound different. I'm in the fourth year of doing the show now, and nowadays the show gets quite a lot of acclaim. Listeners all really dig on the character voices I put into the show and have even commented on how well-done they all fit into place. Looking back into the first and second years of the show's running time, I notice that the voices have greatly improved. Thus, the phrase "you get better over time" comes into play here.
(I do have to say though that some of the voices that Robin Williams has done sounded exactly like he did as well. Doesn't matter what occupation someone has, be it comedian or otherwise. He could be a bank teller at a drive-in bank, and he could do the same types of voices. Voice acting can be done by anyone.)
(I do have to say though that some of the voices that Robin Williams has done sounded exactly like he did as well. Doesn't matter what occupation someone has, be it comedian or otherwise. He could be a bank teller at a drive-in bank, and he could do the same types of voices. Voice acting can be done by anyone.)
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