WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Bill Thompson: King of Wimps

WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Bill Thompson: King of Wimps
Here's a great writeup of one of my favorite voice actors, radio and Disney voice-over star Bill Thompson, "Wallace Wimple" / "Mr. Smee". Please read the interesting comments below as well!

New Billy West Interview--Futurama's back, baby!

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I've kept up with all the new 2 hour videos from Futurama, and now it's been announced that Comedy Central has ordered another 26 NEW episodes! Overjoyness. This is a nice interview with Billy West on his career and the Futurama comeback. A great artist, indeed. Enjoy!

Cary Grant, Orson Wells Links at LibriVox!

They are not recorded FOR LibriVox, but they are given by members of the forum. Check this out! I didn't want to just repost their links; they have done it and they should get the credit! I have more I've collected and will add them in on slow news years. :-)

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Flash Frees! [or] Frees Frame!

[Reposted from Forging Reputations, my main blog, a post from 3/20/07]

Also, I found some new stuff on one of the family heroes, Paul Frees, such as a radio version of "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell (it's fawningly faithful to the short story version) with him as Sanger Rainsford, and a story of how Paul did the voice of "Josephine" in Some Like It Hot; I also found a movie with him and Sinatra online: Suddenly.
Well, I feel better now.

Put ze candle BECK!

CJO

PS, Kudos to the B-Movie Graveyard for their great writeup and mediafest of The Thing From Another World!

Training by Experience: Volunteering for Audiobooks

I'm getting myself some on-the-job training by reading for Librivox.com. It's a site where volunteers can read public domain texts and make their recordings public domain, too; ordinary doofliggies can also go there to pick up free audiobooks by amateurs and others. The other readers give lots of constructive criticism and proof-listen the text you've read. I'm reading "What was it?" by Fitz-James O'Brien and also planning to tackle a brute, but one that should make great listening: Lavengro by George Henry Borrow. It was a central text for my dissertation. It's gonna be a great experience and I hope you will listen as chapters come out. I'll give updates here. Feel free to offer any criticism that won't destroy my confidence.
Also there on the Web is audiobooksforfree.com, but so far I like the style of Librivox much better. Check them both out, I suggest. (Thanks to Greg Proops)
Chris
UPDATE: There used to be the option to record for Audiobooksforfree.com, but now they state they only use professional readers and directors, and there is no mention of recording for them on the site so far as I can see. However, they're worth a listen. Or, if you're a pro yourself, you could contact them...Chris

StarWars.com | Corey Burton: Voicing Villains

StarWars.com | Corey Burton: Voicing Villains
Fantastic voice actor Corey Burton first came to my attention as the Paul Frees sound-alike narrator for Stan Freberg's "The United States of America: The Middle Years." He has also done the same emulation for the Halloween adaptation of Disney's Haunted Mansion, with a "Nightmare Before Christmas" theme. He's great! Too bad I don't have cable and have not seen the SW series yet.

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Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life - Wikinews, the free news source

Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life - Wikinews, the free news source
This is a great interview with Billy West, with some background, West says, that he hadn't revealed before. I also found a very good one with Corey Burton I'll post soon!

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