That Peter Lorre impression was spot on. As a voice actor and dialogue coach I found this very relatable. Things haven't changed in the industry all that much. In connection with your work, I also work with international puppet festivals and right now I'm helping a displaced traditional Burmese marionette troupe that I'm good friends with to re-establish themselves after fleeing Yangon.
I beg to disagree; the use of dialects is not as widespread as it was forty years ago due to changing social mores. Is that a good thing? That's tough to say, but I do believe it's always better to use a natural-born speaker than a mimic.
Wonderful. Genuine people with genuine talent. No such attitudes exist today. He also amassed a huge library on languages and linguistics. Q:"You mean a library with real books?" A: " Yes books, with front and back and tiny letters in between..."
I remember Robert as a "back home" beau of Ellie Maye Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies." He also played a irresponsible pilot on "Flight" who later became a responsible priest. Robert was the sort that, though you didn't see him often, his portrayals had an impact and stayed with you. He was that sidekick that made the observation that solved the problem, created the problem (innocently), or aggravated the problem (unknowingly) while making an impression on the audience.
It didn't hit me until he said you worked on NeverEnding story. I started to listen to The voice more, and I realized "hey! That's FALCOR THE LUCK DRAGON!"
Any MST3k fan will remember him from the episode where they riffed the film "Giant Spider Invasion", and his infamous line from that film " You're hittin' the BAAOOOOZE again!"
I remember checking out this virtual voice acting panel featuring Tony Oliver and I think he reiterated the age old advice/phrase that voice acting comes from the gut. I can talk like Terminator,I can even talk like Fauci,I can even sound like Bob Dylan. I'm teaching myself how to sound like sylvester,sam,Marvin,and daffy.
When I studied acting back in the 70's not too many worked using dialects and even fewer classes taught them. So I spent a fair amount of time learning how to duplicate the speech patterns of various nationalities using classic theater techniques. But it involved far more than just pronunciation and characterization since to create the sounds you must use every part of your mouth from the jaw, lips and tongue all the way back to your glottis, epiglottis and vocal cords. When I left the theater in the early 80's I was still able to use those dialect skills doing voice-over work, but that industry was already veering away from their use since they were thought to be too stereotypical and demeaning to native speakers. And as talented as Mr. Eason obviously was, that's what I hear in the voices he does in this video which today could easily be branded as offensive. Today it's a rare American actor who will even attempt foreign dialects unless the character absolutely demands it [Meryl Streep is an obvious exception] and God help the actor who uses them for mere comic effect because the backlash will be immediate! But interestingly, more and more foreign actors have become very skilled at duplicating regional dialects of Americans! And I'm frequently surprised at just how good they are at eradicating their normal speech patterns and replacing them with our own vocal idiosyncrasies.
Anyone who is lucky enough to make money by simply opening their mouth and pretending they are someone else is a lucky SOB because there are countless of us out there that can also do the same but don't find work.
THE SECOND he spoke I recognised his voice 'PHONES' on Stingray - GEE TROY.
Likewise, I recognised his voice when he spoke in his Peter Lorre's impression which he used for Titan's Surface Agent X-2-Zero. :)
That Peter Lorre impression was spot on. As a voice actor and dialogue coach I found this very relatable. Things haven't changed in the industry all that much. In connection with your work, I also work with international puppet festivals and right now I'm helping a displaced traditional Burmese marionette troupe that I'm good friends with to re-establish themselves after fleeing Yangon.
I beg to disagree; the use of dialects is not as widespread as it was forty years ago due to changing social mores. Is that a good thing? That's tough to say, but I do believe it's always better to use a natural-born speaker than a mimic.
I've watched these shows all my life but never thought that X20 looked like Claude Rains.. Thanks for the video.
Great to see the face behind all those voices! 👍
That was utterly delightful to hear him speak about his time in Stingray! Thank you for making the puppets come to life, back then!
This is really cool to see his range of character voices. Very talented and a great history. Thanks for showing it!
Wonderful. Genuine people with genuine talent. No such attitudes exist today. He also amassed a huge library on languages and linguistics.
Q:"You mean a library with real books?"
A: " Yes books, with front and back and tiny letters in between..."
Very interesting man, great to hear from him.👏👏👏👏
love this . stingray was the best . i used the theme on my radio show . have the tape no strings attached all the music from the shows
brilliant what a fascinating guy thoroughly enjoyed
I remember Robert as a "back home" beau of Ellie Maye Clampett on "The Beverly Hillbillies." He also played a irresponsible pilot on "Flight" who later became a responsible priest. Robert was the sort that, though you didn't see him often, his portrayals had an impact and stayed with you. He was that sidekick that made the observation that solved the problem, created the problem (innocently), or aggravated the problem (unknowingly) while making an impression on the audience.
Fascinating thank you!
Great vid I loved stingray , xl5 firebird and thunder birds , all being shown on talking pictures tv
Now I need to go back and watch “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”!
What a lovely chap! Absolutely fascinating...
Wow what an amazing person. So awesome to see this. DrZ🙏🏻
It didn't hit me until he said you worked on NeverEnding story. I started to listen to The voice more, and I realized "hey! That's FALCOR THE LUCK DRAGON!"
We're afraid not, but he provided the voice of Morla the Ancient One and was dialogue coach for all three films.
Wonderful old Hippy....❤️
Any MST3k fan will remember him from the episode where they riffed the film "Giant Spider Invasion", and his infamous line from that film " You're hittin' the BAAOOOOZE again!"
Wonderful thanks very much
Wonderful man
I loved stingray more than thunderbirds
A real joy video😊
I remember checking out this virtual voice acting panel featuring Tony Oliver and I think he reiterated the age old advice/phrase that voice acting comes from the gut. I can talk like Terminator,I can even talk like Fauci,I can even sound like Bob Dylan. I'm teaching myself how to sound like sylvester,sam,Marvin,and daffy.
Back in 2019;I participated in a voice acting panel and read from a radio script;I took a deep breath and it took me 3 tries to get it right.
When I studied acting back in the 70's not too many worked using dialects and even fewer classes taught them. So I spent a fair amount of time learning how to duplicate the speech patterns of various nationalities using classic theater techniques. But it involved far more than just pronunciation and characterization since to create the sounds you must use every part of your mouth from the jaw, lips and tongue all the way back to your glottis, epiglottis and vocal cords.
When I left the theater in the early 80's I was still able to use those dialect skills doing voice-over work, but that industry was already veering away from their use since they were thought to be too stereotypical and demeaning to native speakers. And as talented as Mr. Eason obviously was, that's what I hear in the voices he does in this video which today could easily be branded as offensive.
Today it's a rare American actor who will even attempt foreign dialects unless the character absolutely demands it [Meryl Streep is an obvious exception] and God help the actor who uses them for mere comic effect because the backlash will be immediate! But interestingly, more and more foreign actors have become very skilled at duplicating regional dialects of Americans! And I'm frequently surprised at just how good they are at eradicating their normal speech patterns and replacing them with our own vocal idiosyncrasies.
who did the voice of maria ??? :)
Harpo Marx?😂😂
Glug glug glug 🫧🫧
Sylvia Anderson for less than 10 seconds in just one episode, "Raptures of The Deep".
If only he could have coached Dick Van Dyke.
❤💎❤
Is it just me, or was that a 99% facsimile of Parker at the end?
Anyone who is lucky enough to make money by simply opening their mouth and pretending they are someone else is a lucky SOB because there are countless of us out there that can also do the same but don't find work.