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The Hollywood Reporter Labels Cartoon Characters ‘Inappropriately Sexy’

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WARNING: The following opinion piece includes sarcasm and animation nerd nit-picking. Today’s entry in Voice Actors in the News’ tradition of Frivilous List Friday is a list of “10 Inappropriately Sexy Cartoon Characters” written by Sophie A. Schillaci and Chris Godley for The Hollywood Reporter. As a lifelong animation fan, a headline like that is [...]

Reporter Claims Danish Dub of ‘SpongeBob’ is Superior to Original

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An unidentified reporter for The Copenhagen Post makes the audacious claim that the voices for the Danish dub of SpongeBob SquarePants are “better than the originals.” With nary an audio or video clip to support this claim, the reporter says that even with A/V examples his (or her) “point would have been lost without them [...]

Monthly Blog Mailbag: April 2010

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Following up on March’s reader comments, where I answer questions and respond to feedback I get via e-mail and publish unintentionally amusing spam comments. – Comment from “web tasarım” on a press release for the GEICO/FreedomWorks/D.C.Douglas brouhaha: Sharing health was good in your hand. More expect friends. I have no idea what that means, but [...]

Monthly Blog Mailbag: March 2010

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Following up on February’s reader comments: – Comment from “Hong” on a post about Spike Spencer: Hello, just needed you to know I have added your site to my Google bookmarks because of your extraordinary blog layout. But seriously, I think your site has one of the freshest theme I’ve came across. It really helps [...]

Monthly Blog Mailbag: February 2010

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Welcome to another new blog feature where I answer questions and respond to feedback I get via e-mail and publish unintentionally amusing spam comments. Now, spam comments are the bane of every blogger. Thankfully, WordPress’ Akismet software filters such crap which can be easily mass-deleted. However, I guess maybe it’s my compulsive nature that I [...]

Jonathan Winters Rumored to Voice Papa Smurf

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UGO.com is reporting that Jonathan Winters will voice Papa Smurf in The Smurfs computer-animated feature expected to release in theaters on July 29, 2011. IMDb.com and Wikipedia.org both state that John Lithgow and Julia Sweeney are rumored to be involved with the film as well, and IMDb adds that Wallace Shawn is rumored to voice [...]

The What I'm Pondering Weakly II

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Want to Audition for Family Guy or The Simpsons?

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This article was originally published 2.08.2010. Please scroll down to read the most recent updates and additions. On Feb. 1st, Backstage.com published a list of TV Pilot Production Listings. Now, I’ll grant that unless you’re a working actor, that might not be of any interest to you. And for animation fans, the list is worth [...]

Voice Actor Doppelgangers: Seth MacFarlane

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So someone on Facebook.com decided that this is “Facebook Doppelganger Week” whereby you post your “celebrity doppelganger” as your profile photo. Recent trends have been baby pictures and bra colors, and the next fad will be vegetables, chickens, or some other such nonsense. And even in the aftermath of the horrible tragedy in Haiti, lots [...]

The What I'm Pondering Weakly

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