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Continuing our former blog’s tradition of “Frivilous List Friday”… Thanks to youbentmywookie.com for the heads-up on this video from YouTube Channel mewlists ranking “The Top 15 Unseen Characters on TV.” After the jump, we’ve revealed the unnamed talents who voiced some of these unseen characters, and included commentary for ones who didn’t make the cut [...]

The head of cartoon voice acting legend Frank Welker has been immortalized in a cameo appearance on Futurama. Below is a screen capture from “Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences” (Season 6, episode 11 – production number 6ACV11) in a scene where Fry, Leela and Lrrr visit Orson Welles in the Head Museum. You can see Frank’s head in [...]

The March 12th press release (courtesy of Scoobyfan.net) for the upcoming live-action/CGI sequel to Scooby Doo: The Mystery Begins reveals an upcoming animated direct-to-video title: Scooby-Doo: Camp Scare, which releases on DVD in September 2010. In addition to the principal voice cast fans have come to expect from the animated series and features (Frank Welker [...]

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle has an interview with Charlie Williams, aka “The Noise Guy” (or “Onomatopoet”), who has an incredible gift for vocal sound effects. Williams is also an author, DJ, cartoonist, educator, kids comedian and performer, and has released 8 recordings showcasing his vocal SFX and stories for children. And he performs a routine [...]

Originally a news brief, this post has since been expanded into a feature article to commemorate 20 years of “The Simpsons” by spotlighting the show’s voice cast and guest stars. Please scroll down for the most recent updates. Originally posted 1.11.2010: NYDailyNews.com has a pictorial showcasing “The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: the faces behind the [...]

To coincide with the 9.15 release of Shout! Factory’s Transformers Season 2, Volume 1 DVD box set, IGN.com interviews Frank Welker with a focus on his Transformers work as the voice of Megatron and Soundwave for the original TV series, the 2007 Activision video game, and Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen. Related post: 7.13.2009 — [...]

Oregon’s Willamette Week Online (WWeek.com) reports that Portland’s September 5th live performance of Stan Freberg‘s 1959 musical “Oregon! Oregon!” has sold out, as well as the Sunday, August 30th show in Jacksonville, OR. According to WWeek.com, you can tune into a broadcast of Live Wire! Radio‘s 8.22 live recording (which “previewed three numbers from the [...]

Monkey Goggles blogger Geoff Carter highlights the work of Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Corey Burton, June Foray, Jim Cummings, Paul Frees, Frank Welker, and others. He promises a follow-up is forthcoming. Update: 12.20.2009 — Carter fulfills his promise, as promised. [Thanks to voice actor webmistress extraordinaire Doreen for the heads-up via Facebook.]

I have a correction via Doreen, webmaster of the official Frank Welker Homepage — FrankWelker.net — that Frank will unfortunately not be attending the Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins panel scheduled for Sunday, July 26th at 2:30 PM. This news was originally published on the San Diego Comic-Con’s own programming schedule, but Frank tells Doreen that [...]