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For Immediate Release: NOEL BLANC TO RECEIVE COMMUNITY APPRECIATION AWARD (Big Bear Lake, CA) The Big Bear Lake International Film Festival is pleased to announce Noel Blanc as its 2010 recipient of the Community Appreciation Award. Noel will be honored at the Lifetime Achievement Ceremony at 7:00p.m. on September 17 at the Big Bear Lake [...]
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, here are some classic bits from the late-great Mel Blanc performing the voice he made so famous as the cartoon icon Speedy Gonzales: – Fan video with Mel singing “The Hat I Got for Christmas is Too Big”: – Jack Benny and Mel perform their classic “Si, Cy, Sue” [...]
Life.com has a photo feature on the individuals they have determined to be “Epic” voice actors. The 17 names who made their list: – Mel Blanc: most of the iconic Looney Tunes characters. – Dan Castellaneta: The Simpsons, Earthworm Jim. – Alan Reed: voice of Fred Flintstone. – Seth MacFarlane: creator/producer/writer/voice actor on Family Guy, [...]
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.]
For Immediate Release: JOE BEVILACQUA (JOE BEV) RETURNS TO THE AIRWAVES WITH THE FIRST RADIO CARTOON SHOW EVER – CARTOON CARNIVAL! As the protege of cartoon voice legend Daws Butler (Yogi Bear), the veteran award-winning broadcaster (NPR, XM Radio) Joe Bevilacqua is no stranger to the cartoon world. Joe Bev even co-authored his mentor’s authorized [...]
Some addendums to previous posts: – A Voice Actors in the News exclusive — a promo image for the Dumb Bunny and Jackass adult animated comedy series produced by Bill Kopp and Brad Garrett, with some additional details direct from Bill Kopp. – Added several video clips and links to my Mel Blanc tribute.
Gregg Berger (Transformers, Duckman, Garfield & Friends) talks with Newsarama.com’s Steve Fritz about Transformers, Comic-Con, and his upcoming voice acting roles. Here’s what Gregg had to say about Shout Factory’s new Transformers box set: “I think the Shout! Factory collection will exceed all expectations,” says Berger. “They put so much care and devotion into the [...]
You’d think that headline’s just an attention-grabbing teaser to get you to read this. Well… it is, but it’s also not far from what Nicolas Cage is claiming in a video interview with CBS 11 in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX on providing the voice of the mole “Speckles” in Disney’s live-action/CGI feature film G-Force: “I played [...]
Friday marked 20 years since we lost the great Mel Blanc (“The Man of 1000 Voices”), who died July 10th, 1989 at the age of 81. This article marks the beginnings of a memorial tribute to Mel Blanc, and I will continue to update it over time. If you have a personal anecdote to share [...]
