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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 [...]
Tom Kenny (voice of SpongeBob SquarePants) talks with Wired.com’s GeekDad about his role as Pat the Hammer, Mr. Lopart and Sneeze the Shop Vac on Disney Channel’s “Handy Manny,” voicing Rabbit for the new Winnie the Pooh movie, playing in rock bands, doing stand-up, being a geek, collecting comics, and performing as Joey Ramone for [...]
Beckett Entertainment has published SpongeBob SquarePants: Unofficial Collector — a special print magazine highlighting the “Top 10 Best SpongeBob Episodes,” toys and merchandise and trading cards price guide. Included is a 2-page feature on the voice cast with photos and profiles of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Carolyn Lawrence, Doug Lawrence and Clancy Brown, [...]
The Jacksonville Observer reports: Voice talent extraordinaire Carolyn Lawrence has performed characters ranging from Cindy Vortex of “Jimmy Neutron” to the so-taboo-even-Adult-Swim-banned-it “Moral Orel” — to Sandy Cheeks, the rootin’ tootin’ Texas-born squirrel buddy of “SpongeBob Squarepants.” Now she’s trying her hand at producing, with a project called “Monstroville.” Lawrence reports that her in-the-works animated [...]
NPR’s “Morning Edition” did a segment this week on the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants. The radio broadcast features a brief interview with Tom Kenny, and the accompanying video includes a cast table read and interviews with Tom as well as his fellow cast members Carolyn Lawrence and Roger Bumpass. See and hear it all [...]
Because my previous report on celebrity voice acting turned out to be so popular on this blog, I may just have to do this on a regular basis. Here’s another summary of “celebrity” voice acting news: – Victoria Beckham, aka “Posh Spice,” will guest star as a princess in an upcoming episode of SpongeBob Squarepants. [...]
Based on his performance in the 2008 DreamWorks CGI film, Kung Fu Panda, Jack Black was declared “Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie” in Nick’s 2009 Kids Choice Awards, winning out over nominees Ben Stiller (Madagascar 2), Jim Carrey (Horton Hears A Who), and Miley Cyrus (Bolt). Other animation-related winners included SpongeBob SquarePants for “Favorite [...]
The April 2009 print edition of NICK Magazine includes an interview with Tom Kenny on the upcoming TV special, “SpongeBob SquarePants vs the Big One”: Q: Do you ever talk like SpongeBob by accident? A: After doing it for ten years, there are times when something happens and I react like he would. He kind [...]
Following the success of their 2008 cruise, Nickelodeon has announced two new family cruises for 2009 between July and August with Royal Caribbean International. Among the events planned for the cruises are meet-and-greets with Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Chris Hardwick, voice of Otis the Cow on Back to the Barnyard who will be introducing [...]
