March 01, 2007

• The first half is brilliant. I do love the Shat. But I started feeling bad for the producer after that. Poor guy.
• yeahbut... the producer really had it coming to him. Loath as I am to agree with Howard, the Shat was great on the first take, and all the guy did was make it worse
• It would be much better without the mindless tittering in the background.
• Indeed. Oh, how I loathe Howard Stern.
• This was actually posted on an animation blog a friend showed me (hell if I can remember where), It was held up as an example of why producers are morons. Let the actors act, damnit!
• Reminds me of Orson Welles in Frozen Peas. (Wikipedia w/transcript. Skip the article and transcript and scroll straight to the mp3 at the bottom.)
• Here's a little outtake from Casey Kasem that you might enjoy.
• I want you to really PUMP that last word. PUMP IT.
• HA! Those two are great.
• Another good one from Tom Baker recording a voiceover for an advert.
• I agree heartily with es el Queso and fish tick both. Shatner had it nailed on take one, and the producer was foolish to pick at him. It is a trifle distressing the way he hammers that producer, though. Howard Stern, however, is the penultimate bottom-feeder. The Kasem thing, which I'd heard about but never listened to before (thanks squidranch) is way over the top funny. Just the thing to inject some adrenalin into one's Friday morning!
• 404 on the Tom Baker mp3 link, unfortunately.
• oh buggery sod. no mp3's at work sadly, so because it was blocked, I assumed it was there. And when I assume, I make a twat out of myself.
• But if you presume we both get to be presidents.
• Sweet.
• I realize Casey Kasem is doing a recorded show, but I would love it if the show was live and he didn't realize his mic was on.
• Also, Shat is being an unprofessional dick. The producer is not the "talent", but that doesn't mean he shouldn't coach the talent. It has nothing to do with whether the producer can actually do the voice-over or not. Hell.. if he could, then he wouldn't need Shat -- he'd just do the recordings himself. Not that I wouldn't act the same way if I had centipedes in my vag.
• Sorry, GramMa... MonkeyFilter: Not that I wouldn't act the same way if I had centipedes in my vag.
• but I would love it if the show was live and he didn't realize his mic was on. A long time ago I was listening to the radio, late at night (around two or three o'clock), when mid song the music suddenly stopped. The next half hour was a phone conversion between a guy (the DJ) and some girl. After laughing about it forever, I started to feel bad after the conversation started getting to personal, and called him up to tell him what he was broadcasting. He wouldn't answer the phone! I spent ten minutes trying to get a hold of him. I started calling and hanging up really fast, so it would look like a ton of different callers. He eventually did answer, sounding really pissed off (it was neat because i heard using his cutesy voice upto the point where he put her on hold). I told him "Dude, your on the air!" "What?" "Your phone conversation with your girlfriend has been broadcasting for the last half hour!" "What? Nooo— oh sh-" The phone then hung up, and half a minute later music started back up. I don't know if he got busted for it. I don't even know if any other person was listening to it. But it was pretty damn funny.
• Shatner's a total ass in this clip. The producer's just trying to do his job: get a variety of takes to choose from. Shatner's getting paid, right? This is pure unprofessionalism. /rant from Shatner fan
• Bullies suck.
• I did some work with Shatner a few years ago-he was really easy to piss off. We wound up in a grocery store (I photographed him doing a mind meld with a cantaloupe) and when the cashier told him he had gained weight he told her, very loudly, to fuck off. But his hair was perfect.
• That's a pretty rude thing to say. I would've told her to fuck off, too. For some reason, my computer doesn't know how to play this video. Why. WHY??
• I know, Koko, it was rude but she was real heavy herself and she was just teasing him. He plays rough.
• "his hair was perfect." Are you sure you didn't see him drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's?