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Death never sounded so sweet { 0 }
“When you drink responsibly, he’s only killing time.”
(Grunt along with) the bouncing ball { 0 }
Recorded the TAG for a series of funny new social responsibility TV spots to air in NS featuring a grim reaper character. What I didn’t expect, however, was to be asked to voice the grunting, unrecognizable sounds of the Reaper as sub-titles ran accross the screen. Follow the bouncing ball… and GRUNT!
Just call me Dad { 0 }
…at http://discovermussels.com/ Yes, I was cast as the “Dad” in a series of online videos for mussels- as in fresh, tasty, cultured blue mussels from the sea. The website is for the Mussel Industry Council of North America, and I’ll soon be featured (along with my actor-wife and actor-kids) in a couple of really nicely shot [...]
Omniscient Narration as a Popular Device { 0 }
Kind of sounds like the title of a college class or something doesn’t it? Well, what I’m talking about here is this: The number of TV shows with voiceover narration has risen in recent years. There was Sex in the City and Pushing Daisies, and My Name is Earl, and now there’s Grey’s, Scrubs, Desperate [...]
D.C. and Don { 0 }
I just learned that the tag announcer for the well-known Geico “Celebrity” campaign starring the late Don Lafontaine, is actor and VO talent, DC Douglas. DC is fast becoming my favourite “hollywood” VO guy. Now if I could just become someone’s favourite “hallywood” VO guy…
Thank-you Big Brother, ya big Turkey! { 1 }
So listen- I am fully aware that I’m a voice-over guy and that I usually blog about how fun it is to talk out loud for money. BUT! I cannot contain myself any longer. I just have to say it: THANK YOU BIG BROTHER! I also must echo Josh Wolk, the fantastically talented writer from [...]