WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:05.160 How are you doing out there? It's me Tiger. I am Duck Wing 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:09.800 Duck. It's me Bunkers deep babcat. All right, ya didn't bree your 3 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:15.039 favorite firefly? You desire hold old no Go. My name is Jim Cummings 4 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:20.559 and welcome to tuned In. Welcome to the very first episode of Tuned In 5 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:23.600 with Jim Cummings for twenty twenty four. I am Brendan Dandel of the four 6 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:26.559 figure Discount Network, of course, joined by the man himself, producer Chris. 7 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.120 How are you man? Hello, I'm great. How are you guys 8 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:34.200 doing? We're doing great? Tired, tired? I'm assuming, No, 9 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:37.640 I'm great. So basically, what's going on here isn't no. We've been 10 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:41.280 away for a while because you know, Jim's been on holiday as he deservedly 11 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:44.280 so, over in South Africa. So Jim's on South African time, I'm 12 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.240 on Australian time and Chris is on LA time. So what time is it 13 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:51.079 right now for you? Chris? Where you are? It is one thirty 14 00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:53.520 in the morning. Wow, It's usually me having to get up at one 15 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:59.399 third in the morning, so I'm actually quite happy. Yeah, it's eleven 16 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:00.679 in the morning. Where Jim is, and it's a at night here, 17 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:03.719 but we're going to get this done. I'm very very excited, Jim. 18 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.159 How you being mate? Superb? It's another day in paradise, and I 19 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.879 do mean paradise in fact. Do I dare do this? Can I try 20 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:14.319 and do this again? Should I show everybody where I am? Can I 21 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.000 just do that? Let's do it real quick. It won't take long. 22 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:21.280 Jim is turning his laptop around. I mean, does that look I care 23 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:23.439 great for that for the audio. But let's describe what we're seeing here, 24 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:27.760 Chris. We're seeing crystal blue waters. We're seeing Margaret somebathy on the beach. 25 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:33.480 Yes, ye're saying saying, yeah, did you see that shark come 26 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:36.480 up and take it out? Well right on the beach. Huh the shark 27 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:40.079 just took out a family of four. I hope you got that. Oh 28 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:45.480 well yeah, good, good, Good for the raid, Yeah, good 29 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:48.400 for the refige. Anyway, Yeah, there are a lot of sharks there, 30 00:01:48.439 --> 00:01:51.400 hunt. I made that up, So it's okay. I don't think 31 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:53.760 there's as many dangerous animals in South Africa as who are struck. Maybe in 32 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:57.480 the Safari that might be, but I feel like Australia is known as like 33 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.439 the world's deadliest place when it comes to the animals, and they're not necessarily 34 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:04.519 big animals like lions and rhinos and hippos that just you know, little red 35 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:07.079 back spiders there might be the size of a tent, a little nickel, 36 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:08.879 but they will kill you if they bought you, right. And don't you 37 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:15.520 have shrews that eat lions down there? I'm pretty sure I remember something probably 38 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:22.919 yeah, yeah, well I did see a Tasmanian devil last time he did. 39 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:25.960 Yeah, And they are angry, they are pissed. And you know 40 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:31.080 what is really astonishing to me is the first time I heard a Tasmanian devil, 41 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:36.159 an actual Tasmanian devil, and it went less, and I thought a 42 00:02:36.199 --> 00:02:38.039 buddy of mine was messing with me, a sound engineer, and he was 43 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:42.879 putting me in there, and I said, oh, come on, that's 44 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:46.960 who he goes, dude, this is National Geographic And he hit it again 45 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:51.919 here and it sounded just like the Tasmanian Devil cartoon and I went, damn, 46 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:54.039 you know, and there and he's just walked around all pissed off, 47 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:58.879 and it looked just like Taz, you know, life imitating art, I 48 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:02.360 guess right, or thing are imitating somebody was imitating something? Did he say 49 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:10.800 as well? Or no he did not? No he didn't. Thank you 50 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:13.960 to everyone who was tuning in to the show this week. Thanks everyone who 51 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:16.319 was taking the time to rate and review us on our Apple podcasts and Spotify. 52 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.960 You haven't already done, so please check us five stars and leave us 53 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:22.319 a few kind words. It does help us out a lot. And spreading 54 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:23.560 the word about the show. And you've got any friends that haven't heard about 55 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:27.000 the show, let him know about it to a Jim Cummings and I never 56 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:29.919 forget you girls to support us on Patreon for exclusive content as well. But 57 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:31.840 well, it's been a long time since we've done a show. I feel 58 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:35.960 like it's been at least a month or two. You know, we take 59 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:38.280 the Christmas break as well, so lot's happened. How is the Christmas for 60 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:40.120 both of you? Will start with you, Jim, how is your Christmas? 61 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:44.479 Oh? Superb? You know, another day in Paradise we went and 62 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:47.520 what did we do? Actually, I took a couple of notes. We 63 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.520 kind of went around to had a Christmas brunch at the Victoria and Albert wharf 64 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:59.120 which is still there, and it was wonderful. Went on a safari. 65 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.919 It was inspiring, you know, seeing all our all our very woodland creatures 66 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:10.199 and it was It's just fantastic. You know, Africa, you gotta love 67 00:04:10.280 --> 00:04:13.879 it. Everything came from here. So you were in Africa for Christmas. 68 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:19.279 That's pretty exciting, absolutely very traditional Christmas right sitting around at the bottom of 69 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:24.160 the world. It was. It was the not the North Pole, closer 70 00:04:24.199 --> 00:04:26.680 to the south. What time did you wake up, Margaret to open your 71 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:35.360 presents? Let's see five o'clock in the afternoon. Did San to bring you 72 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:41.000 anything special this year? Yes, an incredible view. I think I just 73 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:46.240 showed you. That's all we need. Yeah, I'm sure it's well worth 74 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.120 whatever you're paying for it. Yeah, well it's a lot cheaper here, 75 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:54.079 so come on down. But Chris, how is your Christmas? Man? 76 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.360 It was good. I was back home in La with my brother. My 77 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.879 brother was out here visiting. But I go home like on the twenty third 78 00:05:02.040 --> 00:05:08.959 from Japan and I actually have something to show everybody from Japan that the viewers 79 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:13.240 might be interested. Okay, let's get it walking off now he's coming back 80 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:16.560 with something. It better be good. We've talked it up. It's good. 81 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:21.439 So in Japan they go nuts for Winnie the Pooh, And here I 82 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:26.759 found a Winnie Pooh, Winnie the Pooh and Tiger face mask. It was 83 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:30.480 in a beauty salon and it's like a face mask. I'm showing the camera 84 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:35.759 now for those listening, hold so we can say so, yeah, Winnie 85 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:41.680 the Pooh and Tigger face masks. Oh wow, wow, way boy, 86 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:45.639 both of them. Huh, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger. Winnie the Pooh 87 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:50.759 and Tigger mask care number one and then a bunch of Japanese writing two point 88 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:57.439 five billion masks have been sold for five years. Wow, Jim, I'm 89 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.319 hoping you getting a cut of this money. Yeah, I only get it. 90 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.720 So I'm down to my last two hundred million. I don't know if 91 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:08.319 we've I don't know if we've said it on the podcast or not before, 92 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:13.439 but Winn of the Pooh generates more merchandise income than Mickey Mouse. Oh. 93 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:15.839 I think you may have told me that. Yeah, yeah, that's crazy. 94 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:18.639 I you never would you wouldn't think that. But then when you really, 95 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:20.920 when you do really think about it, you go, you know what 96 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:25.199 I see I talk about and see a lot more of Winnie the Pooh than 97 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.000 I do Mickey Mouse these days. You know, it's just Winnie the Pooh 98 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:30.160 is just everywhere. I think Winnie the Pooh is the defining character when it 99 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:34.800 comes to, you know, nurturing and just remembering your childhood and sort off 100 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:38.000 the safe zone and the comfort zone. I think Winnie the Pooh is like 101 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.639 the defining character for that, don't you think. Yeah, I actually do 102 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:45.079 think that, you know, and nothing to do with me, But there 103 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:49.120 is a sort of a famous story in my community here, Wayne Olwine, 104 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:54.399 God Rest the Soul. He was Mickey Mouse for gosh thirty some years and 105 00:06:54.519 --> 00:06:59.519 his wife Rusie Taylor was Minie, you know, in real life. And 106 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.240 Wayne used to get a kick out of telling me this story because he was 107 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:11.480 which is something of a Disney tradition that Mickey was also an employee of Disney, 108 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.519 like Walt Disney was the first Mickey Mouse, so he was really associated 109 00:07:15.560 --> 00:07:21.839 with Disney. And so therefore Wayne on Wine he also worked at Disney and 110 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:29.519 he was an animator, incredible animator, And he was walking down the hall 111 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:34.160 one day and Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney, walked up to him, 112 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:40.079 said Wayne, Wayne, I just want you to know that Winnie the 113 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:46.399 Pool far out sells Mickey Mouse, and then walked away and he goes, 114 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.439 and I'm just standing there, and I mean, what am I supposed to 115 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:54.600 do? Self flagellate? You know? What do I do? How do 116 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:57.360 I stop? How do I fix that? I? You know? So? 117 00:07:57.600 --> 00:07:59.399 And I said what'd you do? And he goes, I just went 118 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:03.959 back to work. I said, okay, well there you go, so, 119 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:07.079 uh speak to you against Yeah, yeah, yeah, we were still 120 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:13.040 buddies. Yeah but yeah, who speaking of out selling? One more thing 121 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.600 from Japan. And this is actually Jim's Christmas gift. I haven't seen Jim 122 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:20.519 since yeah, since Christmas has been in Africa. But you know you like 123 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:26.120 these letterman jackets? Yeah yeah, and I found money the Pooh letterman jacket. 124 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:31.720 If you can see that on there? Who who on the whole man 125 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:37.440 and then on the back and then you go Winnie the Pooh, Tigger or 126 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:43.320 Piglet all on the back. Honey things says eighty eight, Honey thinks honey, 127 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:50.039 oh man, Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Christopher Judge shooting scoring. 128 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.519 As matter of fact, when you get off the when you get off the 129 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:58.799 when you get off the plane in Japan, in Tokyo, all over the 130 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:03.320 airport, they just have advertisements. And I was trying to find this poster 131 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:07.320 because they if anybody's listening that's in Japan somehow or visiting Japan, there was 132 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:13.879 like these limited edition Winnie the Pooh and Tigger posters that were in Japanese and 133 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:16.919 they were Disney like Disney official. It was advertising the theme park out there, 134 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.720 Disneyland Tokyo. And I was trying to find the posters and I couldn't 135 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.759 find them anywhere, but they looked so cool. Oh wow, But yeah, 136 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:26.399 they're they're big fans. That's great fans. Yeah, well I knew 137 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:31.960 that. I knew that about. I can't think of the skater who's years 138 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:37.080 ago was out there in the Olympics, right, and a young man from 139 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.559 Japan, and he was a Winnie the Poo fanatic, and every time he'd 140 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:45.519 win or do a really good showing, the whole ice was covered in little 141 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:48.320 three inch Winny the Poo dolls. They would throw them all over. They 142 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:54.360 would just kill the ice with little td Winnie the Poos and it'd slow down. 143 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.080 They'd have to send out the crew to get them all off the ice 144 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:03.399 so people didn't break their neck tripping over Pooh. I slipped on some poo 145 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.200 before you, before you became Winnie the Pooh, Jim, what was it 146 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:09.399 a big Was it a big measure? Dice solid? Do you know what 147 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.519 was it? Because I know they sort of they reinvented Winnie the Pooh with 148 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:15.279 the New Adventures when you sort of joined up and became the voice. But 149 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:18.039 was we need the Pooh a big brand at that point? I think it 150 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:22.360 really was was No, No, it wasn't at all. They I'm trying 151 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:26.679 to think. I think it was like a well over a decade since they 152 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:33.000 had because they won the Oscar for animated short because they put together those three, 153 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.399 winned the Pooh and Tiger two day for your you know, put those 154 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.799 three together two and then they won the Oscar, and then he went away 155 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:43.200 for twenty years. I don't know what. I was glad they did because 156 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.519 it gave me a chance to grow up. I've always said that. But 157 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.039 yeah, had they kept on going there, I don't know who knows, 158 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:58.559 but but it certainly wetad the appetite for more Pooh and Country Company Hunter ncred 159 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:05.679 Wood and at that point that Disney and ABC were not the same company. 160 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:09.399 So ABC went to Disney and said, can we put up a new Adventures 161 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:11.720 of Winnie the Pooh? And they go, sure, let's do that, 162 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:16.559 and we all had auditions and there we go. What would be your favorite 163 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:20.000 Christmas movie to watch? For me? I love Up at Christmas, Carol 164 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:22.080 and probably Home Alone. Two we've pat a number two. What about you 165 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:26.159 guys? Favorite Christmas movie? Well, Pooh has a couple, but that's 166 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:28.679 not fair. You know, it's a wonderful Life. I think is still 167 00:11:30.440 --> 00:11:33.000 way way up there. What about you, Chris? Favorite Christmas movie? 168 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:37.519 Mine's actually it's a die hard. Yeah, there you go, that's true. 169 00:11:37.559 --> 00:11:39.879 That's a Christmas movie. Yeah. There's always that big debate of is 170 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.320 it a Christmas movie? And it's like, well, if it's at Christmas, 171 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.080 then yes, of course it's a Christmas movie. Yeah. The Dreaded 172 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:52.639 Elf is in there too, I thinks. Yeah. But you mentioned before, 173 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:54.919 Jim that you've been in a couple of Christmas specials. Did you always 174 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:58.879 enjoy doing the Christmas specials of the various shows that you were a part of, 175 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:01.159 all the Christmas movies because did they feel different to the normal show because 176 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:05.600 the Christmas specials is always very wholesome the Christmas specials, aren't they? Well? 177 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.320 Yes, and also they're usually done in spring, so you don't feel 178 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:15.000 Christmasy at all. You don't know, it's like forget about it, you 179 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:18.759 know, you know, thinking in Christmas. It just doesn't doesn't seem right 180 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.799 in March. Yeah, so what do you what do you do to get 181 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:26.080 into the Christmas zone? Then? Oh, I put put ashes in my 182 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:31.960 stocking, call and my stalking. Then you know that just like the old 183 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:37.600 days, just like it was when I was a kid. Ah God, 184 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:41.799 I'm sorry, I need a moment. Okay, I'm back. But yeah, 185 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:48.519 yeah, very very sentimental. Can you remember the first really good Christmas 186 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:50.399 present you got as a kid? Like, can you remember the first present 187 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:52.480 that you both were just so excited for that you still remember to this day. 188 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.759 For me, it was getting the PlayStation one, you know that the 189 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.600 video game console that was That was for me. I couldn't believe it, 190 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:01.279 you know. But what about you, guys? What was your first big 191 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:05.200 Christmas present? To this day you still remember opening it up? I still 192 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:09.559 have it. What is it? Well, it's a Johnny reb cannon. 193 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.399 It's it's that one in the in the office. You look in there, 194 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.480 it's that that little cannon on top, that toy cannon. Christopher, that's 195 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:18.679 it. Oh, let me see if let me see if I can find 196 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:20.600 it really quick, go get it. Yeah. So how old were you 197 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:26.320 when you got that? Gosh, I don't know, early grade school, 198 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:30.399 early grade school, something like that. And it was a it was a 199 00:13:30.519 --> 00:13:35.960 Johnny reb cannon and Johnny rebel that that's what that meant, Johnny rebel and 200 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:41.840 uh, let's see Johnny you mall was the rebel. He's the old bone 201 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:48.360 bone and he was Nick Adams was the rebel and uh and that was a 202 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:54.840 TV show and they just put that out and it shot little plastic uh you 203 00:13:54.919 --> 00:14:01.320 know, toy plastic cannon balls at you and it still works. So you 204 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:03.200 know, life is good. Yeah, right, what about you, Chris? 205 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:11.399 Mine was also the PlayStation one one. Yeah, yeah, that and 206 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:16.120 the Nintendo sixty four I think, oh yeah, my two, yeah, 207 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:18.399 my two, like oh man, me and my brother went nuts. Yeah. 208 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:22.120 Have you seen the YouTube video of the Nintendo sixty four kid? I 209 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:26.320 have not. Oh, you will have to watch that once we finished recording 210 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:28.159 it will just bring you so much joy. It's just this kid in like 211 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:33.039 nineteen nety six getting a Nintendo sixty four for Christmas and he just like screams 212 00:14:33.080 --> 00:14:39.120 and he's jumping in the air and it's just that's so great. It was 213 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:41.480 that were you a child actor and that one? Is that what you're saying? 214 00:14:43.360 --> 00:14:46.960 Yeah yourself? Okay, but yeah, but the Christmas Special, so 215 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:50.720 you've but you've been in like, you know, just the goof Troop, 216 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:52.759 Christmas Special and Dark and christmaspec. But we also do like Christmas movies as 217 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:58.039 well, So I was thinking maybe next Christmas we should do Even before then, 218 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:00.639 people want to hear it. We would a review of like Mary Pooh. 219 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:01.480 Yeah, that's one of the ones. I believe you may have even 220 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:05.639 voiced e Or in that one as well. I think someone's you voiced in 221 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:09.799 that one. I don't. I don't want to comment on the post saying 222 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.039 you voiced e Or And I thought I never knew that I didn't. I 223 00:15:13.559 --> 00:15:18.879 hmmm, well, the innerweb knows everything, but I don't think I don't. 224 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:22.240 I don't think. So it doesn't work because you know, Peter Cullen 225 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:26.759 would have been it. Yeah, Peter Cullen would have would have been you 226 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:28.799 or at that time. I think, you know, we've had a few 227 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:33.919 at the years as the years went on, you know, like Brad Garrett 228 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:39.320 was there in the Last movie Christmas and uh, but back then it was 229 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:45.720 Pete, Peter Cullen and a KA Optimus Prime Optimists. I mean, when 230 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.879 those Transformer movies came around, that just must have been absolute gold mine for 231 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:52.200 Peter. I mean who would have Yeah, the huge success that they became 232 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:54.600 man good for him, you know, right. You know, it was 233 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:58.480 funny because we were doing one of the iterations of Pooh then. I think 234 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:02.039 it was my friends Tigger and Poop, and they were talking about the industry. 235 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.600 Oh they're talking about you know, they're they're going to do a Transformer 236 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.879 movie, and we're all going, well, they better use Peter, they 237 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.159 better use Frank, they better you know, going down the line, Neil 238 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:15.159 and all the guys, you know, Jess Arnell, you know, they 239 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:18.639 better use him because you know, it's Hollywood casting. They you know, 240 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:21.600 they're always thinking, well, you know this, this guy's the one that 241 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:22.480 got us to the party. But we're not going to use him. We're 242 00:16:22.480 --> 00:16:26.360 gonna get Jack black or some you know, some stupid thing like that. 243 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:33.360 And when they when Peter came to a session, he goes, well, 244 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:41.080 I'm Optimus Prime, and we're going, yeah, yeah, you know that 245 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:45.879 was my bad, my lame duck, Peter colored and impression by the way, 246 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.919 and and we were all it was like, yes, you know, 247 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:52.320 the good guys scored one. And of course, you know, the franchise 248 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:57.559 just lit up. Now they're fighting hedgehogs us. Jess Harnell is one of 249 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:00.480 the characters too as well. Right, oh yeah, yeah, he was 250 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:07.759 Ironheide maybe yeah, I think it's Ironhead. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 251 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.119 I think you're right. And I was a couple of them, but not 252 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:15.200 in the movies, just in the the Goofy series, the TV shows. 253 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.599 Yeah. Yeah, it's just lovely though that he sort of as he's described 254 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:21.559 in the past though, that the voice acting community, for the most part, 255 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:23.519 ninety nine percent of the time, they want to support each other. 256 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:27.240 Get the sense that like a lot of actors would be jealous if someone else 257 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:30.240 got the gig and they didn't. But with voice I think it's like, 258 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:32.480 no, come on, man, well we're rooting for you. You can 259 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.799 get this. And everyone was happy for him. It's just so lovely to 260 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:37.759 hear. Yeah, well, especially one like that. I mean, you 261 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:41.000 know, because and I've said this before too, I said, you know, 262 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:45.640 they wouldn't have been making the movie if the TV show wasn't popular. 263 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:51.440 The TV show sold the movie. It wasn't the other way around. And 264 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:55.720 so if it wasn't for Peter Cullen up there and Neil Ross and Frank Welker 265 00:17:55.759 --> 00:18:00.640 and just on and on, you know, Jennifer Darling who Soue Blue, 266 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.799 you know, on and on and on, if they weren't doing a good 267 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.720 job, they wouldn't have wanted to make a movie about them. So why 268 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:12.200 would you get someone else to try and be them when they already are them 269 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:15.480 listening tenage? But Ninja Turtles? That's right, Yeah, that's right. 270 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:21.640 Yeah, Oh, no comment there, but yeah, so, yeah, 271 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:23.160 we want a good Christmas. That's good. But now what's funny is I 272 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:29.319 you've I've done some research. You've voiced Santa Claus in various things. Oh 273 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:33.759 yeah, Jim, so you've voiced Santa in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas one 274 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:37.640 in particular, and I posted it on your social media follow Jim Gincummings Acme 275 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:41.519 or Action comings p. But you voiced him in the Flintstones Fruity People's commercial, 276 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:45.839 right, I remember that. Now, so many people did not realize 277 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.720 that was you. Oh yeah, well, you know, I always I 278 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:55.039 always get a little worried when when somebody asked me to do Santa, because 279 00:18:55.480 --> 00:19:00.519 it sounds like a bad Ed McMahon impression from the old Johnny Carson Tonight Show 280 00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:06.759 days. You are correction s, you know. So you know, I'm 281 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:10.319 a little shy about doing it, but yeah, it comes out. And 282 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:14.680 for a long time there, maybe like ten years in a row, for 283 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:18.519 a TV commercial or a radio commercial, I ended up being a Santa for 284 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:22.920 some store or some you know, shoe polish or something. You know, 285 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:26.960 it didn't matter, but I was, you know, for about ten or 286 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:30.880 twelve years there in a row. I was an annual Santa somewhere. Did 287 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:37.519 you ever dress up as Santa for your No? Nope, no, no, 288 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:40.599 no, But I did the Eastern Christs dropping hit that he wants you 289 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.880 to dress up with Santa for next Christmas. Yeah no, And actually, 290 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:47.839 you know what all I have to do is let this grow out. I 291 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:51.920 think I'm there. Hand me a pillow, give me give me the right 292 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:56.400 hat. You know, I'm there. I'll tell you what. You know. 293 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:00.920 We're fresh out of dark gray. We're and we're heading to the whites. 294 00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:04.920 Okay, all right, wait, I'm sorry. I have a short 295 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.759 little story that I just have to share because I think it's really funny. 296 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:11.839 But my dad, my dad's black, and one year he dressed up as 297 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:15.720 the Easter Bunny. I know it's not Christmas, but he dressed up as 298 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:18.839 the Easter Bunny. And we're all little, Oh God, please tell me 299 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:27.519 you have pictures. I wish me and all my siblings we started hysterically laughing 300 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:33.039 because we knew there was no way that the Easter Bunny was black. This 301 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:38.920 big black Easter Bunny running through the yard. That's pretty little kids are just 302 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.559 die laughing. Oh my god, I think that was that was the day 303 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:48.279 that we realized that Easter Bunny and all those other mythical creatures are I'm not 304 00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:53.880 going to say it for the for the kids listening, that's funny. Oh 305 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:56.480 that that reminds me though, Jim, you have a You have a good 306 00:20:56.519 --> 00:21:00.119 collection of Sansa dolls, though, don't you really? Yeah, yeah, 307 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:03.200 not bad. I think you know, every year you know, break them 308 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:07.680 out. Of course not this year, but yeah, you know really nice 309 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:11.440 ones. You know that costs like ten to fifteen bucks to each. Cheesy, 310 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.720 no, but they're nice. And then I put them on the steps 311 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:17.599 going up the steps. Yeah, I remember, I remember visiting years ago 312 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:21.359 and seeing all the different and they're all they're all different races. I remember 313 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:25.599 in Indian Santa and Black Santa change. Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're 314 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:30.880 all all all from around the world. Martian Santa. Absolutely. One of 315 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:34.240 my favorite Christmas decorations we have is that my name Marlene. She passed away 316 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:37.680 just before COVID, so it would be three or four years ago now, 317 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:41.039 but she used to have this Santa Claus that it's like an animatronic. Once 318 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:42.240 he pushed the button and then it just plays the music, the jingle bells 319 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:45.000 and things like that. So when she passed, it's always reminds me when 320 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:47.839 I was a kid. I always love pushing it at Christmas time. She 321 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:49.680 always had it on the mantle. So every year now I bust out her 322 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:52.480 Santa and put it on the mantle and then my kids enjoy playing it. 323 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:55.839 So it's just sort of a nice way of sort of that's keeping the tradition 324 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:59.920 up with my dad. Yeah, I like that stuff. That's beautiful. 325 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:02.039 But yeah, so, yeah, your voice various Satas. I was gonna 326 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:06.519 ask you, though, so playing Santas in various different things, commercials or 327 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:08.880 movies or whatever, do you tweak the voice or do you just have your 328 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:15.440 stock standard Santa voice. I think it's pretty much stock standard Santa. Yeah. 329 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.519 And it's always a chore to make sure it doesn't sound like Pete, 330 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:23.119 you know, Pete the big mean kat where there you go, pal, 331 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.640 you know, because because it's kind of in that neck of the wood, 332 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:36.960 you just have to keep it round and instead of let me just strangngle this 333 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:41.160 little weasel over here. You know, we can't. We can't saying that 334 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:45.279 speaking of you voiceing commercials though. So I do another podcast with my wife 335 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.240 about Friends, one about Friends podcasts, and we just did an episode called 336 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:51.720 the one after the Super Bowl. Oh yeah, And at the start of 337 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:56.519 that episode there is a commercial for monkey Shine beer and you are the voice 338 00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:00.640 in that commercial. Yes, you are. You are the first voice that 339 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:03.920 we hear in the most viewed episode of Friends of all time. I could 340 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.720 not believe it. Oh, I didn't go Yeah, wait, to say 341 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:12.759 that again, that's the most viewed episode of Friends. So they aired that 342 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:15.440 episode. It's called the One after the super Bowl, and they aired that 343 00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:18.880 one at the beginning of ninety six, after super Bowl thirty to sort of 344 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:22.400 keep the audience carried over from the super Bowl to the Friends episode. And 345 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:25.799 it was a very special episode went for an hour. I had a lot 346 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:27.960 of guest stars, Julia Roberts, John Claud Van Dam. But in the 347 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:34.279 episode, the character ross his monkey Marcel is in a commercial selling beer. 348 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:38.680 And the episode begins with this super Bowl commercial selling this beer, and you 349 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:42.759 are the voiceover in that commercial. Oh great, Yeah, I kind of 350 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:47.359 remember it. But yeah, I remember the name of the one after the 351 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:52.680 super Bowl. And that's that's a cool little thing. If I add that 352 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:56.519 to two Nichols, I can get a name for it. I'm pretty sure 353 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:02.039 well over fifty seven million people cheer into that episode. Yeah, wow, 354 00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:06.319 jeez, that's awesome. Well that's a good trivia. Yeah, it is 355 00:24:06.359 --> 00:24:07.559 the who's who's the first voice to hear in the episode. But the thing 356 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:11.519 is, now that I do this show with you, I watched things now 357 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:14.599 I go is that, Jim. It's like, I'll listen out for you 358 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.319 now. And when I was watching, I was like, yeah, no, 359 00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:18.160 can't be, No, no, can't be. And I watched I 360 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.480 was like, oh my goodness, it is Jim Commings. Yeah. Yeah, 361 00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:25.279 yeah, yeah. I show up in a lot of weird places, 362 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:27.759 that's for sure. It's just it's incredible really when you think about it. 363 00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:32.440 Your resume, there's no way all of your credits are on your resume. 364 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:34.400 I just think you've done that many things. There's got to be some roles 365 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:37.319 out there that, you know, you've have been on TV or movies that 366 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:41.160 you just haven't been credited for, you know. Yeah, yeah, there 367 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:44.720 was. Yeah, you're right about that. Actually, yeah, I don't 368 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:47.960 know how people keep up on that. Christmas time was all done and dust, 369 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.000 and then we had New Years. Did you guys do anything special for 370 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:52.119 New Year's Eve? Yeah? Yeah, I just spent it with some friends. 371 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:56.480 My friend has a has a little a company that he runs, and 372 00:24:56.359 --> 00:25:03.759 they had like a brothel party at their no, it's a cigar company. 373 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:10.000 Cool, and so they had a little party at their cigar lounge and got 374 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:12.160 together with a bunch of friends and had a good time. Nice one. 375 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:15.640 I took my kids to see fireworks for the very first time, and I 376 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:19.880 filmed them as they witnessed fireworks for the first time, just seeing their little 377 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:23.880 lives just go whoa. It's just it was their first time. Never had 378 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:27.000 never seen fireworks before in their life in person on TV obviously, but in 379 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:30.799 person. It was just a really cool experience seeing seeing my kids just see 380 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:33.400 fireworks for the first time. It was just it was nice. Yeah, 381 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:37.000 oh wow, it's very special. What about you, Jim, I'm sure 382 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:45.319 you just got absolutely drunken. Yes, absolutely not at all. Yeah, 383 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:49.400 it was just just kind of laid back, you know, at a whole 384 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:55.559 different time zone, a whole different you know everything. We ended up kind 385 00:25:55.599 --> 00:26:00.640 of going to bed early and checked out Simon's Town, which is a very 386 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:04.400 cool situation, and uh, you know, it's just landed back down here, 387 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:08.000 you know. Still, let's let's talk about that though. So you've 388 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:11.720 been in South Africa for a few weeks now, how has South Africa bean? 389 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.160 It's just sort of a nice getaway, I mash. I mean, 390 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:15.640 I mean the water looks lovely then, oh yeah, I can hear the 391 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:18.839 ocean in the background. It just it just seems like such a relaxing place. 392 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:22.079 To be yes, absolutely absolutely. You know, I keep waiting for 393 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:27.640 a whale and I'm disappointed every day. But that's okay, Well we'll keep 394 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:32.119 keep looking. But yeah, it's it's just beautiful, you know, and 395 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:36.319 getting some nice things done, getting into a good headspace, as they say, 396 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:38.599 and uh, you know, working on some things, taking some time 397 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:41.400 out, you know, to catch up with the things that I wanted to 398 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:47.880 catch up with, and and uh, it's just great, you know, 399 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:55.240 working on some art and uh, you know, hopefully some some surprises coming 400 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:59.480 up, so stay tuned. Yeah, that's coming up. How's the food 401 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:03.359 being very good, very good, unbelievable, you know, some of the 402 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:08.839 the different meals that we've had here are astonishing, you know, and and 403 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:14.720 things that don't even have meat in them, which is amazing for me because 404 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:18.519 I'm a carnivore, you know, but yeah, being a hyena at all, 405 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:22.119 that's exactly right. Yeah, but it's it's great, great stuff, 406 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:27.799 you know. And Chris's younger sister lives here, Katrina. You know, 407 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:32.160 she's been doing some modeling here, so it's kind of cool. She she 408 00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:37.559 lives here, and she's been kind of full. Yeah, so she's kind 409 00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:42.240 of our resident native resident, you know, a person who knows where the 410 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:45.759 hell she's going. So that's that's a beautiful thing. That's very handy to 411 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:48.480 have, you know, the local places. Oh yeah, and just so 412 00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:52.839 you know, the water is really really perfect, so come on down. 413 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:56.920 You won't freeze to death at all. It's just kidding, Yes you will. 414 00:27:56.319 --> 00:28:00.000 There is some cold ass water it is. You are not going. 415 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:03.559 You gotta earn it. What are you luck with water? Are you a 416 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:07.319 good swimmer? I'm just fine, but not in not if I'm bumping into 417 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:11.759 ice cubes, you know, in the water, because time to get out. 418 00:28:11.839 --> 00:28:15.759 Yeah, the waters freezing. Yeah, there's an iceberg behind in the 419 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:18.799 behind you. You don't want to know, don't do it. Have you 420 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.640 gone to Table Mountain Gym? Yes? Yeah, we were there, went 421 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:29.480 up uh and uh. It was unbelievably crowded because it was still during the 422 00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:33.000 summer, you know, when everybody was out, and there were whole school 423 00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:36.640 buses of kids there, and I was like, Okay, maybe maybe next 424 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:42.519 time we'll be you know, unbelievable. It's yeah, they're everywhere, no 425 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:47.720 matter where you go. It's terrible, just kidding. It's so funny because 426 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.119 when we went to the States on a honeymoon. I was telling Jamlia it 427 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:52.720 went Disneyland and Disney World and there's people walking around with the prams and kids 428 00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:56.200 and prams and thing. Get out of the way. Now, I'm thinking, 429 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:02.160 we're going to bay those people. It's just yeah, the cycle of 430 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.079 life, you know. Oh yeah, yes, absolutely. I was just 431 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:10.720 going to ask on the on the topic of South Africa. When I visited 432 00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.880 there, it was such a culture shock for me with the load shedding. 433 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:17.880 How's that load shedding experience been for you? Has it affected your mind? 434 00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:22.440 You know, knock on woold when I answer that, because we've been expecting 435 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:29.119 it here there, and I think it matter happened once. Yeah, because 436 00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:33.880 we've had they've been mournings, okay from ten to five, and I mean, 437 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:37.279 you know, noon to five. That's that just kills your day. 438 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:42.079 You know, they've been predicting it, and so we're kind of prepared for 439 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:48.160 it and we're looking around and everything's still going. And you know, I'll 440 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:51.200 knock on wood when I say that, but so far, so good. 441 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.839 Do I explain to the listeners, you may not know what load shedding is. 442 00:29:53.440 --> 00:30:00.480 Yes, that's when they just turn off all the power you have no 443 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:03.680 power, you know. I think there's like one or two things that they 444 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.640 leave on, like your freezer or something such as that, and it's set 445 00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:12.880 for those type of things. But no, it's you. If it's getting 446 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:18.880 dark and you're watching your TV show, well you're not now you're waiting till 447 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:22.000 five in the morning or whenever one o'clock in the morning when it comes back 448 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:26.559 on. So I don't know. I guess it's all in the in the 449 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:29.960 service to the grid. What are you gonna do? I'm assuming you've been 450 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.880 to stef If for a few times. Any of your sister live there. 451 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:36.599 Chris, I've only been once. I've only been once last year. And 452 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.079 yeah, my biggest culture shock was the load shedding, hence my question because 453 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:45.160 I just couldn't believe and for the listeners, load shedding is I mean, 454 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:52.200 just to elaborate, it's it's because the South African government and the country can't 455 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:56.799 afford to keep the electricity on in the entire country for the whole day. 456 00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:02.279 So there's vast parts of South Africa that just have to turn off the power 457 00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:07.079 to the extent that even street lights and traffic signals are shut down. I 458 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:11.839 mean businesses can't accept credit cards, no electronic payments for hours a day. 459 00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:17.880 And it all depends on the region that you're in, but I mean it's 460 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:22.559 it was just mind blowing to me that they couldn't even have power to the 461 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:27.200 street lights and the traffic. They had to have traffic guards daily to direct 462 00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:30.079 traffic, and it was just such a culture shock to me. It was 463 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:34.599 mind blowing that and how cold the water is, like Gym alluded to I, 464 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:40.480 you know, my naivete, I'm thinking Africa. You know, the 465 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:42.400 water is going to be warm and tropical, and it was the coldest water 466 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.960 I've ever been in my life. Yeah. So what about security alarms and 467 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:48.559 things like that? You think that'd have to there'd be a lot of looting 468 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:52.160 if the power has been turned off, right, Well, there's a lot 469 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:55.200 of generators are so good? Yeah okay, yeah, but you'd be the 470 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:57.759 one looting, wouldn't you, Jim, Yeah, I have no problem. 471 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:05.759 Yeah that yeah, that hole in the wall gang? That would that would 472 00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:09.400 be a Visualim Jim Money behind the news reporter with a fridge on his shoulders. 473 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:15.200 Yeah, yeah, exactly like Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. Maybe not 474 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:20.039 so what I'm What were both of your New Ye's resolutions? If you had 475 00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.039 one, did you have any? Was it just the New year for me? 476 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:30.519 Jeez? Yeah I had well well too, not put up with yahoos 477 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:35.400 and uh, you know, you know what if if people want to be 478 00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.480 in your life, let them in your life. If they're if they're beautiful 479 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.720 and sweet and kind and uh, you know, you got to know what 480 00:32:40.839 --> 00:32:45.519 you know and uh, listen to your inner self. Your instincts are your 481 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:50.799 best stinks, I always say, and keep one foot in front of the 482 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:53.839 other and don't screw up. What about you, Chris, I actually didn't 483 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:58.359 have a resolution this year. No, I didn't. I didn't make a 484 00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:01.599 resolution. How about you? Well, my resolution was to listen to Jim 485 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:04.799 and yourself talked to Ron Perlman, which is going to be coming up soon 486 00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:08.319 thankfully. Oh that's already come true. Ah, there's a segway for you, 487 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:12.400 ladies and gentlemen. That's how you do it. Lots of episodes coming 488 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.359 up here on Tuni of the Gym coming. It's a very exciting one. 489 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:16.119 So we've got Ron Perlman in the can, Jess Harnell, who've already mentioned 490 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:19.480 numerous times on this podcast, is going to be joining in the show. 491 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:22.680 Walter Jones, the Black Power Ranger. We've got Chris Judge from Stargate and 492 00:33:22.839 --> 00:33:27.160 whatnot, and just so many more episodes. Yes, it's going to be 493 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:29.519 such a such a fun time here in twenty twenty four on Tuni of the 494 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:31.680 Gym coming. So do support the show, help us kick the lights on 495 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:35.839 here. You can support us on Patreon. But yeah, but with South 496 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.359 Africa, Jim, so the Hyaenas. I'm assuing you've gone to see the 497 00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:40.400 Hyaenas. This's the thing that's in everyone's mind. You know ed you were 498 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:44.559 edding the Lion King. Are you going to see the Hyaenas yet? No, 499 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:46.799 but they've come to see me. They've stopped by. They come by 500 00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:52.720 for tea every morning. We have tea and it's okay, Matt, I 501 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:57.400 might be making this up, but no, Actually, so far is so 502 00:33:57.559 --> 00:34:01.279 good. A few bad boons, oh yeah, and I mean like downtown 503 00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:07.760 sitting there going well, holding babies up on the rooftops. That too. 504 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:13.480 Yeah, they're live and kicking. You know, we're visiting them, they're 505 00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:15.679 not visiting us. I've heard they could be quite ferocious if you get in 506 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:20.679 their territory. They're very territorial. I've heard. Yeah, I didn't see 507 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:22.280 it this time, but the one time I was here a long time ago, 508 00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:27.599 I saw a big fight between these two guys who were obviously trying to 509 00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:30.920 be dominant, and it was the nastiest thing you ever saw, you know, 510 00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:35.639 a bad boon fight. Oh, don't get you know, don't get 511 00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.679 in the middle. Alrighty, Well, we did throw out on the social 512 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:43.400 media at Jim Cummings acme and at Jim Cummings Pod asking for some questions for 513 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:45.480 the mail bag. So you've got to send you questions through at the Jim 514 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.639 Cummings Podcast at gmail dot com. We want to get in touch with the 515 00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:51.360 show. But the first question go for you, hear Jim. This one 516 00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:54.280 comes from at Lego Iago and they want to know what is your favorite Saturday 517 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:58.880 morning breakfast cartoon show? What's the show used to watch growing up on? 518 00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:01.039 You said you used to watch what's the show used to watch on Saturday mornings 519 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:06.440 eating your breakfast? Huh? Let's see. Well, when I was very 520 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:10.840 very little, Howdy Duty was on. I think I remember it for a 521 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:17.559 little, you know, a little bit, and then I liked a show 522 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:23.800 that nobody will remember because it was called Calvin in the Colonel. Heckel and 523 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:29.920 Jeckyll were very big. I loved them. Tom and Jerry were cool, 524 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:34.840 and you know, I liked Mighty Mouse here if I come perceived the dr 525 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:39.320 that guy, I thought he was cool as hell. But there was a 526 00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:45.000 show called, Yeah, it was called Calvin in the Colonel, and I 527 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:50.679 thought it was really cool because it sounded like everybody in my neighborhood. And 528 00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:53.639 I found out later they took it off the air because it was a cartoon 529 00:35:53.880 --> 00:36:00.039 version of Amos and Andy, which really yeah, it was, you know, 530 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:05.800 a comedy duo from back in the thirties, I think thirties or twenties 531 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:10.559 and thirties. And it turned out that one of them was a white guy 532 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:15.360 playing a black guy, and so that was controversial, but that this was 533 00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:20.119 a cartoon of that, and I thought, I thought they just sounded cool, 534 00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:24.360 Calvin and the Colonel, and and Gavin was Soto dogging like this, 535 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:28.960 and it didn't occur to me it was a black guy or a white guy. 536 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:36.639 I thought he was like a colonel like Sanders, you know, really 537 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:39.960 because and I think he was. But that was yeah, because we were 538 00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:45.920 talking about that and then Beanie and Cecil. I don't know if anybody remembers 539 00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:51.320 that out there, because that wasn't one a Bob Clampet cartoon, and it 540 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:57.079 was really cool and it was very inside and they had a lot of inside 541 00:36:57.159 --> 00:37:00.199 humor there, like they were going to the green Witch Island, Greenwich, 542 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:06.719 the green Witch Village with Greenwich Village, you know, and it kind of 543 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:09.360 it's kind of corny now, but it was really hip for its time. 544 00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:15.400 And Beanie and Cecil that was another one. And Heckle and Jekyll, Beanie 545 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:19.599 and Cecil. Yeah, and who else, like I said, Mighty Mouse, 546 00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:22.199 But yeah, there were a lot, you know, all the cool 547 00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:25.480 Looney tunes and all the cool how To movies with Goofy and them. Those 548 00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:30.159 were good. The shorts they quite popular. Way Yeah, oh yeah, 549 00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:35.880 that was good stuff. I mean, obviously being a nineties kid, being 550 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:38.320 a nineties kid, I essentially grew up watching you on Saturday mornings. But 551 00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:42.239 what about you, Chris, I've said it before on the podcast. I 552 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:47.519 didn't really wait. Yeah, Saturday morning it was we only had an hour 553 00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:53.239 hour a day of like media, and me and my brother usually just used 554 00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:58.159 that on video games. We were big gamers. Wow, So that included 555 00:37:58.239 --> 00:38:02.360 video game time as well. Yeah, yeah, one hour, Yeah, 556 00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:07.119 video games or TV, and we might have we would usually try and sneak 557 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:15.760 video games in the morning and then like afternoon Pokemon, and I forget what 558 00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:21.519 came on after Pokemon, I can't remember, but yeah, we had, 559 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:23.360 we had, we had Pokemon and dragon ball Z. That was that was 560 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:29.639 the double headed Yeah, dragon ball Z. Yeah, dragon ball Z and 561 00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:38.079 then like yeah, I remember watching like dug and like totally Spies Possible skateboarding 562 00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:44.880 cartoon, but it was really just like, you know, yeah, just 563 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:49.159 catching whatever was on in allotted time. The next one comes from at Bowl 564 00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:52.639 and eight one zero the sde Chris. I love your role as Doctor Robotnik 565 00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:54.920 on Sonic and that's my favorite cartoon version of the character. As far as 566 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:59.760 recording, did Jalil White record with you guys? And did you get to 567 00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:02.920 me him since that was the height of him as Steve Rkle Yes, it 568 00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:08.440 was, uh and yeah, yeah we met many times. A lot of 569 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:13.880 times he'd be there and a lot of times he wouldn't. But Robotnik wasn't 570 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:19.400 in every single show, I don't think, so, you know, oftentimes 571 00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:22.960 I would run a digitalil. He was a nice guy. And uh it 572 00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:30.599 was funny because at the very first show they the writers were there and uh, 573 00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:32.920 it'd be funny if Juli remember this. But they were trying to make 574 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:39.039 him sound like a surfer, you know, and and they were, God, 575 00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:44.079 I'm trying to think there was a line that Son will say, dude, 576 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:47.320 yeah that's awesome, but you know, that's really shwag man, it 577 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:52.519 really lags, and it's really and it's all this lame duck surfer crap. 578 00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:54.599 And he goes and you know, and he's a proud young black man. 579 00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:58.320 He goes, Man, I ain't saying this bullshit, you know. I 580 00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:00.360 you know, it was like, well, oh, okay, here you 581 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:04.960 go. He said, no, he's gonna eat me out there, like 582 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.639 let me tell you what it's you know, and he kind of rewrote the 583 00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:10.639 line. They're going, okay, you know, what are you gonna do. 584 00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:15.280 You're not gonna You're not gonna get to get tested with Erkele. I 585 00:40:15.360 --> 00:40:17.760 can tell you, you know, yeah, he's erkle. He knows what's 586 00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:22.440 up. But yeah, he was a great guy and I thought he did 587 00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:25.320 a bang up job. Obviously everybody else did too. Yeah, that show 588 00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:29.119 was a lot of fun. Well, I've just added Julia White to our 589 00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:32.239 potential guest list for this y yeah, and future episode that would be great. 590 00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:37.280 Twenty four This next one he comes from at Real, John David twenty 591 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:39.960 four Would you ever return to the Transformance franchise if they gave you a call 592 00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:44.320 to do more new characters? Only if they gave me a call to do 593 00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:46.800 more new characters, and if it was for money, and if it was 594 00:40:46.840 --> 00:40:51.800 for money. Yes, yeah, that I think you're onto something. I 595 00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:54.440 should be writing this down. Yes, Okay, I think I think I 596 00:40:54.599 --> 00:41:00.800 got it. Okay, thanks, Okay, thanks for the question. The 597 00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:05.480 answer is yes. At O bother to zero two three. Yeah. So 598 00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:08.719 this one we we talked about a little bit earlier in this episode. What 599 00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:14.159 was it like doing e or in very Merry Pooh year. I'm glad, 600 00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:15.440 I'm so glad you scored the job for Poo and Tigger, but you did 601 00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:19.360 a mean e or too. I'm gonna look this up because Jim thinks he 602 00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:22.000 didn't do it. It'd just be funny if he actually did. Yes, 603 00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:24.320 it really would be. And I can tell you the only reason that it 604 00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:29.280 would have been is if somebody was sick or something, and if he only 605 00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:34.480 had no no A Peter Colin was Peter Cullen. Yeah, okay, there 606 00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:37.480 you go. That sounds about right. I wonder whether they got the idea 607 00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:40.000 that you did or that one. Anyway, that person's going to show up 608 00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:45.559 to your next convention and give you a detailed list. Actually here's why you're 609 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:52.199 actually Jim. Yeah, sorry, Jim, I wasn't born yet, but 610 00:41:53.159 --> 00:41:59.039 yeah, that'll do it. But yeah, I'm sure someone's giving them false 611 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:02.679 facts there. But unfortunately, no EO was not. Unfortunately, but EO 612 00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:07.559 was recorded and voiced to buy the one and only Peter Collen in a very 613 00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:08.880 merry Pooh yeah, another man who I feel we need to get on the 614 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:12.440 podcast soon as well, Peter con let's have ingreence as well? Why not? 615 00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:15.159 Yeah, let's do at Jason Ball thirty four. Was there ever talk 616 00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:19.960 of a sequel to the live action Christopher Robin movie? They loved that movie, 617 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:22.199 and I thought that you did an amazing work in it, as did 618 00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:25.119 everybody. Oh we're good. Well yeah, I sure loved it. I 619 00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:28.599 mean, I nothing to do with me being in it. I just thought 620 00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:32.119 it was a really good movie and you know, I it's funny. I 621 00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:37.920 don't. I don't know of one single person other than us who are even 622 00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:43.159 talking about it, but I I, you know, your mind just kind 623 00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:47.280 of goes here and there. And I thought that an interesting way to get 624 00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:52.760 into it is that Maddie grows up and because after all this was set look 625 00:42:52.880 --> 00:42:57.920 look at the time setting that this was originally set in, and uh, 626 00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:02.320 it gives her time to grow up and have her own problems and you know, 627 00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:07.719 fill in the blank, and the gang, the hundred Acre Wood Gang 628 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:12.559 comes up and helps her with that and gets her through that, and hopefully 629 00:43:12.719 --> 00:43:15.480 she's married with child at the time, and that kid seen then thirty years 630 00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:19.000 from now. Anyway, you see where I'm going with this. Anyway, 631 00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:28.760 I think we should do a secret sequel with Maddie. Oh yeah, they're 632 00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:30.920 all bet. They're all bet like short series now Netflix and things, aren't 633 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:35.480 they. I feel like a short series would wear better probably mm hmm. 634 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:39.199 Well I just saw that they released this. You remember the movie Ted with 635 00:43:39.360 --> 00:43:45.199 Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane where he's the Teddy Bear. They have a Hulu 636 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:51.199 series now it's a television series to Ted. Yeah, good for them. 637 00:43:51.599 --> 00:43:53.599 So, I mean it's it's definitely positive. I mean the reason I think 638 00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:59.760 of that is because you know, the live ambition with the musture of acting 639 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:04.440 Zipgeatest kind of gets together and it all blends together. Yeah yeah, I 640 00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:07.119 mean just like the medium of you know, let's just push it out into 641 00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:10.400 the universe. Push it out to the universe. Live action TV series's make 642 00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:16.320 it happen. Mark Forster, are you listening, Mark Forster? Yeah, 643 00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:21.000 that's true. Huh yeah, and he is listening, all right. And 644 00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:25.559 final question here from Adam Gone Carls. Are you going to interview any more 645 00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:29.880 voice actors? I believe we might be, as we've already mentioned, Yes, 646 00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:34.599 yeah, there's always a slim chance, so stay tuned t O O 647 00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:37.639 and ED. Yeah. People don't think of Ron Perlman as voice actor, 648 00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:40.760 but of course, you know he was in Bonkers Perman of course. And 649 00:44:42.159 --> 00:44:45.440 just how now one of the most acclaimed voice actors ever, Walter Jones and 650 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:47.639 Black powerranger Chris Judge, as we said, voice of who is the who 651 00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:52.039 is he the voice of Chris Credos in the reboot of God of War franchise. 652 00:44:52.239 --> 00:44:54.800 Yes, yeah, very very big deal, but you know, very 653 00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:59.320 actually been working on. I'd probably say it on the show. Now we 654 00:44:59.440 --> 00:45:01.280 want to touch on Goofy movie, So I thought, what would be better 655 00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:04.239 than, you know, just having Jim talk about you movie with them, 656 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:08.079 by getting Rob Paulson, by getting Bill Farmer and Jason Marson, everyone of 657 00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:12.039 the cast all in the one room, all on the same zoom call whatever 658 00:45:12.320 --> 00:45:15.079 talking about the movie. So that's going to be happening in a few weeks 659 00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:15.960 as well. So I'm very very excited for that one. But yeah, 660 00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:19.840 lots of big names coming here on tune In with Jim coming, so support 661 00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:22.840 the show. As we said on Patreon, you also get exclusive content, 662 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:27.960 including audio commentaries of all your favorite old Disney Afternoon's TV shows like Tailspin and 663 00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:30.239 Duck Green Duck and Bonkers, where Jim goes back with the characters from the 664 00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:34.840 show that he voiced and we do some audio commentaries there. Plus you also 665 00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:37.280 get early and add free access to this show, so no pesky ads. 666 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:38.880 You get to listen to this and you get it a week early, so 667 00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:43.440 you get to hear it before anybody else. 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Thank you, thank you, thank you. Let's do 686 00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:40.239 it again. We'll catch you in the next episode. Here, I've tuned 687 00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:42.280 in with Jim Cummings.