WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.759 Hey everybody, Jim Cummings here. Welcome to my podcast, tuned 2 00:00:03.799 --> 00:00:07.200 In with Jim Cummings. We have a great guest for 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.080 you today, but before we get to that, make sure 4 00:00:10.160 --> 00:00:14.880 you like and subscribe. Our podcast has partnered with the 5 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:19.960 largest comic con in North America, fan Expo, the Juggernaut. 6 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:24.239 We're touring all over North America live, so get your 7 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:27.239 tickets and come be a part of the live audience. 8 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:31.480 It'll be fun. Go to FANEXPOHQ dot com for the tickets. 9 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.840 We'll see you in a city near you or a 10 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:37.359 little bit away, but you can drive. And with all 11 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:41.000 that said and done, sit back and enjoy today's episode 12 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:44.520 and as always, thanks for tuning in to Tuned In 13 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.759 with Jim Cummings. If you're a fan of everything we 14 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:50.640 do here at tuned In with Jim Cummings, you could 15 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:55.200 support the show on Patreon for bonus exclusive podcasts, as 16 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:58.920 well as early in ad free access to the show itself, 17 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.920 prize drawing, and more. You'll feel the difference, so go 18 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:06.480 ahead and join the tuned In family today at Patreon 19 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:12.760 dot com slash Jim Cummings Podcast. Do it now? How 20 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:16.079 you doing out there? It's me tigger. I am Dark 21 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:19.879 Wayne Duck. It's me Bunker's Deep Bobcat. All right, y'all, 22 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:24.000 is it Rae your favorite firefly you desire? Holdo, old 23 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:27.159 knock guy. My name is Jim Cummings and welcome to 24 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:32.560 tuned in. Hello, out there, everybody. Jim Cummings here. How 25 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:35.680 is everybody doing out there today? On this fine day? 26 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:37.920 Of course, I don't know what day you're actually watching this, 27 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.560 but I have to tell you I had a fun 28 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:44.159 experience not too long ago, a few weeks ago, and 29 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:46.480 I had a chance to be a guest on another 30 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.799 podcast which is very weird, and it's called Bungalow Heaven 31 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:55.200 Railroad and it's in a garden from a guy who 32 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:58.079 lives in Pasadena. His name is Nick Johnson, and he 33 00:01:58.200 --> 00:02:01.239 built this incredible railroad. It goes back and forth and 34 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:04.640 all over his property in Pasadena, California. I will not 35 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:09.199 give you the address, sorry, But what started as a 36 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:14.400 viral social videos with nearly one hundred million views has 37 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.240 turned into a really kind of fun show, right and 38 00:02:17.400 --> 00:02:20.680 where he's got a new guest visits the railroad each episode. 39 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.479 And I'm an old railroad guy. I remember when I 40 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:25.599 was a kid. I had a talka and I had 41 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:27.840 I can't even remember the name of it, but it 42 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.240 was it was really cool and just something about railroad, 43 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.120 something about a train. Anyway. You could find Bungalow Heaven 44 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:40.199 Railroad on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. So I don't know, 45 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.319 give me a favorite. Take a listen to this episode, 46 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:45.159 see what you think about it. Check it out right here. 47 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.879 Hi Jim, Welcome to the Bungalow Heaven Railroad. 48 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:51.280 Look at this. Yeah, this is great. 49 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:53.919 So this is twelve. 50 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.280 I love it. I love it. 51 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:58.560 Have you ever been to a garden railroad before? 52 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:03.919 I don't think there are many? No, so no. Do 53 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:05.240 I see bonesie trees? 54 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:09.120 Yes, lots of bones trees? Yes, all the plants are real, 55 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:10.759 that's the question. We get a lot. 56 00:03:11.039 --> 00:03:11.520 Yeah. 57 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:14.000 The gondola that you see there, that was something that 58 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:18.319 was added back in May, right, and yeah, that's our 59 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:19.599 little Disneyland. 60 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:25.199 Look at this. This is wonderful and they're quieter. 61 00:03:25.759 --> 00:03:26.000 Yes. 62 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:31.280 Always kind of had a thing for trains. I was raised. 63 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:34.759 I was born in Youngstown, Ohio. We're right on the tracks. 64 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:37.360 I mean you could hit you pick up a buckeye 65 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:40.759 and throw it and hit a train from from from 66 00:03:40.840 --> 00:03:41.360 my yard. 67 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:43.360 Did you have a train when you were a kid? 68 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:48.199 Yeah? Oh yeah, yeah. And I want to say, there's 69 00:03:48.240 --> 00:03:50.800 two sides. There's this size, which I like, yep, and 70 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:54.639 that's this is g the g okay, And what's the 71 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:56.120 other one? The h os those are. 72 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.080 H is kind of I would say the most common. 73 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:00.759 They're about that big. And then oh is Lionel You 74 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:03.960 know the Christmas tree? Yeah, with three it's like three rails. 75 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:05.960 Yeah. I was gonna say, I think that's the one 76 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:06.280 I had. 77 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:08.759 Yeah, yeah, that's how a lot of people had that 78 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:19.839 as a kid. Hi, I'm Nick and this is the 79 00:04:19.839 --> 00:04:23.120 Bungalow Heaven Railroad. For the past two years, I've been 80 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:25.439 building a garden railroad in the front yard of my 81 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:29.079 historic Pasadena home and sharing short videos of this tiny 82 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.079 world with millions of people around the globe. In this 83 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:35.399 new video podcast, I invite a special guest each episode 84 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.279 to visit the railroad, learn how it works, drive a train, 85 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:41.720 and talk about creativity, storytelling, and the joy of building 86 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.360 things that move people. If you're listening to this as 87 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:47.439 an audio only podcast, just imagine you're sitting on the 88 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.240 porch with us during the conversation. As the trains roll 89 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:53.600 peacefully through the garden below. In this first episode, I'm 90 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.480 thrilled to welcome Jim Cummings, one of the most prolific 91 00:04:56.519 --> 00:05:00.959 and influential voice actors in entertainment history. More in four decades, 92 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:05.319 Jim's voice has shaped animation, film, television, music, and video 93 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:08.720 games on a scale few performers have ever matched. He's 94 00:05:08.720 --> 00:05:11.199 best known as the longtime voice of Winnie the Pooh 95 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.360 and Tigger, roles he has carried on for nearly forty years. 96 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:17.600 He has also brought characters to life across countless beloved 97 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.800 shows and films, and even contributed his voice to Disney 98 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:25.480 Park's attractions, including Millennium Falcons, Smuggler's Run in Galaxy's Edge. 99 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:28.639 Please join me in welcoming Jim Cummings to the Bungalow 100 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:29.480 Heaven Railroad. 101 00:05:52.759 --> 00:05:55.759 So I didn't grow up thinking that I would do this. No, 102 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:57.879 I built a railroad in my life. 103 00:05:57.879 --> 00:05:59.560 I grew up thinking you were gonna do this. 104 00:06:00.839 --> 00:06:03.839 I appreciate the confidence my uncle had. 105 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:06.920 This Actually a lot of this railroad in his yard 106 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.519 since I was a kid, So all this track was his. 107 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.040 So a lot of these steam engines were his. And 108 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.079 you know that's my connection to it. And so a 109 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.839 few years ago he asked me if I would carry 110 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:24.879 on his his legacy of the trains, and he gave 111 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:26.279 us everything, which was super nice. 112 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:27.319 That is nice. 113 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.879 Yeah, can't beat the price exactly. 114 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:31.439 Yeah. 115 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:33.639 Is there an early version of that for you? 116 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.959 When you know, when you realize that your voice was 117 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:39.560 going to be your path in life? 118 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:41.680 Yeah? I mean I knew I was going to do 119 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:45.800 what I do, what I wound up doing and still do. 120 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.959 Is I knew when I was five years old? Wow? 121 00:06:49.079 --> 00:06:55.480 I told before Jack Benny, old time comedian, had mel Blank, 122 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:57.720 the Great melt Blank on the show as a regular 123 00:06:57.800 --> 00:06:59.839 any and he would he would do bits and do 124 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:04.519 voices obviously, and my dad says, you see this guy here, 125 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:08.519 he's mel Blank, He's he does that Tasmanian Devil, Bugs, 126 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:11.600 Bunny and Daffy Duck and all those voices that you 127 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.199 like on Saturday morning. So on the spot, I said, 128 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.160 up before, I said, well, I'm just I'm gonna do that. Wow. 129 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:21.759 And he said, oh, okay, but what are you going 130 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:22.439 to do for a living? 131 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:23.199 That? 132 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.759 Okay? Yeah, that's good. I mean what do you argue 133 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:28.879 with the five year old? So so I did. 134 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.720 And you ended up doing Tasmanian Devil, right, and I 135 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:32.279 ended up. 136 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:35.639 Doing Tasmanian Devil. Yeah. Yeah. A few, not many Warner Brothers, 137 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:40.360 but a lot of Disney. Yeah yeah. So I knock 138 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:47.120 on wood. I have an odd bucket list, you know. 139 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:50.199 In life. I always wanted to be a deckhand on 140 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:53.319 a Mississippi riverboat. I did that. And I wanted to 141 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:55.600 design and paint Mardy Grass floats, So I did that 142 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:59.160 Wow in New Orleans. It's one of it and ride 143 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:03.839 the rails quote unquote yeah from knowing about it, because 144 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.199 I mean literally it was, oh, I don't know, maybe 145 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:11.519 two football fields away. Yeah, the tracks themselves from from 146 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:14.920 where I was born, and it was very fancy neighborhood. 147 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:19.480 No it wasn't. And I just it was just such 148 00:08:19.519 --> 00:08:24.639 a romantic and sort of it felt very Mark twain ish. 149 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.360 Yeah to me, you know. And I'm a big fan 150 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:27.959 of Mark Twain. 151 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.440 So I grew up in the eighties and nineties and 152 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:37.879 many of the cartoons that. 153 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.000 I watched as you were sick of me, your voice was. 154 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:44.919 In them, Dark Wing Duck, Tailspin, Rescue Rangers, Cat Dog. 155 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.279 I've been watching some Dark Wing Duck because it's on 156 00:08:47.399 --> 00:08:51.559 Disney Plus and singing, hey, what the good work? My 157 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:54.320 wife is not happy about me, the dark wing duck. 158 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:57.200 When there's trouble, you cult w. 159 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:03.159 So these were iconic and characters you know, of my childhood. 160 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:08.200 And with this railroad, the boundaries for me is the 161 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:11.000 size of the yard, where the fence line is, the 162 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:15.159 climate that we live in. But everything inside is you know, 163 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:17.919 has come from my imagination of where I decide the 164 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:20.039 track's going to go and what trees I put in. 165 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:23.039 When you're handed a character that no one has ever 166 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.039 heard before, how do you approach that? And what are 167 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:28.000 your guardrails in the creative process? 168 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:32.960 Well, I don't have any guardrails nothing, no holds barred. 169 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:37.879 And whenever I first see a character, there's two things 170 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:43.000 to look at. The physicality, what character looks like, and 171 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:45.759 you can you know, in other words, he's a big 172 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:48.639 three hundred pound seven foot tall fill in the blank. 173 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.799 You know, it's obviously one of them. You maybe give 174 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:54.159 one of these, but it might be fun if you 175 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:57.080 just give them a little peeny voice like that, you know, 176 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:00.000 because it goes against type, so you know, it depends 177 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.080 ens and uh, you know, if he's a good guy, 178 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:05.519 if he's a bad guy, if he's a sarcastic guy 179 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.200 like dark Wing Duck. He's not super big, he's not 180 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.039 super small. So I just wound up somewhere in the 181 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:18.759 middle and I informed him. Let his personality informed the voice, 182 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:21.759 and yeah, you know, and he's very he's kind of sarcastic. 183 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.919 He's got a good sense of humor, but he's sarcastic, 184 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:28.519 and so he's probably good. I can't find Yeah, okay, yeah, whatever, 185 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:31.320 you know, and you just blend all that together, all 186 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:37.480 these personality traits. Yeah, and hopefully whatever comes out they buy. Yeah. 187 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.879 Tailspin is another one that because you know, if you 188 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:42.600 can believe it that I'm into trains, I'm also into airplanes. 189 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:48.919 And he's my favorite guy. I love her. He is 190 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:54.120 no smooth show, which is for of course French. Yeah, 191 00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:56.559 glad you like him. Yeah, he's one of my all 192 00:10:56.639 --> 00:11:01.240 time favoites. You know, it's fun to have. It's you know, 193 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.639 I do. I don't know if I do equal amount 194 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:05.399 of good guys and bad guys. I never thought of it, 195 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:09.000 but bad guys are fun, yeah, you know, because they 196 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:11.919 get in a lot of trouble. Yeah, and they're kind 197 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:15.039 of expected to, so it's never a never a letdown. 198 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:18.480 Yeah you know you saw that one coming. And uh, 199 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:21.480 you know, bad guys do have fun. Yeah, what are 200 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:21.840 you gonna do? 201 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:23.799 That's nice that you get to do a mix of boats. 202 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:26.879 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, well I do one winning the 203 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:29.440 Pooh and then I could do like five bad guys 204 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:32.240 and still break even because Poo's such a good guy. 205 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.240 Yes, yeah, so it works. 206 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.960 We just did the Winnie the Pooh ride at Disneyland 207 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:40.240 the other day and oh yes, did you have. 208 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:43.759 A smart roll? There's honey right next door. I believe, 209 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:55.879 so it could be wrong. If you're a fan of 210 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:59.039 everything we do here at tuned In with Jim Cummings, 211 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:03.519 you could support the show on Patreon for bonus exclusive podcasts, 212 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.120 as well as early in ad free access to the 213 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:11.240 show itself, prize drawings, and more. You'll feel the difference, 214 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:14.159 so go ahead and join the tuned In family today 215 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:19.639 at Patreon dot com slash Jim Cummings Podcast. Do it now. 216 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:28.200 That's our new fire lookout tower. Oh okay, you know 217 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:29.240 it's it's. 218 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:33.639 Uh remember only you could prevent folds. 219 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:36.559 That's right, Yes, and you did that? 220 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:38.679 That was me? Yeah, I was I was smoking the 221 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:39.440 bear for years. 222 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:41.759 Wow, I just noticed the water feature. 223 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:45.679 Yes, this is this is our little lake. That also 224 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:49.639 doesn't work that great, but it you know, it's wet. 225 00:12:49.720 --> 00:12:53.679 I bought a couple little buckets of concrete, dug a 226 00:12:53.720 --> 00:13:01.559 hole and use my hands with rubber gloves and oh yeah, yeah, 227 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.960 well do you want to do you want to drive 228 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:03.360 a train? 229 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:04.039 Here we go? 230 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:07.240 Sure, all right, so let's let's go back there. 231 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:09.440 All right. I'll follow you. 232 00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:12.360 And if you you know, stop, then you can put 233 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:15.039 it in reverse send it backwards. 234 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.759 Oh okay, and is that the accelerator too? Yeah, so 235 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:24.720 you just oh okay, yeah, well I think we went 236 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.720 forward right, Yeah, one more time. 237 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:28.840 Now you're in reverse. 238 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:38.639 There you go. That's really cool. I like how you 239 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:41.440 know it gets out of your eye line every now 240 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:41.720 and then. 241 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:45.519 Yeah, and you don't have to steer it so you 242 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:46.399 know else. 243 00:13:47.279 --> 00:13:51.159 He knows where it's going. How do it know? There 244 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:59.000 you are? Oh? Yeah, well you could just do this 245 00:13:59.039 --> 00:13:59.399 all day? 246 00:13:59.519 --> 00:14:00.279 Yeah? 247 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:04.080 Is he coming back? Ever? It will? Okay? I was 248 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.799 thinking I screwed up your No, it's going to the 249 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.799 actual Santa Fe. 250 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:12.879 So here comes the yellow one and then yours will 251 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:17.639 be right behind it. Ahha, we're like racing train really something. 252 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:18.639 I guess I can. 253 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:21.559 Lay that down and yeah. 254 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:25.200 A picture. It's a busy day down here, folks down 255 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:32.159 at the tracks, right nick, yep, there you go. 256 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:39.399 All about Tryanaheim Cuckamonga and the ZUSA named that famous 257 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:40.320 cartoon character. 258 00:14:40.799 --> 00:14:47.360 Okay, we're alone now, Oh wait, but wait this more. Yes, 259 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:50.519 it's just too good. 260 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:50.919 Yeah. 261 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:52.759 Well yeah, you're pro. 262 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:56.320 Yeah, yeah, it's just that easy. I'm a pro. It's 263 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.519 sitting here watching it. Yeah, I've sat before. 264 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:06.279 Yeah. 265 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:10.159 Anyone who's seen my railroad can probably guess that. I'm 266 00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:14.960 a big Disney fan and a lot of this world 267 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.639 and our railroad pulls inspiration from the park when we 268 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.759 go and visit. I believe you've contributed to attractions at 269 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:24.759 the Disney parks, including the Hondo Naka for Millennium Falcon 270 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:28.519 Smuggler's Run. Yes, what was it like reimagining a character 271 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.399 for a physical space instead of a TV screen? And 272 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.879 did the process differ from none at all? 273 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.360 Animation? 274 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:37.759 That's the same thing, Yeah, because you don't really want 275 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:42.200 to change anything. Yeah, because that's you know, the fact 276 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:45.000 that he was the way he was and sarcastic and 277 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.519 slightly tricky. All those traits are what got him there. 278 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.559 Yeah, so you don't want to change it, yep, you 279 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:51.879 know you. 280 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:54.799 Want to give give the customer what they what they're 281 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:59.480 looking for. And it's an amazing thing. You know. It's funny. 282 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:04.000 I have an investment opportunity for you, my friend. I'll 283 00:16:04.000 --> 00:16:07.279 tell you one. Give me all your money and I 284 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:10.799 will make sure it is spent very wisely, and I 285 00:16:10.879 --> 00:16:12.919 promise to keep you posted. Yeah, I'm sure. 286 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:16.320 Was it a long time in the making when you 287 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.720 knew about that ride, you know, from before it gets announced? 288 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:24.039 No, I remember it was so crazy that Disney called 289 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:28.519 me down to go to Imagineering, which is over in Glendale, 290 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:33.879 and they're walking me through this incredible Now, when you're 291 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:37.879 making a movie, they are you've heard, familiar with storyboards 292 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:41.679 and things like that. They're almost like big giant posters 293 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:46.080 of the whole movie. And my agent told me, he said, well, 294 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:49.879 they're thinking in terms of doing using Hondo on a ride. 295 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:54.320 They might do it. We're not sure. I said, oh, okay, well, 296 00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:57.159 so what am I doing? Well, they want you to 297 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:59.639 go down and walk you through some stuff and see 298 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.840 how you're if you like it, and I was like, 299 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:05.200 of course I like it. I like it, and I 300 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:08.079 haven't seen it yet, you know. But and I went 301 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:12.640 down they're they're kind of pitching me. Now, we're thinking, now, 302 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:15.079 let me know what you think of this, and is 303 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.079 having him do this and that and have him greet people. 304 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.319 But then then he's going to appear on a thing. 305 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:22.640 I don't know. Does that sound on a screen? Is 306 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:24.759 that going to be okay? And I go, yeah, this 307 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:28.880 is great. And I realized they were pitching me the idea, 308 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:31.519 and I go, just so you know, I think this 309 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:34.440 is great. If you're waiting on me, I say, full 310 00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:38.720 speed ahead, Yeah, let's start recording. You know. I had 311 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:42.960 that happen too with the with the movie Winnie the Pooh. 312 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:46.039 They were pitching me this movie and I go, you can't. 313 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:48.880 It feels like you're pitching me. They go, well, is 314 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:50.839 it something you want to do? And I go, you 315 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:56.279 couldn't stop me. Yes, the answer is yes, I would 316 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.920 like to do that because that's what I do. 317 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:03.319 And anyway, what was it like when you went on 318 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:05.599 these attractions that you've worked on as a fun too? 319 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:08.039 It was amazing. I didn't think it was going to 320 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.160 be that cool. Yeah, I just I don't know, I 321 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:15.240 just you know, I remember as a kid, much much 322 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:19.559 younger going to Disney landing. Mister Lincoln was there. He 323 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:22.799 was he was up and he gave the Gettysburg address 324 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:24.759 at the Hall of Presidents or I can't remember what 325 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:26.960 it was, but he was there. And I remember one 326 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:30.039 time I went there and do wor score and seven 327 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:36.160 years ago or forefather Kate, Oh, here we go, you know, 328 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:39.279 and he was sitting there and this is you know, 329 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:42.759 and I envisioned that, yeah, you know. And so when 330 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:46.000 I finally went in to see the ride Millennium Falcons 331 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:48.880 Smugglers Run, I walked there, you know where you walk 332 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.799 in and there's a part where you walk. There's a 333 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:52.599 part where you kind of stand and they move you. 334 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:57.240 And it's really unbelievably cool. If anybody gets a chance 335 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:00.359 to go. I can't recommend it enough. But there is 336 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.039 a part where he's Hondo's up there and he's giving 337 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.119 orders and doing this and that and holding forth and 338 00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:08.119 giving a speech to the people on the other end 339 00:19:08.160 --> 00:19:11.039 of the line, and he turns around and goes, oh, 340 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:13.319 I didn't see you there. And he turns around and 341 00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:16.079 walks over and looks down at all the people down 342 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:19.319 there and like, go, whoa, because you I'm still used 343 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:22.880 to mister Lincoln. Yeah, you know. And mister Lincoln was 344 00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:26.279 not there, but Hondo was. He just turned around and 345 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:28.839 walked over and gave you a hell. How you doing? 346 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:31.039 What are you doing? Okay? All right, come on, everybody, 347 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.880 buck up. Let's we're going for a ride. We don't 348 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.720 have to tell Solo. We don't want him to worry 349 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:41.279 about this, you know. And you go and you steal 350 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:44.160 a bunch of stuff and Hondo gets to keep it. Yes, 351 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.319 and it's a beautiful thing. Yeah. 352 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.839 And then you come up on the screen at the 353 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:50.039 end and tallies up your damages. 354 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.400 Yep. 355 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:51.920 Yeah, that's cool. 356 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.200 It's amazing. 357 00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:55.640 You've been the voice of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger 358 00:19:55.759 --> 00:19:59.119 for many decades now. How did you step into those roles? 359 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:01.519 And what does it feel like to carry on characters 360 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:04.160 that are so deeply woven into people's childhoods. 361 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:07.000 Well, it's an honor. It's an honor for me. 362 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:08.720 You know. 363 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.960 At the time when I first auditioned for Pooh and Tigger, 364 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:18.119 it was twenty years since they had shown up from 365 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:20.400 the New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. It was not 366 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:23.839 New Adventures, but Winny the Poo and Tigger two Winned 367 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:26.119 the Pooh in a Day for Eyre and Winned the Poo. 368 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:29.359 There were those three shorts that they made, and they 369 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:31.960 put the three of them together to make a feature 370 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:34.720 length movie and they won an Academy Award in the 371 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:42.440 early sixties, mid mid sixties, and then for some reason, 372 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:47.440 they just didn't do anything for like twenty some years, 373 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:50.319 which I was grateful for because it gave me a 374 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:54.440 chance to grow up and then I could audition for them, 375 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:57.279 because you know, I couldn't have done that in junior high. 376 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:57.599 Yeah. 377 00:20:58.240 --> 00:21:03.119 So, and I ended up getting the the the role 378 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:07.279 of Winnie the Pooh. And uh, I don't think anybody 379 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:13.039 expected it to blossom like it did because one series 380 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:16.519 led to another and then they're, okay, well, now we're 381 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:19.839 gonna do an attraction for Tokyo Disneyland. Now there's well 382 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:23.480 one for Disney Disneyland. Don't forget Paris, you know. And 383 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:28.519 it's one project after another, and and they keep coming 384 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:31.799 up with the Tigger movie. Yeah, you know, and it's 385 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:35.440 a it's a beautiful thing, and I'm I'm just blessed 386 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:38.279 and very grateful, eternally grateful. 387 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:42.880 So well, you do a great job all of your voices. 388 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.599 Thank you. 389 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:47.640 M m hm. 390 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:59.079 Did you have to make each little board or ah, yes, yeah, 391 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:03.519 because it looks I mean it almost this almost has 392 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:06.279 to be custom because there's no kit. 393 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:08.039 It's a very custom hobby. 394 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:10.680 Yeah. Yeah, there's no not a kit. Can I have 395 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:15.400 the standard incredible, trustfull and I naedive water tower and 396 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.400 you know it's. 397 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:19.799 Like no, yeah, you got to Yeah, I mean that's 398 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:24.119 you know, it's it's very enjoyable because it's very creative. 399 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:27.519 You know, you get to decide where the track goes. 400 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:29.160 Yeah. 401 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:32.519