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<v Speaker 2>It's me Tigger, I.

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<v Speaker 1>Am Dark Wayne Duck. It's me Bunker's Deep Bobcat.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, y'all?

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<v Speaker 1>Did it ray your favorite firefly you desire?

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<v Speaker 2>Hold old Knock Gud.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Jim Cummings and welcome to tuned In.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey guys, welcome to another episode of Tuned In with

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<v Speaker 3>Jim Cummings. I am Brendanta the four Finger discat Network,

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<v Speaker 3>joined by producer Chris Hey you doing, sir?

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<v Speaker 4>Hello, Hello, everybody.

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<v Speaker 3>Legendary Jim Cummings, how are you?

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<v Speaker 1>Meanwhile?

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<v Speaker 2>Back at the ranch?

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<v Speaker 3>Hello, and today we are very lucky to be joined

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<v Speaker 3>by the voice that say Disney. She's Ariel, she is

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<v Speaker 3>the lovely Joy and Juddy, how are you doing?

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<v Speaker 5>I do agree? Thank you so much for.

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<v Speaker 2>Having me thank you, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>The ours, honor is ours.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh well, we've been trying to do this for like

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<v Speaker 5>the last three years, so yes, it happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Finally got it fixed. Well, you're a busy you're a

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<v Speaker 1>busy goal. We like that.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, and you're a busy guy. And I see you

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<v Speaker 5>a lot while we're flying across the.

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<v Speaker 1>Sky at Yes, it's a beautiful thing. It's a beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful thing. And you know, I I had some pleasant

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<v Speaker 1>surprises because I'm because I'm thinking, well, oh gosh, I

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<v Speaker 1>know Jody, I know, yeah, all this and that, and

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm finding all these little gems, like there was

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<v Speaker 1>a ball you were in Balto? Yes, that Balto the

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<v Speaker 1>second and third one. I guess, yes, yes, because I

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<v Speaker 1>was in the first one.

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<v Speaker 2>But I was the bad guy, so I got kicked off.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh bad guy, you're gone. Yeah, yeah, Balto two and three.

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<v Speaker 5>It's kind of like I I sort of do all

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<v Speaker 5>the twos and threes. I do all the sequels.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, part two, that's great, I've done those.

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<v Speaker 5>You're like a lady were you were you lady in

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<v Speaker 5>the original and like no, no, no, no.

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<v Speaker 1>No, but your mom wasn't old enough. Yeah, that's nice. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>they did that for a good while. They were coming

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<v Speaker 1>out with the directive videos, and we didn't mind those

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<v Speaker 1>a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Because people bought those.

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<v Speaker 5>We were thankful with those residual checks. It was it

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<v Speaker 5>was good.

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<v Speaker 1>What you said, unbelievable and one of my favorite things

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<v Speaker 1>that And I remember watching it and thinking, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>who is that? Wait a minute, Oh my gosh, Oh

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<v Speaker 1>that's Jody because you were in Barbie. Yes, that was

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<v Speaker 1>come on so fun.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean yeah, I mean really just dropped from heaven

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<v Speaker 5>for me. It was after Mermaid and kind of got

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<v Speaker 5>a call from the agent that just said, hey, Toy Story,

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<v Speaker 5>here we go, Toy Story two. Barbie wasn't in Toy

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<v Speaker 5>Story one because Mattel at the time was like, no,

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<v Speaker 5>we're not going to do a movie, We're not going

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<v Speaker 5>to be in a Disney cartoon, pix Our cartoon. And

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<v Speaker 5>then all of a sudden, Toy Story took off and

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<v Speaker 5>then Mittel was like, wait a minute, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Think we hold on.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh yeah, so then yeah, Barbie joined in. I did

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<v Speaker 5>not audition for that, and so when I got to

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<v Speaker 5>the studio, it was kind of like, what do you

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<v Speaker 5>want me to do? And they're like, well, we're going

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<v Speaker 5>to play with a box of Barbies. So that's what

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<v Speaker 5>we did for the first hour, is we just pulled

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<v Speaker 5>out this box of Barbie's and all of us just

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<v Speaker 5>started talking to each other, holding them and playing with them.

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<v Speaker 5>And then they were like, that's it, that's it, we're

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<v Speaker 5>gonna we're gonna roll with that. And we just wanted

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<v Speaker 5>writing lines and I'd throw something out and then the

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<v Speaker 5>directors would and then we'd all just kind of like

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<v Speaker 5>it was play. We just wow, it was really fun.

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<v Speaker 2>So you just improved tons of it.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, especially all the time you'd.

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<v Speaker 3>Already voiced Bobby before that though, right.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, yes, that's very funny that you even know that,

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<v Speaker 5>because it's kind of a you got to do a

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<v Speaker 5>deep dive into the internet. But when the executives for Mattel,

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<v Speaker 5>it was a female executive at the time, came to

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<v Speaker 5>the studio while I was doing Toy Story two, and

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<v Speaker 5>I walked into the room and I met her and

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<v Speaker 5>she said, you don't understand this is this is a

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<v Speaker 5>really important day. This is the very first time that

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<v Speaker 5>we have ever allowed Barbie to have a voice. And

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<v Speaker 5>I just kind of had to look at her very

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<v Speaker 5>kindly and say, I'm so sorry. I don't mean to

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<v Speaker 5>be disrespectful.

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<v Speaker 6>At all, but I actually did the Clay Nation Barbie

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<v Speaker 6>workout video a couple of years ago and gave Barbie

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<v Speaker 6>her very very first voice.

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<v Speaker 5>So the Metallic executive didn't know that. Wow the deep

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<v Speaker 5>dive for that VHS. So, yeah, she's workout. It's a

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<v Speaker 5>workout Barbie.

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<v Speaker 1>So is this a take off from Jane Fonda's workout?

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<v Speaker 1>And remember that I'm showing my age. You were five

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<v Speaker 1>years old or three. But uh okay, silly.

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<v Speaker 5>So silly. So yeah. So then the executive was kind

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<v Speaker 5>of like, oh, you know, disheveled, I think at the moment,

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<v Speaker 5>and all of the Pixar and our staff they didn't

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<v Speaker 5>realize it either. They're like, so you've already voiced Barbie.

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<v Speaker 5>You gave her her first voice. I'm like, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>is that going to be a problem, And they're like, no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 5>it'll be fine, it'll be fine. So after two, then

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<v Speaker 5>when three came out, you know, Barbie became more than

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<v Speaker 5>just tour guide Barbie real person and kind of the

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<v Speaker 5>hero of the day with everything, So it was super fun.

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<v Speaker 1>It was yeah, that is so cool. What an iconic character.

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<v Speaker 3>It's amazing how the universe works that way, in the

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<v Speaker 3>sense that you voiced Bobby so long before that, and

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<v Speaker 3>all of a sudden he randomly pitched you to do

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<v Speaker 3>Bobby again.

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<v Speaker 5>I know, and it was I truly. I mean I

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<v Speaker 5>didn't asked. When I got to work that day, the

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<v Speaker 5>first day of the session, I was like, why are

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<v Speaker 5>you hiring me? I didn't even audition for this. Well,

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<v Speaker 5>we we heard you as Ariel, and we knew that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, oh, yeah, all right, you bet she is.

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<v Speaker 1>Bobby's here now, partner.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh man, it was. It was a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a lot of fun. And unfortunately Michael Keaton

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<v Speaker 5>was really really sick. So we were supposed to report

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<v Speaker 5>one day. I was going to ask you, Bob, and

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<v Speaker 5>you know, I got to the lot and he was

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<v Speaker 5>stepping out, I thought, on his break and I was

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<v Speaker 5>coming in. So I was really excited because we hadn't

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<v Speaker 5>done any of our stuff together yet. I've been by myself.

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<v Speaker 5>I've oh, this will be so much fun. And so

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<v Speaker 5>I walk in and he looks at me and he's

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<v Speaker 5>got a mask on. And this is obviously before mask

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<v Speaker 5>time and he's like, don't come near me. I have

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<v Speaker 5>I'm very very sick. I'm so sorry. I'm going home

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<v Speaker 5>and I'm going to bed. And I was like nice

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<v Speaker 5>to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh man.

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<v Speaker 5>He just walked out and I never saw him again

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<v Speaker 5>until our day of press and we reintroduced myself. Hi,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm Jody. I played Barbie High. And then we start acting,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, doing all your press stuff in the studio.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh yeah, best friends and you've done this forever.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, yes, Philly. That's when the real acting comes in.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember that one time when we weren't there, me too,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not there again.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, And I had these I had on these heels,

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<v Speaker 5>and I did not realize that that Michael was, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>a little shorter than you than I was, which is

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<v Speaker 5>not a problem, not a problem at all. But I

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<v Speaker 5>think when we were in the studio and we were

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<v Speaker 5>doing all this press and publicity, I noticed that he

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<v Speaker 5>was on his tiptoes a little bit. So I kind

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<v Speaker 5>of like took my shoes off and I kind of

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<v Speaker 5>like tried to squat down a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. Yeah, my wife does that because.

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<v Speaker 5>Because I you know, I felt so bad. I felt

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<v Speaker 5>so bad. Yeah, so I was like, I could see

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<v Speaker 5>that he was a little sensitive about needing to get

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<v Speaker 5>next to me and then putting his arm around me

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<v Speaker 5>and making sure that he was kind of like pressing up,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, to just get that stature going. I was

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<v Speaker 5>very sensitive about that with him.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that that's what screwed up your collaboration with Prince,

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<v Speaker 1>is what I understand. It was the same similar situation.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh my god, yeah, very WHI It was fun.

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<v Speaker 1>It was great, great, great, good good stuff, and you're

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<v Speaker 1>out there on the convention circuit as well, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a beautiful thing.

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<v Speaker 5>It has been. I kind of held off on those

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<v Speaker 5>for about ten years because I homeschool We live in

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<v Speaker 5>I'm at and homeschooled both of the kids for seventeen

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<v Speaker 5>years and now they are twenty three and twenty five.

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<v Speaker 5>So my girlfriend, Paige O'Hara, who plays the voice of Bell,

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<v Speaker 5>started doing them and she's like, come on, come on.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm like, no, I'm homeschooling and I'm working on the weekends.

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<v Speaker 5>It's crazy. I just can't. She goes, well, I think

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<v Speaker 5>it'll be a really good thing for you. To do

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<v Speaker 5>when kids go off to college. This is going to

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<v Speaker 5>be a great thing, and so I did. I did

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<v Speaker 5>my first one in twenty seventeen, and I just did

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<v Speaker 5>a handful that year and they were a lot of fun. Really, yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>just gone to the weekend. It was very helpful for

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<v Speaker 5>sure financially during college years, which was wonderful. And then

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<v Speaker 5>after COVID is when it got really crazy. So like

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<v Speaker 5>last sure it was forty trips I think last year,

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<v Speaker 5>and the year before that was like thirty five.

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<v Speaker 1>It was.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, so it was blood really really crazy, but lots

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<v Speaker 5>and lots of fun, you know, just lovely, lovely, lovely fans,

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<v Speaker 5>and I'm very thankful. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, one of my favorite things is when

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<v Speaker 1>we were at D twenty three a while back and

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<v Speaker 1>I just lucked out and I was on there were

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<v Speaker 1>surrounded by princesses and royalty. I was like the cheeseburger

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<v Speaker 1>in Paradise, and I had just enough connection to each

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<v Speaker 1>of you to sneak into all the pictures. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>like all these fabulous, wonderful actresses and me, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sitting there like, oh it was fun.

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<v Speaker 5>We did that one convention with you and I think

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<v Speaker 5>we were down in Florida and it was during the strike.

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<v Speaker 5>It was you with all five or six of us.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, oh yeah, we had so much fun.

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<v Speaker 5>That's the one all the girls and then Jim.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he was like that was the original cheeseburger in Paradise.

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<v Speaker 1>slash Jim Cummings podcast. Do it Now? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Now, how long When did you start with the company, Jim?

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<v Speaker 5>I feel like we were around the same time.

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<v Speaker 5>And so what year what year was that? When you

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<v Speaker 1>Know, oh absolutely. And I was looking at your IMDb

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<v Speaker 5>Well I didn't get a Tony. I got nominated. And

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<v Speaker 5>be like she's in an Oscar winning movie. I heard

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<v Speaker 5>you won an Oscar.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, my film did.

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<v Speaker 5>But hey, I'm going to take it. I'm part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right.

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<v Speaker 5>It was yeah, crazy for you. It was an incredible experience.

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<v Speaker 5>Incredible And to do that show eight times a week

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<v Speaker 5>It was a wonderful, wonderful season. So but after, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>And that's beautiful.

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<v Speaker 5>Got an airport, you know, an hour away. We've got

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<v Speaker 5>Disney is just about I don't know, fifty minutes away

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that's great.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's been it's been really it's been really great.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and you know, fun and I didn't know that

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<v Speaker 1>and let's see we've got smile and welcome to the club.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think we covered Helen Hayes Award, which is

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<v Speaker 5>You didn't win, Yes, you did have one.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I say you won, and uh, what A're gonna do?

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<v Speaker 1>But I didn't know you had anything with Batman beyond

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<v Speaker 5>She kind of had a blue face and white hair.

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<v Speaker 5>But again, it's like during those times when you're jumping

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<v Speaker 5>But then people come to you at conventions, are they, oh,

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<v Speaker 5>but I would just go down to Disney Character Voices

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<v Speaker 5>Brian was answering phones and he was babysitting my kids

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<v Speaker 5>So they had all the toys set up. So he's like,

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<v Speaker 5>You have a lot of laughs thinking about those days.

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<v Speaker 1>not that we're ever worried about them, but taking off

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<v Speaker 1>in different directions. And you know, like with the park

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<v Speaker 1>which are these conventions. Yes, you know, and I love

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<v Speaker 5>which is just so sweet. But you know, I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>I'm some people.

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<v Speaker 5>I know you are too. We've talked about this before,

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<v Speaker 5>a big part of our life. For people that meet

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<v Speaker 5>of their world, but you really are part of their

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<v Speaker 1>I agree.

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<v Speaker 5>I know you have these same types of things. But

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<v Speaker 5>I have a huge following in the lgbtqia plus community

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<v Speaker 5>where people find their voice and find the identity. So

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<v Speaker 5>But also I have a huge community on the spectrum,

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<v Speaker 5>huge community. Yeah, God bless and any type of able,

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<v Speaker 5>any challenges, yes, So you know, we have our quadriplegiates,

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I've had people say that.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's just so heart warming that it's it's such

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<v Speaker 5>about the film, I'm like no, because you have no

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<v Speaker 5>like their value, and they find their voice. And those

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<v Speaker 5>all get to hear every weekend that really shake your

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<v Speaker 1>component for happiness. Yes, you know, there's no doubt about that.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you when you hear these stories from the

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<v Speaker 1>they'll turn on dark winged Duck or Chippendale Risky Rangers

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<v Speaker 1>for that, and they'll say, well, you kind of raised me.

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<v Speaker 1>You kind of you were a protective aura around me

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Gernard right and escape the what was outside my door. Absolutely,

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<v Speaker 1>is really an honor.

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<v Speaker 5>That's absolutely right. It's it's an honor. It's a blessing,

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<v Speaker 5>it's a gift.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it is a privilege.

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<v Speaker 5>And you know, I know you're the same way I am.

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<v Speaker 5>That we we don't ever take it for granted, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>we really don't. It matters, you know, it matters to us.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes it does. And their feelings mean everything, you know, right,

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I just love it.

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<v Speaker 5>No? I really don't. You know, it's sort of like

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<v Speaker 5>your children, Like you love all your children equally. I

426
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<v Speaker 5>love every aspect of what I get to do. I

427
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<v Speaker 5>love to be in the studio. I love to do

428
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<v Speaker 5>concerts with symphonies. I love to do theater pieces. And

429
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<v Speaker 5>now that my kids have grown and left home and

430
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<v Speaker 5>have their own careers, I put my foot back in

431
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<v Speaker 5>the water for musical theater about a year and a

432
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<v Speaker 5>half ago and just ignited that eight year old little

433
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<v Speaker 5>girl inside of me about what my first love was,

434
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<v Speaker 5>which is to be on stage to do these characters.

435
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<v Speaker 5>So I was able to do Gypsy with my daughter

436
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<v Speaker 5>playing my daughter. Oh that was, oh my god, incredible.

437
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<v Speaker 2>I think it was crazy.

438
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<v Speaker 5>I think we're the first mother real mother daughter that

439
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<v Speaker 5>had played that, have played Rose and Louise. I don't

440
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<v Speaker 5>think there's another one that's ever done that. That was magical.

441
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<v Speaker 5>We had such an amazing time. Then this year in

442
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<v Speaker 5>Orlando at the gorgeous Doctor Phillips Center at Steinman's Hall,

443
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<v Speaker 5>which is like the best sound system in the world,

444
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<v Speaker 5>best place to sing in the world. Oh my goodness,

445
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<v Speaker 5>I did Hello Dolly, So I did Dolly in that.

446
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<v Speaker 1>Really that was magical.

447
00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:06.079
<v Speaker 5>And then it's January and February my daughter and I

448
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<v Speaker 5>are going to touch on to Gypsy again and play

449
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<v Speaker 5>mother daughter again in New York. So I'm excited about that.

450
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<v Speaker 5>It'll be fun, It'll be fun. To. I'm just going

451
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<v Speaker 5>to take advantage of these opportunities because I don't know

452
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<v Speaker 5>if I'll ever have again, and as long as I'm

453
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<v Speaker 5>healthy and I'm strong and i can still do what

454
00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:30.279
<v Speaker 5>I need to do up on stage, that that really

455
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<v Speaker 5>is a lovely, lovely experience to pull out of the

456
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<v Speaker 5>hat of my career that I hadn't done in over

457
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<v Speaker 5>twenty years, I think, to answer your question, they're all

458
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<v Speaker 5>equally enjoyable, fulfilling and magical, and I don't have a favorite.

459
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<v Speaker 5>Whatever I'm doing at the time is my favorite.

460
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, And naturally people ask me that.

461
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<v Speaker 5>It is like when I'm in the studio and I'm

462
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<v Speaker 5>in it and I'm all in. I'm having the time

463
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<v Speaker 5>of my life, you know, and then I leave and

464
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<v Speaker 5>then like, I'm working on music for a concert in

465
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<v Speaker 5>North Carolina and I can't wait. I can't wait to

466
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<v Speaker 5>put on a gown and sing gorgeous music. And that's

467
00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:15.920
<v Speaker 5>really different because you don't have a script and I

468
00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:18.359
<v Speaker 5>just get to work with the audience and have a

469
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<v Speaker 5>lot of wow beating off of them, which is very

470
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<v Speaker 5>different than going to do gypsy or another musical.

471
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<v Speaker 1>It's like an improv sort of no it's just when

472
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<v Speaker 1>I do symphony concerts, I don't have a script and

473
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<v Speaker 1>I just get to do whatever I want.

474
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<v Speaker 5>So I have a song list, but talking in between

475
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<v Speaker 5>with the audience is something I really enjoy, you know,

476
00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:41.799
<v Speaker 5>just kind of filling them in, doing a little story,

477
00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:44.559
<v Speaker 5>telling them about the song and what it means and

478
00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:49.000
<v Speaker 5>my relationship to the particular song. But then again, you

479
00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:52.480
<v Speaker 5>feed off of the audience live and I love that.

480
00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.640
<v Speaker 5>I love that part.

481
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<v Speaker 1>Well, that's that's what first. I think, that's what draws

482
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<v Speaker 1>everybody to this business and as children or whenever you started,

483
00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:03.440
<v Speaker 1>because I was in place as a little kid, and

484
00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:05.519
<v Speaker 1>I thought, oh, well this is if I could do

485
00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:09.799
<v Speaker 1>this well enough that somebody will pay me, Okay, I'm in.

486
00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.920
<v Speaker 1>You know, I don't want to go to law school.

487
00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:17.079
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to be an attorney up till like second grade,

488
00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.720
<v Speaker 1>which is really weird.

489
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<v Speaker 5>But I went to college for law. That's what I

490
00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:26.440
<v Speaker 5>that's what I was studying, was pre law. Wo and

491
00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:31.200
<v Speaker 5>I had done an audition, this random audition my freshman

492
00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:35.200
<v Speaker 5>Christmas break, and the girl broke her ankle and I

493
00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:39.119
<v Speaker 5>flew out to LA and did a show and that

494
00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:43.960
<v Speaker 5>was that Wow. Yeah, you know, I was going to

495
00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:46.920
<v Speaker 5>be a lawyer. Was that was sort of my love.

496
00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:52.559
<v Speaker 5>But you know, a different path opened up. And I

497
00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:56.559
<v Speaker 5>loved singing when I was little, and loved singing at church.

498
00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:58.640
<v Speaker 5>That was so much fun. My sister and I sang

499
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<v Speaker 5>together at church nine and just always had a love

500
00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:08.599
<v Speaker 5>for that and theater. But it wasn't really until I

501
00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:11.240
<v Speaker 5>got into college. I was like, oh wow, I think

502
00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:14.519
<v Speaker 5>I'm gonna check this out, see what this is all about.

503
00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:18.240
<v Speaker 1>So true? Well, I've always said, you know, my niece's nephews, whoever,

504
00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:20.640
<v Speaker 1>if you make a list of things that you love

505
00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.640
<v Speaker 1>doing so much, you do them for free all day,

506
00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:24.799
<v Speaker 1>then do them so well that somebody.

507
00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:26.200
<v Speaker 2>Will pay you. That's it.

508
00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:29.640
<v Speaker 1>You're there. That's that's as close as it gets to

509
00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:33.720
<v Speaker 1>you know, career and happiness and you know, edification in

510
00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:37.319
<v Speaker 1>their universe saying okay, you could do that. You know,

511
00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.200
<v Speaker 1>that's the way it felt like to me.

512
00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:43.799
<v Speaker 5>It's that sweet spot between your passion, your natural giftedness

513
00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:46.079
<v Speaker 5>and your talents and your gifts that you're born with

514
00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:48.720
<v Speaker 5>and then being able to pay your bills.

515
00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:51.920
<v Speaker 1>That's always a good circle.

516
00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:56.480
<v Speaker 5>Yes, you know, because when I do master classes with college,

517
00:27:57.279 --> 00:28:01.319
<v Speaker 5>high school and college kids. And that's the thing we

518
00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:04.799
<v Speaker 5>kind of talk about. I said, you know, I think

519
00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:09.079
<v Speaker 5>that you have to have a natural gift set. You

520
00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:13.519
<v Speaker 5>have to have something inside of you naturally. It's very

521
00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:18.799
<v Speaker 5>hard to learn how to sing. You can improve in singing,

522
00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:22.599
<v Speaker 5>and you can strengthen your singing, but if somebody is

523
00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:26.960
<v Speaker 5>tone deaf and they say to me, I want to

524
00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:31.799
<v Speaker 5>be a singer, it's really difficult. It's really really difficult.

525
00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:34.079
<v Speaker 4>So what's your response in that situation?

526
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<v Speaker 5>What I say to them is that each person has

527
00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:42.799
<v Speaker 5>a skill set, a natural giftedness towards something some things,

528
00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:47.400
<v Speaker 5>it can be many things, but unearthing and figuring out

529
00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:51.920
<v Speaker 5>what that is and then honing that craft and really

530
00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:55.079
<v Speaker 5>strengthening that craft, that's the gift. But what happens is

531
00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:59.279
<v Speaker 5>we're in such a compare and compete society thanks to

532
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<v Speaker 5>social media. Social media is great in so many amazing ways,

533
00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:06.160
<v Speaker 5>and then in some other ways it's not so great.

534
00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:10.559
<v Speaker 5>But the compare and compete is so hard because we

535
00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:14.119
<v Speaker 5>live what I call in an American idol world where

536
00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:17.400
<v Speaker 5>you get your fifteen minutes of fame and everybody's a star,

537
00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:21.440
<v Speaker 5>and everybody wants to be a star, but not everybody

538
00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:26.319
<v Speaker 5>is naturally gifted to be able to sing or to act,

539
00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:31.119
<v Speaker 5>or I'm not naturally gifted to be a CPA or

540
00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:35.000
<v Speaker 5>a math teacher. But we want what other people are.

541
00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:38.680
<v Speaker 5>It's like, we want that. So when kids say to me,

542
00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:40.720
<v Speaker 5>but I want to be a star, I want to

543
00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:43.279
<v Speaker 5>be a singer, I want to be on Broadway, And

544
00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:46.759
<v Speaker 5>I'll say, so, tell me what your natural gift set is. Well,

545
00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:49.359
<v Speaker 5>they'll be like, well, I can't really sing, I'm not

546
00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:52.079
<v Speaker 5>really a good actor, and my dancing stinks.

547
00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:53.000
<v Speaker 1>Oh perfect.

548
00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:56.759
<v Speaker 5>I kind of think, well, okay, you're a producer, triple

549
00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:59.440
<v Speaker 5>threat in the other direction, so let's take a look

550
00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:03.279
<v Speaker 5>at that. But why do you want that? That's my

551
00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:06.359
<v Speaker 5>question is why do you want something that you're not

552
00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:11.440
<v Speaker 5>naturally going in that direction? And it's because so and

553
00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:16.000
<v Speaker 5>so has it that that person is that and that one.

554
00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:18.759
<v Speaker 5>I'm like, there's where we have a problem because we

555
00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:22.039
<v Speaker 5>want what somebody else has, And then we forget about

556
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<v Speaker 5>who we are and figure out an unearth and really

557
00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:28.680
<v Speaker 5>like excavate all these incredible gifts that you have inside

558
00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:31.279
<v Speaker 5>of you. You know, you get to be your best

559
00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:35.559
<v Speaker 5>version of you me there's already one of me.

560
00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:40.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, advice, your best.

561
00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:46.720
<v Speaker 5>Version of who you are. And that's challenging for kids,

562
00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:50.559
<v Speaker 5>especially that they really want these dreams. And you want

563
00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:52.880
<v Speaker 5>every kid to reach for their dreams and their goals

564
00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:56.119
<v Speaker 5>and their wishes. Everybody. We want that, we want everybody

565
00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:59.160
<v Speaker 5>to go for it. But I also think you have

566
00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:02.640
<v Speaker 5>to have a natural, full skill set. You gotta have something.

567
00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:06.079
<v Speaker 5>You got to have something inside of you to build on.

568
00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:09.759
<v Speaker 5>So I was born with my voice. I came out

569
00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:13.519
<v Speaker 5>of the roomb with my voice. I can strengthen it,

570
00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:15.400
<v Speaker 5>improve it, expand it.

571
00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:21.079
<v Speaker 1>And did you just walk around the house singing, singing

572
00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.880
<v Speaker 1>and everything?

573
00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:25.839
<v Speaker 5>And but I but I was born with my voice.

574
00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:27.839
<v Speaker 5>It came in my package.

575
00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:30.680
<v Speaker 2>You know, it just came with me literally.

576
00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:34.799
<v Speaker 5>Just like other people who are natural artists or sculptors,

577
00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:39.960
<v Speaker 5>or people that are brilliant with again with numbers or

578
00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:44.960
<v Speaker 5>science or investigative research, all these things that they're naturally

579
00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:48.599
<v Speaker 5>gifted in. It's like, go on that stick, on that

580
00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.680
<v Speaker 5>journey and see where.

581
00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:51.519
<v Speaker 4>That's Can I play Devil's Advocate here?

582
00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.359
<v Speaker 5>Sure?

583
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584
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585
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589
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590
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<v Speaker 4>Do it now, because there's a lot of famous and

591
00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.920
<v Speaker 4>you know, people in the media that don't necessarily have

592
00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:27.079
<v Speaker 4>the most amazing skill set. You know, it's not like

593
00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:30.200
<v Speaker 4>they were the ultimate most talented person for that job.

594
00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:33.000
<v Speaker 4>You know, there's a lot of other factors that comes

595
00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:36.680
<v Speaker 4>into becoming a star or you know, even becoming recognized.

596
00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:41.480
<v Speaker 4>So maybe somebody who's not born with that package that

597
00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:43.960
<v Speaker 4>doesn't necessarily mean they can't be a star. So how

598
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<v Speaker 4>do you how do you? You know, right, bounce, I.

599
00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:50.839
<v Speaker 5>Totally hear what you say. For me, my question is

600
00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:53.119
<v Speaker 5>why do you want to be a star? See? I

601
00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:55.319
<v Speaker 5>never wanted to be a star. I was very clear

602
00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:58.200
<v Speaker 5>when I was eight years old. I remember telling my mother,

603
00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:03.440
<v Speaker 5>I want to be an actress. I want to sing,

604
00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:06.680
<v Speaker 5>dance and act. I want to be a working actress.

605
00:33:06.839 --> 00:33:09.200
<v Speaker 5>I don't want to be famous, I don't want to

606
00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:11.200
<v Speaker 5>be rich, and I don't need to be a star.

607
00:33:11.599 --> 00:33:13.720
<v Speaker 5>I wanted to do what I wanted to do because

608
00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:18.279
<v Speaker 5>I loved doing it, and it was like passion, like

609
00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:21.039
<v Speaker 5>I had to express myself this way or I was

610
00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:24.000
<v Speaker 5>going to bust. That's the only way I could describe it.

611
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<v Speaker 2>No, I agree.

612
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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, So that's the difference when somebody says it to me,

613
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<v Speaker 5>and they say it often. I'm doing a masterclass in

614
00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.920
<v Speaker 5>a couple of weeks, and I'm sure one of them

615
00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.400
<v Speaker 5>is going to say this to me. I want to

616
00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:37.960
<v Speaker 5>be famous and I want to be a star. And

617
00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:41.079
<v Speaker 5>my question to you is why why.

618
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<v Speaker 1>That's a great point.

619
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<v Speaker 5>You need the validation, you want the applause, you want

620
00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.960
<v Speaker 5>to feel better about yourself. Well, let me tell you

621
00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:56.720
<v Speaker 5>something that stardom, it doesn't last. And you can talk

622
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<v Speaker 5>to stars, stars, most of them are kind.

623
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<v Speaker 1>Of miss Yeah. Agree.

624
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<v Speaker 5>I think they're kind of unhappy. I think they're kind

625
00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:08.039
<v Speaker 5>of miserable. I really do. I'm not going to say everybody,

626
00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.360
<v Speaker 5>but I'm going to say I think there's a pretty

627
00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:15.360
<v Speaker 5>good percentage of celebrity stars if you ask them, I

628
00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.880
<v Speaker 5>don't think they're happy for me. It's kind of like

629
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<v Speaker 5>trying to encourage a child, and I say child, they're

630
00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:26.599
<v Speaker 5>under twenty two. They're all children's right, they're stud that

631
00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:29.440
<v Speaker 5>frontal lobe for you. Boys didn't even close up until

632
00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:32.639
<v Speaker 5>you're twenty five, So they're all kids to me. But

633
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<v Speaker 5>that's the deeper issue that I want to look at.

634
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<v Speaker 5>You know, I want you to ask yourself, why do

635
00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:41.920
<v Speaker 5>you want to be a famous and be a star?

636
00:34:42.679 --> 00:34:44.960
<v Speaker 5>Does that mean money in your pocket? Does it mean

637
00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.599
<v Speaker 5>people are going to like you, You're going to get

638
00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:49.360
<v Speaker 5>a date? What does that mean? So we have we

639
00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:51.679
<v Speaker 5>kind of go a little bit deeper than just a

640
00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:58.320
<v Speaker 5>regular masterclass. Let's talk about voice, because you kind of

641
00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:01.800
<v Speaker 5>just want to encourage some body to get down a

642
00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:10.199
<v Speaker 5>path that brings fulfillment and purpose and enjoy and wanting

643
00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:13.840
<v Speaker 5>to share your gifts with others, whatever those gifts may be.

644
00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:18.039
<v Speaker 1>You know, well, so I don't know, this.

645
00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.760
<v Speaker 5>Is my thoughts.

646
00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:22.800
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, that's perfect. That's good advice. And plus, if

647
00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:25.920
<v Speaker 1>you're you know, if you do something that you enjoy,

648
00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:29.280
<v Speaker 1>tho's chances are that somebody else will. Yeah, so you

649
00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:33.000
<v Speaker 1>maybe you could sell that, you know, that's kind of

650
00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.559
<v Speaker 1>what we're doing.

651
00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:36.159
<v Speaker 2>You know, no God would.

652
00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:39.639
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and we still we still, we still have our

653
00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.880
<v Speaker 5>jobs and we're so thankful.

654
00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:45.559
<v Speaker 3>Oh my gosh, I wanted to ask you, Jody, I

655
00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:47.679
<v Speaker 3>saw a video on YouTube this week. Have you ever

656
00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:50.440
<v Speaker 3>seen the video of how it actually directing you in

657
00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:53.480
<v Speaker 3>the studio for part of your World? Yeah, isn't one

658
00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.960
<v Speaker 3>of the most amazing videos ever.

659
00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:59.800
<v Speaker 5>It is. You know. I had not one, but two

660
00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:02.840
<v Speaker 5>opportunities to work with him. He was my director for Smile,

661
00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:07.039
<v Speaker 5>my first leading role on Broadway, not my first Broadway show,

662
00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:10.239
<v Speaker 5>but my first starring role on Broadway. And he was

663
00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:14.000
<v Speaker 5>my director and my lyricist, and he was just a genius.

664
00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:18.000
<v Speaker 5>And then I booked Mermaid. When our show closed after

665
00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:20.320
<v Speaker 5>six weeks, we got killed by Frank Rich of the

666
00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:23.079
<v Speaker 5>New York Times, and it was Martin Hamlished, and of

667
00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:25.440
<v Speaker 5>course he had just done a chorus line. And our

668
00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:27.559
<v Speaker 5>show was supposed to run forever. I mean, we were

669
00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:29.599
<v Speaker 5>supposed to be in this show forever. And it was

670
00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:34.199
<v Speaker 5>six weeks and he Howard was already doing Mermaid with

671
00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:38.760
<v Speaker 5>Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Eisner, and Peter Schneider. He was already

672
00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:42.760
<v Speaker 5>working with Ron and John and he felt sorry for us,

673
00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:46.599
<v Speaker 5>so he invited a handful of us girls to audition

674
00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:50.880
<v Speaker 5>for Ariel. And as I say on the concert stage,

675
00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:52.480
<v Speaker 5>it gave me something to do on the way to

676
00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:57.360
<v Speaker 5>the unemployment office, which it did. So I just went

677
00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:59.920
<v Speaker 5>to this audition to have something to do because we

678
00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:04.599
<v Speaker 5>were so depressed. So never in a million years would

679
00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:06.719
<v Speaker 5>I get it. I've never been behind a mic, I'd

680
00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:09.519
<v Speaker 5>never done animation, I'd never done voiceover. I didn't know

681
00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.840
<v Speaker 5>what I was doing. And like a year later, I

682
00:37:11.920 --> 00:37:14.039
<v Speaker 5>get a call and I got it, and I couldn't

683
00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.880
<v Speaker 5>believe it. I'm sorry, there's like a fly in here.

684
00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:20.159
<v Speaker 5>And but the saving grace for me was that Howard

685
00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:22.719
<v Speaker 5>was going to be there. So when I walked in

686
00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:25.199
<v Speaker 5>the first day, I just went straight to him. I said, Howard,

687
00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:28.000
<v Speaker 5>I don't know why I got this job. I don't

688
00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:32.239
<v Speaker 5>know how I got this job. And I am not qualified.

689
00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:36.760
<v Speaker 5>I don't know why no doing it. And He's like, Jodie,

690
00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.400
<v Speaker 5>I've got.

691
00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:40.840
<v Speaker 1>You, deep breath, You're going to be fine.

692
00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:45.119
<v Speaker 5>No, I'm not. I am freaking out all of these

693
00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:47.199
<v Speaker 5>people in the room. And of course we didn't know

694
00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:50.360
<v Speaker 5>that well. We knew that the animators had moved off

695
00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:53.840
<v Speaker 5>the lot at that time on Flower Street and Glendale

696
00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:56.719
<v Speaker 5>and they were in their little temporary housing. I mean,

697
00:37:56.719 --> 00:38:00.960
<v Speaker 5>things were rough. Things were real rough and all of

698
00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:05.880
<v Speaker 5>the executives were our sessions. It was like, what is happening?

699
00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:10.199
<v Speaker 5>This is like intense. But I just told Howard I

700
00:38:10.199 --> 00:38:12.280
<v Speaker 5>don't know what I'm doing. He's like, I've got you.

701
00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:17.880
<v Speaker 5>I've got you. So that video is everything. Because he

702
00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:21.559
<v Speaker 5>stood next to me for two and a half weeks

703
00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:26.920
<v Speaker 5>in every session in the studio booth with me silent

704
00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:29.960
<v Speaker 5>off the mic. I never knew. They never picked up

705
00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:33.679
<v Speaker 5>his breathing nothing. I never had to do a pass

706
00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:38.000
<v Speaker 5>again because he was standing right here, you know. But

707
00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.159
<v Speaker 5>to have him, I mean, he fed me every line.

708
00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:43.320
<v Speaker 5>And Ron and John are directors. They let Howard take me.

709
00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:46.239
<v Speaker 5>Ron and John were like, she's yours. You bet.

710
00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:48.480
<v Speaker 2>They're the greatest guys director director.

711
00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:51.440
<v Speaker 5>And they had no ego about it whatsoever. They'd come

712
00:38:51.480 --> 00:38:53.239
<v Speaker 5>on the mic and say a few things and then

713
00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:56.519
<v Speaker 5>Howard would interpret it, and Howard would give me the

714
00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:58.559
<v Speaker 5>note and then I did it. So I was just

715
00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:01.199
<v Speaker 5>I just did everything that he told me to do.

716
00:39:01.800 --> 00:39:04.320
<v Speaker 5>So I tell people anything that you love about Ariel,

717
00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:07.480
<v Speaker 5>and you love about the song, and you love about

718
00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:11.679
<v Speaker 5>the character, you love Howard because that's him. I mean,

719
00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:17.719
<v Speaker 5>he's Ariel. I just like imitated him and then just

720
00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:21.039
<v Speaker 5>sort of like jumped on the back of what he

721
00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:22.119
<v Speaker 5>had already created.

722
00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.239
<v Speaker 1>That's amazing.

723
00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:26.840
<v Speaker 5>So you know, the legacy for me, like when people say,

724
00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:29.480
<v Speaker 5>aren't you tired of singing part of your world every week?

725
00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:32.599
<v Speaker 5>And I'm like, are you kidding? Every time I sing

726
00:39:32.679 --> 00:39:36.559
<v Speaker 5>that song, I pay tribute to Howard and I remind

727
00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:43.760
<v Speaker 5>you all in the audience that Howard's legacy matters and

728
00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:49.159
<v Speaker 5>it's important and we need to remember. This man pretty

729
00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:54.039
<v Speaker 5>much saved the studio. He brought the Broadway musical and

730
00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:59.119
<v Speaker 5>he insisted on bringing Alan Menkin. That was the deal.

731
00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:03.400
<v Speaker 5>That was a deal breaker. It's like Alan comes, or

732
00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:08.239
<v Speaker 5>this isn't happening. So he brings his partner with him,

733
00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:13.880
<v Speaker 5>you know, and they change animation and we have our

734
00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:17.239
<v Speaker 5>renaissance on our second Golden Agent of animation, and the

735
00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:21.079
<v Speaker 5>all the animators came back to the lot. I mean,

736
00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:23.760
<v Speaker 5>it was just crazy times.

737
00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:24.559
<v Speaker 2>That's true.

738
00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.480
<v Speaker 5>That's true.

739
00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:30.119
<v Speaker 3>This law of intense intensity is better than enormous. When

740
00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:31.519
<v Speaker 3>he was directing you, I love that.

741
00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:37.840
<v Speaker 5>One because I just kept singing like I was filling

742
00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:42.719
<v Speaker 5>a Broadway theater and he'd say, you are not singing

743
00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:45.519
<v Speaker 5>on the stage. At the lun Fontaine. We are not

744
00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:49.440
<v Speaker 5>this is it. You're singing right here. This is as

745
00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:52.119
<v Speaker 5>far as you're gonna see. Now, you're gonna speak. You're

746
00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:55.159
<v Speaker 5>gonna speak. I'm gonna speak a song. He's like, Yeah,

747
00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:58.519
<v Speaker 5>you're gonna whisper. You're gonna whisper. We're gonna try a whisper. Now,

748
00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:01.559
<v Speaker 5>I'm like, why do which song?

749
00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:04.159
<v Speaker 2>Which part of your world part?

750
00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:07.880
<v Speaker 5>I speak it, I whisper it. I sing some notes

751
00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:11.840
<v Speaker 5>I don't really Some notes are flat, some notes are great.

752
00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:15.039
<v Speaker 5>But it was it was a crazy chaos that was

753
00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:17.519
<v Speaker 5>perfect for what they wanted for Areal.

754
00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:20.320
<v Speaker 1>That's that's interesting.

755
00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:27.360
<v Speaker 5>It was. It was really fair. It was a fascinating process.

756
00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:33.920
<v Speaker 5>It was very very very very hard for me to

757
00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:40.559
<v Speaker 5>transition from a live stage Broadway musical to a microphone.

758
00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:45.440
<v Speaker 5>Oh my gosh. And I'm Italian. So it was a

759
00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:49.039
<v Speaker 5>lot of this yeah, and then it was a lot

760
00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:53.199
<v Speaker 5>of Jody, we gotta do that again, honey, put your

761
00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:57.800
<v Speaker 5>hands down. You can't hit the microphone. Oh did I

762
00:41:57.880 --> 00:42:01.800
<v Speaker 5>hit the microphone. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Okay, back away up, Okay,

763
00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:03.559
<v Speaker 5>we're gonna have to tire ourselves.

764
00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:08.679
<v Speaker 1>If you don't, I have a story like that with

765
00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:13.360
<v Speaker 1>Carol Channing. She did a Chipadale Rescue Rangers and she

766
00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:17.159
<v Speaker 1>was I was Monterey Jack and she was my girlfriend,

767
00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:21.239
<v Speaker 1>Carol Channing. And she comes to the studio wearing just

768
00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:25.360
<v Speaker 1>practically a drum set on each wrist, you know, like

769
00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:28.039
<v Speaker 1>a trap. Said there were cymbals and ratchets and just

770
00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:32.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, all these beads and all the and Warren

771
00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:35.320
<v Speaker 1>says to Worth, the guy back at B and B

772
00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:37.440
<v Speaker 1>if you remember that, he.

773
00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:38.679
<v Speaker 2>Said, I'm sorry, he's Channing.

774
00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:42.639
<v Speaker 1>You can't move, No, sweetie, I have to move. This

775
00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:44.239
<v Speaker 1>is how I work.

776
00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:47.239
<v Speaker 7>I just I have to be all over the place.

777
00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:52.519
<v Speaker 1>And so she says, but it's well, your your blouse

778
00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:55.639
<v Speaker 1>is very starched, and it's very you know, and he

779
00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:59.599
<v Speaker 1>finally solved the wrist thing. She goes, no problem, and

780
00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:03.800
<v Speaker 1>she's an up and takes off her blouse and there

781
00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:07.199
<v Speaker 1>she stands with about five pounds of cotton under each

782
00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:12.679
<v Speaker 1>strap and she's going day, She's marvelous, she's great. She

783
00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:17.039
<v Speaker 1>she's p pure freedom. And I remember looking up more

784
00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:20.199
<v Speaker 1>in the engineer because he brought his little video camera

785
00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:23.920
<v Speaker 1>into tail takes a bit and he just looks at it,

786
00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:33.079
<v Speaker 1>looks at her and I better not do that, Yeah,

787
00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:34.559
<v Speaker 1>better not do that.

788
00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.559
<v Speaker 5>Well, the guys had a they had like a little

789
00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:41.280
<v Speaker 5>blackmail on me. They had I don't think you can

790
00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:43.800
<v Speaker 5>say that word. I'm sorry, that's not appropriate, but they

791
00:43:43.800 --> 00:43:47.320
<v Speaker 5>had they had something on me. And towards the end

792
00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:50.400
<v Speaker 5>of the of the sessions, I was I don't know,

793
00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:52.400
<v Speaker 5>I was doing something and they were like, just remember,

794
00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:55.760
<v Speaker 5>we have a burp track on you, Jody, we have

795
00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:57.760
<v Speaker 5>a burp track. And I'm like, you have a what?

796
00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:02.679
<v Speaker 5>They had been taping recording all of my burps. I

797
00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:04.880
<v Speaker 5>had a lot of birth problems, A lot.

798
00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:06.440
<v Speaker 1>Of problems everybody.

799
00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:08.519
<v Speaker 5>I take too much Aaron when I was singing, and

800
00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:11.119
<v Speaker 5>then I wouldn't expel it correctly and then this huge

801
00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:14.440
<v Speaker 5>burth would come out what I thought was in between

802
00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:17.480
<v Speaker 5>each take needs us to say. They kept it running,

803
00:44:18.119 --> 00:44:19.119
<v Speaker 5>So that's there.

804
00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:23.400
<v Speaker 3>Somewhere at Disney was a special fare on the day

805
00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:24.599
<v Speaker 3>a day. I'm sure.

806
00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:30.599
<v Speaker 5>I'm thinking, oh, yeah, I don't know where that is,

807
00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:34.679
<v Speaker 5>but it's somewhere. I'm sure. I'm sure how Howard Green

808
00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:35.440
<v Speaker 5>could find it?

809
00:44:35.519 --> 00:44:39.119
<v Speaker 1>He can, That's true, that's true. He would know, wouldn'ty

810
00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:43.440
<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, that's funny. Oh my gosh, well, I'm

811
00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:46.920
<v Speaker 1>sure there's you know I I did. I was task

812
00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:49.840
<v Speaker 1>on the task Mania show, and he always had to burp,

813
00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:50.800
<v Speaker 1>and so.

814
00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:52.599
<v Speaker 2>They would.

815
00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:56.760
<v Speaker 1>We had a signal because I can't really do a

816
00:44:56.800 --> 00:44:58.320
<v Speaker 1>monstrous burp on command.

817
00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.800
<v Speaker 2>Just can't do that.

818
00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:03.239
<v Speaker 1>So we had a signal and and I was sitting

819
00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:06.239
<v Speaker 1>there and I was sipping my coke. DrAk. Okay, a

820
00:45:06.239 --> 00:45:08.400
<v Speaker 1>little more bubble, a little more bubble. Oh here comes

821
00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:10.280
<v Speaker 1>to good. But and I go like this, and everybody

822
00:45:10.280 --> 00:45:13.599
<v Speaker 1>shuts up, and only my MIC's on it, you know,

823
00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:15.800
<v Speaker 1>just some thunderous you know.

824
00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:18.199
<v Speaker 2>And I go, okay, okay, yeah, but.

825
00:45:18.159 --> 00:45:20.320
<v Speaker 5>Those are good ones, and you want those because those

826
00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:23.320
<v Speaker 5>are the real ones, you know. Yeah, Because then when

827
00:45:23.360 --> 00:45:25.000
<v Speaker 5>they say, okay, now we're gonna do I'm like, well,

828
00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.920
<v Speaker 5>I can't do it like that.

829
00:45:28.599 --> 00:45:29.760
<v Speaker 2>Murice LaMarsh.

830
00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:32.559
<v Speaker 1>He's got a fake purp that he can do on command,

831
00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:35.559
<v Speaker 1>and it sounds like an earthquake.

832
00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.639
<v Speaker 5>Awesome. I'm jealous.

833
00:45:37.719 --> 00:45:40.119
<v Speaker 1>He shows up on this sphincter scale, I'm pretty sure,

834
00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:44.920
<v Speaker 1>you know. So it's not a pretty sight. You don't

835
00:45:44.920 --> 00:45:48.000
<v Speaker 1>want to look at him while he's doing it, but

836
00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:51.800
<v Speaker 1>it's pretty damn funny. Oh, Man Amen, And you know

837
00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:55.159
<v Speaker 1>I was reading too that you did. We talk about

838
00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:58.800
<v Speaker 1>Batman Beyond and Lady in the Tramp.

839
00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:02.320
<v Speaker 5>Yes, Lady the Tramp was super. That was funny because

840
00:46:02.880 --> 00:46:05.480
<v Speaker 5>Rick Dempsey at the time, he was in charge of

841
00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:09.039
<v Speaker 5>Disney character voices. So when that came out, When when

842
00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:12.480
<v Speaker 5>this audition came out, my agent had had called and said,

843
00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:17.159
<v Speaker 5>you know, could could Jody audition for Lady And they're like, oh, no, no, no,

844
00:46:17.280 --> 00:46:20.400
<v Speaker 5>Jody's Aeriel and Jody's going to be Ariel and that's great.

845
00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:22.920
<v Speaker 5>And my agent was like, well, I think she can

846
00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:23.800
<v Speaker 5>do other stuff.

847
00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.320
<v Speaker 1>It's OK.

848
00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:28.519
<v Speaker 5>And they're like and they're like, no, no, no. So

849
00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:35.320
<v Speaker 5>I went into the studio without anybody knowing and just

850
00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:39.800
<v Speaker 5>me and my engineer and my agent she knew, and

851
00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:45.280
<v Speaker 5>I laid down a Lady sound alike to Barbara Lutty,

852
00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:49.159
<v Speaker 5>like I don't know, maybe a dozen lines and some

853
00:46:49.280 --> 00:46:51.880
<v Speaker 5>singing or something. Maybe I did something else. Yeah, I

854
00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:54.280
<v Speaker 5>think I did some singing as well. And so my

855
00:46:54.440 --> 00:47:02.119
<v Speaker 5>agent sent that anonymously without a name attack and she

856
00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:04.920
<v Speaker 5>was very sneaky about it and just said, you know,

857
00:47:04.960 --> 00:47:09.480
<v Speaker 5>I've got this client kind of new and just take

858
00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:13.480
<v Speaker 5>a listen and of course they were like, oh, well

859
00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:18.320
<v Speaker 5>that's like an exact match, So yeah, that that sounds good.

860
00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:21.760
<v Speaker 5>Let's let's let's let's bring her in. And then she

861
00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:25.440
<v Speaker 5>told them and they were like, oh, you got us,

862
00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:29.440
<v Speaker 5>you got it. We laugh, we laughed. So yeah, it

863
00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:34.920
<v Speaker 5>was kind of like against what they had wanted, but

864
00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:36.159
<v Speaker 5>then then it was fun.

865
00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:37.880
<v Speaker 1>It was a lot of fun, but it was what

866
00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:39.079
<v Speaker 1>you wanted, so that's good.

867
00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:41.480
<v Speaker 5>Well, I just said, you know, I just want to

868
00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:43.519
<v Speaker 5>throw it out there and just put me in the pot,

869
00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:46.119
<v Speaker 5>you know, mix it up and see what happens. I mean,

870
00:47:47.320 --> 00:47:50.719
<v Speaker 5>if it's the right match, then that's great. If it's not,

871
00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:53.880
<v Speaker 5>then no big deal. But let me just throw it up.

872
00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:57.320
<v Speaker 5>But they were like, no, no, no, no, that's that's Ariel.

873
00:47:57.400 --> 00:47:58.199
<v Speaker 5>She's Ariel.

874
00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:01.480
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so that was really fun.

875
00:48:01.599 --> 00:48:04.320
<v Speaker 5>That was fun to do something that was different, you know.

876
00:48:05.760 --> 00:48:07.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I know I've lost maybe one or two

877
00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:13.440
<v Speaker 1>jobs because no, he's a Disney guy. Okay, I mean

878
00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:17.440
<v Speaker 1>there are worse things to be right, right, right, I'll

879
00:48:17.440 --> 00:48:18.400
<v Speaker 1>take that every time.

880
00:48:18.960 --> 00:48:23.039
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, yeah, it's a flaw. Okay, yes, yes, if that's

881
00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:25.119
<v Speaker 5>a negative, I'll take it. I can limit that.

882
00:48:25.760 --> 00:48:25.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

883
00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:29.519
<v Speaker 3>Amen, Hey, Jody, you were touching on earlier how little

884
00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:33.559
<v Speaker 3>moment essentially saved Disney the animation side of things. And

885
00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:36.239
<v Speaker 3>you've talked about how you were very relaxed during it

886
00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:38.199
<v Speaker 3>because you know, you said the suits were watching, but

887
00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:40.800
<v Speaker 3>you said you didn't realize how much pressure was put

888
00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:43.239
<v Speaker 3>on the film. Do you think do you think they

889
00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:46.599
<v Speaker 3>deliberately held that information from you so they could get

890
00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:48.920
<v Speaker 3>the aerial that they wanted because or do you think

891
00:48:48.920 --> 00:48:50.480
<v Speaker 3>you still would have been able to deliver what they

892
00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:52.920
<v Speaker 3>wanted had you known that pressure was there.

893
00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:55.480
<v Speaker 5>That's interesting, you know what, I don't really know the

894
00:48:55.519 --> 00:48:59.519
<v Speaker 5>answer to that. I think they kept everything pretty hush

895
00:48:59.599 --> 00:49:02.800
<v Speaker 5>hush the cast, but again, we were going to be

896
00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:05.119
<v Speaker 5>the way that kind of Walt had designed it, which

897
00:49:05.239 --> 00:49:08.559
<v Speaker 5>was we would remain anonymous. No one was going to

898
00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:12.440
<v Speaker 5>know who we were. When the vhs would come out.

899
00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:15.880
<v Speaker 5>You could freeze the frame, but it's just rolling the credits.

900
00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:19.239
<v Speaker 5>So we were told that upfront. So both Sam and

901
00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:22.880
<v Speaker 5>I Sam Wright, who played Sebastian, we were both doing

902
00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:26.559
<v Speaker 5>a Broadway show while we were recording. He was afraid

903
00:49:26.559 --> 00:49:28.719
<v Speaker 5>to fly, so he had to train back and forth,

904
00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:31.840
<v Speaker 5>but I would fly back and forth. So we never

905
00:49:31.920 --> 00:49:34.960
<v Speaker 5>told anybody that we were doing it and everything was

906
00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:38.960
<v Speaker 5>just going to be sort of quiet and hidden and

907
00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:42.760
<v Speaker 5>no one would know, and that's fine, and you just

908
00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:45.760
<v Speaker 5>go back and do your Broadway show. So I never

909
00:49:45.800 --> 00:49:49.119
<v Speaker 5>talked about it or anything. And I think that was

910
00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:51.719
<v Speaker 5>kind of the feeling when we were there, when I

911
00:49:51.760 --> 00:49:53.920
<v Speaker 5>looked around and saw all these people. I didn't know

912
00:49:53.920 --> 00:49:56.800
<v Speaker 5>what that meant because I'd never done it before. So

913
00:49:57.679 --> 00:50:01.079
<v Speaker 5>no one really said anything to me about out this

914
00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:06.559
<v Speaker 5>kind of pressure. I did not really know anything about that.

915
00:50:07.400 --> 00:50:10.000
<v Speaker 5>I did think it was interesting that my animators were

916
00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:12.280
<v Speaker 5>not on the lot, because I knew they used to

917
00:50:12.320 --> 00:50:15.440
<v Speaker 5>be and they were here now, and I thought, oh,

918
00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:17.639
<v Speaker 5>I kind of knew about those other films that were

919
00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:19.960
<v Speaker 5>right in front of ours that things were a little

920
00:50:19.960 --> 00:50:25.079
<v Speaker 5>bit challenging. But I had no idea that everything was

921
00:50:25.119 --> 00:50:28.960
<v Speaker 5>writing on this film. So they did a nice job

922
00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:33.159
<v Speaker 5>of not expressing that to us, which I think is

923
00:50:33.199 --> 00:50:36.880
<v Speaker 5>probably was the best way to handle it, especially somebody

924
00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:40.719
<v Speaker 5>like me, who was so seriously right. I didn't need

925
00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:43.280
<v Speaker 5>anything more than I got to try to do this

926
00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:48.039
<v Speaker 5>job that I don't feel qualified for. So I think,

927
00:50:48.480 --> 00:50:51.719
<v Speaker 5>you know, if anybody would have said something, I think

928
00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:55.239
<v Speaker 5>Howard would have kind of stepped in to say, we

929
00:50:55.800 --> 00:50:57.920
<v Speaker 5>got to focus on we got to get this job done.

930
00:50:58.079 --> 00:51:01.000
<v Speaker 5>You know, with her, we don't need any of this

931
00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:03.800
<v Speaker 5>other stuff going on. So yeah, and that was just

932
00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:06.760
<v Speaker 5>so great to have him there. It was just so great.

933
00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:08.159
<v Speaker 5>I'm so thankful.

934
00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:10.960
<v Speaker 1>If you're a fan of everything we do here at

935
00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:13.840
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936
00:51:13.880 --> 00:51:18.559
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937
00:51:18.599 --> 00:51:22.639
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938
00:51:22.639 --> 00:51:25.760
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939
00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:29.719
<v Speaker 1>join the tuned In family today at patreon dot com

940
00:51:29.719 --> 00:51:33.159
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941
00:51:33.920 --> 00:51:37.320
<v Speaker 3>As someone who didn't want fame, how did you handle

942
00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:38.119
<v Speaker 3>suddenly having it?

943
00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:41.400
<v Speaker 5>Well, it was pretty weird because we, again, we were

944
00:51:41.559 --> 00:51:44.639
<v Speaker 5>not expecting it, and all of a sudden in September,

945
00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:47.960
<v Speaker 5>I got a call from my agent going you're going

946
00:51:47.960 --> 00:51:51.280
<v Speaker 5>on a press tour. I'm like, oh what, and they're like, yeah,

947
00:51:51.320 --> 00:51:53.239
<v Speaker 5>you're going on a press tour. You're doing twenty two

948
00:51:53.320 --> 00:51:56.400
<v Speaker 5>cities in twenty days, so get packed. I'm like to

949
00:51:56.519 --> 00:52:00.400
<v Speaker 5>do what and they're like, to advertise the film. I'm

950
00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:03.000
<v Speaker 5>like wait, wait, wait wait, wait, so they're going to

951
00:52:03.039 --> 00:52:05.239
<v Speaker 5>tell them who I am. Yeah, they're going a whole

952
00:52:05.239 --> 00:52:07.320
<v Speaker 5>different way. They're going a whole different way. They're going

953
00:52:07.360 --> 00:52:11.159
<v Speaker 5>to reveal who you are. And I was like, whoa, okay,

954
00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:15.320
<v Speaker 5>yeah that was That was a big turn of events.

955
00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:17.719
<v Speaker 5>That was like a big turn to the laugh that

956
00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:23.000
<v Speaker 5>I had no idea. So life changed very quickly. And

957
00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:27.360
<v Speaker 5>when that film came out, it was like crazy town

958
00:52:27.719 --> 00:52:31.239
<v Speaker 5>at that point. And again we weren't none of us

959
00:52:31.280 --> 00:52:35.039
<v Speaker 5>were expecting it. It wasn't part of the plan at all.

960
00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:39.320
<v Speaker 5>It was all lovely, lovely, lovely surprises, but it was

961
00:52:39.519 --> 00:52:41.480
<v Speaker 5>it was a little bit scary. It was a little

962
00:52:41.519 --> 00:52:44.440
<v Speaker 5>bit scary because I thought, what's my life like now?

963
00:52:44.639 --> 00:52:48.199
<v Speaker 5>And I'm in New York and I'm doing theater. Now,

964
00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:51.880
<v Speaker 5>what's happening out here? And people are asking to do

965
00:52:51.960 --> 00:52:55.440
<v Speaker 5>these things? Well, what's happening? So it was, it was.

966
00:52:56.400 --> 00:53:00.920
<v Speaker 5>It was a big shift, that's for sure, but a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful,

967
00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:04.000
<v Speaker 5>all great stuff. I mean, it was so magical and

968
00:53:04.440 --> 00:53:10.360
<v Speaker 5>so exciting, but quite startling, especially when you weren't prepared

969
00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:11.719
<v Speaker 5>for it, right.

970
00:53:11.800 --> 00:53:16.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, right, Well you're prepared now, that's for sure. Next,

971
00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:20.760
<v Speaker 1>that's wonderful, and I'm happy to say that I got

972
00:53:20.760 --> 00:53:21.559
<v Speaker 1>to be your dad.

973
00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:22.840
<v Speaker 5>I know that.

974
00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:25.800
<v Speaker 2>The third one, I know, all right, I have to

975
00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:31.519
<v Speaker 2>say it, Ariel Okay, I feel better now.

976
00:53:31.800 --> 00:53:32.639
<v Speaker 5>It was perfect.

977
00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:34.000
<v Speaker 2>I just had to get that out of me.

978
00:53:34.519 --> 00:53:37.320
<v Speaker 5>It's so wonderful. Yes, you're you're my dad. Well, I

979
00:53:37.360 --> 00:53:39.000
<v Speaker 5>can't wait to say that you're my daddy.

980
00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:43.719
<v Speaker 2>That's yeah, yeah, yeah, that doesn't sound nice. Yeah, but

981
00:53:43.920 --> 00:53:46.880
<v Speaker 2>I liked the shoulder input there. That helped. That helped

982
00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:50.760
<v Speaker 2>sell it my daddy. Okay, yeah that works.

983
00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:55.320
<v Speaker 5>Just to clarify everybody, he is King Triton now.

984
00:53:55.320 --> 00:53:57.440
<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's right, Yes.

985
00:53:57.199 --> 00:54:01.320
<v Speaker 5>All right, yes that was That's really sweet though. Boy

986
00:54:01.400 --> 00:54:04.679
<v Speaker 5>Ken Mars, he was so scary. He was so nice

987
00:54:04.960 --> 00:54:10.199
<v Speaker 5>and so sweet, just like Pat, so nice, so sweet, laughing, laughing,

988
00:54:10.280 --> 00:54:13.360
<v Speaker 5>laughing makes you laugh all the time, and Pat would

989
00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:16.280
<v Speaker 5>make me laugh all the time. But then we were

990
00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:20.239
<v Speaker 5>recording together with plexiglass. We did because of Howard. We

991
00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:23.599
<v Speaker 5>did our whole experience like a Broadway show. So we

992
00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:25.760
<v Speaker 5>all did a big read through together, we did a

993
00:54:25.800 --> 00:54:29.039
<v Speaker 5>sing through together, and then we started recording together with

994
00:54:29.159 --> 00:54:32.480
<v Speaker 5>plexiglass between us, which I've never gotten to do since

995
00:54:32.480 --> 00:54:36.480
<v Speaker 5>I've been by myself ever since that movie. But to

996
00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:39.440
<v Speaker 5>be able to record together, and both Ken and Pat

997
00:54:39.639 --> 00:54:43.360
<v Speaker 5>so funny, so nice, so jovial, so loving when they

998
00:54:43.400 --> 00:54:48.320
<v Speaker 5>get behind the microphone. Oh my gosh, he made me cry.

999
00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:52.119
<v Speaker 5>He made me cry. He was so scary, and Pat

1000
00:54:52.320 --> 00:54:56.960
<v Speaker 5>was frightening and just oh my gosh. And then for

1001
00:54:57.039 --> 00:55:01.039
<v Speaker 5>my character Vanessa, where I've become her and she had

1002
00:55:01.079 --> 00:55:03.239
<v Speaker 5>to teach me how to do her cackle and I

1003
00:55:03.280 --> 00:55:07.079
<v Speaker 5>had to imitate her. We had so much fun. But

1004
00:55:07.639 --> 00:55:10.360
<v Speaker 5>they both were very scary when the mics were on,

1005
00:55:10.559 --> 00:55:12.079
<v Speaker 5>and then the mic would be awful. They'd be like

1006
00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:17.239
<v Speaker 5>and I'd be like, a both, oh wow, He's like,

1007
00:55:17.239 --> 00:55:19.760
<v Speaker 5>I made you cry. I'm like, yes, you made me cry.

1008
00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:21.880
<v Speaker 5>You made me really cry. You screamed.

1009
00:55:22.119 --> 00:55:25.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, don't do that again.

1010
00:55:25.599 --> 00:55:28.719
<v Speaker 5>I know. But they were both so so so sweet,

1011
00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:29.719
<v Speaker 5>both so sweet.

1012
00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:35.719
<v Speaker 1>Yes, yeah, I remember. I think it was Alan Venkman right,

1013
00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:40.039
<v Speaker 1>and uh no, wait am I saying his name?

1014
00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:43.159
<v Speaker 2>Menkan Veankman.

1015
00:55:43.199 --> 00:55:47.400
<v Speaker 1>That's the guy from the Ghostbusters forgot never mind, but

1016
00:55:47.840 --> 00:55:51.719
<v Speaker 1>his twin brother, you know. But I always always love

1017
00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:55.440
<v Speaker 1>when my character gets to sing. It just kicks it

1018
00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:59.320
<v Speaker 1>up like way, not just for me, well.

1019
00:55:59.159 --> 00:56:02.400
<v Speaker 5>You and you you're an amazing singer. You're an amazing blucialist,

1020
00:56:02.760 --> 00:56:05.880
<v Speaker 5>of course, and you know a man of a million voices,

1021
00:56:07.599 --> 00:56:10.119
<v Speaker 5>of a million voices, is that you can sing on

1022
00:56:10.239 --> 00:56:13.159
<v Speaker 5>top of that in all of those variety of characters,

1023
00:56:13.159 --> 00:56:14.480
<v Speaker 5>which is so amazing.

1024
00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:16.000
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, thank you.

1025
00:56:17.000 --> 00:56:20.519
<v Speaker 1>But that's that was one of my favorite things about Pocahontas.

1026
00:56:21.159 --> 00:56:23.800
<v Speaker 1>I wasn't even really in the movie. In the movie,

1027
00:56:24.760 --> 00:56:30.199
<v Speaker 1>but I just sang for uh, well, I was palatant. Yes,

1028
00:56:30.400 --> 00:56:33.559
<v Speaker 1>the river cuts is bad and it was such a

1029
00:56:33.599 --> 00:56:37.639
<v Speaker 1>beautiful song. And I'm sure you're the same. If there's

1030
00:56:38.679 --> 00:56:40.559
<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, wait, there's a song you have

1031
00:56:40.599 --> 00:56:43.079
<v Speaker 1>to sing, you have to and it's like, oh okay,

1032
00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:47.039
<v Speaker 1>I mean please, yeah, and they Randy Newman ended up

1033
00:56:47.039 --> 00:56:50.920
<v Speaker 1>writing a song uh for Princess and the Frog. When

1034
00:56:50.920 --> 00:56:55.599
<v Speaker 1>he heard that, Ray sang good and uh that just yeah.

1035
00:56:55.840 --> 00:56:58.599
<v Speaker 1>I don't think I've ever spoken about that, but here's

1036
00:56:58.719 --> 00:57:01.800
<v Speaker 1>those good times any but it was just so cool.

1037
00:57:02.280 --> 00:57:03.639
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that's so special.

1038
00:57:04.039 --> 00:57:06.639
<v Speaker 2>Yay, it good stuff.

1039
00:57:06.719 --> 00:57:08.239
<v Speaker 1>Have you ever worked with Randy Newman?

1040
00:57:08.920 --> 00:57:13.320
<v Speaker 5>I have not. He was on Toy Story one, two

1041
00:57:13.559 --> 00:57:16.400
<v Speaker 5>M three, I think, yeah, but I only saw him

1042
00:57:16.480 --> 00:57:19.039
<v Speaker 5>at the opening carpet person.

1043
00:57:20.039 --> 00:57:25.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you've got any relationship getting to me, but I

1044
00:57:25.039 --> 00:57:27.639
<v Speaker 1>did get to meet him method opening. Well, that's good,

1045
00:57:27.800 --> 00:57:29.639
<v Speaker 1>great guy. It was fun crazy.

1046
00:57:29.760 --> 00:57:32.840
<v Speaker 3>I think the importance of that Bobby performance too, was

1047
00:57:32.880 --> 00:57:35.039
<v Speaker 3>that you didn't mock Bobby Ada.

1048
00:57:36.320 --> 00:57:40.599
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, that was super important. It was really important to me.

1049
00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:43.960
<v Speaker 5>But it was also important to the team that we

1050
00:57:44.079 --> 00:57:47.880
<v Speaker 5>don't make fun of her and that she is something

1051
00:57:47.920 --> 00:57:51.639
<v Speaker 5>more than a plastic figure. And that's why, you know,

1052
00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:55.440
<v Speaker 5>she's super smart. She's really smart, and I love that

1053
00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:58.280
<v Speaker 5>we got to delve into that in number three. We

1054
00:57:58.360 --> 00:58:01.480
<v Speaker 5>got to delve into her brilliance and the plan that

1055
00:58:01.519 --> 00:58:07.039
<v Speaker 5>she comes up with, and you know, so I loved

1056
00:58:07.119 --> 00:58:10.239
<v Speaker 5>that we could kind of take her in a different way.

1057
00:58:11.559 --> 00:58:15.719
<v Speaker 5>It was It was really a great challenge, I think

1058
00:58:15.840 --> 00:58:20.760
<v Speaker 5>to tackle that character and give her some depth and

1059
00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:25.480
<v Speaker 5>give her some substance, give her, give her a lot

1060
00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:28.800
<v Speaker 5>of value. It was fun in the studio though, because

1061
00:58:29.039 --> 00:58:34.400
<v Speaker 5>of her restrictions, her physical restrictions, especially with her arms

1062
00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:37.679
<v Speaker 5>that you know, I made sure while I was recording,

1063
00:58:38.320 --> 00:58:40.840
<v Speaker 5>I always stand up. I'm always impressed when people can

1064
00:58:40.880 --> 00:58:43.440
<v Speaker 5>sit down when they record. I can't. I have to

1065
00:58:43.480 --> 00:58:46.719
<v Speaker 5>stand up, and I because I guess a theater background,

1066
00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:51.920
<v Speaker 5>I've got to physically act everything out and real in

1067
00:58:52.000 --> 00:58:57.239
<v Speaker 5>reality for me. So yes, everything was definitely locked, locked

1068
00:58:57.239 --> 00:58:59.280
<v Speaker 5>and loaded. Who with the arms?

1069
00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:01.119
<v Speaker 2>Yes, I don't know.

1070
00:59:01.119 --> 00:59:03.480
<v Speaker 5>It just kind of helped me to sort of get

1071
00:59:03.639 --> 00:59:06.559
<v Speaker 5>into her skin and kind of figure out who she is.

1072
00:59:06.639 --> 00:59:10.800
<v Speaker 5>But I yes, I do love that we were We

1073
00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:16.159
<v Speaker 5>were able to show her her smart, wonderful, brilliant brain.

1074
00:59:16.719 --> 00:59:17.119
<v Speaker 1>Mm hmm.

1075
00:59:18.000 --> 00:59:21.840
<v Speaker 3>And rightly, so, Jim, you're the same. You become the

1076
00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:23.119
<v Speaker 3>character when you voice them too.

1077
00:59:23.360 --> 00:59:26.679
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think so. Yeah, I don't know any other way.

1078
00:59:27.360 --> 00:59:30.039
<v Speaker 5>I don't either. I don't think there's another way to

1079
00:59:30.159 --> 00:59:36.239
<v Speaker 5>make them real otherwise you're just reciting lines, right. And

1080
00:59:36.280 --> 00:59:40.480
<v Speaker 5>it's funny because like back then, we didn't have like

1081
00:59:41.320 --> 00:59:43.800
<v Speaker 5>I mean, we had walkmans. There'd be walkmans of the

1082
00:59:43.840 --> 00:59:48.280
<v Speaker 5>animators that be recording us, and maybe some video cameras

1083
00:59:48.280 --> 00:59:51.000
<v Speaker 5>and things. But of course now it's so high tech

1084
00:59:51.079 --> 00:59:54.920
<v Speaker 5>with everything. You know, they want to videotape every session

1085
00:59:55.039 --> 00:59:57.559
<v Speaker 5>and every zoom and every this and every that, and

1086
00:59:57.599 --> 01:00:00.599
<v Speaker 5>I'm like, yeah, that's really great, but you know, I'm

1087
01:00:00.639 --> 01:00:02.159
<v Speaker 5>kind of doing some crazy stuff.

1088
01:00:02.400 --> 01:00:04.400
<v Speaker 1>You know, it.

1089
01:00:06.920 --> 01:00:10.280
<v Speaker 5>Kind of takes away Like Carol was saying is that

1090
01:00:10.320 --> 01:00:14.199
<v Speaker 5>you feel very, very free in the studio, much more

1091
01:00:14.239 --> 01:00:16.119
<v Speaker 5>so than you do on stage when people are staring

1092
01:00:16.159 --> 01:00:21.320
<v Speaker 5>at you. So when you're in the studio and I

1093
01:00:21.400 --> 01:00:24.440
<v Speaker 5>know you feel the same way, I kind of let

1094
01:00:24.480 --> 01:00:26.440
<v Speaker 5>it all go. I let it all go, and I

1095
01:00:26.480 --> 01:00:30.920
<v Speaker 5>don't stop and think about what a fool I look like.

1096
01:00:31.199 --> 01:00:36.519
<v Speaker 5>I'm looking ridiculous. I'm making weird faces and I'm doing

1097
01:00:36.559 --> 01:00:40.119
<v Speaker 5>weird contortions and this and that. But it's where I

1098
01:00:40.119 --> 01:00:44.119
<v Speaker 5>got to go to make it, make it happen. And

1099
01:00:44.159 --> 01:00:46.480
<v Speaker 5>every once in a while, I'll be like, ah, dang it,

1100
01:00:46.519 --> 01:00:50.039
<v Speaker 5>this is this is all being recorded, like this is

1101
01:00:50.199 --> 01:00:53.320
<v Speaker 5>all visually being seen because I do a lot of

1102
01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:55.599
<v Speaker 5>this with my eyes closed. And I mean, I probably

1103
01:00:56.039 --> 01:01:02.000
<v Speaker 5>like I look weird. Thing to think about, like, she whiz,

1104
01:01:02.039 --> 01:01:04.960
<v Speaker 5>what are you doing with all that tape? What are

1105
01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:09.920
<v Speaker 5>you doing with all that video? Because it's not pretty.

1106
01:01:10.000 --> 01:01:14.079
<v Speaker 5>It's definitely not looking good.

1107
01:01:14.159 --> 01:01:18.079
<v Speaker 1>I remember they took video of me and Princess and

1108
01:01:18.119 --> 01:01:20.440
<v Speaker 1>the Frog and I was playing Ray and I was thinking,

1109
01:01:20.559 --> 01:01:23.719
<v Speaker 1>please tell me you didn't design him to look like me,

1110
01:01:24.719 --> 01:01:27.960
<v Speaker 1>because he's, I mean, I love him, not the best

1111
01:01:27.960 --> 01:01:31.679
<v Speaker 1>looking guy on the block. So it's like, please tell

1112
01:01:31.679 --> 01:01:33.639
<v Speaker 1>me you use some imagination that hi.

1113
01:01:36.559 --> 01:01:39.159
<v Speaker 5>Ouch, But I think, you know, it's kind of like

1114
01:01:39.239 --> 01:01:43.199
<v Speaker 5>being a kid in a candy store or a kid

1115
01:01:43.280 --> 01:01:48.280
<v Speaker 5>in a sandbox, where you sort of have to remove

1116
01:01:48.360 --> 01:01:52.039
<v Speaker 5>everybody else from the equation. I can't really think about

1117
01:01:52.079 --> 01:01:56.239
<v Speaker 5>all the people, especially during Mermaid, all the people behind

1118
01:01:56.280 --> 01:02:00.559
<v Speaker 5>the glass, because the second you think about that changes

1119
01:02:00.599 --> 01:02:05.239
<v Speaker 5>your performance and you start to edit. Yeah, oh oh,

1120
01:02:05.360 --> 01:02:08.800
<v Speaker 5>you know, you change, as opposed to when Howard's just like,

1121
01:02:09.679 --> 01:02:12.920
<v Speaker 5>don't look at them, don't think about them behind the glass.

1122
01:02:13.400 --> 01:02:15.800
<v Speaker 5>They're not even there. We're going to turn the lights down.

1123
01:02:15.920 --> 01:02:17.480
<v Speaker 5>We're going to turn the lights down. You're not even

1124
01:02:17.480 --> 01:02:19.639
<v Speaker 5>to be able to see that. I'm like, okay, I

1125
01:02:19.639 --> 01:02:21.199
<v Speaker 5>think I think that's a good idea. I think just

1126
01:02:21.239 --> 01:02:23.880
<v Speaker 5>make it black, that'll be great. Then I don't think

1127
01:02:23.920 --> 01:02:26.519
<v Speaker 5>about them all staring at me, and then I start

1128
01:02:26.599 --> 01:02:29.480
<v Speaker 5>to change my performance, you know.

1129
01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:34.079
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, you know I've noted that as well. And oftentimes,

1130
01:02:34.159 --> 01:02:35.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, if you're doing a phone patch or something

1131
01:02:36.000 --> 01:02:38.480
<v Speaker 1>over you know, like we're doing here today, there'll be

1132
01:02:38.599 --> 01:02:42.679
<v Speaker 1>just an engineer in there in the recording booth. And

1133
01:02:42.760 --> 01:02:46.840
<v Speaker 1>that's fine, which is not a problem, but then I've

1134
01:02:46.880 --> 01:02:49.239
<v Speaker 1>noticed that when there's like two or three or what's

1135
01:02:49.360 --> 01:02:52.480
<v Speaker 1>just like five people in there, they turned into an audience.

1136
01:02:53.280 --> 01:02:58.480
<v Speaker 1>Now you're an audience, You're not just people in the booth. Now, okay,

1137
01:03:00.079 --> 01:03:02.000
<v Speaker 1>coming for you. You know. Then then I then I

1138
01:03:02.119 --> 01:03:05.920
<v Speaker 1>really perform. And I realized that years and years ago,

1139
01:03:06.480 --> 01:03:09.960
<v Speaker 1>and so it doesn't bother me. The more people the better,

1140
01:03:10.519 --> 01:03:13.599
<v Speaker 1>because I think it ups the ante for me. Just

1141
01:03:13.920 --> 01:03:15.840
<v Speaker 1>you know, someone.

1142
01:03:17.159 --> 01:03:21.599
<v Speaker 5>Right now, that's good, that's really good. I am. I

1143
01:03:22.000 --> 01:03:25.039
<v Speaker 5>think I just I start getting a little bit, a

1144
01:03:25.199 --> 01:03:29.679
<v Speaker 5>little bit focused on myself realizing how silly I look.

1145
01:03:30.360 --> 01:03:36.079
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, well see I already look pretty silly, so

1146
01:03:36.199 --> 01:03:37.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't have that problem.

1147
01:03:37.400 --> 01:03:38.440
<v Speaker 2>Of course I look silly.

1148
01:03:38.880 --> 01:03:39.519
<v Speaker 1>I look silly.

1149
01:03:41.440 --> 01:03:44.159
<v Speaker 2>I look silly today, Yes, as you look.

1150
01:03:44.079 --> 01:03:47.480
<v Speaker 5>Silly when you're when you're doing you know, when it

1151
01:03:47.519 --> 01:03:50.519
<v Speaker 5>gets to okay, now it's time for efforts, and now

1152
01:03:50.559 --> 01:03:54.880
<v Speaker 5>it's time for giggles and laughs, yeah, size and screams

1153
01:03:54.920 --> 01:03:57.159
<v Speaker 5>and yells. I have to act them all out. I

1154
01:03:57.199 --> 01:03:59.800
<v Speaker 5>can't just sit at the school and you know, and

1155
01:04:00.280 --> 01:04:02.960
<v Speaker 5>put up this whole thing. I got it up, and

1156
01:04:03.039 --> 01:04:05.440
<v Speaker 5>I've got to be running and I've got to have

1157
01:04:05.599 --> 01:04:10.039
<v Speaker 5>this and do the whole thing, and then I'll be

1158
01:04:10.119 --> 01:04:12.639
<v Speaker 5>finished and I'll hear them all laughing behind the glass.

1159
01:04:12.679 --> 01:04:19.000
<v Speaker 5>I'm like, you, guys, you're laughing. Yeah, you're not really me,

1160
01:04:19.119 --> 01:04:20.079
<v Speaker 5>you're laughing.

1161
01:04:19.880 --> 01:04:26.199
<v Speaker 1>Act because oh well, one of my favorites guys like that.

1162
01:04:27.960 --> 01:04:28.679
<v Speaker 2>Was in the studio.

1163
01:04:28.760 --> 01:04:31.760
<v Speaker 1>He I won't say who he played or his name

1164
01:04:31.840 --> 01:04:35.119
<v Speaker 1>because I won't, but it was the Adams family. When

1165
01:04:35.119 --> 01:04:40.159
<v Speaker 1>I was playing Lurch because of my height, he he

1166
01:04:40.199 --> 01:04:43.159
<v Speaker 1>would do a line and it was supposed to be trepid,

1167
01:04:43.400 --> 01:04:46.920
<v Speaker 1>trepidacious and scared, very frightened. So we'd go, oh no,

1168
01:04:47.519 --> 01:04:52.199
<v Speaker 1>and then press himself up against the wall and he

1169
01:04:52.239 --> 01:04:56.760
<v Speaker 1>would go through these horrible grimaces and faces and you know,

1170
01:04:58.079 --> 01:05:01.679
<v Speaker 1>the great Gordon Hunt God rest is all from Hanna Barbera.

1171
01:05:02.559 --> 01:05:06.239
<v Speaker 1>He pressed down on the talk back.

1172
01:05:06.280 --> 01:05:06.840
<v Speaker 2>It exists.

1173
01:05:07.440 --> 01:05:11.480
<v Speaker 1>Now, you know, we can't hear you doing that, right,

1174
01:05:12.360 --> 01:05:18.280
<v Speaker 1>And he's going, oh oh yeah, yeah, yeah, give us

1175
01:05:18.280 --> 01:05:22.760
<v Speaker 1>a little something while you're cringing, give us a cringing sound.

1176
01:05:23.159 --> 01:05:24.199
<v Speaker 5>Give us something.

1177
01:05:25.559 --> 01:05:28.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. It's just you know, but you could tell stage

1178
01:05:28.960 --> 01:05:31.760
<v Speaker 1>actor lots of face, lots.

1179
01:05:31.519 --> 01:05:35.440
<v Speaker 5>Of face, lots of face going on.

1180
01:05:35.440 --> 01:05:40.599
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, lots of face going on. So are you often

1181
01:05:40.679 --> 01:05:44.039
<v Speaker 1>running these days. I mean, are you like still every

1182
01:05:44.079 --> 01:05:46.039
<v Speaker 1>weekend or every other week? Yeah?

1183
01:05:46.119 --> 01:05:50.559
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, the next four weeks, the next four weekends, let's

1184
01:05:50.559 --> 01:05:53.440
<v Speaker 5>see where I'm at heading. I think I'm going up

1185
01:05:53.480 --> 01:05:59.119
<v Speaker 5>to Winnipeg for Invention on Friday, and then I'm heading

1186
01:05:59.199 --> 01:06:03.679
<v Speaker 5>to LA to do some fun little things for our

1187
01:06:03.840 --> 01:06:07.840
<v Speaker 5>thirty fifth anniversary of The Little Mermaid, which is crazy

1188
01:06:08.119 --> 01:06:13.000
<v Speaker 5>to think about thirty five years five. Then then I'm

1189
01:06:13.000 --> 01:06:16.599
<v Speaker 5>off to North Carolina that next weekend to do a concert,

1190
01:06:17.880 --> 01:06:20.519
<v Speaker 5>and I've hired my daughter to come and be my

1191
01:06:20.639 --> 01:06:21.599
<v Speaker 5>guest artist.

1192
01:06:21.760 --> 01:06:25.320
<v Speaker 1>So I'm so excited to do a concert that wonderful.

1193
01:06:25.480 --> 01:06:27.880
<v Speaker 5>We did want at Epcot a couple of weekends ago,

1194
01:06:27.920 --> 01:06:31.920
<v Speaker 5>and we had so much fun, and I asked her,

1195
01:06:32.159 --> 01:06:34.679
<v Speaker 5>do you think you could come back? And she's like,

1196
01:06:34.920 --> 01:06:37.360
<v Speaker 5>I can. So she's gonna fly down and meet me

1197
01:06:37.400 --> 01:06:41.320
<v Speaker 5>in North Carolina for a concert that's in Greensboro on

1198
01:06:41.400 --> 01:06:48.039
<v Speaker 5>November ninth, and then I'm back to LA for Oh

1199
01:06:48.159 --> 01:06:50.800
<v Speaker 5>Richard Sherman's memorial service.

1200
01:06:51.199 --> 01:06:51.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

1201
01:06:52.239 --> 01:06:56.880
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, So I've been invited to sing feed the Birds,

1202
01:06:57.639 --> 01:07:00.760
<v Speaker 5>which the last time I saw saying that song was

1203
01:07:00.800 --> 01:07:05.119
<v Speaker 5>with him at the piano, So I'm very honored to

1204
01:07:05.159 --> 01:07:09.760
<v Speaker 5>get to participate in his memorial service, and then.

1205
01:07:09.880 --> 01:07:10.679
<v Speaker 2>I'll see you there.

1206
01:07:11.079 --> 01:07:15.599
<v Speaker 5>Oh good, I'll see you there. And then San Francisco

1207
01:07:15.840 --> 01:07:19.519
<v Speaker 5>for the Thanksgiving Comic Con.

1208
01:07:20.480 --> 01:07:23.000
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, are you going to San.

1209
01:07:22.880 --> 01:07:26.480
<v Speaker 1>Fran I don't know. I don't I don't know, mind.

1210
01:07:26.280 --> 01:07:28.840
<v Speaker 5>I don't remember. Who's all going to be honest with you.

1211
01:07:28.920 --> 01:07:32.679
<v Speaker 5>I didn't even look at the list. And then one

1212
01:07:32.719 --> 01:07:35.159
<v Speaker 5>of my favorite favorite favorite things to do with the

1213
01:07:35.239 --> 01:07:41.320
<v Speaker 5>company is Candlelight Professional. So I'll be narrating down in

1214
01:07:41.440 --> 01:07:45.039
<v Speaker 5>Candlelight Professional at Epcot at Christmas Week. So I'm down

1215
01:07:45.119 --> 01:07:47.920
<v Speaker 5>there from the twenty eighth until January first.

1216
01:07:48.519 --> 01:07:48.880
<v Speaker 1>Nice.

1217
01:07:49.199 --> 01:07:51.719
<v Speaker 5>So I'm excited. I don't know how many years I've

1218
01:07:51.719 --> 01:07:54.679
<v Speaker 5>done it now. I started in the nineties, I think.

1219
01:07:55.480 --> 01:08:00.760
<v Speaker 5>And I am just beside myself getting to do Candle It.

1220
01:08:00.760 --> 01:08:06.239
<v Speaker 5>It's just such a wonderful, wonderful holiday celebration to do,

1221
01:08:06.320 --> 01:08:10.519
<v Speaker 5>and we try to go as a family, and I

1222
01:08:10.559 --> 01:08:12.840
<v Speaker 5>love it. And it's so funny because I don't sing

1223
01:08:13.039 --> 01:08:16.359
<v Speaker 5>in it. You just narrate. But of course I know

1224
01:08:16.479 --> 01:08:18.560
<v Speaker 5>the show so well after all these years that I

1225
01:08:18.600 --> 01:08:21.199
<v Speaker 5>sing every single song. But I think they turned my

1226
01:08:21.279 --> 01:08:22.079
<v Speaker 5>microphone off.

1227
01:08:23.319 --> 01:08:25.479
<v Speaker 1>Oh god, I think they turn.

1228
01:08:25.359 --> 01:08:27.920
<v Speaker 5>It off because I mean, I know all the parts too.

1229
01:08:27.960 --> 01:08:31.439
<v Speaker 5>I know, I know all the parts to the Hallylois chorus,

1230
01:08:31.600 --> 01:08:33.119
<v Speaker 5>so I kind of switch it off whether I'm a

1231
01:08:33.159 --> 01:08:36.680
<v Speaker 5>dou soprano or alta or whatever, but I can see

1232
01:08:36.720 --> 01:08:38.680
<v Speaker 5>the sound guy back there, and I'm just I know,

1233
01:08:38.840 --> 01:08:41.439
<v Speaker 5>I know he's turned me off, you know, because I'm

1234
01:08:41.479 --> 01:08:45.239
<v Speaker 5>not part of of the choir, and I'm like, but anyways,

1235
01:08:45.279 --> 01:08:50.479
<v Speaker 5>I sing the whole time, the whole show. But it's really,

1236
01:08:50.680 --> 01:08:54.039
<v Speaker 5>it's really fun. It's really fun. It's it's been a

1237
01:08:54.640 --> 01:08:58.960
<v Speaker 5>kind of a tradition for many, many years, and I'm

1238
01:08:58.960 --> 01:09:02.079
<v Speaker 5>always thrilled when when they invite me back, so, you know,

1239
01:09:02.119 --> 01:09:04.560
<v Speaker 5>because you never know, you never know, the phone might

1240
01:09:04.600 --> 01:09:07.600
<v Speaker 5>not ring that year, so you just kind of grateful,

1241
01:09:08.039 --> 01:09:10.359
<v Speaker 5>grateful when it does, Grateful when I do get to

1242
01:09:10.399 --> 01:09:13.399
<v Speaker 5>do those things. And then if it does it one day,

1243
01:09:13.600 --> 01:09:15.800
<v Speaker 5>I'll just say, you know what, it's been a great run.

1244
01:09:16.279 --> 01:09:16.479
<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

1245
01:09:16.960 --> 01:09:20.920
<v Speaker 1>Amen, that's pretty much my philosophy in a nutshell.

1246
01:09:21.920 --> 01:09:24.680
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, very thankful, very very thankful.

1247
01:09:24.760 --> 01:09:28.680
<v Speaker 3>So before we go, Chris, should we play a game

1248
01:09:28.720 --> 01:09:29.800
<v Speaker 3>of voice swap? Just quickly?

1249
01:09:30.239 --> 01:09:32.199
<v Speaker 4>Yes, voice swap? Do you know this game?

1250
01:09:32.279 --> 01:09:32.520
<v Speaker 1>Joy?

1251
01:09:34.760 --> 01:09:37.079
<v Speaker 5>The Sun is setting, so I'm just gonna move my

1252
01:09:37.159 --> 01:09:40.920
<v Speaker 5>little Sorry, we're setting right into my eyes. I'm looking

1253
01:09:40.960 --> 01:09:44.520
<v Speaker 5>out at the lake. It's a beautiful, beautiful day. Okay.

1254
01:09:44.560 --> 01:09:46.560
<v Speaker 5>Tell me about voice swap? What is this?

1255
01:09:47.319 --> 01:09:50.720
<v Speaker 4>Okay? So Jim will go and give a line from

1256
01:09:50.760 --> 01:09:54.760
<v Speaker 4>one of his iconic characters, and then you will voice

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<v Speaker 4>that same line about in the voice of one of

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<v Speaker 4>your characters, and then vice versa. So, for example, Jim

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<v Speaker 4>will give like, stay sweet as honey is Winnie the Pooh,

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<v Speaker 4>and then you'll say the same thing, but as Ariel

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<v Speaker 4>or Barbie, et cetera, et cetera, and then we'll go.

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<v Speaker 5>Back for it. I'll do my best, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're a fan of everything we do here at

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<v Speaker 1>slash Jim Cummings Podcast. Do it now? Okay, So I

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<v Speaker 1>think I should be Triton. Is that a little too

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<v Speaker 1>on the nose? All right?

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<v Speaker 2>I'll get up all right.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the line, Harriel, there will be no singing

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<v Speaker 1>in my kingdom.

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<v Speaker 5>Ariel, there will be no singe in my kingdom.

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<v Speaker 2>That just doesn't sound from you.

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<v Speaker 5>I know.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like you're looking in the mirror, like talking yourself down.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't do it, aol.

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<v Speaker 3>Should we get king trot and singing part of your world?

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<v Speaker 2>Probably not.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like Jody. You you sing, you sing part

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<v Speaker 3>of your world, and we'll get Jim to sing it

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<v Speaker 3>as Winnie the Pooh.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, excuse me, just what is the thing abou bob?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care how many you have? What is what?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay? So I got to do part of your world

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<v Speaker 5>and he gets to do it as Pooh. Yes, okay,

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<v Speaker 5>okay hard hot.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, thanks. I could follow that.

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<v Speaker 1>Pot it's too hot.

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<v Speaker 5>Lower go lower, po.

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<v Speaker 7>Old, it's filled with honey, good old poo.

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<v Speaker 5>I love poo. My take home outfit from the hospital

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<v Speaker 5>of our son McKinley when he was born is a

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<v Speaker 5>little Winnie the Pooh outfit. So you get a little Winnie.

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<v Speaker 8>Pooh, a little onesie, a little what do you call

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<v Speaker 8>those little bird fo bid, thank you a bid, and

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<v Speaker 8>then a little baby cap with baby little.

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<v Speaker 5>Poo ears on top of it. So we brought him

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<v Speaker 5>home from the hospital and his entire crib was Winnie

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<v Speaker 5>the pooh.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh.

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<v Speaker 7>Well that's just as sweet as honey sweet. And I

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<v Speaker 7>know he's going to be the best little boat for ever.

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<v Speaker 7>And if you need Uncle Tigger to come over there

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<v Speaker 7>and give them bounce and lessons, it's a done deal.

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<v Speaker 5>But I just I love that I still have it.

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<v Speaker 5>It's all clean, it's packed away, ready for my grand

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<v Speaker 5>baby one day, right, hopefully.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we'll see too much pressure, no pressure, no pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>no pressure at my.

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<v Speaker 5>Kids are watching or listening, no pressure.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right, that's right. It's got to be organic or

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<v Speaker 1>is it organic? Yes, anyway, you get the idea, You

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<v Speaker 1>get the idea. Oh, Sody, thank you so so.

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<v Speaker 4>Soon, very much.

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<v Speaker 5>It only took us three years or something between between

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<v Speaker 5>your schedule and my schedule. I'm so thankful that it

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<v Speaker 5>finally worked out. We had a few little technical difficulties,

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<v Speaker 5>but we made it work.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, it's all good. It is it is it is.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and I see you very soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I'll be the guy who looks like me.

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<v Speaker 5>Unfortunately one of our cities we'll I'll definitely see you

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<v Speaker 5>at Richard's.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, so.

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<v Speaker 5>That'll be special. That'd be special. But thank you so

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<v Speaker 5>much for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you all right, Christopher's going to take us home.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, thanks for being here, Jody. That that was a

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<v Speaker 4>very interesting conversation and thank you all for watching. That

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<v Speaker 4>was another. That was another episode of Tuned In with

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<v Speaker 4>Jim Cummings. And we want to thank you all so

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<v Speaker 4>much because we have now passed one hundred thousand subscribers

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<v Speaker 4>It can help happen without you. Seriously, it really couldn't

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<v Speaker 4>And we especially appreciate you guys watching on YouTube. Until

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<v Speaker 4>the next one. Today has been Jody Benson, thank you

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<v Speaker 4>so much for joining us. Thanks as always, Brendan, dan

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<v Speaker 4>Do and Jim Cummings. We'll see you in the next one.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you Bye, bye everybody, Hi, thank you, m HM