LEADS AND READS - WEEK OF 3/17 TO 3/23

Erik Sheppard · **Voice Talent** Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1317

Gather round lads and lasses for the time honored tradition of the Reading o' the Leads.

My family has an old Irish tradition. We all get together, Mom makes her famous corned beef and Lucky Charms, the beer will be flowing, there will be fist fights over sports team affiliations, shots of whiskey, crying for no reason, green vomit everywhere.

We do it every Monday, you guys should stop by.

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling.....

Scott Pollak · Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008, 16:03 (GMT) Post subject:

Thank you, Erik O'Sheppard.

Caryn Clark · **Voice Talent** Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 1000

Erik, you never cease to make me laugh with the L&R intros!!!!!!!!!!!

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! prost

Travis . · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 55

David-

Enjoyed that!

Deby Cedars · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1482

Any one get this one?

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Here are a couple of auditions from late last week. The "Price is Right" one is apparently for a commercial selling DVD collections of past show.
The Truck Safety one requested only the Detective Diesel character, and that's what I submitted as my Custom Demo, but then I added the announcer and submitted it as my Related Demo (who listens to those, anyway?).

Travis . · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 55

Hi Lee.

Excellent "Columbo" ! - These are fun.

Here's my "Detective"... Mine was from an earlier decade.

Lee Gordon · **Voice Talent** Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 1549

Nice job. I didn't start out planning to do Columbo for mine. They asked for a cross between Humphrey Bogart and Inspector Clouseau -- and somehow, to me, that just works out to be Columbo.

Marilyn Taylor · **Voice Talent** Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 400

Deby, I got that one early in the morning...couldn't seem to get my heavy, lugubrious morning voice to sound 'princessy' enough...I sounded more like the wicked step mother...at least that's what my husband said...so I deleted it...and then him..... Smile

You sounded great, hope you get it!!!

Colin Campbell · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008, 02:31 (GMT) Post subject:

A little slap-happy tonight from the stress of endless day job work, I had a little fun with this one. The client might think it a joke or you never know... hey... THAT'S IT! Pretty tounge-in-cheek. The cigar spot....

Deby Cedars · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1482

Colin I loved your cigar thing even though I think smoking is a dirty nasty habit that makes me want to move to Calabases, CA. Or whatever the name of that city is that just doesn't allow it anywhere.

Anyway they only took 20 some auditions, so I did not get my audition out in time. Here is my Mr Johnson. He is a squirrel reporter. I think I got the squirrely part down. I'm not so sure about the Mr part. What do you guys think?

Thanks for the Princess compliments. Somebody told me the first one was more disney and the second one was Lord of the Rings......I think they were going for Glenda the good witch.

David Bosco · **Voice Talent** Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 281

Deby:

Your (Mr.) Johnson sounds like Brenda Starr/Lois Lane meets The Chipmunks. Proves you'll try anything once, twice if you like it. Smile

I don't think they would have gone for it, but that's a character to keep on file, all right.

Did they have female reporters back in The Dark Ages?

Deby Cedars · **Voice Talent** Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 1482

I didn't know Brenda Star had a voice??? I wouldn't really picture a beautiful red head having that squirrely voice. I can see your Lois Lane meets the chipmonks though.

As for the dark ages....it's not set that long ago.

It seems to be a pretty light hearted story....even though they do sell Dark Chocolate.