![]() Then, Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain, the King of Hollywood 25 years later says, hey Rob, Tress, Maurice, Jess, you want to do this again? Are you kidding me? Steven Spielberg wants to do this again and those are shows that have not really sold a lot of merchandise compared to Ninja Turtles.īut they're shows that are for the sake of the art. That's incredible when something ticks every box. īut let me tell you something man, there are very few franchises in our world that have done so much to bring so much joy, but also bring so much cash to people as Ninja Turtles. I mean I'm a lucky guy and so I miss that. It just so happens that they're the most gifted actors in the world and they're the nicest people that I'd want to meet and I get to work with people I would choose to have at my home. You know people who've been to all my kid's birthday parties and vice versa. Remarkably talented people like Frank Welker or Peter Cullen, people I've worked for 35 and some cases 40 years. I'm around Billy West, I'm around Kevin Conroy, I'm around Mark Hamill, I'm around Maurice LaMarche and Tress MacNeille and Nancy Cartwright and Tara Strong. Now it's affected the logistical aspects of my professional life because I don't Nickelodeon or Warner Brothers or Disney or whichever of the bazillion studios that they use to record stuff in Burbank in Hollywood and I miss that.īecause, I'm around people whom all your listeners would know. I'm grateful that they're continuing to use me. ![]() Rob Paulsen: terms of my being able to do my job no, the studios have been very flexible in wanting to record from home and willing to loan you equipment and all of that because they have a production schedule to keep up. Has your day to day changed much at all or is it still business as usual? So whether it's watching The Office or Pinky and the Brain, or Ricky Gervais man, I'm understanding how important this is and thank you again for giving me the platform.Ībsolutely, thank you for your time. They're like, "Look, I got to find a way to get through this." Yeah it's nuts. It's not about a few bucks, it's about the joy that it brings to people and so many folks rely upon especially when they don't have a way to make money. If the trade off is that we get to do this online while we figure out how to get back up, then I'm all in. So I get to interact with all these people who want an autographed picture of Pinky or Raphael or Donatello or Carl Wheezer or The Mask or The Tick or you name it. But the fan base loves it, it's just wonderful and I'm a fan, too. It's not how I make my living, it may well be that's how my living is going depending upon what happens at the studios here in LA. I'm doing online autograph signings and they're by my calculations pretty damn successful, from both sides of the equation. I have a fantastic Yakko Warner mask, that's great fun to watch. I have a couple of really bitching masks that people have made for me. The world has changed, literally, almost overnight so we are very grateful for being healthy. That is to say, we not only, of course, have our health, which is paramount in everybody's mind, and certainly if there was ever a question as to what was important in our lives, we. My wife and I have an embarrassment of riches. Rob Paulsen: Well, I'm breathing, and I'm not in jail, but today's not over yet, so far, so good. ![]() You can get a sampling of all that Paulsen has to offer in our hour-long chat either by listening above or checking out some of the excerpts below:įirst of all, sir, how are you holding up during the quarantine? All of those stories and more are also available to read at your leisure in Paulsen's recently published memoir, "Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life." Be sure to check out those links for more on the advocacy program and Paulsen's publication, and follow along with Paulsen himself on Twitter, Instagram, and at his podcast, Talkin' Toons. We also chatted about his battle with throat cancer and his position as the 2020 spokesperson for the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance's Oral Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Program. We talked about the upcoming new series and what it was like to reunite with the returning cast and crew, along with newcomers to the title, plus the musical roadshow Animaniacs in Concert. I recently had the privilege of speaking with Paulsen as part of our ongoing Saturday Mourning Cartoons interviews.
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