Comments on: star wars as you've never heard it before

star wars as you've never heard it before

flex — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:00:27 -0800

Star Wars: The Radio Play - Seven top voice actors table read Star Wars (YouTube) at Emerald City Comicon. "Join voice actors Billy West, Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Kevin Conroy, Jess Harnell, and Rob Paulsen as they re-create the magic of the Star Wars films, albeit in their own special way!" Characters include: Fry, Bender, Batman, Yakko, Wakko, Pinky, The Brain, Morbo, Bubbles, IronHide, Dr. Zoidberg, Jake the Dog, and many impressive celebrity impressions: Shatner as C3PO, Walken as R2D2, Tony Soprano as Greedo, Twilight Sparkle as Han Solo... (via reddit)

By: saturday_morning

saturday_morning — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:07:14 -0800

skip to the good part

By: flex

flex — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:15:18 -0800

The same voice actors also did a panel re-enacting scenes from famous movies: Wizard of Oz, Princess Bride, LOTR... (also YouTube)

By: JHarris

JHarris — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:23:58 -0800

No Mark Hamill? He's quite an amazing voice actor himself -- he's both the Joker from Batman: The Animated Series and Fire Lord Ozai from Avatar: The Last Airbender.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:25:38 -0800

how funny to hear fry say "aw, c'mon stand up for Chrissake."

By: nicebookrack

nicebookrack — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:25:38 -0800

KEVIN CONROYEEEEEE I love me some Christian Bale Batmovies but boy do I wish the DVDs came with an "Alternate Audio Track: Conroy BATVOICE" option

By: hippybear

hippybear — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:32:19 -0800

This is so full of awesome it needs to be bottled and sold as a solution to the world's energy problems.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:41:14 -0800

Oh man, what fun.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:43:55 -0800

I'm about fifteen minutes in and I'm sore from laughing. "Whistle Buzz Wow."

By: pemberkins

pemberkins — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:55:32 -0800

Oh my god this just keeps getting better and better.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:56:51 -0800

Oh god the scene with "Shatner" and "Christopher walken" as C3PO and R2 is sidesplitting.

No Mark Hamill?

Heh, I was going to say the exact same thing.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:13:15 -0800

> I love me some Christian Bale Batmovies but boy do I wish the DVDs came with an "Alternate Audio Track: Conroy BATVOICE" option Someone call RiffTrax.

By: benito.strauss

benito.strauss — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:13:40 -0800

Oh man this is great. Thanks, flex. Though I noticed they didn't dare put Calculon and Shatner in the same scene.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:34:48 -0800

I am totally cracking up at Porky Pig using a jedi mind-trick on Bender.

By: Joakim Ziegler

Joakim Ziegler — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:52:44 -0800

This is fantastic, but I have to say, first, female voice actors seem to get a lot less varied voices to do, secondly, voice actors emote physically a lot more than I thought, and third, Maurice LeMarche's mugging for the audience gets really annoying after a while (especially during the Kramer bit).

By: Joakim Ziegler

Joakim Ziegler — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:53:19 -0800

Oh, and they're all great, but Billy West is in a class by himself.

By: SirOmega

SirOmega — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:57:34 -0800

Tony Soprano vs Twilight Sparkle as Greedo vs Han? Alright, I can live with that.

By: Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:50:29 -0800

That's fun. I wish the recording quality on all of them was that good.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:59:16 -0800

Finished it after watching it on and off all night. That is some seriously funny stuff. I made a point to only listen to it since some of the mugging was distracting to me. It really works as a radio play.

By: Sauce Trough

Sauce Trough — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:02:31 -0800

Yeah, this is best watched with the screen off.

By: xqwzts

xqwzts — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:26:19 -0800

The same voice actors also did a panel re-enacting scenes from famous movies : Wizard of Oz, Princess Bride, LOTR... (also YouTube) This was amazing! Thanks so much for linking.

By: kinetic

kinetic — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:59:59 -0800

Years ago, when WBCN was a real radio station in Boston, I worked on the "Big Mattress" with Billy West (I was a comedy writer and the "voice" of Karlos the Computer). In those days, he (along with many of us) was quite the indulger of the excesses of the 80's. I'd get to the station at 4:30 am to prepare for the show and it would either be a case of finding Billy passed out on the foyer sofa or answering to Charles Laquidara's screams of "Where the hell is Billy? Find Billy!" But every morning without fail by 6 Billy would be in the studio chugging a can of Coke and suddenly his entire demeanor would change as the most amazing voices just came pouring out of him. He was pure, raw talent and was happy to teach me how to also do voicework, although he did a better Nancy Sinatra than me. We all knew he had a gigantic future in store for him and to this day probably the only cool mom props that I get from my kids is that I worked for years with Bender.

By: chmmr

chmmr — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:32:47 -0800

I'm not sure whether you're being facetious or not kinetic, but Billy West didn't voice Bender.

By: kinetic

kinetic — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:41:01 -0800

Not facetious, just tired...I meant Fry. Sorry about that!

By: chmmr

chmmr — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:49:01 -0800

*puts away torch and pitchfork*

By: kinetic

kinetic — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:51:02 -0800

*heaves a sigh of relief*

By: Mezentian

Mezentian — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:57:17 -0800

Yeah, this is best watched with the screen off. I beg to differ. If not for the guy who plays Shatner/De Niro/Moore/Kramer... And Tara Strong's lip work. And many other reasons.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:06:24 -0800

Oh Jesus H, this is much funnier than it ought to be. It has lulls, sure, but I can't turn it off because I might miss something hi-larious.

By: audi alteram partem

audi alteram partem — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:09:00 -0800

Maurice LeMarche's mugging for the audience gets really annoying after a while... Yes, but I'll put up with it from the man who gave us Orson Welles hawking vegetables "full of country goodness and green peaness."

By: ChurchHatesTucker

ChurchHatesTucker — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:25:53 -0800

Twilight Sparkle as Han Solo... I... *headsplode*

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:33:35 -0800

This is really great. It is unfortunate that there's only one female voice actor on the panel, though, because she brings so much to the reading.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:36:08 -0800

Well you dragged it out of me: Every Orson Welles bit they did on The Critic. "They're even better RAW!"

By: Joakim Ziegler

Joakim Ziegler — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:04:18 -0800

odinsdream: "This is really great. It is unfortunate that there's only one female voice actor on the panel, though, because she brings so much to the reading" I didn't think she brought that much to the reading, mostly because they wouldn't let her. She gets called on much less than the others, and she's mostly just asked to do one type of voice (really, really high-pitched squeaky ones). I think even Billy West does a female celebrity voice at some point, while she's not even called on.

By: Edison Carter

Edison Carter — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:45:46 -0800

Bender as Luke. Forever.

By: MrBadExample

MrBadExample — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:27:01 -0800

Twilight Sparkle as Han Solo... I... *headsplode* I had a similar reaction, but then I decided that Rainbow Dash would have been too obvious.

By: kmz

kmz — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:31:14 -0800

The same voice actors also did a panel re-enacting scenes from famous movies : Wizard of Oz, Princess Bride, LOTR... (also YouTube) "Indigo"?! *headdesk*

By: ChurchHatesTucker

ChurchHatesTucker — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:10:25 -0800

Walken-D2 is brilliant!

By: Praxis

Praxis — Fri, 25 May 2012 20:16:35 -0800

It has lulls, sure, but I can't turn it off because I might miss something hi-larious. The lolz make up for the lulls?

By: ChurchHatesTucker

ChurchHatesTucker — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:20:12 -0800

Enjoyment factor definitely depends on how many of the originals you've seen. (Well, heard.)

By: fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit

fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:36:32 -0800

I had no idea that Tara Strong did the voice of Timmy Turner. And Raven. I knew she was Bubbles, though. Bubbles is hardcore now. John DiMaggio as Tracy Morgan as Obi-Wan is now one of my favorite things in the world. With Zoidberg as Luke!

By: flex

flex — Sat, 26 May 2012 05:02:41 -0800

kmz: "Indigo"?! *headdesk* I know! That was a bit painful to watch once I realized what the announcer meant. Really? A geek event riffing on a classic cult movie and no one is correcting "Indigo" for Inigo?

By: gjc

gjc — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:58:33 -0800

Oh, and they're all great, but Billy West is in a class by himself. As he consistently tells us.

By: Peevish

Peevish — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:56:16 -0800

Awesome. Though I wish they'd had Harley Quinn do more than a single line as R2D2.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:34:07 -0800

I knew that Billy West did a lot of voices, but I hadn't realized he was, well, most of Futurama.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:53:51 -0800

Billy West was all over WBCN 104.1FM in Boston when I was growing up in the 80's.