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Deirdre · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:07 am Post subject: CLIENTS FROM HELL

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"I dont want dark grey. I am looking for more of a light black."

"It might not be much pay, but think of it as practice for when you get a job that pays."

"Almost. I want less of a rectangle, and more of a long square."
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Fran McClellan · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:21 am Post subject:

LOL!!! Love it!
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Philip Banks · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:18 pm Post subject:

British actor Martin Clunes was in a voice over session and the agency creative made the following request.

"That was great Martin but now can you do it with a bit more of an over all general accent".

Without pausing for a second Martin nodded at the sound engineer and replied.

"No need, Matt can just put it through his dialect filter".

Bruce · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:04 pm Post subject:

Total threadjack coming thanks to you Philip. We absolutely LOVE Martin Clunes in the series Doc Martin. He, and the cast, are great. I believe several episodes are available on Hulu these days, some on YouTube of all things, and all the rest are out there on the webs with some digging. The story line progresses so it's best to start at the beginning.

I've also seen him on some talk show segments. He looks like an absolute delight of a man, quite opposite his character on Doc Martin.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Clients from Hell.

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ccpetersen · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject:

My personal favorite:

"Which way will the website appear in Australia?"

˙sıɥʇ ǝʞıן ʞooן pןnoʍ ʇı ʇɥbnoɥʇ ʇuǝıןɔ ǝɥʇ ssǝnb ı

Todd Ethridge · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:13 am Post subject:

An engineer friend and I have this inside joke about some producers.

"Yeah...that was pretty good. Now can you give us a read while standing on your head? That'd be grrrreat".

Laugh

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Philip Banks · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:24 am Post subject:

The next time you get, and you will get it "give us more of a pause".
Reply thus: Oh you want the Iranian double-pause? No problem.

Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:18 am Post subject:

- "Jacob, that was great, but um... was that Swedish??"
- "Um... no... that was Danish."
- "Danish?? Oh... we thought you were Swedish. Do you know a Swedish voice talent?"

(Hasn't happened yet, but I just know it will... someday.)
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Deirdre · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:38 am Post subject:

Only Danes speak Danish. Others just "understand" it.

Smile

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Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:01 am Post subject:

I was in a play once - and once only - with a particular director who, during rehearsals, told me she wanted me to "levitate".

Um.

Okay.
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Todd Ethridge · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:30 am Post subject:

"We want you to sound like you're at Disneyland....but not that UP."

Huh?
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JCDunn · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:53 pm Post subject:

"I need you to sound like Sean Connery, but without the accent." Shocked

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Michael Schoen · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:22 am Post subject:

I had one where the agency guy said -- we love your one on one conversational style.
and then the client said:
"We're launching a breakthrough product.
" We need James Earl Jones not Mr Rogers!"

Two good things came of this.
I got paid. And the agency guy recommended me for other work.
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bransom · DC Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO

:10 second tag for TV spot for a water park:

Client says, "You sound like you're talking to the moms. Sound like you're talking to the kids!"

Copy reads: "Book your child's next birthday party at..."

Umm, okay.
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