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ccpetersen · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:31 am Post subject:

the whole thing. that's several minutes I won't get back again.
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ccpetersen · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:32 am Post subject:

Oh, just one question: what was the roar about at the end? I have several theories...
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Darren Altman · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:45 am Post subject:

Just shocking and nearly 5,000,000 views OMG! Does saying 3 words or making a noise really constitute a good impression?
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Moe Egan · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject:

Two thoughts- why is it with these types of videos "faster is better" seems to be the rule?

And - just because you can, does it mean you should?
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JBarrett · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:23 pm Post subject:

No. And that applies to watching it all the way through as well.

Which I did.

Because I couldn't help myself.
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Lizden · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:25 pm Post subject:

:19
Now...I don't claim to do impressions...so...but...yeah....ummmmmm Shocked

And yeah, good point Moe, why race through them all? I don't get that.
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Pam · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 1:59 pm Post subject:

Made it to wife beater Sean Connery. UGH. Each one worse than the previous.
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bobsouer · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject:

Sean Connery is where I gave up, too.
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Bailey · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:49 pm Post subject:

I had to stop at Daffy Duck... and myself the question, "Why?"
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melissa eX · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject:

Pacino

JCDunn · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 5:11 pm Post subject:

My Bluetooth mouse died and the keyboard lost connection. I had no control over my lovely Macintosh crate so I left the room until the video finished. Damn you Apple!
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Bruce · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:20 am Post subject:

Well, this hemisemidemitalented person kept me going for a full :14. And it is shocking to think that almost 5 million folks have watched probably all of this and gone, "wow, that was amazing!" And now he's tied into Google advertising so he's making some moolah off of this.

Thanks a lot Philip.

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bransom · DC Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO

I'm a wuss: 12;25 was all I could stand.
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2279 Location: Atlanta

Of course the impersonations aren't great, but the ability to switch gears that quickly is a skill all good VOAs ought to have (not implying that he is a good talent either way). We all get directed to in a snap say a brief phrase with the motivation of a completely different character or new variation of the same character.

Let's hear someone do better. Of course these impersonations aren't great, many are downright awful (in part due to the speed) and he's playing to the cheap seats, but it's much easier to dismiss this than to improve it or learn from it.

C'mon, we all know the saying "Fast, Good, and Cheap...pick two". This fellow is offering fast and cheap. You really expect good too? Sometimes fast and cheap is what is required. I'm very surprised at the reactions to this. Seems like picking on the kid that's "not one of us".

I suppose this comes from the "you have to grab me in the first five seconds" mentality we all have. Shame, you'll miss some nice things in life if you always adhere to that (not that this is nice).
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Philip Banks · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:38 am Post subject:

Like most things in the voice over business, no one really gives a flying toss. The original post was my idea at some light relief, nothing more. Is he any good, can we develope at a deeper professional level by studying his technique, should we dig into our creative being and top what he did? I've no idea and I don't care, it was just a bit of fun.

One thing I DO care about - All of you, have a completely fabby September both personally and in your businesses.