VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Bruce · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: Good News from the Cable Company

I got a call from a Cable company in another city (rhymes with bombast) that I've done spots for over the years asking me to read one (I thought they'd forgotten about me), and asked if I was still charging the same rate. I asked if the company was accepting any higher rates from talent and his response was, "well a lot of voice talent are pulling out if that answers your question".

Three spiney cheers for the dropouts!

B
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todd ellis · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

ooh! ooh! i'm a bombast drop-out!!!
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject:

yeah! pulling out is a good thing!
i just finished reading an excoriation of large families (big deal round these parts)!
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Yoda117 · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

Yep, in their home market (which is not a SAG/AFTRA town), the talent are being asked to lower their rates.

Forum rules do not allow me to post the general response from the community.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:56 pm Post subject:

you mean, like "eff that!"?
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Yoda117 · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject:

Diane,

in the "City of Brotherly Love" we have much more colorful ways of expressing our displeasure:

- An appearance by Santa at a football game causes a delay... we throw snowballs at him.

- Stealing from a person? Before the police can arrive to the scene of a suicide the body is picked clean of valuables.

- We don't like a particular sports figure (J.J. Drew comes to mind)... we throw batteries at him, during the game.

It a shame to say, but the "Philly attitude" is why such a majority of political ads are done by Philly VO talent.
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glittlefield · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject:

J.D. Drew, Greg. Wink

I was going to add the battery hailstorm if that wasn't included in your list. Still blows me away.
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject:

we swear in utah!
we say fetch and feck and cheese-n-rice and holy crap and oh my scary.
and we've got jello to match your cheese steak.

i realize i've got nothing on you keystones.
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CarynClark · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject:

ewww.... do you know what jello is made from?

AND, Philly people say things like, "Do me a solid!"

sorry for the jack....
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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject:

jello = mad cow disease

answer: gelatin is derived from collagen in cow or pig bones, hooves, and connective tissues

also, it's the hide glue used to hold violins together.

i don't eat the stuff ... but somehow it's tradition here . (utah, not the vo-bb)
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paddyo · CM Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 975 Location: New York City

I used to work in Philly many years ago. I went to my first Eagles game at the Vet with two friends of mine.
I went to the beer stand to buy a round for me and my friends.
"Three beers please", I said.
"There's a two beer limit" the woman behind the counter said.
I asked her why. She said,
"Because Iggles fans are a**h***s"

I brought back one of the guys so we could buy 2 each!!!

Paddyo

Yoda117 · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject:

Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject:

CarynClark · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject:

Ahhh... it's all the same. Smile

Note: I spent the first 11 years of my life living just outside Phila, and my parent's were both born and raised in the city.
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