1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Hey Christy, Hi Will, how are you? I'm fine? Thanks? 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:06,200 Speaker 1: How are you doing? I'm doing just fine. Can't complain? 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: I can Oh, gosh, I'm not going to. I just okay. 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: I was like, was there something in particular or just no. 5 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: I just love when people are like, I can't complain. 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: I mean, if you want me to be open and 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: my back kind of hurts, you know a few times 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: last night? Yeah, this chair I'm sitting and doesn't have 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: a pillow, We I to complaint? Okay, we got to 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: go down that road to ask my husband. I'm a 11 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: big complaining If you just do you complain to brendon 12 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:38,360 Speaker 1: a lot? Are you kidding me? I'm just curious. I mean, also, 13 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: my husband is a former marine, Like he's like a 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: complaining marine is a happy marine. That's like what they say. 15 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: But and so yeah, I mean in general, that's like 16 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: our love language is complaining. But overall, date night is 17 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: just sitting across from each other at a candle at 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: dinner and just complaining about everything. I don't know about you, 19 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: but I'm particularly we say this every week. We might 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 1: as well just put this on a loop. But I 21 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: am particularly excited for today's episode. I am always astounded 22 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: at the diversity and the level of mastery, the variation 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 1: of mastery that we have, because all of our guests 24 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: are so different, um, you know, coming from different aspects 25 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: of the industry, which you know, of course, there's one 26 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: way to get a big break right, like you get 27 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: it right, and that including our contest, which if you haven't, 28 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 1: please go ahead and and submit your two minutes or 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: less submission to I hear voices at I Heart radio 30 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 1: dot com. Um. But honestly, like this guy was, also, 31 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: this wonderful guest of ours is no stranger to competition 32 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: or contests of this sort. I will say, yeah, it's 33 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: actually if there's the perfect person to talk about exactly 34 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: what our contest is and how you know, how your 35 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: life can change from something like this. It's our guest 36 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: who is with us today, Christie. Oh my gosh, it's 37 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: Justin Guerini. Hello, Hi, how are you? I'm doing fine? 38 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing well? Thank you? I got 39 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 1: by far the nicest background of the three, right, goodness, 40 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: what I loved you. I was just about to comment 41 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: on your background. It's very very much voiceover Boothy. Oh, 42 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you very much. Christie looks like she's 43 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: being held hostage to joke, held hostage in a tropical 44 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: location though it's very sun Thank you, thank you sunniness. 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 1: How are you doing well? Thank you well, thank you 46 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: for joining us? Hey, well, thank you very much for 47 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: having me a kid. I mean, this is great. We 48 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: know you're super busy going on, so it's really good 49 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: we're able to join us for a while. Well, no, 50 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: and I appreciate you having me on, and and just 51 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: the fact that I get to promote this show is 52 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: pretty awesome because it's fun and I've been like waiting 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: waiting for it to come out. So is this your first? 54 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 1: Is this your first big video gig? No? I mean 55 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: well I think yes, well my first like big it's 56 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: sort of like being on like multiple shows and actually 57 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: being a cast member. Yeah. I'm trying to think, can 58 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: I do anything else in the voiceover? I've done to 59 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: other cartoon voiceovers, but like never this one. We'll talk 60 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: about it in the actual interview. Unless this is the interview. 61 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: This is the actual interview. Yeah, yeah, exactly, Who's who's 62 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: the one being held hostage? I wanted? Yeah, no, I 63 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: this is the first sort of like big deal certainly 64 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: to me UM and cast member one, because I grew 65 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: up loving Disney cartoons so much, like it's like pretty 66 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: much everybody unless they've been hiding under a rock. And 67 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 1: yet I went in one day a long time, like 68 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: I'm talking like maybe fifteen years ago, and I was 69 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: meeting with some executives at Disney UM in their sort 70 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: of voice over department, because I wanted to do it, 71 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: and they were telling me about how at the time, 72 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: the gentleman who was I think only the third or 73 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: four maybe fourth voice of Mickey Mouse was starting to 74 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: get older wanting to retire, and um they were looking 75 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: for a new voice. And I just went, oh boy, 76 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: and I was and and I just like broke it 77 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: out and I was like, I've always, you know, thought 78 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: that Mickey was a fun voice. And the guys were like, uh, 79 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: do you want to come in an audition for it. 80 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 1: I was like, Yeah, I want to come in audition 81 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: from making I would love to. And so at the 82 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: time I was working for TV Guide Network and doing 83 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 1: a lot of live red carpets in studio hosting like 84 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: talk talk Talk Talk Talk talk, talk talk talk all 85 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: day long and was Awards season, and so I was 86 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: on the carpet and doing all sort of stuff that 87 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: I had to go in for this interview. I got 88 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: to go into this interview and like my voice was 89 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: feeling a little rough and like yeah, and so it's 90 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: one of those like very typical actor e l A 91 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: things to have happened, right, and and you know, fortunately 92 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: I was working, but I went in and um, you know, 93 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: I did something to the effect of say you want 94 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: to come to my club house, Well, right, let's go, 95 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: and like just doing it and having fun with it. 96 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: But it was kind of like ragging the guy. When 97 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: I came out of the booth, you was like, that 98 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: was really really awesome, And he didn't say to me 99 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: in so many words. I think later I found out 100 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: the note was like it was really close, great job, 101 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: We'd love to see you in the future. And uh. 102 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: They ended up casting from inside the actual company, which lovely, 103 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: which they love to do, right and uh. And so 104 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: then many many years later this came along and I 105 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: was like, yes, let me give it a shot. But 106 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: it was something where it was just that I got 107 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: to create all my own and and there were some 108 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: references in there. Um, and I just really took like 109 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: the idea of like the earth a cat or the 110 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 1: kit rather cat woman, but yeah, and just ran with it. 111 00:05:54,440 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: And so that's that's how cat Perker. You said you 112 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: grew up loving Disney cartoons, which ones? Like what were you? 113 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: What were your favorite cartoons growing up? My favorite of 114 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: all time? I mean like you've got Bambi, And I 115 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: remember a friend of mine who was a family friend. 116 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: She was like, she took me to that when I 117 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: was little, and she said, you just started bawling at 118 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 1: the very beginning because of the story. There were over 119 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: hard like from the start, right from the start, Uh, 120 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 1: Fox and the Hound, which funny story, not really funny, 121 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,719 Speaker 1: but it's interesting to see how how the world has changed. 122 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: Like if you go back and you watch the original 123 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: Fox in the Hound, it's dark, it is. It is 124 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: more like the grim fairy tales, where like the world 125 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: is not a perfect place and you're gonna ago. Whereas 126 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: now you look at the newer version of it and 127 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: the opening sequence is this big slapstick like literally farmer 128 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: steps on the rake sort of thing, and they're like 129 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: running around having a great time. So it's just interesting 130 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: to see how uh tastes have changed. All we say 131 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: over the over the years. UM, but my favorite, to 132 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 1: answer your question directly, of all time is The Sword 133 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: and the Stone. Not the most commercially successful Disney cartoon, 134 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: but one that just got me so much because I 135 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: think Arthur got the chance to go with Merlin, and 136 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: you know, I love the magic of it all, and 137 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: I just love that he got to have the different 138 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: perspectives of the different animals and was what he ultimately 139 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 1: needed to have in order to become the leader that 140 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: he would become. O. That's so beautiful. What about shows? 141 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: Were there any shows that you watch growing up? Were you? 142 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,840 Speaker 1: I mean like SHOs, Formers? No, any shows any any 143 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: animated sit where you like a Transformers fan or former 144 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: Definitely g I Joe and going back to look at 145 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: those p s A s are hilarious. Um, and then 146 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 1: like Gummy Bears, um, duct Tails, Yeah, dubs one for me. Yeah, 147 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: I loved all that. Um. Let's see what are the 148 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: other ones that stick out in my mind? I also 149 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: loved and still love Adults Swim Adults from like when 150 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: it first came out, with like Cow and Chicken and 151 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: Dexter's Lab and like all those things. Like so I've 152 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,600 Speaker 1: been like a cartoon junkie for that. It's like your 153 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: comfort zone. It's your comfort it is it is and 154 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 1: I was like one and it gets It's Disney like, 155 00:08:35,520 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: am I gonna sell? It's exciting. Well, let's talk a 156 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: bit about that because you we've been talking about your 157 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: show without actually really mentioning your show. So what show 158 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: do you have coming out? And who do you play? Sure? So, um, 159 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,319 Speaker 1: it is called Super Kiddies and it is a very 160 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: exciting uh show that is geared towards two to seven 161 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: year old. It'll be on Disney Junior and Disney Plus. 162 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 1: And it is all about these cats, these kiddies that 163 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: live in Kitty Dale, of course, and who want to 164 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: make it and a possum possum but from possum place 165 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 1: to live and so uh, these kitties are very special 166 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: kitties and whenever they hear the call from their friends 167 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:23,440 Speaker 1: help something's wrong, Um, they transform into the Super Kitties. 168 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:27,080 Speaker 1: And they each have individual powers and unique powers. And 169 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: so who I play is the reason why they get 170 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: the call a lot of times, and that is Cat Burglar. 171 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 1: He is a sneaky, slinky Nina bad guy. I get 172 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: to play the bad guy it's great, yeah, I mean, 173 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: but bad, really bad. He's not so bad. I think 174 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: he does uh, he does something like the wrong things 175 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 1: for the right reasons, right, and so you know, yeah, 176 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: he will go and as his name would suggest, he 177 00:09:56,200 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: will cat burgle things from people, uh and pets around 178 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: Kitty Dale. Um. But it's always because he needs something 179 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: or because he thinks that's going to help him get 180 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: something else. And what I love about him is that, 181 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:15,319 Speaker 1: always and forever, every single time he is eventually caught 182 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:19,640 Speaker 1: by the super kitties, he gives the stuff back. He apologizes. 183 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,440 Speaker 1: He always admits that. Yeah, he always admits that he's 184 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: done something wrong, and he learns a very valuable lesson. 185 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: And I think that's so important now, especially for kids, 186 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 1: because I have a nine year old, a twelve year old, 187 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: and then my stepdaughter just turned eighteen yesterday. Yeah wild right. 188 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: And so I mean, kids now, when it comes to 189 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: making mistakes, I mean, that's like the worst thing you 190 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: could possibly do to them, right. They don't want to 191 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 1: raise their hand necessarily in class. My my boys really 192 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: complain about that, and yet I encourage them. I like, 193 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: you know, what mistakes are like the best way that 194 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 1: you can learn getting it is. You know, strong and 195 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: wrong is what my my acchoired director used to say. Right, 196 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: It's like we're gonna just sing out, so we'll no 197 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: be strong and wrong, right, strong and wrong, so we 198 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: know where the mistakes are right. And so that being said, 199 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 1: I think that one of the things that I love 200 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: about this show, and especially about cat Burglar's role in 201 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: this show, is that his job. He comes in and 202 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:17,559 Speaker 1: he makes plenty of mistakes, yet he always takes responsibility 203 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: for it, He always apologizes for it, he always learns 204 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: his lesson, he always gives the stuff back that he takes. 205 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 1: So I think that's it's important for kids to know 206 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: that you can make a mistake and still grow and 207 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: still be Okay, Okay, so we'll hold on, hold on. 208 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 1: Do you think I have a six year old and 209 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,120 Speaker 1: I have a three turning four year old? Okay, and 210 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: my six year old is when I say obsessed with cats, like, 211 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: I don't know if you understand, she has been obsessed 212 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: with cats and kittens. With have a Bengal cat in 213 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: her house and she just loves it to death and 214 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: it and and she I mean, I cannot tell you 215 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: how obsessed this girl as a cat. She is going 216 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: to I am going to you watching you all the time. 217 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 1: Every day, I'm going to tell her I know cat. 218 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: She's gonna freak out. Yeah. I don't know what it 219 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 1: is about cats, but like when we were growing up, 220 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: I think we all love teddy bears and like puppies 221 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: and cabbage kids. But I think, like if there was 222 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: I don't know what it is, and I don't know 223 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: if this is a generational thing. But cats are big 224 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: right now. Okay, cats are so big. Cats are in 225 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: and I'm happy to that I get to play one 226 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: of them. And another thing, just does your daughter like music? 227 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 1: She loves music and cats singing music? Are are you 228 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: singing as well? I might be singing a little bit 229 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: of Well, look, I'll tell you this much if you 230 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: if you love cats, great, if you love music extra great. 231 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: Because each one of the twenty two minute episodes has 232 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: an original song in it. So I mean it is 233 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 1: it is music, it is cats, It is uhen ship 234 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: and favorite. But it will be your daughter because she's 235 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: like twenty something, right, But listen to I really do 236 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: appreciate it. And it's the face the face of your 237 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 1: demographic Okay, Like really, I love it because, um, like 238 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: you're saying, they're taking cat Burglars taking accountability. And you know, 239 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: usually when we see villains they're very villainy. Um. But 240 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,240 Speaker 1: I have noticed in the program programming that Disney Junior 241 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: has been doing lately is that they're making it, you know, 242 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 1: nothing's too scary and nothing's too bad where the villains 243 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: can't come back from it. And I think that's wonderful. 244 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: How do you how do you approach a villain character 245 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,959 Speaker 1: that's not too hate herbal right? And I think, well, 246 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: it comes down to the great writing that's on the show, 247 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 1: first of all, and and then it comes down also 248 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: to the way that the actual super Kitties handle things, 249 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: you know, meaning cat Burglar can get away, cat Burglar 250 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: can tease, right, cat Burglar plays cat and mouse with 251 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: them all the time. And yet at the end of 252 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: the day, when cat Burglar does eventually get caught, because 253 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: he gets caught every single time, um, the super Kitties 254 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: always treat him with respect. They're like, hey, look, this 255 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: wasn't right, but we hear you because because cat Burglar 256 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: always explains why he does something with anything, he's really 257 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: important right to know that it's not just because he's 258 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: mean or because he's just somebody who likes to steal things, 259 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: right now, he always has a reason, and he's always 260 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: trying to just like kids, just get their needs met, 261 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: just like anybody trying to get their needs met. But 262 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: he goes about it in a way that can sometimes 263 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: make other people feel sad, can sometimes make other people, um, 264 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: hurt other people's feelings, and so you know, in order 265 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: to then take all of that and make sure that 266 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: I honor the fact that these great writing and the 267 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: super Kitties themselves really treat him with respect, it's in 268 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: the voicing side of it. Really, it's just making sure 269 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: that he never gets to mean right. Like he can 270 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: like tease and it's like really fun to be teasy, 271 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: but to never like make it a little too uh 272 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: nan nanny boo boo, if you know what I'm saying. Saying, 273 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: but like and at the same time also just keep 274 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: him light, keep him fun. And and so again I 275 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: rest heavily on the great writing in the show, but 276 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: really it's just about making sure that it always has 277 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 1: this undercurrent of fun, always has an undercurrent. I mean, 278 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: obviously it's a high pitched voice, um, and so Um, 279 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: that helps, right, But to just always keep in mind 280 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: and remember that he is and he doesn't want anybody 281 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: to know it, but that he's really a good kittie 282 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: at heart. Are we allowed to hear the voice? Are 283 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: we allowed to hear it yet? Or oh sure, it's 284 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: no problem. I mean it's up here. And sometimes he 285 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,160 Speaker 1: gets a little like, hey, come on, guys, can't catch 286 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:06,080 Speaker 1: me that, you know. So it's like never to it's 287 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: never like Growley or anything like that. But um, but 288 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: it's it's just so fun to hear him like work 289 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: out a problem and you know, even I think the 290 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: worst thing and it's not really bad at all. It's 291 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: like sometimes he turns around, he goes super kid, right, 292 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: you know. You see he doesn't necessarily like the fact 293 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: that the super kitties come and try and uh yeah, 294 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: he's always having fun. That's so interesting. So the range 295 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: of your voice is fascinating to me. So obviously we 296 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: there's a lot of folks right well that we that 297 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: we know. Maggia is one of them where they are 298 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 1: able to do they have these beautiful, rich, deeper voices, 299 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: you know, because I don't know in terms of are 300 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: you what are you are? You are you a baritone? 301 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: Like no, no, no, I would be a high tenor 302 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: when it I'm just singing. Yeah, but it's really interesting 303 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: because I you know, and then you know, as you 304 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: both no doubt, no, you know you talked throughout the 305 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: day and you you have everything kind of drops a 306 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 1: little bit lower. But um, and when you have the 307 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: old you know, the old SMB seven and then do 308 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,280 Speaker 1: you have a when you have annoyment over there? What 309 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: are you rocking annoyment? There will something serious? I don't 310 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: know's I've got my my my, I have the m 311 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: x L, I have the old nine thousand whatever. It's rocking. 312 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,520 Speaker 1: It sounds great. And so yeah, the the whole point, 313 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 1: like you know what I mean. So like it's the 314 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: microphones definitely come into play. But for me, I've always 315 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: had a bit of a higher register, and um, as 316 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: I get older, it definitely drops and I'm like more 317 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: in the speaking baritone zone. But like almost every single 318 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: day I will warm up my voice and I'll warm it, 319 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,920 Speaker 1: whip up and and to make sure that I keep 320 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: that range. And literally it's just keeping the your chords 321 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: flexible and the muscles around them flexible. That helps, you know, 322 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: and someday I'll get to play, you know, maybe a 323 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: character that has a little bit more of this, you know, 324 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,680 Speaker 1: and I love like doing. At the end of the day, 325 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: you know, there's like like like the was that the 326 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 1: guy from h Inspector gadgets another one? Right? Yeah? Right, 327 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: yeah exactly so yeah, so I just I'd like to 328 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,600 Speaker 1: it's the spirit of play at the end of the day. 329 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: One of the reasons why I love Super Katies so 330 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: much is because there is this undercurrent. Even when the 331 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: Super Katies are chasing Cat Burglar, it's play and um 332 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 1: for two to seven year olds. I don't know about 333 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: your two to seven year olds. With my two seven 334 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,200 Speaker 1: year olds when they were two to seven, um, that's 335 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: all they want to do. And even when Cat Burgers 336 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: being chased by the Super Katies, even when he gets 337 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 1: caught all the things, it's always play. And so for 338 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: me developing vocal characters, UM comes down to just being 339 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 1: willing to play, being willing to fail, being willing to 340 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: get it so unbelievably wrong. UM, because at the very 341 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: least you'd learn what doesn't work, and at the very 342 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: uh most, you find these new things that you wouldn't 343 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: have otherwise found if you tried to play it safe, dude. 344 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: We talk about that all the time on here, and 345 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,080 Speaker 1: and we inspire people, like we have a really big 346 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:15,080 Speaker 1: contest where we try to inspire people. I'm sure contest 347 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:17,880 Speaker 1: going right now. That's very exciting because we're giving someone 348 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: their big break and giving them there a year contract 349 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 1: with C E. SD and right see his face, it's like, yeah, 350 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: that's one of the things you want. You can have 351 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: the website. So we wanted to talk you about, you know, 352 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 1: American Idol a little bit of course, because that's essentially 353 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,119 Speaker 1: what we've You don't mind, yeah, I mean, if you 354 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: don't mind, it is our super awesome contest to become 355 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 1: the next big voice actor and you get flown up. 356 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: That's the entire title title. You're flown out to Los Angeles, 357 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: you have lunch with us, you meet your agent, you 358 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 1: get to sign for a year with C E. S D. 359 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: Thousand dollars, you in a thousand dollars you do promost 360 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: for for our show hard Radio. The website. It's awesome. 361 00:19:59,680 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 1: If two minute entry no more, no longer to I 362 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: hear voices at I heart radio dot com. There you go, 363 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: American idol. Obviously they say, oh, that's your break, but 364 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: the fact remains, you started training and singing well before 365 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: any of the Atlanta Choir. I mean that's at the 366 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 1: boy Atlanta Boys Choir, which is obviously known throughout the world. 367 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,479 Speaker 1: So I mean, can you can you walk us through 368 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of how you got started with everything, 369 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 1: not just idol, but before how you just found your 370 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: love of what you're doing now, found your voice. Yeah, 371 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: that's it. I found beautiful, beautiful intro um. Yes. So 372 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: really it just came down to, like everyone else, I 373 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,400 Speaker 1: just sang with my parents in the car, and one 374 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: day somebody at a school, it was out of doors 375 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 1: schools what it was called in Georgia, was like said 376 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: to my uh dad in very uh typical Southern fashion, 377 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: they said, but your son can carry a tune in 378 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: a bucket. And so from there, uh, they just saw 379 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: that I kind of just was able to to sing. 380 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: And we had this big piano in the hallway and 381 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: I would I would hear things and I would plunk 382 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: it out. You know. It was about four and I 383 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 1: wasn't like Mozart being in the stretch imagination, but like 384 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:25,760 Speaker 1: I would plunk out melodies and I just showed an 385 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,879 Speaker 1: interest and so at four years old they had me 386 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: auditioned for the Atlanta Boys Choir and I ended up 387 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: getting in four years four. Yeah, so I was a 388 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: little boy soprano and that was this intro. My my 389 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: conductor was named Wolskang, so you know, it was for 390 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:47,479 Speaker 1: real and and so that was my entry into the 391 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: world of choir, into the world of both sacred and 392 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,679 Speaker 1: secular music. And you know, it didn't hurt to have 393 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: the parents that I have. My mom was one of 394 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: the first anchor women on CNN when it started up 395 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 1: in the early d My dad was chief of police 396 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: in Atlanta, on the force for thirty plus years. So 397 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 1: I grew so I grew up around the lights, the politics, 398 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: the cameras, the everything, and so that certainly was a 399 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: huge catalyst for everything that I do. And then just 400 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 1: would go on from there to to continue to sing 401 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: in school and audition for for you know, local theaters 402 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: and whatnot, and then um, I would go away. I 403 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: went to college for vocal performance at University of the Arts, 404 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: studied theater there as well, and dance there as well. 405 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,000 Speaker 1: So it was always just always always geared towards performance, 406 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,919 Speaker 1: and as happens. You know, the people say lucky break right, 407 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 1: But what is luck luck is preparation meeting opportunity, as 408 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: we know. And so I was just prepared from a 409 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,719 Speaker 1: very young age, went to school for it, um and 410 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: and studied it. And then all of a sudden, this 411 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:59,440 Speaker 1: opportunity show nobody had ever heard of came along. And 412 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 1: it was at my first sort of like entry into 413 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,360 Speaker 1: the scene because I've been auditioning for another Disney project 414 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: called The Lion King shame didn't do well. Uh yeah, 415 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: and in and out of theaters, out of theaters, and 416 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: so I was auditioning for the Broadway show. Uh and 417 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: about four years I had been auditioning for it, had 418 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 1: done everything that you could possibly do other than set 419 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:24,920 Speaker 1: foot on the stage with a contract in my hand, 420 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 1: and um, as things happen, I get this yellow piece 421 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: of paper from the show nobody had ever heard of, 422 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,159 Speaker 1: called a golden ticket to go to Los Angeles, a 423 00:23:35,200 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 1: place I've never been at the time, in two thousand two. 424 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: And that very same week I get a call from 425 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: the casting office of course Lion King, and they're like 426 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: and so I'm like, oh, really, well, there's this show 427 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: in l A. Can I call you back in a week? 428 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: I might get cut. Let me call you back in 429 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: a week. And so I got out to l A 430 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: long story slightly less long. I am at the point 431 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 1: where I have to say yeah or nay to the 432 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 1: Lion King, or yea or nay to this show called 433 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 1: American I don't nobody had heard of. And Hollywood Week 434 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 1: is designed to just wear you out, designed to yeah, 435 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,200 Speaker 1: designed to test you to see if you can handle 436 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 1: being on the big show, which is like go go, go, Go, 437 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 1: Go go go. And so I was walking down the 438 00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: aisle at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, shockingly enough, 439 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 1: and uh, I looked up at the stage with the 440 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: American Idle logo and the smoke and the lights and 441 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: the production and the camera on the jib arm. And 442 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: then I looked over into the orchestra section where all 443 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: of my you know, friends and competitors were chatting and 444 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: they were exhausted. I was exhausted, and I remember just 445 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 1: breaking out, just just bawling and crying. And it was 446 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,439 Speaker 1: not something that I did at twenty two. Now that 447 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: I'm married and have three children and two dogs, like 448 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,479 Speaker 1: crying comes a lot easier when I feel sorry for myself, right, 449 00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: but like, uhh yeah, I'm tired, yeah really that emotional trained. 450 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: And yet I remember looking up at the stage and 451 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: thinking to myself, Oh my goodness, that stage that I'm 452 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: performing on, that I'm doing these things that I've really 453 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: never done before in this kind of way on the show. 454 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: That's the same stage that Michael Jackson at the fiftieth 455 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: anniversary of Motown did the moon walk for the first time. 456 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: So many of the people that I love and have 457 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,879 Speaker 1: inspired me to have a music career have performed on 458 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 1: this stage. And I don't know what it was. I 459 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: would like to say God, but that's just what my 460 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:39,120 Speaker 1: belief system that like this voice said do this. And so, 461 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: like a just strange person, I called up the Lion 462 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: King Disney and I said, thank you so very much, 463 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 1: please to consider me in the future, but I'm gonna try. 464 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: I'm I just gotta go for this other show. I 465 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 1: wasn't in the top thirty, which was like the big 466 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,040 Speaker 1: sort of cut off I had. I could have been 467 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: cut the very next day, but there was something that 468 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: said do it, and so I called him up. I 469 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: said thank you so very much, but please keep me 470 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: in mind the future. And the really awesome bow of 471 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: this whole story is that about ten eleven years later, 472 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 1: I would make my debut on Broadway in a show 473 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:20,679 Speaker 1: called Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Yeah, 474 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,399 Speaker 1: and so depend on film, right, Oh you did there 475 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 1: you go? Yeah? Yeah, Well it didn't last very long, 476 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: but I would make my I would make my debut 477 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 1: being like Patti Lapone and Brian Stokes Mitchell's son in 478 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 1: this in this uh great Broadway show that didn't get 479 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: as much as us do as it deserves, but we 480 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: would have our opening night party in the same hotel, 481 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,919 Speaker 1: in the same conference room that I first sat and 482 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,080 Speaker 1: waited an audition for American Idol. Wow, it all comes back. 483 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 1: It just came right back around for me. So I 484 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: think I made the right choice. And now here I 485 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: am almost seven seven Broadway shows later. Yes, I was 486 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:03,679 Speaker 1: gonna say, and shows and I mean best author author. 487 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:08,160 Speaker 1: They always say with the with the you know you've 488 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: been waiting to do, uh Lion King and then Idol 489 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: comes up. They always say, as an actor, if there's 490 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: one audition you really want, book nonrefundable plane tickets on 491 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,720 Speaker 1: the day of the audition. So that's then you know 492 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: for a fact you're gonna get it. That's like you 493 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,240 Speaker 1: gotta do something there. So but let me is that 494 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:29,840 Speaker 1: another audition secret? Will uh? Let me let me ask 495 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: you a question then, because to bring it back selfishly 496 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:38,119 Speaker 1: to I, hear voices, Um, how important was Idle to you? 497 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: You know, in somebody giving you that break? I mean 498 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 1: it is is it? I mean it's do you look 499 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: back at that and say, Man, what my life would 500 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,120 Speaker 1: have been had I not taken that opportunity? You know, 501 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: I wonder sometimes, but I just would have been in 502 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,720 Speaker 1: the lion king, um, not the second place to go? Right, 503 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,680 Speaker 1: not a bad not a bad fallback right? Yeah? Yeah, 504 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: And and so I do think, like I wonder what 505 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 1: it would have been like. But I know, just for 506 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:08,880 Speaker 1: a fact, because I've been able to do so many 507 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 1: interesting and cool things that I've forgotten about, people will 508 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 1: come and remind me of things, or there is uh 509 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,359 Speaker 1: someone her name is Judy, and she from the very 510 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: beginning has kept track of everything and anything that I've 511 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: done publicly and just like notated it on a website. Yeah, 512 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: it's a huge shout out to Judy and and you know, 513 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,400 Speaker 1: and and this is not someone who's just sitting around. 514 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: She's like a lawyer, she has like her own boots, 515 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,679 Speaker 1: and yet she just wanted to do this. And it 516 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: is such a blessing because I'm like, oh my god, 517 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: I totally forgot that I did all that. Oh my god, 518 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: I totally forgot that I met that person. And the 519 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: long and the short of it is that American Idol 520 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 1: gave me like not just a foot, but like propelled 521 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: the body through the doorway that most people are trying 522 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: to get through, so much so that now here, you know, 523 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,840 Speaker 1: twenty years later. It was pre social media. It was 524 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: pre you know, so many of the things that we 525 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 1: know to use to leverage a brand, and yet you 526 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: can't get thirty million people to watch anything anything live 527 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: on TV phenomenon. I am not a musical guy. I 528 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: I don't sing, I don't dance. I watched every week. 529 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,200 Speaker 1: I watched every week at the beginning, So it was 530 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: it was one of those things where it brought everybody 531 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: together and everybody watched every week. Something like that just 532 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:31,800 Speaker 1: doesn't exist anymore. But that then brings me to something 533 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 1: I want to talk to you a bit about because 534 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: it's I know it's hugely important to you, um, and 535 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: something that we like to try to take a bigger role. 536 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,320 Speaker 1: And then we're trying with this contest. But you're a mentor, 537 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 1: You're a mentor to other people that are up and coming. 538 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: Can you talk a little bit about what that's like. Yeah. 539 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: I had a very very very off putting audition experience 540 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: UM a few years back, and so much so. It 541 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: was for a major, major musical that you know, we 542 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: all know and love of. And yet the experience itself, uh, 543 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:10,680 Speaker 1: in short, was three months of my time, wasted energy, money, everything. Uh. 544 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: And what happened was is that I was asked to 545 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 1: jump through all kinds of hoops, flaming hoops. Uh. You 546 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: know Acilene who all the hoops? And at the end 547 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 1: of it, after three months of my time learning a 548 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: significant amount of material, going in, staying in hotels, like 549 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 1: doing all the things that we do in order to 550 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: really make sure that we deliver in the room. UM, 551 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: they just were like, no, and we here know all 552 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,920 Speaker 1: the time in this business all the time, but but 553 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 1: there's something to be said for no. And maybe here's 554 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,400 Speaker 1: why are no? And hey keep keep coming back or no, 555 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,719 Speaker 1: some takeaway something. Yeah, it can be very hard. I mean, 556 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: and don't even gonna starting the voiceover world. It's just 557 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: like you're screaming into the void sometimes or most of 558 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: the time. Right. And yet I realized, wait a minute, 559 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: it once I got over myself and I was like, 560 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:04,800 Speaker 1: should I am be in this? Like I can't, Like 561 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: I'm not at the top of the charts, but I'm 562 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,640 Speaker 1: also not starting out either, And if they can do 563 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 1: this to me, then imagine what they're doing to people 564 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 1: who don't have the experience, who don't have the agents, 565 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: who don't have the team and everything that I have. 566 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: And so that's when I thought, oh, my goodness. You know, 567 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 1: the audition is the way that we get gigs. It 568 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: is the it's it's our it's the way that we 569 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: you know, everything is kind of like an audition. Whether 570 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 1: we want an agent or a manager or whatever, we're 571 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: having to audition, having to prove our value. And yet 572 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: I realized, like, oh, I've been through a lot of auditions, 573 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: and I've seen a lot of stuff. I've not only 574 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: been on the side of the audition or table or 575 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 1: the audition ee rather, but the person that is being 576 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 1: auditioned for as well, and I see so many of 577 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,880 Speaker 1: the same mistakes, and so just like you being a 578 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: mentor for me, The way I like to kind of 579 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: think of it is that I love taking people by 580 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: the hand and walking them down the road of whatever 581 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 1: it is that they're trying to do in auditions, helping 582 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: them avoid the potholes, helping them, you know, know where 583 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: the hairpin turns without any guardrails are, in order to 584 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,920 Speaker 1: get them to their goal, get them to where they 585 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: want to go. Yeah, they're gonna make mistakes their own, 586 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: but they don't have to make my mistakes. They don't 587 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,320 Speaker 1: have to make the mistakes that everyone else makes, and 588 00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: it's just going further faster. That's why you hire a 589 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:23,880 Speaker 1: good mentor, right, That's why people want to be a 590 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: part of your contest, because you get to go further 591 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: faster and in this ever changing, high paced world, that's 592 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: that's vital. That's great. Thank you. We were It's funny 593 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: because Christy and I often talk about because we both 594 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: started so young, you know, we were both child actors, 595 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: and so it's one of those things where you it 596 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: can be it can be a dangerous road. There's no 597 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: other way to say it. It's not what you know. 598 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 1: It can be depressing or upsetting. No, it can be dangerous. 599 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: So knowing that there are people out there that are 600 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: actually looking out for the next generation that is up 601 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 1: and coming is hugely important and something that a lot 602 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: of people needed or need still nowadays because you're right Yecially, 603 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,840 Speaker 1: you're supposed to make your own mistakes. That's a point 604 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: of growing up. Uh, and you're growing up in the 605 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: business and becoming better at what you're doing. Of course, 606 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,640 Speaker 1: you know they say, what is it. No, Um, no 607 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,960 Speaker 1: great sailor ever learned anything in calm Sea's So it's 608 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 1: just I mean, that's just the way it is. So uh. 609 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,320 Speaker 1: But knowing that there's a great captain out there who's 610 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: going to teach you the ropes not mixed metaphors, um, 611 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,160 Speaker 1: but it's but it's pretty wonderful. So uh, yeah, it's 612 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 1: great that you're doing that, and please keep that up 613 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,600 Speaker 1: because it's sure. But I think it's now more than ever, 614 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: especially with the kids coming up and I mean kids 615 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,360 Speaker 1: like anyone, from kids like you are when you first started, 616 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: to people who are in their twenties coming out of college. 617 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,640 Speaker 1: I mean, we are so at least in this country. 618 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:54,600 Speaker 1: We are so fame obsessed, we are so um obsessed 619 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,400 Speaker 1: with you. Yeah well, yeah, well, and but there's something 620 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: to be said for being selfish, but then there's something 621 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: to be said for being self centered, right, And so 622 00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: when we selfish and we don't realize that it's selfish, 623 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:09,959 Speaker 1: when we get caught up in in what I've heard 624 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 1: called vanity metrics, the likes, the subscribers, the number of 625 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,359 Speaker 1: auditions that we've gone on, right, or the number of 626 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: this that those are just vanity metrics that make our 627 00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 1: ego feel better, right, Because go to your supermarket and 628 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,920 Speaker 1: try and pay for your food with subscribers or likes 629 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: right there, they'll kick you out. So really, then focusing 630 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 1: on what matters, and you say, it's a dangerous road. 631 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,760 Speaker 1: Oh yes, because we get caught up in allowing our 632 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:42,919 Speaker 1: value to be determined by the number of people clapping, right, 633 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,279 Speaker 1: or the number of people liking, or the number of 634 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: how much money we're making, And that's not it. And 635 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,399 Speaker 1: so I'm so glad that you're doing things like this. 636 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,920 Speaker 1: I'm glad that I get to do stuff like I 637 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: do because I'm shifting and I know you are as well. 638 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:02,799 Speaker 1: Shifting the perspective away from all that vanity stuff and 639 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,799 Speaker 1: more towards like, hey, here the nuts and bolts. You're 640 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,360 Speaker 1: gonna make huge mistakes. But if you're willing to fail, 641 00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: like you like to talk about here, if you're willing 642 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,839 Speaker 1: to just go for it, you're going to discover so 643 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,800 Speaker 1: much about yourself. And I will guarantee you every single 644 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 1: thing that I've ever done that has had any sort 645 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: of success in it, whether that's the Little Sweet commercials 646 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:28,960 Speaker 1: or this Disney project or American Idol or Broadway, I 647 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:33,200 Speaker 1: have failed miserably, but I've been willing to fail because 648 00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 1: in those moments of failure, I'm like, oh, that doesn't work, 649 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: or in those moments of I don't know what's gonna 650 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: come out next, let's see what happens. Like that thing, 651 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: that reason why we got into this business, that unique 652 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: X factor, if you will, not to talk about another show, 653 00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: but that that X factor that is unique to us 654 00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: and us alone, is allowed to shine through. Man. That's 655 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: great that you are a wonderful guest and we're so 656 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 1: lucky to have you on. And obviously I told you 657 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm I'm already a fan of the show and I 658 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:08,799 Speaker 1: will be watching it yeah, alright, So I have a 659 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 1: question that I have a question for you. You're you 660 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 1: get to pick your ultimate voice over role. Who do 661 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:21,080 Speaker 1: you play any character? No matter what you are the 662 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:25,800 Speaker 1: voice of, who's it gonna be? Wow? Is it Mickey? 663 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,919 Speaker 1: You know what? I love Mickey, as we all do. 664 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:33,560 Speaker 1: The one thing about well you know what, Yeah, Mickey 665 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,879 Speaker 1: would be super fun. I mean I take it from 666 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 1: like also, I think like a life perspective because it's like, 667 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,759 Speaker 1: you do Mickey, and that's probably all you're gonna do. 668 00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,920 Speaker 1: That's your job. That's your job until you've just written 669 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:51,200 Speaker 1: the first line of your obituary. Right, Yeah. Yeah, that's 670 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,839 Speaker 1: interesting with these shows. It's interesting with these like really 671 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,360 Speaker 1: popular shows, right like um Wicked, for example, I was 672 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: in that on Broadway. There are people who been in 673 00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:00,360 Speaker 1: that from the very beginning. Lion King. I could have 674 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 1: been in that maybe a couple of years into it, 675 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,359 Speaker 1: and we called the Golden Handcuffs, right, It's like, oh, 676 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:12,319 Speaker 1: it's like, oh, you're like the gilded Cage. Yeah it is. 677 00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 1: It is gold handcuffs, gilded cage and all that stuff. 678 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:18,600 Speaker 1: So I would say Nicky would be really fun, But um, 679 00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 1: I would love to play um like a really comedic, fun, 680 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: goofy character. Um, you know, like something along the lines 681 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,400 Speaker 1: of and and you know, who could ever possibly do 682 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,240 Speaker 1: this better than then he could? But like the Genie 683 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,120 Speaker 1: with Robin Williams where you can just go off, you 684 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:40,759 Speaker 1: know like that with that kind of character. So, you know, 685 00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: would I have a character that I've always loved? Um, 686 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,279 Speaker 1: I can't like picking which breath I like exactly, But yeah, 687 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,959 Speaker 1: I seem to be more the Disney side than say 688 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,759 Speaker 1: superhero side. So it's not like, oh, I want to 689 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,440 Speaker 1: play Superman or I want to play Batman, or I 690 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,560 Speaker 1: want to play interesting. But like I think it would 691 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: be on It would be interesting, But I think I 692 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: like more of the fun characters. I mean, you know, 693 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,959 Speaker 1: nothing would be just having my voice and just using 694 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,440 Speaker 1: it like that, right, But there's something to be said for, 695 00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: you know, some of the more you know, fun guys. 696 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,080 Speaker 1: You know, I don't know. It just seems fun to me. 697 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:21,239 Speaker 1: Make bold choices bold that so interesting? Interesting? How about 698 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,719 Speaker 1: a villain if you ever want? I mean, we've got 699 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: kies with super kitties, We've got you know, it's kind 700 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,400 Speaker 1: of the fun young more other than being a villain. 701 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: It's more just kind of finding your way and maybe 702 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,840 Speaker 1: not always taking the right path. What about a super 703 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,800 Speaker 1: villain something along those lines could be pretty I'd always 704 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:44,799 Speaker 1: love to play the Joker. Yeah, that would be like 705 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,000 Speaker 1: that would again, it's just like more of like the 706 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: sort of real crazy guy. And I actually got to 707 00:38:49,719 --> 00:38:52,839 Speaker 1: meet Mark hamill uh during one Tony's and I was like, 708 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 1: I don't know if I love you more for Luke 709 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 1: or for the Joker. Yeah. We were when we were 710 00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,759 Speaker 1: doing Return of the Joke and I was just sitting 711 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,799 Speaker 1: in between him and Kevin Conroy for a week. It 712 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,560 Speaker 1: was the most insane thing in the world watching the 713 00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: two of them go back and forth. It's like, I 714 00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,960 Speaker 1: don't even belong in this room. Yeah I know, it's 715 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:14,200 Speaker 1: the greatest. Yeah, so that character. And you know they've 716 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,400 Speaker 1: I've I've actually auditioned for it and they didn't want 717 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,879 Speaker 1: you to do the Mark version of it. But they've 718 00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: had a bunch of different kind of you know, some 719 00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,400 Speaker 1: people are just like this is the joke, like we 720 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,440 Speaker 1: like interesting like choices on the Joker. So but but yeah, 721 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:30,560 Speaker 1: I would. I would. I would steal greatly from Mark 722 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,320 Speaker 1: Cambll's version. Everyone would. That's just the way it is. 723 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:36,160 Speaker 1: When you got the best, you kind of go okay, 724 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:39,440 Speaker 1: yeah exactly. It's like yeah, exactly right, yeah, I'll be 725 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,279 Speaker 1: the cheaper version, right exactly. That's what they say. It's 726 00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:47,600 Speaker 1: like I'm diet I'm I'm diet joker exactly. So other 727 00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,480 Speaker 1: than super kitties, where else can everybody find you? Oh 728 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:51,799 Speaker 1: my goodness? Well, all you have to do is just 729 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,439 Speaker 1: search on social media at Justin Guarini. If you can't 730 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,959 Speaker 1: spell that, don't worry. Just took look up the guy 731 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: with from American idol with the hair that help, right. 732 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,160 Speaker 1: A couple of other people will come up, but I'm 733 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: the one. I'm the Justin little I was gonna say 734 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,719 Speaker 1: when I thought the guy with the with the huge 735 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:08,279 Speaker 1: mohawk would have yeah, yeah, yeah, he'll come up. He'll 736 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:09,839 Speaker 1: come up to he's a lovely guy by the way. 737 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,520 Speaker 1: Um but uh yeah and that and just you know, 738 00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,840 Speaker 1: you can find everything from my book to wacky videos 739 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:20,640 Speaker 1: of my children driving me crazy all there on social 740 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,120 Speaker 1: media at Justin Guarini. And don't forget to catch super 741 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 1: Kiddies on Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney Plus. It's 742 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: out now, please go watch it. It sounds like a 743 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,360 Speaker 1: ton of fun. Yeah. I don't know if anybody's going 744 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:33,680 Speaker 1: to be more excited than you about it, though, I 745 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:40,000 Speaker 1: think a little six year old that's yes. Well, you know, 746 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 1: it takes so long. It takes so long for all 747 00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,960 Speaker 1: for all the voicing and the the animation and stuff 748 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,319 Speaker 1: like that. So you know, it's just been I feel 749 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,160 Speaker 1: like I've just been like sitting on my hands for 750 00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,240 Speaker 1: like the better part of a year wait more actually 751 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: waiting for this to happen. So now that it's finally here, 752 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,600 Speaker 1: I couldn't be more excited. Sounded on the rooftop, so gratulations. 753 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:01,279 Speaker 1: This is the coolest thing in the world. And thank 754 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 1: you again for mentoring everybody else coming out check out 755 00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,840 Speaker 1: his book and you know all the social media stuff 756 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,359 Speaker 1: and of course Super Kitties which is coming. And thank 757 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,919 Speaker 1: you so much for joining us. Really it's very cool, 758 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,000 Speaker 1: and we want to have you back on when we 759 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: are in the midst of our contest, we'll we'll fring 760 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,200 Speaker 1: you out an absolutely on. Maybe you can help come 761 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,279 Speaker 1: and mentor one of the one of the younger voice 762 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 1: over actors as they would love to bread and Butter. 763 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,600 Speaker 1: I love it awesome. Thank you so much. For joining us. 764 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:28,520 Speaker 1: Go check out everything he's doing. Because I don't know 765 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,560 Speaker 1: about you, but I'm pretty inspired right now. I mean, 766 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,960 Speaker 1: and I think, thank you, thank you so much. Justice, 767 00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:38,680 Speaker 1: Yeah my pleasure. Yeah. Thanks. That was amazing. I mean, 768 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,520 Speaker 1: it's so inspiring to to talk to him, and I 769 00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,080 Speaker 1: feel like I could run like two or three miles 770 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: after right, right, It's just it's somebody who's so positive 771 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:51,400 Speaker 1: and who who um, I mean, just it was. I know. 772 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,279 Speaker 1: We've talked about our contest a whole bunch of times. Again, 773 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: it's a super awesome Christy, it's the super awesome contest 774 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,279 Speaker 1: to become. It's the super awesome contest. I can't look 775 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 1: at it to become. The next it is and your 776 00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,400 Speaker 1: big break, people, it's your break break. January ninth to 777 00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:12,000 Speaker 1: February nine, Enter again and up to a two minute video. 778 00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,880 Speaker 1: We've talked about this. Do whatever you want voice over wise, uh, 779 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,879 Speaker 1: please enter because we're gonna find you and don't ever 780 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,799 Speaker 1: forget if you think you have what it takes to 781 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,359 Speaker 1: step up to the microphone, put your voices where your 782 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,200 Speaker 1: mouth is. Thanks everybody, by guys I Hear Voices is 783 00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: hosted by Wilfred l and Christy Carlson Romano Executive produced 784 00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,040 Speaker 1: by Wilford L. Brendan Rooney, Amy Sugarman and Vicky Ernst Chang. 785 00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:34,719 Speaker 1: Our executive in charge of production is Danielle Romo, Our 786 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,520 Speaker 1: producer is Lorraine Vera Wez and our editor slash engineer 787 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,399 Speaker 1: is Brian Burton. And that was my announcer voice. Some 788 00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,480 Speaker 1: side effects of listening to I Hear Voices are sore 789 00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,239 Speaker 1: abs from hilarity falling down the Coco melon rabbit hole, 790 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:49,200 Speaker 1: sneezing due to mass nostalgia, and hugs. 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