News: Humor

The incredible voice acting talent and wit grows annually in Terry Daniel’s Voice Talent Holiday Greeting, now it’s seventh year, featuring skits and holiday wishes from 48 (!) voice actors across the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Set your deadlines aside and enjoy 23:14 minutes that will make you smile, laugh, and warmed in knowing you’re a part the fabulous voice over community …

Hello dear Santa / In hopes to assist / I’ve compiled some gifts / for the lovely Voice Actors / you find on your list …

Just when you think it’s safe to turn on the mic – Rrrrrrrrrrrrgh! The Leaf Blower Man shows up next door. (For our colleagues in the Southeast, this would be the Palm Tree Trimmer Guy.) Well, voice actor Joe Thomas has had enough of it. Leaf blowers are the scourge of VO, he shouts – or rather, sings (quite nicely) in this parody, set to the tune of the Beatles’ hit, “Nowhere Man” …

The client demands a sexier voice for her perfume commercial. The VO in the booth is upbeat, but just isn’t right for the job. So – what’s the producer do? You’re gonna laugh. Brief video humor from Hyperbolic Audio …

When the recorded voice on the phone (hey – maybe it’s yours!) asks you to state what your call is about, does your reply start softly … and wind up shouting? Well, you’re not alone. So you gotta see this short video …

A couple of weeks ago I got an email from an aspiring voice talent. He said he was new to the business and asked if I could pass along the names of some of my e-learning and e-book clients. Okaaaaay …

Verbal shorthand can be a useful time-saver during a recording session, observes veteran voice talent Billy James – but it only works if you and your VO director have the same understanding of what that shorthand means. Herewith: Billy’s take on what directors REALLY mean when they tell you …

We all love bloopers, and voice actor Billy James serves up 10 of his favorite voice over outtakes and blooper collections – some not really really bloopers, but very interesting. Click and laugh into the new year …

Voice actor / producer Natalie Stanfield Thomas will be home for Christmas, but don’t expect her to cook! In her parody of the “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” classic song, she tells us why – as song mate Denny Brownlee quips along …

Veteran character voice actor Rowell Gormon somehow tapped into Aflac Duck Audition Central and recorded this hilarious radio-play style video …