I Know That Voice Page #4

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furnace, which I did.

And then I went to New Orleans

and uh, took the precaution

of becoming a deck hand

on a riverboat

which is another, I mean, duh,

clich, you know,

it's how you prepare.

And sell encyclopedias

and do Mardi Gras floats

and what else?

Sing in a rock

and roll band and uh,

it's all the stuff

that used to get

me kicked out of class

and it's great.

One of the first things

that I did was um,

"Back to the Future:

The Animated Series. "

I'm pretty sure

that I got that part

'cause I was the only kid

at nine that could say

"I'm computing

the logarithmic equivalents"

of the atomic weights

of certain isotopes found

"in the lanthonite series

of rare earth elements. "

So I kept it around,

never letting it

out of my sight.

Where is it, dammit?

Quit goofing off!

You may be asleep,

but you're not on break!

One of my friends

was listening to WBCN FM

and they did a lot

of wacky things

and they were having a contest

to who could sound

like Mel Blanc.

So I kind of sheepishly called

and they go, "Hello, BCN,

you sound like Mel Blanc. "

And I... and I didn't

know what to do.

I was put right on the spot.

And I was like, "Um" click.

And I said,

"I'm gonna call 'em back. "

And uh, so I get 'em

on the phone,

I got busy and busy

and then I was like,

even getting angrier

and I just let 'em have it

once he said, "Hello, you

sound like Mel Blanc"

and I was like

"What do you think, idiot?"

And, "Of course I do, doc. "

You know, and,

"You're despicable if

you don't put me on the air. "

You know, just all junk

like that and he went,

"Hold on. "

Next thing you know

I was on the radio.

They called me and said,

"We would like you to play

SpongeBob SquarePants'

grandma. "

Well, I thought that was...

that was a good idea.

I had no idea

how important that was.

It turns out to be one of

my best credits.

You know, you can mention

all these things,

nothing happens.

And so I mention that I'm

SpongeBob SquarePants' grandma,

all excited,

little children will

show me their underwear.

You know, as with many

people it was just

so many dominos

had to fall, you know,

and you have to find

a way in somehow

in some weird niche.

Walla is the voiceover

equivalent

of being an extra, essentially.

So they have four people,

generally,

they'll have two men

and two women,

then they'll come in

and they'll do, you know,

this background kind of thing...

So I did that, that was my

very first animation gig.

Actually got into animation

by being a designer.

And one day I happened to go

to the recording session.

And in about

two seconds I went,

"Oh, no, no, no,

this is the job.

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