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Hi Steet, I am looking for the screenshots of Buffy and Muffy Vandershreme. Can you help me?

Sure! Maybe I'll just take screenshots of the episode and post them on the site. I'll do that tomorrow.

Can I see the links?

I just posted them. Here!

http://www.animationsource.org/talespin ... eenshot=20

Thanks because I was reminded of the character because I interviewed Buffy's voice, Frank Welker, who also did Wiley Pole among others.

Do you want the interview Steet?

You did an interview with Frank Welker already?

Dang man, I wish you let us know sooner; that way, we could suggest more questions.

Yeah...it's from three years ago and if I knew that would the only time I be able to talk to him I would have asked better questions. It's your fault Frank's webmaster.

Dear Mr. Welker,

My name is John Cuellar and I am a big fan of yours especially your long and great voice acting career. I was wondering if you could please answer a few questions for me for an interview because I am not sure that you will get this!

Hi John,

Thanks for writing ... I did get your questions and now I will try to answer them.

1. No Offense. But why do you choose to voice a lot characters who are inaudible or can't speak, such as animals or inanimate objects?

Very good question John, it is a little complicated but here goes ... TYPE CASTING! Okay, I lied it isn't that complicated. When I started, all I did was talk ... Freddy Jones on Scooby Doo, Jabberjaw, Hefty Smurf, Baby Kermit, Megatron, etc. etc. etc. Then, during sessions I would do a lot of animals, monsters and noises, I just happened to be one of the few actors who seemed interested in doing these things. It opened up a whole specialty area for me, which was great, because almost every show had a dog or cat or bird ... guess what, I was hired because I talked and did these weird noises. As time went on and the directors that really knew me and my range, of both talking and squawking, were replaced with the new group of directors (who happened to be my friends and contemporaries) they saw me mostly as an animal and noise specialist ... that spread I got pretty much type cast. Disney, for example never calls me in for talking parts. I guess it is a double edged sword, I work a lot but I don't always get to read for things I would enjoy doing.

Do you mind if we talk about an underrated program called, "Road Rovers?" I mean you, Jess Harnell (Hunter), Tress McNeille (Colleen), Kevin Michael Richardson (Exile), Jeff Bennett (Blitz); each one as great as the person besides them.

Another good subject. We all loved doing that show and none of us know why it was pulled. That would be one for the studio to answer, but we all really did have fun with it.

2. What was it like voicing the characters Shag and Muzzle?

Forgive me, but I don't recall now exactly what I did but they were fun.

3. Which show has the best cast you have ever worked with?

I think the, "Smurfs" was one of the all time brilliant, fun, goofy casts ever. Mike Bell, Don Messick, Paul Winchell, Bill Callaway, Danny Goldman, Hamilton Camp, Alan Oppenheimer, June Foray, Lucille Bliss, Jonathan Winters and many more guests and wonderful actors. The great director Gordon Hunt was like the icing on the cake. We should have paid the studio to come to work ... it was so much fun. Now the, "Smurfs" was a show where I got to do everything ... lots of talking and lots of noises!

You have done so many good roles in your career it is hard for me to choose, but I am glad you did them. Thank you so much! If roles were trophies, you would have an entire room full of golden ones. Please respond back to me as soon as possible. It was a pleasure meeting you and I wish you the best of luck with the rest of your career. Thanks!

Thank you John!

Frank Welker (9/18/2007, 8:33 PM)


What do you all think?

Please copy the interview and paste in the appropriate section, Steet, maybe then somebody will read it because last time no one did.

Hey, I was just wondering if you needed any help with screenshots for the episodes. I could have made another topic on this but I thought this one was close enough to what I was getting at. My screen captures may not be as high-quality, but I can certainly take plenty of screenshots for specific episodes if you like (just to help further the screenshot section a little more). I can only take screenshots of the Volume one and two DVDs since that is all that is available. Anyway, here are some samples I've taken (screens from "Gruel And Unusual Punishment" at the request of my sister).




Do let me know what you think.
Cheers,
~valkiriforce

Well, I sure could use some help, so why not! You would take better quality screenshots by using VLC though.
If you're willing to do this, well you would have to take around 100 screenshots by episode (for the ones which are missing) and I'll give you permissions to send them directly on the site.