Have No Fear, the Talent's Here!

That was the t-shirt my friend and producer, Art Jones, and I decided we would have made after leaving our second consecutive ADDY awards banquet clutching trophies. We never did, but he wrote such great spots for us that we could have, and no one would have thought it odd. In the same way some screen and stage actors are always "on,"  Art and I always fell into giddy persiflage, enjoying verbal sparring matches while our spouses enjoyed each other's company and sympathy more quietly. Art's whole approach to life involves spontaneous and witty shtick; our timing in commercials was something we could count on, as was the funny and punny banter between takes or between spots. It still is, though we more often work separately these days.

So I joined Fluther, and someone asked about the "voice acting" credential in my profile. Or something. I just said "Wanted to." And as best I can figure — aside from being blessed with good voice genes — that's all I did: Wanted to. Bad enough to do it.

Well, he wrote back privately and begged me to explain in more depth. I wrote so long I wouldn't want the time to be wasted, so what's above is "the rest of the story." (Bless you, Paul Harvey.)