The Voices of Childhood

Drawn: The Story of Animation

HowStuffWorks and Cartoon Network

Tv & Film

4.8 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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From Mel Blanc and June Foray to Tara Strong and Billy West, some of the most familiar sounds of childhood come from the mouths of rarely seen actors. Who are the people behind the voices that make us laugh, and how did they get this career?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Holly Fry, and this is Drawn, the story of animation.
0:07.7	From Bugs Bunny, to Professor Hubert Farnsworth,
0:12.1	and everything in between.
0:15.2	What a joyful day, to frolicking play.
0:18.2	I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.
0:21.9	You're tying the page.
0:23.0	You wash your hands.
0:24.1	Ah, squeakety squeak.
0:25.7	Squeakin.
0:26.2	I wanted a peanut.
0:27.8	I thought this was America.
0:29.2	I don't even feel like taking a whiz on this.
0:31.0	Focus on science.
0:32.1	Oh, we should cry.
0:33.5	Send this no.
0:34.3	The bottom line is you're going to be fine.
0:36.2	You know, well, you grow up and everything, oh, well, it doesn't work out.
0:39.8	One of the key components of an animated character coming to life is its voice.
0:45.4	After all, part of why Mickey Mouse rocketed to fame so quickly was the sounds in Steamboat Willie.
0:52.3	For the first time, audiences heard cartoons fussing and gasping and vocalizing.
1:00.3	And for cartoon voices to exist, you need voice actors.
1:05.9	I will undo the evil that is you, samurai.
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