Comments on: hi-ooooh! so long friend http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/06/23/hi-ooooh-so-long-friend/ the blog and podcast presented by professional voice over talent Peter K. O'Connell Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:29:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: peter o'connell voiceover http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/06/23/hi-ooooh-so-long-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3955 peter o'connell voiceover Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:47:41 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=1671#comment-3955 Me too and back at ya! Best always, - Peter Me too and back at ya!

Best always,
- Peter

]]> By: Nancy Wolfson http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/06/23/hi-ooooh-so-long-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3954 Nancy Wolfson Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:49:30 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=1671#comment-3954 Ooh - COOL LINK - nice ! You are right as rain, Peter - it's been a joy of a journey, this career. I am enormously grateful to everyone who mentored me gently & pushed me hard, kicked my ass & kicked open doors, to those who gave me their talents to champion and put their careers in my trust to nurture for fun and mutual profit. I just picked my car up from the shop a half hour ago, and the service guy asked me what I do for a living. After a micro-flash reflection upon this Tuesday of casting, brokering gigs, mapping new content for upcoming demos, and coaching in private consult 4 new developing VO talents + 5 working pros, I said, "I champion people." Helping someone of any level experience that "ah HAH!" moment, hearing a person's newly claimed confidence emerge, feeling a bit like Mr. McMahon himself (!) when I call talent to tell them they booked - being a part of any part of that process - therein lies the quixotic pixie dust. Yup - when the right folks are in the mix, for me, it's the best gig on earth. I'm thankful you're a part of it. Cheers. Ooh – COOL LINK – nice !

You are right as rain, Peter – it’s been a joy of a journey, this career.
I am enormously grateful to everyone who mentored me gently & pushed me hard, kicked my ass & kicked open doors, to those who gave me their talents to champion and put their careers in my trust to nurture for fun and mutual profit.

I just picked my car up from the shop a half hour ago, and the service guy asked me what I do for a living. After a micro-flash reflection upon this Tuesday of casting, brokering gigs, mapping new content for upcoming demos, and coaching in private consult 4 new developing VO talents + 5 working pros, I said,
“I champion people.”

Helping someone of any level experience that “ah HAH!” moment, hearing a person’s newly claimed confidence emerge, feeling a bit like Mr. McMahon himself (!) when I call talent to tell them they booked – being a part of any part of that process – therein lies the quixotic pixie dust.

Yup – when the right folks are in the mix, for me, it’s the best gig on earth.

I’m thankful you’re a part of it.

Cheers.

]]> By: peter o'connell voiceover http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/06/23/hi-ooooh-so-long-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3952 peter o'connell voiceover Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:47:23 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=1671#comment-3952 VERY glad to have you share such a wonderful story, Nancy. You've been very fortunate, more so than most, to experience these fine folks first hand. Just on a lark I went to the MDA web site today. Not as much has been said about Ed LONG tenure as longtime anchor of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Jerry Lewis Telethon. But the MDA web site filled in the holes. A tenure second only to Jerry Lewis. Wow! Read it here: http://www.mda.org/news/090623mcmahon.html Best always, - Peter VERY glad to have you share such a wonderful story, Nancy. You’ve been very fortunate, more so than most, to experience these fine folks first hand.

Just on a lark I went to the MDA web site today. Not as much has been said about Ed LONG tenure as longtime anchor of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Jerry Lewis Telethon. But the MDA web site filled in the holes.

A tenure second only to Jerry Lewis. Wow! Read it here: http://www.mda.org/news/090623mcmahon.html

Best always,
- Peter

]]> By: Nancy Wolfson http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/06/23/hi-ooooh-so-long-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3951 Nancy Wolfson Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:13:03 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=1671#comment-3951 OMG, Peter - you have ESP!!! First - Love your story - I didn't know that about the origin of their relationship. Second - I was about to go into more detail about this on my first post but wasn't sure it was relevant - we repped Dick Clark, too, and used to audition them together on projects from time to time - it was a HOOT. (You'll see a sweet note about Ed on my Facebook page from the wonderful Animation Casting Director, Donna Grillo - she was the first to hire them when I was their agent.) As busy and powerful and venerable as they both were at the time, Mr. McMahon and Mr. Clark were somehow uniquely and consistently prompt, gracious, neither one ever once complained that a project was too small (for their status) to "give it a shot"... Mr. Clark is renowned for this, actually...the most remarkably speedy turnaround and the most "willing" attitude. Icons to be sure, and True TRUE gentlemen. Thank you so much for sharing! OMG, Peter – you have ESP!!!
First – Love your story – I didn’t know that about the origin of their relationship.
Second – I was about to go into more detail about this on my first post but wasn’t sure it was relevant – we repped Dick Clark, too, and used to audition them together on projects from time to time – it was a HOOT. (You’ll see a sweet note about Ed on my Facebook page from the wonderful Animation Casting Director, Donna Grillo – she was the first to hire them when I was their agent.)

As busy and powerful and venerable as they both were at the time, Mr. McMahon and Mr. Clark were somehow uniquely and consistently prompt, gracious, neither one ever once complained that a project was too small (for their status) to “give it a shot”…
Mr. Clark is renowned for this, actually…the most remarkably speedy turnaround and the most “willing” attitude.

Icons to be sure, and True TRUE gentlemen.
Thank you so much for sharing!

]]> By: peter o'connell voiceover http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/06/23/hi-ooooh-so-long-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3950 peter o'connell voiceover Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:59:04 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=1671#comment-3950 Hi Nancy: Thanks for your kind words and terrific personal insight into Ed. I'm very pleased to see the plethora of positive articles about Ed, focusing on his achievements. I also didn't know the great story of Ed working in Philadelphia as a "salesman" on the boardwalk; one day he's at his apartment, outside, reading a script. A neighbor he doesn't know walks by, asks him if he's in the business. That neighbor was Dick Clark who was just about to take off with American Bandstand. Dick got him an announcing job and the story began. Best always, - Peter Hi Nancy:

Thanks for your kind words and terrific personal insight into Ed. I’m very pleased to see the plethora of positive articles about Ed, focusing on his achievements.

I also didn’t know the great story of Ed working in Philadelphia as a “salesman” on the boardwalk; one day he’s at his apartment, outside, reading a script. A neighbor he doesn’t know walks by, asks him if he’s in the business. That neighbor was Dick Clark who was just about to take off with American Bandstand. Dick got him an announcing job and the story began.

Best always,
- Peter

]]> By: Nancy Wolfson http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/06/23/hi-ooooh-so-long-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-3949 Nancy Wolfson Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:35:48 +0000 http://blog.audioconnell.com/?p=1671#comment-3949 What a lovely post you've written here, Peter. I repped him for a few years a while back and he was every bit as genuine and charming in "real life" as he appeared on TV. Turned around auditions on a dime, fun in the booth, fast wit...a Grade A professional. He will be missed. What a lovely post you’ve written here, Peter. I repped him for a few years a while back and he was every bit as genuine and charming in “real life” as he appeared on TV. Turned around auditions on a dime, fun in the booth, fast wit…a Grade A professional. He will be missed.

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