My friend and fellow voice talent Bryan Cox also fancies himself an actor…which as long as you’re getting paid for it ain’t bragging ’cause it’s the truth!
He recently guested on the show “Corner Gas” as a customs officer – with a speaking part and everything! Check him out about four minutes into the show. Nice job Bryan!
As we jockey for jobs and as we audition ad infinitum; as feel lowly when presenting in the presence of “great performers” or as a “great performer” empties a room to allow for his or her sizable ego to enter, let us always remember that a great performance lies within each of us. To wit:
“Can I just say there is no such thing as the best actress, you know? There is no such thing as the `greatest living actress.’ I am in a position where I have secret information, that I know this to be true. I am so in awe of the work of the women this year – nominated, not nominated -so proud of us girls. And everybody wins when we get parts like this.”
-Meryl Streep, Actress, Screen Actors Guild Awards January 25, 2009
Athletes compete. Actors prefer not to work that hard, I think.
With my sincere thanks to the 80 participants in this faux-dition and the gracious judges (all of whom admitted to some tough decisions) there are now terrific 10 nominees for you to vote on.
First, a little housekeeping (PLEASE READ)
THE RULES FOR VOTING ON NOMINEES
1. The decision of audio’connell voice over talent is final
2. Nobody has a chance to get the real announcer job at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon because of this unofficial and very silly contest…plus the job has already been filled
3. Please choose your top three choices, numbering them 1, 2, 3 with your first choice (1) being your favorite (three different announcers, not three votes for one person, etc.)
4. Type your vote in the comment section of this blog post below
5. You may only vote once and you are on the honor system
6. Voting will end when I say it does, probably a couple of weeks I’m guessing
OK, the floor is yours. Have fun! Click HERE to listen to the nominees then please come back to vote below in the comment box.
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Stand by to to this blog see the top 10 finalists.
Then you can vote for your winner.
The judges ballots are due very soon!
John Postel, Peter O'Connell & Donna Postel
What a great treat it was to meet St. Louis based voice talent Donna Postel and her husband John tonight for dinner at the famous Blueberry Hill restaurant.
What a fabulous career in radio she had and now she enjoys a terrific voice over career.
And the best news of all is she’ll have her new web site up by April 15th of this year. Look for it!
1/9/09 UPDATE: The faux-ditions are now CLOSED!
All credit to Jim Feldman who coined the phrase “faux-dition”.
The unofficial Late Night With Jimmy Fallon announcer auditions will remain open for submissions until Friday, January 9, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. eastern U.S. time.
The judges will then hunker down in an undisclosed safe room (or cell) somewhere on Earth.
There, they will secretly agree who are the top 10 nominees either by consensus or best 3 out of 5 falls.
Their ballots will be burned to preserve the judges’ picks. When white smoke appears, the votes are unanimous and we’ll have our ten nominees.
When I announce the 10 nominees, you can cast your vote at that time in that post.
One vote per person on the honor system. My decision, like always, will be final.
For any voice talents who do not submit by the deadline, you are free to publicly call them “scaredy cat” or “chicken” afterwords when you see them in public.
