Jim Cummings

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

You’ve been entertained by Jim Cummings at some point over the last forty years whether you know it or not: he is the voice of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Darkwing Duck, the Tasmanian Devil, and countless other cartoon characters. And like his hero Mel Blanc, he is not merely “doing” voices—he’s acting and singing his heart out. Leonard and Jessie are especially fond of his vocalizing as Ray the Cajun firefly, who croons “Ma Belle Angeline” in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. It was a pleasure meeting and chatting with someone we’ve both admired for years.

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0:26.2	That's patreon.com slash Malton on Movies.
0:35.4	Hi, everybody. I'm Leonard Malton.
0:37.2	And I'm Jesse Malton. And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:38.2	You're listening to Malton on movies, and you'll be listening to a guy who, well, you
0:43.5	may not know who you're listening to all the time.
0:45.5	That's true, because he has many voices.
0:49.0	His name is Jim Cummings, and he's one of the busiest and best voice actors in Hollywood.
0:55.7	I'm going to say the world. I'm going to go that far because why not?
0:59.4	Well, I'll be damned if I'm going to interrupt you. Please continue. Thank you so much. Thank you.
1:04.9	It's my honor. It's my honor. Well, we've seen you less than we've heard you, but we've been
1:10.5	hearing you for years and years and years.
1:14.3	You are the alter ego, the live alter ego of Winnie DePoo and Tigger and
1:21.3	and...
1:22.5	Well, somebody has to do the heavy bouncing.
1:25.4	And literally dozens of others.
1:30.1	Yes.
1:30.5	And you've created characters, you've inherited characters.
1:36.1	And one thing I did learn early on when I started poking around this part of show business
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