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Man of 1000 Voices Rich Little

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Society & Culture, News

4.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

“The man of 1000 voices” celebrity impersonator Rich Little talks about his 50 years in showbiz and his memoir Little by Little: People I’ve Known and Been. He discusses the time he stood in for Ronald Reagan at a White House press conference, the time Jack Benny led him on a ridiculous quest for the perfect chicken noodle soup, an embarrassing cocktail party at Richard Nixon’s house, and how a trip to the San Diego Zoo helped him perfect his Johnny Carson impersonation. He says Ed Sullivan was dumb as a rock, Cary Grant was surprisingly insecure, and Jimmy Stewart avoided signing autographs by acting like Quasimodo. Rich Little even shares some tips on how to do celebrity voices. Order Rich Little’s book Little by Little: People I’ve Known and Been on Amazon or you can download the audio version for free with special offer for our listeners at www.audibletrial.com/kickassnews. Visit Rich at www.RichLittle.com or on Facebook and buy tickets for Rich Little Live! at the Tropicana in Las Vegas at www.troplv.com. Please subscribe to Kickass News on Apple Podcasts and follow us on Facebook at Kickass News or on Twitter at @KickassNewsPod. You can also visit www.kickassnews.com for more fun stuff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mel Blank, the famous voice actor behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Speedy Gonzalez, once called Rich Little, the man of a thousand voices.

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Mr. Little himself more modestly puts that number at around 200 celebrity impressions, including Johnny Carson, George Burns, Jack Benny, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Carrie Grant, Jack Nicholson, Ed Sullivan, Edward G. Robinson, Jimmy Stewart, Clint Eastwood, Bert Landcaster, Bing Crosby, Gregory Peck, Dr. Phil, Jack Lemon, Humphrey Bogart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Mason, Carol Channing,

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and Alfred Hitchcock, just to name a few of them.

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As well as seven U.S. presidents, starting with John F. Kennedy, straight through Barack Obama, and now he's working on perfecting his Donald J. Trump impression.

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Since his first big break appearing on the Judy Garland show in 1964, Rich Little has made many memorable television appearances, including 60 appearances on the Tonight Show,

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