The voices behind Dragon Ball Z & Firewatch

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

We hear disembodied voices all the time, in everything from cartoons and anime to commercials and trailers. It seems easy, but it's actually an intricate craft involving a great amount of training. What does it take to create multiple, unique personalities using only a voice? Featuring voice actors Christopher Sabat (Dragonball Z, One Piece) and Cissy Jones (Firewatch, The Walking Dead). Check out Defacto Sound, the studios that produced Twenty Thousand Hertz, hosted by Dallas Taylor. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Consider supporting the show at donate.20k.org Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/voiceacting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From DeFacto Sound, you're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:06.4	The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
0:10.6	I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:12.2	This is a little glimpse of what it's like to be a voice actor.
0:30.4	Okay. Ever since Mickey Mouse whistled those first notes while steering his boat and Walt Disney's 1928 short film Steamboat Willie, the public has been fascinated with animated characters
0:35.9	who have funny voices. Just two years later, in 1930, Warner Bros. launched Looney Tunes to compete with Disney's Mickey Mouse Shorts.
0:45.3	Originally designed to promote Warner Bros. Music Catalog, these cartoons became more famous for their characters,
0:51.3	a majority of which were voiced by one man, Mel Blank. Mel Blank brought to life
0:56.9	enduring favorites, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Duffy Duck, and Porky Pig, and Porky Pig, along with 397 more
1:09.8	characters in his lifetime.
1:11.6	He is sort of the iconic voice guy.
1:14.6	Anyone who grew up on any of the Bugs Bunny cartoons or anything like that,
1:18.6	his voices are just part of your subconscious.
1:21.6	I am Christopher Sabot. I am a voice actor.
1:24.6	Even to this day, anyone from any age, you can kind of use a, yeah, can you make that sound
1:29.9	a little bit more Yosemite Sam and everybody knows what you're talking about?
1:33.6	Like, he's just such an iconic voice.
1:40.1	Mel Blank was soon followed by other iconic voice actors.
1:43.9	There was also June Foray, best known as Rocky from Rocky and Bullwinkle.
1:47.8	Bullwinkle, you can't do that.
1:49.9	Don Messick, the original Scooby-Doo, and Dawes Butler, also known as Yogi Bear.
1:57.5	Don't worry about me, boo-boo.
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