We get to return to a previous guest: Bill Farmer. I had more time with him on this one than I did for episode 44 a little over 2 years ago. Now celebrating 29 years as the official voice of Goofy, along with many other things, Bill and I had a lot to talk about! So much that we actually get a 2-parter out of this one!
Bill talks about…
- A couple of his early recording sessions as Goofy—the first was for DTV
- The first celebrity he worked with: Gary Owens
- Doing several of the Warner Brothers characters
- Not getting a call back for a character and then hearing someone else do it
- Some favorite Warner Brothers lines he’s delivered
- Recording cartoons as ensembles vs. individually
- The best training he ever had
- How he keeps kids from getting confused about him being the voice of Goofy
- The album Mickey Unrapped
- The difference between singing and speaking as a character
- Singing in A Goofy Movie, and then more about the movie
- When and how his son figured out he has kind of a weird job
- The 2015 D23 Expo’s A Goofy Movie panel
- The longevity of animated characters
- He’s a sci-fi fan
- Finishing out this part with a little more about the Expo panel
