It doesn't sound like Alan Young to me, which is odd, since he'd voiced Scrooge several times before DuckTales (his earliest portrayal of Scrooge was on a Disneyland Record, way back in 1974).
Post by Scrooge MacDuck on Apr 30, 2018 17:18:16 GMT
I don't know, but it could be Will Ryan, who voiced him (to very good effect) in Soccermania. I'm not nearly familiar enough with Ryan to be sure of that, though.
I don't know, but it could be Will Ryan, who voiced him (to very good effect) in Soccermania. I'm not nearly familiar enough with Ryan to be sure of that, though.
I don't know, but it could be Will Ryan, who voiced him (to very good effect) in Soccermania. I'm not nearly familiar enough with Ryan to be sure of that, though.
Now that you mention it...It does sound a lot like Will Ryan's Scrooge, although it's hard to be sure since Ryan's Scrooge voice was so wildly inconsistent throughout "Soccermania"; he went from posh British (?) to some sort of cockney accent, and from high-pitched and goofy to gruff and grumpy within seconds. Ryan is an excellent voice actor, especially with his work imitating Billy Bletcher when voicing Pete and the Beagle Boys (I believe Disney even brought him back to do some voice work on the "Get a Horse" short from a few year ago), but, man, his Scrooge has the lousiest Scottish accent I've ever heard (or actually, the SECOND lousiest--just after Keith Ferguson's Glomgold voice).
I love this animation test... EXEPCT for all the wird sounds Scrooge is making. What's the deal with that?
I was thinking the exact same thing! The timing is somewhat off as well: looks like the Beagle Boys are waiting patiently in the corridor before running in to catch Scrooge and the nephews.
Last Edit: Apr 30, 2018 21:55:55 GMT by Scroogerello
I don't know, but it could be Will Ryan, who voiced him (to very good effect) in Soccermania. I'm not nearly familiar enough with Ryan to be sure of that, though.
Now that you mention it...It does sound a lot like Will Ryan's Scrooge, although it's hard to be sure since Ryan's Scrooge voice was so wildly inconsistent throughout "Soccermania"; he went from posh British (?) to some sort of cockney accent, and from high-pitched and goofy to gruff and grumpy within seconds. Ryan is an excellent voice actor, especially with his work imitating Billy Bletcher when voicing Pete and the Beagle Boys (I believe Disney even brought him back to do some voice work on the "Get a Horse" short from a few year ago), but, man, his Scrooge has the lousiest Scottish accent I've ever heard (or actually, the SECOND lousiest--just after Keith Ferguson's Glomgold voice).
In my opinion, the worst Scrooge-accent is when he's played by John Kassir.
Now that you mention it...It does sound a lot like Will Ryan's Scrooge, although it's hard to be sure since Ryan's Scrooge voice was so wildly inconsistent throughout "Soccermania"; he went from posh British (?) to some sort of cockney accent, and from high-pitched and goofy to gruff and grumpy within seconds. Ryan is an excellent voice actor, especially with his work imitating Billy Bletcher when voicing Pete and the Beagle Boys (I believe Disney even brought him back to do some voice work on the "Get a Horse" short from a few year ago), but, man, his Scrooge has the lousiest Scottish accent I've ever heard (or actually, the SECOND lousiest--just after Keith Ferguson's Glomgold voice).
In my opinion, the worst Scrooge-accent is when he's played by John Kassir.
I agree that Kassir's voice wasn't nearly as good as Young's, although I do appreciate that, unlike David Tennant, Kassir clearly does make an effort to sound like Alan Young's Scrooge. Also, given that Scrooge is the first and only character voiced by Kassir in the Mickey Mouse tv series, the casting directors of the show must have genuinely auditioned external voice actors to see who fit the job best, rather than just hand out the part to some actor who already happend to be doing voice work on the show, which I also think is a good thing.
Last Edit: May 1, 2018 1:03:59 GMT by Scroogerello
Honestly, it sounds more like Alan Young to me than the voice from that Sport Goofy short. (That voice was a lot deeper sounding than it is here.) Maybe it just sounds off because of the poor quality of the video?
It doesn't sound like Alan Young to me, which is odd, since he'd voiced Scrooge several times before DuckTales (his earliest portrayal of Scrooge was on a Disneyland Record, way back in 1974).
Those voices were good, and I like Scarpa's animation very much.
I liked this voice on the record linked below, although Alan Young is still my favorite voice for Scrooge. The current DuckTales actor is good for the type of scripts the new show has. His Scrooge is funnier than Young's. youtu.be/dHFQHv-c040
Post by Baar Baar Jinx on May 2, 2018 14:15:01 GMT
The animation in this clip is superior to what the series ultimately ended up with, but of course Scarpa was putting his best foot forward here and it's unclear if the quality could have been sustained for every scene in every episode had he actually gotten the contract. As for Scrooge's bizarre trilling, I wonder if that's something they planned to give him as a characteristic and then dropped? If so, thank goodness.
The animation in this clip is superior to what the series ultimately ended up with, but of course Scarpa was putting his best foot forward here and it's unclear if the quality could have been sustained for every scene in every episode had he actually gotten the contract. As for Scrooge's bizarre trilling, I wonder if that's something they planned to give him as a characteristic and then dropped? If so, thank goodness.
It was most probably a weird detail that Scarpa put to show the refinement of his animation.
I find the animation in this clip elegant but highly out of context compared to what tv cartoons looked like in late 80's. I think there was no hope that Disney would have accepted that kind of "heavy" dynamics of the characters. As if Scarpa completely ignored what cartoons looked like in those days, and what goals Disney had (see the animation of Soccermania, which goes in the opposite direction). But this clip was done before the realization of the series? Or when the series was already on and Scarpa was trying to get some episodes to do?
I find the animation in this clip elegant but highly out of context compared to what tv cartoons looked like in late 80's. I think there was no hope that Disney would have accepted that kind of "heavy" dynamics of the characters. As if Scarpa completely ignored what cartoons looked like in those days, and what goals Disney had (see the animation of Soccermania, which goes in the opposite direction). But this clip was done before the realization of the series? Or when the series was already on and Scarpa was trying to get some episodes to do?
I don't really see how the animation in this clip is anything out-there. I don't find it more different from the actual show's animation than Soccermania's; it's a slightly different look on certain characters but nothing jarring.
And, as far as I know, this was an attempt to be the ones who'd animate the main series, before Disney had decided who to give the animation to — not for a few episodes.
Post by Monkey_Feyerabend on May 2, 2018 16:02:32 GMT
I am talking about the way those characters move, not the way they look. (I.e., I am talking of 'animation' in the strict sense, not of 'design'). The way they look is actually cool, the nephews in particular.