The Voice of BUGS BUNNY Can Freaking Draw!

our guest today? Our guest today? We are starting big, folks, we are starting really really big. Uh. Let's say bugs money. Let's say Daffy Duck. Let's say twee tweety bird. Let's say Marvin the Martian. Let's say gijoel say g I Joe. Let's say there's too many to count. Eric Bowsa is here. Let's get into it. I hear voice. Do you know who we're here with. We're here with Derik Bowsa. Yeah,

I do. Yeah, you play everyone well, you know, I wouldn't say that I am lucky to just at the before the before times to leave the house we called we called b c T here before. Uh yeah, I mean I wouldn't say everyone because there's there's so many rules for everyone. Yes, but you play most of them, which is the joy of it. This is the wonderfulness. Well, I mean at least the ones that um, I like

to say helped raise me as a child, which is good. Yeah, which is incredib Well, first of all, I would read we'll get into some of your your credits here. Um, I'd read them all, but we've only got an hour. Reading Eric Bows's credits is like reading you know, Jay Lenos car list. It's like there should be four but there's eight hundreds, which, by the way, you could catch him every Tuesday's eating a chicken sandwich at Chick fil A in Bourbe learned every single Tuesday. Well, actually, sad story,

happy story, and uncle of mine passed away recently. That's the sad part. The good part is that he was a hoarder, just like me, and when he left, he left all of his things behind, including this old junker of a car, which was a nineteen Pontiac gt O with the top down that actually transported him from Toronto, Ontario, Canada in in the late sixties early seventies to l A. And he's the very same uncle that told me that

I should move here to work in voice. So when he passed away, um, you know, it wasn't like it was left for anyone. It was just left. It was just left behind. And I talked to my other uncle who lives very far away in a land called Orange County, and so does anyone want you need a passport and an extra from there? That's why, Yeah, exactly, passport, the Genie Pass. They call it out no more fast passes.

It called the Genie Pass. Wow, you would think they'd go with Lightning McQueen pass genius, you know, one one of the roles that you didn't play. Yeah on the show. You know, I know this is the way of the voice of artists. As we start five conversations at the same time the car, I'll go back in order. So the car, I asked my other uncle, is anyone what are we doing with this thing? And they he pretty much said, it's all yours if you want. You know, this thing it was not in pieces, but it was

definitely as we said. As a car person, you say, needs some love fixer. Uh, But talking about Disney. I think you're born on one side of the fence, the Disney side or the Warner Brothers. Yeah, and I you know, I feel like I'm talking to do to Disney kids. Quite No. I actually I was a very big loony tune you Yeah. Yeah, I have to say, was parked in front of the TV for hours and I was watching looney Tunes and then it became like more of

the ren and stimpy, you know what. Woodpecker was my jam growing up until I until I got a little older and found G. I. Joe, which you've done, But until I found G I. Joe at like seven or eight, Woody Woodpecker was my thing. Yeah, he was. He was a troublemaker. Yeah, And I was kind of like, is he a Loony tune? Is he a Hannah Barbara character? I couldn't tell him. He was his own little thing.

And not even like um like Jay Word cartoons like Rocky and Bully, they kind of looked like like Hanna Barbara, very limited style. But what he kind of was in that era of like full animation until like it hit the nineties and then it was a little bit more limited. Yeah. Now it's like very rare that you would get like full animation coming from Woody unless Woody Woodpecker is a feature film. When you say limited for those out there

that may not be. Yeah, so like full animation, like classic Looney Tunes where it's like they spent like nine months making one of those animated shorts, the seven minute ones, What's opera doc or any of like the classic ones, and none of that was sent overseas. That was all done in Hollywood, in Burbank, all by hand, all nothing. And you know, us modern artists looked to that as a reference, and I'm like, what were they looking at when they were making these cartoons? What kind of things

were in their head they are doing? They were listening to the voices and there they probably did like a lot of unfiltered tobacco smoking indoors in the ceiling, drinking at eleven am their inspiration. Well, actually, do you have um, do you have any sort of like has anyone really brought you into how Mel sort of conceived of all of that or I mean his process was not. I mean I think we all have been a part of

that process. If we're talking about an original idea in that sense, yes, if there was an original cartoon show with original characters. I'm thinking about something like Uncle Grandpa, which was kind of like a very wacky, whimsical cartoon network type show. I played a talking Fannie Pack named belly Bang, and uh, I was like, I wonder what his you know, like what a talking Fannie Pack would sound like. And my inspiration for that was like what I would sound like if I were a Muppet character.

So I kind of had this weird voice that sounded like this that he immediately became the Lisa Simpson of the show. Like no one liked him. They're like, well, no one really likes Fannie Packs, right, Like they're coming back. Apparently there's gonna be a big there. I see one in the in the there they're coming back, So they're

coming back. That's exactly you could put some VHS was yes, yes, but yeah in that sense, yes, original, But as far as legacy characters, you know, I guess you kind of just want to stay as close to the original character as possible, only because so many people, especially for talking about Bugs, who's like eighty one years old, they all know him like they know, like a relative. It's like, you know, like, well helped raise generations, but funny helped

to raise generations of kids. It's again, if you're looking at the Warner brother side, you're looking at it's the equivalent. You know, you look at someone like Jim Jim Cummings and Winnie the Pooh, it's like, it's pretty insane, Like how amazing some of my inspirational you know who I look up to, like the Billy West's or the Coummings of the world, or you know, even someone like Tara Strong who does Rocky now for Rocky and Bowling Culture, and she does she does her best voice match to

June four A. But let's go into the beginning. Well, that's the thing I wanted to talk to you about, because you didn't start as a voice actor. You started as an artist, didn't you. I started out as a production assistant, and then I slowly started to move away from that until like kind of production manager. I know how photocopier works pretty good at that, changing the Xerox cartridges. But yeah, like production assisting and then like editing I

was doing. I was editing animatics and sound effects. Had you had any schooling prior though, like when your uncle told you to come down to California. It was basically to fix and take care of his lawn. And then and then he saw that I could act, like what is that a pencil? Was like yes, but yeah it was.

It was because he knew that I like to draw and and and that was a hobby, you know that we're talking about like middle school, elementary school is when he first started sending me newspaper I still have all these l A Times newspaper clippings of like how well the Little Mermaid did in the box office, you know, like here's something that you might find interesting and an

idea thing you should come down here. So he was like your mentor kind of yeah, you know, aside from the support of my parents, who were you know, you're talking about immigrants from the Philippines that were like trying to find a better life. And at that time, you know, late sixties, early seventies, and I'm sure you can attest from your folks advice. The better job was go to school, become a lawyer, become a doctor. Yeah, that's all we got.

That's it. Going to dead yeah, yeah, no job after the fixed people or soup people, that's that's that's that was it were your parents first generation. Yeah, they were, they were born and raised. I was not. I was born in Toronto. I've never been to the Philippines. If I went, I would stick out like a sore thumb. I'm sure you were like that guy eats. So you were interested in the animation then you you were watching it.

Would you remember watching your first Bugs Buddy cartoon or you know again eighties and nineties, right, we were exposed to some of the first way as of Looney Tunes in syndication, So it was kind of like a Saturday morning thing where you're like, wow, like these are really good cartoons, and then they would be shown right next to you know, like the eighties PLC they call them program length commercials, which are kind of like I mean, Ducktails was really cool because it was like comic strip.

But you're talking more which which we worked on all that kind of stuff. Let's yeah, and and boy did it work even Jim and Jim, So were you when you were a kid that great? Were silver Hawks? Let we could get it. So when when you were a kid then, were you more Bugs Bunny or were you more g I Joe Transformers? It would have to be like a photo finish. It would have to be like a two way time because I I liked it all, like for the most part, like they didn't really have

many Bugs Bunny or Looney Tunes toys. I think I had one bendable Bugs Bunny toy. Yeah, they didn't really know. They had this the PVC kind of like and you'd go by as many as you could, and you had like you get the Smurf village and somebody be like, here's Gargament and you be like, I don't really want that one, but that's what you But it was all the toys were all the action awesome g I Joe talk about all this kind of stuff where you needed every little figure and then you lose the gun in

like two seconds. And but yeah, I mean I liked it all, but definitely like there was something magical to me about Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes and and just the characters. There are such solid characters, like you know, and it was such a simple set up to I think that's what it was. It was very easy to to really I think sink your teeth into uh. And that's why it's tough when you watch some of these classic characters try to expand and you know, and again

I'm guilty. I'm part of almost all the reboots seeing it in different variations. You know, I've been a part of Looney Tunes in a big feature film. I've been a part of Looney Tunes in a in a Jordan Nike shoo commercial. And I've been a part of Looney Tunes where the twenty two minute like animated sitcom where you know, Bugs and Daffy are roommates in a neighborhood. So what's different You are both of them, right, Not me?

That was actually Jeff Bergman. It was Yeah, that was Mr Jeff Bergman, who was like one of the the first guy to I would have to say again another if you're a nerd like me and you and you keep a rolling decks of oh yeah, I'm working on my nerd dumb though you're trying to become, you're between two nerds, should be the name. That's one of the things.

One of the reasons we did this is because she's like, we're doing It's the twenty anniversary Compossible and congratulations to you guys the way, and we're talking about all that, and then she's doing Big Hero six and then we're talking about animation and I'm going off on her and she's like, you know, for all the animation I do, I don't really know much about it. And I was like, a, so you're like the Charlie Adler type who like I'm sitting there talking to Charlie Adler at a session nerding

out about like tiny tuons. He's like, I don't care. I just you know, I hang my coat up and I go, you know, like you know, and that's a great way to do. It's a quick way the loose. I care because you're right, it is probably a great way to But we love to talk about getting married and buried in this Dino exactly that, which is how I'm the the what was that fan? Yeah, the flint Stone bam bam, and about it working on it, you

know what. You know what though, here's the thing, Okay, my childhood was was kind of wrapped up in the theater, so I kind of say that I'm a theater nerd. So I didn't get a lot of exposure to I didn't have that extra afternoon time. A lot of time it was after I came home, and I remember, no, I didn't have friends, not no, No, our friends are on the TV. No, I didn't. I think it was because I was going back and forth because I started at six, and so I was back and forth on

the train a lot. So I didn't have access to TV until I got home, and it was about six o'clock at night, and my mom went straight to the kitchen to make dinner for everybody. And at that time, but was in syndication. I wasn't six. I think it was more like eight, ten years old. Stuff like that. Thirty seven right now, but I'll be thirty eight and a couple of goods for young people. Have you seen

my shoes? They looked like coffins, Like, you're still younger than me, though, I think, uh, maybe are we going to go down this guy? Are we gonna I'm turning uh three this year? Oh, I'm gonna okay in the world, you guys look so dang young. Why is it that guy is always age in reverse? It's I don't think that's true. Five years ago, I'm gonna steal a friend of mine's joke because it was the greatest joke in

the world. She always says, you know, I went to my kindergarten reunion and I was really embarrassed because I put on like a hundred pounds and I always thought that was just the greatest thing in the world. Because we don't really don't know what ages the reverse. We're all looking like that's Wendy leaving by the way, but we we all still jokes. You don't know. I know, I say, who might do? You've always credited? But okay,

so back to them too. I mean, like when he's growing up, you're learning about Looney Tunes, you're being exposed all of sudd then you're starting to pick up a pencil, you said, and then you're starting to draw the thing. You're a pretty phenomenal artist. I could draw right now for you. And that's another one of them. But yeah, I mean like it was one of those things where where it was it was like a little bit of the the art. Just give him a post it note.

Watch it's going to happen. Elizabeth's got it. Elizabeth does everything you did offer did. I just don't also want to like damage your table. You have a sharpie, then I would need a second piece of paper. But you know what, let's just do it like this, Let's just do it. So I mean it's like, see you haven't. I didn't. I don't want to. Like lacquer, He's the guy when you're at a party and they go, hey, you know we're gonna play picton and like Eric's team

pizza hasn't arrived and the magician hasn't showed up. Here's another, here's is this one better? This is a little penny thing? This is this is it's Marvin the Marsha. Yes, he's a bowling bowl with a spartan helmet on. And I did that all off microphone? How unprofessional? When when I am in animation mode, it's kind of like you kind of like lose all how fast? Exception of time? Marvin the Martian? Uh right here, you could buy this for only keeping it anything person. We got one better, and

it's Eric's mother. But are you marshall, since we're talking, since you as you're signing that, because we haven't really said this out loud, what the heck? Let's just start listing some stinks. Okay, yes, Earth Creature if I'm right, bugs Bunny, that's right, Doc, what's up? I hear voices too? And ain't I stink it? Oh? I see you got Marvin's good side, Daffy Duck. Yes, I would do it, but it's not a pandemic friendly voice. I'm so glad we're at least six feet away from my bill Tweetie. Oh,

I thought I taught a very highly decorated table. Marvin the Martian. Yes, I believe we've done this one already, but for for the sake of the show Earth Creature, I'll do it again. Woody Woodpecker. That's it. That's all I can do. You know already I was like, oh, my nose is going to start bleeding. That's like one of those like he need to be facing the wall when I do this voice, Porky Pig, I did it for a speed a space jam, but that honor usually

falls upon Mr Bob Bergen. He's he's one of those guys that I feel like he's he's turned it into an art form, uh and and and has done it justice. But you did it in a little film called Little It was a little independent, little independent film that we're hoping to it's gonna maybe wreak out. I believe it was about soccer. This time exactly be Valley Valley Quiet. I'm hunting Webb, but who I think if they ever did a live action movie, it could be Seth broken

definitely very quiet, like he has them hunting Webb. Yeah, he actually could. You're going to do all Seth if you know, John c Riley could be a good omer fund yeah, you know, or or a good record Ralph Puss in boots. That is correct, aim a voice match for Antonio banderis for pooss in boots. Yeah, and that the voice match not an ab match, you know, like I can't do the abs of Antonio or the bank account, but I can definitely copy the voice. I have a

question for you, because we could. We could be here all day, which I could easily do and just nerd out and be so totally happy. But my question is every single thing you watch growing up, did you try to mimic? I think almost every child does at some point, right, like when you're watching No, Yeah, I think that's the thing. It's like it's kids just they'll they'll do voices or think that they're doing good voices and they're not because

their kids when they he does. And you know what's crazy about my son is that he knows the difference between like when I'm doing it or mel blank or so he's got yeah. No, like uh, I was in the kitchen making him a little lunch and he was just just a few feet away in the living room watching Fast and the Furious Spy Racers, which is like an DreamWorks Netflix cartoon, and he goes Dad, and he

pauses it. He goes, is this you? And then he rewinds it and it's this completely over as a top chum and character that I was doing, and I forgot that I did the episode and I go yes, and I was like, I was like, oh my god, you not only do you know my voices, but also the bad ones, like the really bad acting. Well, our kids are our greatest critics, absolute lutely absolutely like, yes, that jacket does make you look Yes, I like, thank you know, that's really cool. So he really does have the ear

because that's yeah, you know. But Eric is one of those guys when we're reading all the things, you think you're a voice over actor and you're like, I'm pretty good at what I do, and then you sit next to Eric and you go like, and now I'm going to find something else to do. Here's the thing, though, It's like, there are like the freaks that do you know, weird impressions. But you know, I sit there. I listened to yourself in a session and it's like, that's just

that's just solid acting, and that's really amazing. Imprompt Yeah, oh my god, I wish that were actually accurately. You're like the eternal leading man and everything that we play. If he's my sidekick, though, that's true, you were the leading you were you were by far the lead. And if you if there's ever I have some really good t for you. Okay, if there's a reboot of KP Kim Possible, because you you know, oh yes, we've heard

some some grumblings. Yes, do you want to tell him? Well, we just saw the We we worked with a director who you are very familiar with, Miss Lisia Shaeffer. I loved Death. She is the one who cast us on Kim Possible. And we were talking about if, if, and when there is a reboot of Kim Possible. Some of the people she got on the show were just insanely amazing and some unfortunately passed, and one of those is Ricardo Montalba. Oh my god. So we were like, who

is going to play senior? Senior? Senior, And before we even got it out. She was like, Eric, oh my god. Well, Ricardo Montalban again is like one of those amazing performers that you know once in a lifetime, like I was old enough to see Fantasy Island and then in The Naked Gun with Lisie. So yes, they said that you would be casting. I mean it was Ricardo Montobon, Jean's mart Gary Cole, some of the people. Yeah, now it's just or another voice over artist, Christian Lance, who is phenomenal.

He also has a very spot on Antonio Ben Daris and I believe if you, you know, do you guys ever just sit around and do dueling. Ben Daris is well, there was an episode of dul the Name of our band back and forth. Yeah, we we actually kind of did, because he did a very somewhat similar voice for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the two thousand twelve reboot. His character's name was fish Face for the series, not for the Yeah, and it was definitely like in the vein of an

Antonio or a Mr Montalban. And then they did another recent reimagining of Ninja Turtles where they had us play brothers and basically just do our Ben rrisa so it was kind of funny to be in the same room as UM and just hearing that. It was like, yeah, Teenage mutan in Shurtals is the only TM that's what the kids calling. Are you talking about? Yeah? Exactly. Only show I watched growing up that I have never been

cast in even one line ever is Teenage Mutanturnals. That blows my mind because I'm like, you would be amazing as almost all close on every single role had never once been cast, not even once. Is Leo though, come on, no, no, never. I never thought that. Never as anyone. I've always come close and never been able to that. Same with G I Joe. I did two shows growing up that were my favorite, and no G I Joe either I loved

because G I Joe was the best. It was like and it's like it's so went, yeah, well that one was like I have I remember the last time they did like a g I. Well, weren't you in? You were in resolute? I was in resolute. Yeah, I think that was I think that was the last g I they had something after that? Did they? Really? There was another one? Which one was the is the one you did? The one that Marsden was Duke or was that the one after? I think that was the one after. Who

were you in Resolute? I was storm Shadow, Tunnel Rats and destro of. Can I please hear your destro Uh? You know it's crazy? I did? And Arthur author Burghart, who was the original destro like this kind of voice, but he's actually a Scottish arms dealer if you ever are you guy? So I didn't author Burghart, but with a Scottish action, so it almost added like Sean if Sean Connery and Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's when anybody asked me what role I would play? I would I always pick

Cobra commander, Cobra commander. I never, I've never. I don't think I've ever played a bag in my life. He would love to play They never have. They never happen to play the bag guy. But but just your own voice is like, sounds so nice under that mask. Can we just maybe get Duke to lay down his arms so he can try to take over the world. There are people imagine like a big meeting, like with that sound coming out of that helmet is like, okay, so I just told you and I think that's pretty important.

The one role I would do if I had the opportunity. Is there any role you've never done that you want to do? Batman? Yeah, I've never been Batman. Now would you be a new Batman like I was a new Batman? Or would you be do you want to be Bruce? I? Well, you know, I mean so many great questions. It's coming for your job. No, I mean that better I would. I mean, come on, Batman Beyond Like I grew up

watching like every day after school. That Warner Brothers block for whatever is pretty great blocks like that Freak is talking about Ricardo Montoid, tiny Tuons, Animaniacs, Batman the animated series, and then Batman Beyond Es and that was like amazing. I loved I love that show and was a huge fan and I hope and I'm like when I was like, come on, I can't tell you without any shadow of a doubt, I'm by far the best Terry McGinnis there's

ever been. Yeah, unbeat only one, literally the best one ever. That's amazing though if you think about it, like how many bat Batman have there been? There's been a lot of Batman. It's like it's weird to say that there's been a lot of Batman, there's a lot. Yeah, this is what Bruce Tim would tell me. So Bruce Tim, who created a Batman the animated series, created Batman Beyond.

He said that the great thing about the Batman character was that, like when the movies were really dark, the cartoons were really light, you know, like the Christian Bale movies came out and it was like Batman Brave in the Bold. And when the movies were really light, like the Arnold Schwarzenegger ones, the cartoons got really dark, he said, because there always has to be a Batman for everyone, like a cont so there's always there's the dark Batman

for the adults. There's gotta be lighter ones for the kids. But Kevin just approached it as a straight up Shakespeare. Yes, absolutely, and I've talked to him too about that where it's just like it's hard for me to hear anyone in that role. But also that like the show in its entirety, the style of the show, the writing of the show, with the tone of the show. I mean Andrea, Andrea Romano and you got to work with her and Batman Beyond first. She cast me first, we have to She's

mentioned in every single she will becoming. It's amazing. I think I was one of the last people to work with her before she went into retirement. That that was the first time I was ever nominated for an Emmy. Was was because the beat can pull it out of you. There's I know. He's a just a insanely talented woman.

She was one of the first people I started working with when I was doing the Ricardo montal Bond impression on Degre The Adventures of Money Rivera And and I was so green, like greener than Kermit the frog snot like I mean, and that's green the chunks in it, but like, but she said, I don't know what happened to you, like, you know, in a year or two, Like just now, what does that mean? I don't know what happened to you? What did you mean? I'm curious? But is that what you meant? I mean, is that

what she meant? That you could? I believe? So it was like, you know, and and that's the best policy ever see you sucking? Well, yeah, I mean walk it back. So how did you fall into his work? Going from and I'm going to say this is where going back, going back to where we're starting back there's gonna be so many beginnings of the show. It was like maybe one of the last jobs I worked in animation was actually on LT Gray at six point Harness. So I

was working as a character layout artists. So I would be the guy that you would. I would take a storyboard and I would flesh out poses of these characters final poses, and then those poses would get animated by somebody else. I'm sorry, stopped very quickly flush out. Does that mean you're you doing the color or I'm doing like the full like? So a storyboard would be the rudimentary, crude like it could be a stick figure of you know,

Kim Possible, like in this post. I would be the guy that would do the final pose of Kim Possible full out, and then someone would take like six strongs of mine and then in between them so they would animate like those six solid posts. Yea, And that actually the job that I do now is actually quite glorified. I don't even think that that exists anymore in TV animation because the storyboard artists now practically animate. Yes, but like I mean, they still like hand draw like even

though it's digital. But I'm saying it's like they if you've seen a Family Guy animatic, which is the voice with the storyboard. It's like the things animated because yeah, so when they ship it overseas or wherever it goes to get animated, there's no there's nothing really lost in translation. There's not a lot of room for error at that point. You're not going to be doing like a lot of retakes. You know. Again, I'm an nerd and you guys are like retakes. I always got you talk to him about Batman.

I don't know, but yeah, I was gonna say, uh, that was like the last job that I did because I had audition for Jorgega Terrace and his wife Sandra Cuwa. They created LT. Gray. They also just did Maya and the Three for So you're animating the show and you auditioned to be on the show. Yeah, I I had auditioned to be in the pilot for LT. Gray. And did they know that you did voices and you you were you trying to find a way in. So Jorge, the creative the show, was like, you have to do this.

I want you to do voices on this. I think you're great because you have a really magical talking voice too weird, but I'm just still thinking about your so you're animating the thing. Yeah. At that point, that was like, that was it. I was like I had got on the show. Nickelodeon really did try to not hire me because they're like this guy of psychopath, who is this person? Like he's never I don't see any credits, I don't

know who he is. He's not even a married Yeah. Yeah, crazy uncle kept sending him newspaper clippings that you're Canadian form, well most of us. I loved Canada. I got married in Canada really wow, beautiful, very very nice. That's where I got divorced. And I'm just kidding with you. I'm just kidding. I've never been married, so so there you go. How could I get divorced if I was never married? So yeah, I got on the show. We had been recording episodes and it was just one of those things

where I was like, well, this is it. I'm gonna be on a show. This is gonna go on for thirty years like The Simpsons. I already bought my house and I started talking like John Lovett's at that point. And after I quit my job, they canceled the show, and I was like damn it. And I went crawling back to animation and I was like, well, this is awkward because I just quit, and I told everyone to f themselves, says I left the building and I'm just kidding family like that, you just showed up back to

work the next day and pretended it didn't happen. I was like, what are you talking about, guys? I never left. Uh No. Six point Harness one of the best animation studios in Hollywood. They do lots of stuff for adults, swim Nickelodeon, obviously in your cartoon network. But they were always encouraging towards me chasing my dream as a voice of artist. They knew. They're like, you're actually so much more better at voices than you're at so please leave.

What should tell you something because you're pretty good at drawing? Thanks? Yeah, I mean, come on, you do own an original? I do? Actually, you know where I think I own another original? If I'm not wrong. Didn't you draw a picture on my bathroom? Yeah? So I own another original? I think. Is this a party that you had at your hand? Yes? So I have a bathroom in my in my house off the theater that we just have pens in and anybody who

has movie quotes can just write on the wall. You write up all your favorite movie quotes, which just to movie quotes, and Eric came over. I hired most of them. Um, it was Eric in a bunch of paid extras, and then I walked in. There's all these Yeah, I've got my exactly Mitch, and it was effort. That was was that Transformers. It was a Transformers party and I've got also I've got an original bows on my on my wall, which is very very cool. Yeah. But going back to animation,

I found out that Joe's Don't Last Forever. I clearly was wrong, and I went back and I actually without any leads at that point the show had been canceled. I quit again and was like, this is it. This is the kind of leap of faith that you might have to take to force yourself to start booking. You know, did you have an agent? I did? You did? Okay? I did, Cynthia McLean SPV Okay, still my agent. Great. So that was the kind of like thing that I

needed to do. The fire that you have to light under yourself kind of and you know, work with people like Andrea Romano. And then two years later, We've been told a lot and we we tend to agree with this, is that the acting part of it kind of comes into play. It's not just that you have the voice nailed, right. Do you think that maybe in that year and a half that you kind of like something? Is that what it was? Well, you know, you start going into rooms.

I think the first really gigantic big cast that I was a part of after that was benten Omini Verse and an episode or two I think, And then you're sitting in a room with people like Bumper Robinson and Tara Strong and Urylenthal and Jeff Bennett and Rob Paulson and John Domaggio and you're just like, oh my god, like the imposter syndrome. Still get it? I still get it? And I'm talking about that the first card one of the first Cartoon Network studio rooms where we were actually

three people on a mic. So wow, being in a room and you're sitting on the floor and you're like listening to you know, yak A Warner and Johnny Bravo have a conversation in dueling don knots voices but still being able to pull off a scene that makes you want to cry in goofy voices. So that's the kind of thing that you're like, well, I got the goofy voices down, and uh, I still have a Canadian accent. Do you say, only when I go back, only start

sounding like the Mackenzie brothers from TV. Yeah. Oh, but yeah. It was kind of like being in those kind of big rooms. You're kind of just like, man, it's not just about the voices up about the acting, and the voices will come later. If they need you to be wacky, you could definitely show your range by being completely off the charts, but you've got to be able to be able to be real back they need you to be.

But you also have to admit there are very few actors like yourself that have the combination of the two. Because I think there are some people that can act and can't do a whole bunch of voices. I think I'm a decent actor. I can't do fifty voices. I've never been able to do that. And then there's people that can do a whole bunch of voices. But until that great as an actor, I gotta say though, until maybe you're asked to or be pushed to. I've been in a couple of times, but not to that. I mean,

there's some people. I mean again, the marriage of being able to do the number of voices that you do with the acting talent is pretty could do it right now on your show. We could break down a character like Bugs or Tweety and see if we could get you, guys close to that voice. If you'd like, oh man, I'm down for anything, how could you could you? You honestly think you could teach us right here to break down a voice like Bugs or tweeting. Let's go, okay,

let's let's boll try. Let's both try. It's funny because for me, they kind of live in the same I say, a lot of Melds voices live in the same house, just in different parts of the house. So I just say Bugs lives on like the second floor, closest to the attic where Tweetie lives. Tweetie lives in the top floor because he's all the way up here why and he has a weird affectation, like a baby kind of voice. Ye. But I honestly feel also by the way that they

pitch the hell out of that voice. They pitch it up pitching for people that may not know is when they digitally go in and kind of tweak. Yeah, and you think they're doing that for they have to. Yeah, but but even before digital, when they were on three quarter inch tape from Mell, they would they would pitch it up. Did you know that Daffy's voice is actually Sylvester's voice but pitched up? No, yeah, same voice. How

I'm gonna do. I'm gonna shield you from my Faliva and Sylvester if a big floppy, hungry cat that always wants to eat that canary. But if you just change the attitude to your despicable like like in that same arena and pitch that voice up. But when I do Daffy, it's it's the self pitched version, so you don't have to do it my verse and of Daffy if the Richard dry Fith with a lift, Okay, that makes sense, Bob,

I'm on vacation. All that little shark mtur Von wants to do is eat and make little baby shark really is the miracle of life. Jaws all Jaws quotes with

a list. But let's yeah, let's try bugs. If if you could start, you know, by just almost putting your voice here, almost putting your voice here, yeah, and you kind of start pushing it towards your nose, kind of start pushing it towards your nose, and then start doing like a New York Brooklyn type accent, and then do like a New York Brooklyn type accent, and it becomes uh, your version of bugs or a very spot on Joe Pesci. You see what I mean though, But it's up here

a little. But I mean, it doesn't sound like bugs at all to me, and it doesn't sound like you at all to me, but amazing interesting. So it's just kind of changing where you put the stuff. But then if you add the lift, like we're talking about now stop now, stop doing the New York okay and stay here now start talking like with a baby accent like I taught, I ta potty taught. And then you take that and you put you pitch that up and it becomes tweety. This is crazy? Is ever crazy? But now

are you change that from my here voices? I do? But again I am so. We heard another interesting thing which was somebody said, don't like try to do the character. Don't try to do somebody doing the character. So it's like, you know, I don't want to do Eric Bowsa doing Bugs Bunny. Yeah, I want to try to do Bugs Bunny. But at the end of the day, isn't that just then trying to do Mel Blank? Kind of Yeah? You know.

I I talked about this in a in a recent interview where it's like even growing up as a kid, you know, and Mel Blank passed away, it was it was pretty sad, and I was like, you know, it was just a kid. I was sad enough to understand what that meant, but I was still like, okay, like moving past what he did in the original forty your run of Looney Tunes, watching like all the stuff come out in the eighties where it it wasn't him, Like I knew that, but I could still appreciate who was

doing the voices. So like I got that with the Muppets, Yeah, I really got that. When Jim Henson passed, I got that kind of but you have a day or two of that's not Jim Henson, and then you kind of go, Okay, it's not Jim Henson, Like, but I still like the character. Yeah, and I still I can appreciate what that person is is bringing to the table. And you've been Muppets too, haven't you? Ah? Yeah, what what every time I stopped

my tongue? Do you maintain? I mean we've talked about our voices getting thrashed before, but I mean you've got to how do you prepare for a session? And then really I don't go to the gym, as you can see because my vocal Jim is watching Looney Tunes like an hour a day. Yeah, I watch it with my son.

I'll watch at least like at least I wouldn't say an hour, but like four shorts, like almost there, and are you working along with it or no, I'm just listen it is you're just listening a lot, and that's your But then I'll be like, you know, say, little Philla, were you off to what? South Pool? And then I'll like I'll look at like my son and he's like yeah, okay, yeah,

yeah yeah. When you're at the schoolyard, you know, at the park, I'm like, you know, like classic dad on his phone at the on the bench and he's like, Dad, come over here and do the voice, you know, and then I do it. Then it's like okay, go go away, go AWAYA But I mean, can you imagine where it's like. And now, Johnny, who do you have? This is my dad. He works at a bank. Okay, good career day, and uh, this is my dad, Eric Bowser. He does the voices

of everything. I mean, can you can imagine that? I can only imagine honestly. So there is a question I wanted to ask, and you you brought up your son. What is story time like? Yeah? I was gonna say the same thing. You must be agree. We do we do? Uh? You know we we do the characters. We do as many different things as possible. It is It's awesome, that's what you said. We were talking before. Your son is a big Star Wars fan. So are you doing all

the Star Wars characters for him? As he's reading stuff, you know, playing with the toys and we were. We spent about a good solid hour yesterday playing with our Ghostbusters toys. And you know I was trying to do my best dan Achroid you know impression, not even like the Frank Welker race stance, but ghost are the ghost Arian you know, I was doing like the and who Texas. Someone asked if you're a god? You say yes, yeah, But anytime I do Bloomer. It's just Garfield. Yeah, big

fan of Ghostbusters, big big. I'm actually a huge fan of Ghostbusters. That new Ghostbusters was fantastic. Did you like it? I haven't seen it? Good and right, yes I heard it's good. I like him, Please go see it. How many voices were you in that zero? And they had they had opportunity? Well, yeah, where where was spoiler? Yeah? I was gonna say, well, thanks for ruining that. Thanks everybody, Darth Vaders. It's not like they could kill his character. Actually,

don't think it was. I'm sorry. I don't think it was a slimer. I don't think that. I don't try to donk gonna watch it. You know, Apparently the original script was written so well for for Bill Murray that in the entire film, and they won't say which one, there's only one line he ad lived in the entire film. Every other line Bill Murray said in the original Ghostbusters was scripted for him. And that's that's pretty impressive when it's Bill Murray, when the lines are written so well.

They go check out the blooper reel there they have multiple takes of so many of those classic scenes that and it's like It's pretty funny to see what, aside from what we all know, the alternate versions of the things that you know of these well known scenes are out there that are now like because you know they cracked open the vault. Yeah, you're a big nerd with that stuff, though, aren't you. Like I am with them, Yeah, the biggest, man, it's a tough one. I'd say Ghostbusters

is number one, and then like Ghostbusters number one? Really, Firstbusters is like two, that's awesome. Yeah, what's your number one? I don't know if I know as much as you, but I'm passionate about Ghostbusters. And like I like cried, like Mabe my husband who was sitting next to me when I watched this last movie, like okay, don't give you Oh my god, don't give it away. It wasn't at any particular point. I just the entire as soon as the lights went dim and as soon as they

started the music, Like the music was amazing. That's actually pretty interesting you say that, because you know that was a big aspect they were they were going for. They actually just you know, note for note almost took the entire original score of the first one, which was a phenomenal l Elmer Bernstein, who also did like American Werewolf in London, um crazy. It was, you know, that's such a nostalgic music that it becomes is a character on

its own. It was absolutely important for that they honored that, and they didn't honor it in the movie before, which maybe we don't need to talk about. And they didn't honor it in the movie after the first one, Ghostbusters two, it was more like eighties simple well, you know why because I think Beverly Hills Cop had come out and that theme song from Beverly Hills Cop was so popular and it was all synth that they went, that's the way we've got to do, you know now, that's what

it's got to be now. And then they did what was it with Bobby Brown that he did the second he did he did one of the songs in it, and then und did it. So they were kind of I think going more more hip hop, but also more synth because that was the big thing at the time, and it changed the whole soundtrack, which kind of changes the whole vibe of the film. I mean it what it does. People don't realize how important soundtracks are. But again also in animation, I mean you go back and

you watched some of the original Warner Brothers stuff. We're going back to like yeah, if we're gonna go back to Luny to selling, but if we're gonna go Batman, it's like, you know, and Man the animated series too, with the full orchestral soundtrack on on an animated show, which we talked about with Kevin just changed, I mean

change everything. Yeah, Dani Elfman was involved in that. No, no, no, Danny Elfman did did the originality, but but I think he did the theme song though he did the theme song from Batman the Animated series, yes, yeah, and then I think it was Christopher Carter I think did Beyond did that awesome kind of very one from Beyond, very very kind of very moderate, but it does. It's it gets, it's you know, can can change the whole vibe of something the music that that you bring in absolutely, and

that in animation. There are some shorts where they're not even talking, like road Runner and well Kayla, oh yeah, it's all music. Yeah, absolutely, Fantasia, I mean, look at look at the scenes in Fantage. You know it's Mickey Mouse cutting stuff up and you just got the orchestral score Underneathan and he I don't think he said a word in Fantasia, did he? For the most part? Yeah, no,

I mean it's no, he doesn't. Yeah, It's just the music can can do that so and also too, it can link generationally the characters, right, so even if your son can tell the difference between your bugs Bunny and Meles Bugs Bunny, the music can still hold the structure together even if it's that nuance. Well, especially with Looning Tunes cartoons, which is the one that I'm in for for HBO Max, they are like if you listen to that, it's the whole scored. This quite amazingly scored to, like

like full orchestra. That's probably for the first time in a very long that's you know, you get that. You know where you get that in a huge, huge way is the Star Wars universe. You know, move walks on screen even if it's in episode whenever, if it was episode four where we first see him, or you know, it's the one of the newer phones and and the Luke Skywalker theme starts. I've been watching, you watch, I

haven't I watch, haven't watched yet. I watched Mandalorian. I think once I got what it was, once I figured out it was the A Team, then I'm then I was fine with it. You know. It took me a while to get to that mental space because I was just like, oh, I keep showing up in a town, he's got to solve a crime, and then what was the eight Team? It's like Okay. Once I got there, then I was like, now I can enjoy it because I'm not trying to Star Wars it out, you know

what I mean. But yeah, there's I'm also I'm a lot of times a big fan of less is more so when there's sixty two Star Wars shows in the making, it's kind of like, Okay, do you feel like we're we're living in that there's too much stuff out there. I do like so far, we're like have you seen that? And you're like nope, nope, I never even heard of that. Yeah,

it's like that too busy life. Yeah, like, if we have to do something in the house, if you want to see my wife have an instant like anxiety attack, take her to like tile World where there's like ten thousand samples and she's like, I know, I can't. She's like, I need two samples in front of me. I need to pick from this one or this one, and then that's what I have to do. And I kind of feel like that's what it's getting like with content, where it shows there's just too long, and I'm like, who's

making all this stuff? And yet and yet none of my friends can sell anything, which is the part that I love where it's like everybody's got content, but no one's buying. Um. So it's very very strange. So all in everything you've done, all the stuff you've done, all the stuff you've watched, everything, favorite animated character of all time, oh man, favorite animated character of all times, whether you've

done the part or not. I mean, I'm gonna have to fall back on on Bugs Bunny only because you know, for me, he was, you know, so iconic in everything that he's ever done and ever appeared in. And I always thought, even especially after, you know, and if it's not Ghostbusters for me, that maybe the next one down

might be who framed Roger Rabbitt? You know, as far as like one of the greatest movies ever made, U for being a cartoon nerd or nut and just seeing like these characters exist in real life with people you know, ready ready for me to ruin our podcast. Oh you don't like Roger Rabbit in our whole world? You don't like Roger Rabbit. I've never seen Roger rab But that's good. You can we can change that. I've never seen Roger Rabbit.

You know what, we should do a very special episode where where we we we watch, we will we will find a theater. Now, who voiced Roger Rabbit Charles Flesher, Charles Flesher, who was a stand up comic if you've seen the documentary on how they made that film. I mean he basically came to set every day dressed up as the character, like the maybe the first ever evidence of a causeplay ever, Like he just method yes, yes, yes, yes, he was basically in character on set all the time.

To be there to provide the voice. I'm sure that was like later on, that's yeah, but to be there to be that character, which is kind of impressive, and that would be your second nerdom, you think your second if you're going down a tier, yeah, because I mean it had almost all the all the best cartoon characters ever made in one world, Like I actually own an animation cell of the parachute scene where it's Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny on screen at the same time. Okay,

so now I gotta see it because I didn't. I please see it. I will. I thought I wasn't the nerd. Yeah, I never saw it. There's a lot of stuff I've never seen, which I probably should because at that time you're probably busy working. Yeah. Yeah, but it was also, you know, so my my best friend in the world, Jason Marsden, that was like his favorite movie ever. And I don't not try ever. I think I always just smiling, be like yeah, awesome, and never admitted to him like

I've never actually seen this movie. That would be so great. So two teenage boys didn't just like sit together and like watch, like be very careful where you're going with you watch. Anyone could edit anything at that because their way you could have said that without starting with two teenage boys. I don't know why that took it to a strange place. It was meant to, like, of course you guys didn't sit down and watch Roger Rabbit. Why not? Marson and I would sit down and watch stuff together

all the time. Was like our favorite thing. The was fun at to this day I've ever had in a movie theater was opening Knife Show Girls in Burbank and it was Jason and I as it was just because after the first line, like literally she I'll never forget this, she pulls a knife on the guy and she goes chill, and somebody in the in the audience went oh, and it became Mystery Science Theater at that point. Just it was no holds bar, just everyone for the rest of the rood, and that was it. And then we all

just started throwing outlines. I missed that experience and it was so much fun. I had that experience once again, except when I watched the Ghostbusters movie had to go back to that and I was probably the only person living that experience and speaking and oh yes, so the new one. I went on a date night with my husband, which I never do, and we went to one of those fancy places that you can kick up the chair

and like fancy nachos. They had the not chilling the case, so dip and the kick up your feet, children becomes the fancy it's been. It was two years. I hadn't seen a movie because I lockdown everything. I haven't seen a movie in you know, in the theaters. So I was like, Mom is going out tonight? Okay. So then we're there and it starts and the music starts, and I'm like, I was like, I was like, and I was like, and I sort of got it. I turned him. I was like, don't you take this for me for

the fancy place tonight. My feet are fully reclined and the nachos exactly going out tonight. Yeah, we gotta watch it. Oh my, all right, Well this is a perfect place to get us to a fun segue that we have right now. It's called throw things at Eric no um. So I was too fast. I feel like waiting to grab this. I know how to throw things. Took the heavy stuff away. I come from a long line of shoe throwing moms. Yeah that's classic, that's classic. I have

so many questions, a long line of shoe throwing moms. Anyway, the original title of this what do you think? And not throw a shoe? But you were driving? I think she was driving. I think me and my siblings are in the back fighting, and so she's she would reach down while operating a motor vehicle to remove her shoewear to throw it at you. That's our magic, like her watching Ghostbusters that apply and that it was a stick shift too, that Jackie Chan's got nothing on your unbelievable.

So while we are not quite there yet, we will be up for the next round because we're building up everything we have to do. Eventually, I hear Voices is

going to be fully interactive. So what we're going to have, which is kind of cool, is we're gonna have a big screen here and kids from all across the country adults as well, are going to be able to skype in, zoom in, and cook to the favorite voice over actors, but also show us their own personal artwork and have the best voice over actors in the world put a

voice to the characters that they've created. So while we couldn't do it fully interacted this time, Christie, that's the lady who you can throw a shoe at right here, I'll catch it with my hand. That's the other She's magic. She went on her social media and we had got a stack of original art from kids and people from across the country, and we were hoping that you could grab one or two at random, or we're going to

talk about the person who sent it. We've had some from some six year olds, from eight year old some some adults have sent and you were going to be put a voice if you would entertain us to whatever characters. So this is like a blind bag Russian Roulette with no gunfire, with the safe version of Russian Roulette exactly. Oh boy, now, and now it should say on the top who it is and what their name? Is There a backstory to this picture, Elizabeth, because sometimes they have

there is a backstory. That's a person for sure that submitted the drawing. It was submitted at six for eight am. Yes personality, yes easily because she's not very street smart. She's Christie. It just kind of looks if I were you guys have almost the same hair sty you need to get well, okay, we got Yuki and um if Yuki were a character, I mean I might not be able to qualify for this because if if, if you're going to get cast, you know, you never know. I

know things are very political these days. Derek. You pitch your voice through your nose, yeah, if you push it forward. Well okay, so again you you can very is very bubbly and you can get tricked easily. And old is the kid that that drew this again, like and I think it's like a twelve year old kid or something ten years old. And Evie, thank you so much. And I'd have to say that if Yuki could talk, maybe, um,

you know, maybe Yuki bites sound like this. You know, she kind of has that weird that cat mouth that kind of has like that to me, Like if you're looking at a drawing, the physicality always helps you kind of find a voice. And if if she is very uh, you know, bubbly, But I don't I don't know why is Yuki a girl? Is Yuki a girl? For sure? I think whatever, it couldn't be a boy. Well, then if it were a boy, he would probably still sound like this because I'm not that creative, you know, bubbly.

I don't know would a bubbly person be that susceptible to Yeah, look for me, this is me. Let me just take this character. It's me basically, That's all I'm saying. Well, then maybe if you he's a boy and a little bit more high energy, like it might sound like this. There you go. So wait, what you're saying is that I haven't been drinking water? Yeah, that that would be That would be my yuki yea, so we we'll do We'll do another. Okay, okay, it might it might be

a cat. We've got a lot. We've got a lot of cats. At mission, I was on a show called Unikitty You were Unity. Christie didn't realize that when she she posted all this on National Cat Day, which is why a lot of people's oh character, I believe this was based off of me. This is this is what I look like when I put on my eighties sweats and I'm at the gym. Who is that? By the way, that's a lie, right, because this is from Sam. This is from Sam. Sam created the logo, created the show

for us. And this character's name is do we know the name? This is a nameless rabbit. Maybe maybe because it sounds like this, you know, he's he always has the giggles all the time and uh and and he wants to work out, but he's never going to get around to it because he is a bit round himself. Uh and uh. I don't know what we could name him.

What would you guys name this guy? He kind of looks like a Sanrio type character, like a Hello Kitty, like he could live in the Hello Kiddy I could see that bunny boy or wow, funny boy by well, we clearly know who the hey, then guys having just a regular name like Randy, I'm like, that's Randy. This is Charles. Yeah, this is Charles. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. But for me, I don't know why. He kind of sounds like this and it could be maybe lent to

like that Seth Rogan type giggling. But okay, but yeah, it looks like he's being rushed into the air by Maybe he's he's had too many carrots and he's got a lot of gas. That I saw, I figured he was just hit by a tennis racket, Oh my gosh, and he's lying away. Maybe he's a tennis ball bunny, that's what Maybe he could be like like colored, like a tennis ball, like that yellow one. Yeah, I love that, but I do. I do like this character design very very very Thank you Sam and thank you Eric. It

has truly been an honor to have you here. Well, I had no fun at all. This is by the way, this was exactly apparently what it was like when she was at the Fancy Place watching Ghostbusters. Please don't say the fancy Place. Almost almost drowned the fancy listen. By the way, is your vocal courts are they ensured? Then I am not Selene dion if by the way, if you're not, if you thought you were talking to Selene today? Did she has a Canadian French actually cutting out all

the type hand questions. Who was not present for Leo or Kate on the set of My Very Bad I was not here? That's very good. She's a very intentions. She's a very intention What did this? Why did you wait till the end? You got to start with you know, that's the sign of a good host. Though, thank you, you're making it. You like you could do some stuff and then jumped in and showed your voice work. That's

the way. That's what Christie does. So yeah, I mean clearly like she's never happy with someone mentioned Selene today. We've been waiting for this. Every guy. She's like, you think they're going to mention Selene. I'm like, I don't know. Did you send him the orally send him the subliminal message email where every other word is Selene, or just the case your limo driver is named on me to pick you up. He'll be se leaning against the car now too far anyway, Eric, I don't even know what

to say. It has been an honor to have you on here. You are thank you, most talented human being working today. I'm convinced to be in the presence of show such fine actors and hosts. And congratulations and I wish you guys the best. Thank you. They're going to pick this up for many seasons. Literally were canceled halfway through. All right, where can we fight? Yes, this is important right here in this downtown when actually, can you guys leave? This is my apartment. I know a lot of people

actually really like our place. They want to live here. It's a cool pad. But I'm assuming we can find you in the fancy place. Fancy place and then eating nachos, pinkies up, pinkies up this cave. I'm to this is date night, Higgins do. But this the ninety two. I see it's a good deal. Yes, thank you very much. Mixed the Cherry and the Blue, and you're on cameo or cameo doing all of Ken Jong's work. By the way, everyone keeps saying give me this shout out from the

masked singer host, I'm like, not me. Not guys are you, Instagram, Twitter, everything is all at at bow Zilla. I have to do something creative with me and now we've only got three hours left. So what do you have coming up? So it's like, so we're barely even halfway. I guess just HBO Max. There's there's lots coming from Looney Tunes that I wish I could talk about now that can't. But there's definitely some stuff coming that called that you will be very happy to hear from me. Again, it's

the characters and space Jam is still out there. Go check out spaces you have. It's still out there doing pretty darn good saically Okay, I guess you know the little engine that it is. It's like people really want to see this tiny little film get you gotta shoot company behind you than anything it tends to it's well, that's you know exactly. It's it's it's helpful, to be honest, it's helped word out, the word out. I do have to bring these shoes back by the way you can started.

They do. Nothing's for keeps, it's just for fun. It's thank you, thank you, thank you so much for coming and spending the time with us, and really appreciate you. Eric we love you so much. Please come back again when we get fully interactive. Come back again because we're gonna have people chime in and they're gonna love to talk to you that I can't wait, which will be great. And don't forget they say that youth is wasted on

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