You get a lot of really stupid messages when you have a blog like this one. Here's one from someone who signs himself "Yoda Bear," and it wouldn't surprise me if that's his real name…
I saw the YouTube clip of that convention panel where you pretended to phone Chuck McCann, the voice of the Cocoa Puffs bird. How stupid were the people at that convention? I recognized the voice you had on the end as a RECORDING of an old Cocoa Puffs commercial. Did they not realize you'd just set up an accomplice with a tape? No wonder you believe Barack Obama's b.s. You must think some people are so stupid they'll believe anything. Sadly, you may be right.
I was amazed how many people at that convention asked me afterwards if that was really Chuck McCann on the phone. Yes, it was really Chuck McCann on the phone. If anyone would like to bet that it wasn't, I'll take all bets up to one million dollars…and we can settle it on Saturday, July 26 at the Comic-Con International in San Diego. At 12:30 PM in room 6CDEF, I'll be co-hosting a panel of Cartoon Voice Artists and one of them will be — in person! — Chuck McCann. I'm sure Chuck will be glad to verify that it was him, live on the phone that evening. Put your money where your mouth is, as they say.
(That panel will also feature Jason Marsden, Wally Wingert, Alicyn Packard, Phil LaMarr and one other person I'm waiting to hear from. There will also be a panel on Sunday with six other voice actors, plus my friend Earl Kress and I are hosting a panel on the business side of doing cartoon voices — how to break in, how to prepare a demo, how to get an agent, etc. That's also on Sunday. The whole schedule should be available in a day or three.)