Funny In Failure

#306: Rob Paulsen - I'm in the happy business


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Rob Paulsen is an award-winning voice-over artist, coach, and author of Voice Lessons. With over 2,000 half-hour programs, dozens of films, video games, and other animated media to his credit, Rob has been one of the industry's hardest-working, most in-demand, and most beloved voice artists, earning him a Daytime Emmy, Peabody, and three times winning the Annie Award.

For nearly three decades Rob has voiced some of the most beloved animated characters such as Pinky from Pinky and the Brain, Yakko Warner and Dr. Scratchansniff from Animaniacs, Raphael and Donatello (2012) from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Carl Wheezer from Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, and many many more. From the start of his career voicing the character, Snow Job from G.I. Joe to his most current job reprising his characters in Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs on Hulu, Rob's voice has reached millions of people worldwide.

In his memoir Voice Lessons, Rob talks about how he won the biggest fight of his life, defeating cancer of the throat after a gruelling year of aggressive treatment. Rob also shared his experience in a moving TedTalk in his hometown of Detroit.

As a Coach, Rob is available to talk shop by sharing his wealth of knowledge from his decades in the biz and helping people prepare for upcoming projects and or auditions.

Currently, Rob spends his time in the booth, seeing fans around the USA, and trying to relax, darn it!!

We chat about Rob's incredible philosophy and mindset on life, resilience and lessons from Cancer, Animaniacs, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, why he loves what he does, his many voices, people trying to sell his signature, joining the Covenant players, living in his van, making courageous and difficult decisions plus much more!

Check Rob out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rob_paulsen Twitter / X: https://x.com/yakkopinky Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robpaulsenlive Book (Voice Lessons): https://robpaulsenvoice.com/books Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@robpaulsen311 Website: https://robpaulsenvoice.com/ -------------------------------------------

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