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With thanks to yanchagraffiti, two more dialogue audio reels for My Little Pony: The Movie have now been added to the Archive YouTube channel.
First up is six minutes of rapid-fire auditions for the Bushwoolies - the bouncy furballs who constantly agree with everything they're told. With takes from:
Marilyn Lightstone
Jodi Carlisle
Terry McGovern
Peter Cullen
Joey Camen
Pat Fraley
Hal Rayle
Greg Berg
Frank Welker
Next up are auditions for three of the Unicorns: Buttons, Galaxy and Ribbon.
Takes and time indexes:
Auditions held 26th November 1985
0:00-6:05 Buttons
6:14-11:15 Galaxy
11:23-16:38 Ribbon
Takes by:
Nancy Cartwright
BJ Ward
Jeannie Elias
Sherry Lynn
Ellen Gerstell
Jodi Carlisle
Katie Leigh
Susan Blu
Mona Marshall
Susan Silo
Jill Wayne
Russi Taylor
Sarah Partridge
2023 was an interesting year for the Sunbow Marvel Archive. Thanks to the various contributors, material from a wider variety of shows is now available and also helped in demystifying a series that has previously been considered "lost media."
In terms of general organisation, the website has been streamlined to collect the material for 24 shows on 6 pages.
For Transformers, the march towards series completion continued with full or partial storyboards for another 10 episodes, over 100 audition sheets from voice director Wally Burr's collection, plus various model sheets, backgrounds and the script for The Killing Jar.
The biggest Transformers-related item saw release in August. Three years since it was found by Flint Dille and scanned by Jim Sorenson, the very first script for The Transformers: The Movie is available to the public.
An unexpected surprise came in the form of over a dozen My Little Pony storyboard sets, sold from the estate of artist Wendell Washer. Including the first special Rescue At Midnight Castle and a selection of episodes from the main series, spanning from the first episode Ghost Of Paradise Estate to the final one The Prince And The Ponies.
Beyond paper material, a selection of dialogue reels from various Marvel Productions' series came to light. Among them was audio from The Young Astronauts, Marvel's ill-fated series about space exploration that was cancelled in mid-production due to the Challenger shuttle explosion. The reels covered dialogue for the episode Ghost Ship, as well as auditions for the series narrator, featuring a who's who of 1980s voice actors.
With 2024 marking the 40th anniversaries of Transformers, Muppet Babies and My Little Pony making their television debuts, who knows what untold stories will be uncovered in the year ahead.
With thanks to yanchagraffiti for providing the files, linked below are auditions for the character of Wendy Hampton, on the Marvel Productions' series The Young Astronauts.
These are specific excerpts from an hour-long reel.
Thanks to the winner of a recent audio reel auction, who has supplied digital files, I can now present the full dialogue recording audio for Transformers episode The Revenge Of Bruticus.
54 minutes in total, the recording is effectively split in half, with one group of actors doing pickup sessions, and then the main ensemble from beginning to end.
For those wanting to follow along with the available written material, links are provided below
With thanks to yanchagraffiti, the Sunbow Marvel Archive presents audio from Marvel Productions ill-fated series The Young Astronauts.
First is the full episode dialogue from MP 800-04 Ghost Ship. Main session recorded 10th October 1985. Pickup audio for Rick and Wendy Hampton recorded 3rd December 1985
(Thanks to Townsend Coleman for cast info)
Cast: Commander Hampton: ? Rick Hampton: Townsend Coleman Wendy Hampton: Nancy Cartwright Mikey Hampton: Stephen Dorff Retro: ? Mr. Flynn: Charlie Adler Sam Turrell: James Avery The Starseeker: ?
(If anyone can help with identifying the remaining voice cast, please get in touch)
Video runtime: 21:22
Next are the auditions for series narrator, with takes from the following actors:
Peter Cullen Irv Immerman Larry Marshall (3 takes) Ed Gilbert Aron Kincaid Ron Gans Bill Ratner Norman Alden Chris Stevens Danny Dark Gene Moss Jack Angel Bernard Erhardt John Stevenson (2 takes) Ron Feinberg Joe Leahy
Added to the Archive this month is a plethora of Transformers material, with storyboards from the following:
Unproduced pilot miniseries/Season 1 intro sequence
More Than Meets The Eye, Part 2
More Than Meets The Eye, Part 3
Transport To Oblivion
Roll For It
The Ultimate Doom, Part 3
Countdown To Extinction
Unproduced Season 2 intro sequence
Unproduced commercial bumper
Autobot Spike
The Immobilizer
Additionally, a quartet of story premises, written by storyboard artist Wendell Washer during early Season 2, have also become available. Along with the early version of the 1985 New Product briefing he was given for reference.
Presenting my YouTube channel, where viewers can find the full 65 episode run of Jem, as well as my various storyboard animatics. If you've enjoyed the production material I've brought to you through the Archive and would like to show your support, please head over to the channel and subscribe.
