My Little Pony n' Friends audition audio and show bible pages

On 5th October 1985, auditions were held for the My Little Pony n' Friends series, for the role of the Moochick (replacing Tony Randall). The following paper materials were included with the physical reel.

Brian Cummings Frank Nelson Charlie Wolf Andre Strojka Ken Mars Pat Fraley Roger C Carmel Maurice LaMarche Jack Angel Michael Bell Frank Welker Neil Ross Henry Pollock II Tony Pope Jared Barclay

On the same audio reel are auditions for the roles of Cherries Jubilee, Masquerade, Poser and Whizzer.  The following show bible pages were included with the physical reel, doubling as audition sheets

With takes from: Cathy Cahn Susan Blu Sherry Lynn B.J. Ward Tress MacNeil Noelle North Marilyn Schreffler Robbie Lee Barbara Goodson Mary McDonald-Lewis Patty Dworkin Susan Silo Patti Deutsch

The Young Astronauts: more audition audio, part 2

Here is more audition dialogue from The Young Astronauts

Corey Burton, Rob Paulsen, Jim Cummings and Townsend Coleman audition for the role of Rick Hampton

Noelle North, Nancy Cartwright, Katie Leigh and Jeannie Elias try out for the role of Wendy Hampton, working alongside Townsend Coleman as Rick Hampton

Jennifer Darling, Tress MacNeille, B.J. Ward, Linda Gary and Iona Morris audition for the role of Kelly Hampton, Commander of the mothership Courageous.

My Little Pony n' Friends audition audio, part 1

On 8th November 1985, auditions were held for the My Little Pony n' Friends series. The following actors auditioned for the main human character Megan Williams, replacing Tammy Amerson who voiced her in the 1984 and 1985 specials, as well as the 1986 movie:

Katie Leigh. Ellen Gerstell, Pamela Hayden, Liz Georges, Bobbi Block, Bettina Bush, Marsha Kramer

On December 4th, 1985, Pat Fraley, Charlie Adler, Frank Welker, Peter Cullen and Michael Bell auditioned for the following roles: 0:00 Bushwoolies 2:32 Grundle King (replacing Danny DeVito) and assorted Grundle responses 5:40 Second round of auditions for the Moochick (replacing Tony Randall)

The Young Astronauts: more audition audio, part 1

Thanks to yanchagraffiti for supplying the digital files, more audio from ill-fated Marvel Productions series The Young Astronauts is now available.  

First up is the unmodulated voice of maintenance droid Retro, performed by Stu Rosen, as he records pickup lines for the episode Ghost Ship

Spider-Man 1981: Three partial scripts

The Archive now hosts partial scripts of 13 to 14 pages, written from Jeffrey Scott, for the 1981 Spider-Man syndication series: Doctor Doom...Master Of The World, Curiosity Killed The Spider-Man and The Sandman Is Coming To Town.

The first five script of the series were written by Scott and submitted to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises between late 1979 and early 1980, but were not produced until after DfE's purchase by Cadence Industries, becoming Marvel Productions in 1981.

Read them all at Marvel Superheroes

G.I Joe: DiC model sheets and backgrounds

Recent arrivals at the Archive have included over 190 model sheets and background layouts from DiC Entertainment's continuation of G.I Joe.  The majority from the Season 1 episode D-Day at Alcatraz, Part 1, as well as high quality scans of Season 2 main character models.

To view these along with material covering G.I Joe's animated history from 1986 to 1992, head to G.I Joe, Part 2

New secondary blog: Animated 80s

Within the last week, I have launched and am currently building a companion blog to the Sunbow Marvel Archive.  One which will house production material from cartoons of the 1980s not produced by either Sunbow or Marvel Productions: Animated 80s

This site will feature scripts and storyboards that have come my way whilst in the course of pursuing material for the Archive proper.  These currently include:

• The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
• Blackstar
• The Smurfs
• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
• She-Ra: Princess of Power
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
• G.I Joe: A Real American Hero (DiC)