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possible jetsons animated movie voice cast

I am thinking of talking to worner brothers to make a new animated jetsons movie. Can you please help me find some good voice actors and who they should play? I would appreciate it so much. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 02:26, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Even bigshot Hollywood producers and directors — and something tells me you are not this type of bigshot — don't cast their voice actors right off a list. The process of voice casting (a tiny stub article on Wikipedia, surprisingly — even Casting (performing arts) is super short) involves contacting the agents of great voice actors, of whom Dan Castellaneta and Hank Azaria are currently probably the kings. If they're interested, then even they have to audition for the voice roles; the producer or director sends the agent the script, and the actor typically spends a couple of hours in his favorite local studio, recording the auditions for many roles in a single session (to save money and time). The producer or director, or, actually more likely, their casting director, listens to 10 or 20 tapes and makes choices accordingly. So, assuming you have the Hollywood power and credibility that would be necessary to get WB to listen to you about this awesome task of creating the Jetsons movie, I'd start by reviewing the credits of animated movies that have characters whose voices you have loved. Actually what you would do is have your casting director do all of this for you. Comet Tuttle (talk) 03:12, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Also, any Jetsons movie would be originated within Warner Bros. or Hanna-Barbera or Cartoon Network, not by some random person who can't spell "Warner." Trivialist (talk) 21:33, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

re: possible jetsons movie

how do people who think a movie should be made but do not live in holliwood get an idea to a company. Would e-mailing the idea to them for consideration work? Because i think it is high time that a new style jetsons animated movie should be made. I would like to know what to do to convince someone like ccraig McCracken to help me with a movie like this, as i am a big fan of some of his shows. And voice actors i particularly like, most of them have been on shows such as futurama, kids next door, foster's home for imaginary friends, danny phantom, the life and times of juniper lee, wordgirl, kim possible, and other such shows I do not mean i am going to actualy make the movie, i am just wondering about if they take my idea, and or if i can get someone like Craig McCracken to help me do this, even though i live in canada. I should have reworded my question above, so i will here. If they did make a new animated jetsons movie, who do you think would do the voices for what characters on it? Sorry i didn't put it that way before.

Please answer ASAP, my idea may depend on it!

204.112.104.172 (talk) 05:00, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm sure there are many ways to contact a company with ideas – email, snail mail, telephone etc. – but I'm also pretty sure that the companies in question (such as WB) receive thousands of such communications every year, and most likely pay little attention. If you are very lucky you may receive a form letter from some PR drone explaining that they won't be following up your suggestion. A better method may be to try to drum up support for such an idea and create a buzz amongst fans – if enough people seem keen on the idea the studios may take notice, but that too is a very long shot.

As for your question about who might star in the hypothetical Jetsons movie, that kind of speculation isn't really what the reference desk is for and you may wish to ask such questions in a more appropriate forum. Try searching the web for relevant discussion boards, fansites and the like. AJCham 05:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

For the last twenty years at least, the major movie studios have avoided taking unsolicited ideas from the public. They all fear that if you write them a letter with a movie idea or outline, then even if they don't read the letter, 10 years will go by, the movie studio will come out with a movie that has similar elements, and then you will appear from the woodwork and sue them vengefully for copying your intellectual property. This happens regularly; there's at least one such lawsuit going on over Twilight. Disney, for example, is one movie studio which, if you send them an unsolicited script, will have a paralegal send you back a form letter saying "We didn't even read your script". What I might do in the position of the original poster is to (a) write the best Jetsons movie script that is possible for a human to write; obtain a talent agent, and have the agent sell the script to WB or an interested producer. Obviously a tall order. (B) Start a Facebook group called "We want an animated Jetsons movie!" with whatever details are relevant, and try to promote it and get 7 million Facebook users to "Like" the group. WB, and whoever else owns any rights to the Jetsons, won't be able to help but take notice. Comet Tuttle (talk)

Thanks Comet Tuttle, but what can i do, would suggesting a cast to them work? and as for that relevent formem, let's forget about it, as it does not exist. Please leave my poor spelling out of this, can you please keep your answers away from 'spelling mistakes'? 204.112.104.172 (talk) 04:29, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

jetsons the 1990 movie voice of judy

who was a better voice for Judy Jetson, Janet Waldo or Tiffany. If you can't answer here, go to my talk page, there, i have a mini forem there where i am open for oppinion. If you can't answer my question here, just say "see your talk page" or something, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.112.104.172 (talk) 09:57, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a forum, either here or on your talk page. (Someone is bound to come along and delete your talk page, now that you've said that.) Anyway, there is no opinion here anyway because clearly the answer can only be Janet Waldo. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:37, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

You're probably better off asking something like that in a 'off-topic' or 'lounge' section of a proper forum, rather than Wikipedia, if you want opinions. Chevymontecarlo 22:04, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

See the question at the bottom to se why finding a forem is unhelpful, sorry. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 05:49, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

who is the best male and female voice actors living today?

I would like to know who the top male and female voice actors today, obviously Mel Blanc is the best ever, shame of his death, who are the best VAs today —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.112.104.172 (talk) 20:10, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Do you have some specific criteria to tie to your question? As pointed out above, this is not the forum for generic opinion type questions. --Onorem♠Dil 20:17, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it'd be easier to answer, and more neutral, if there was a criteria, like for example 'most appearances' or 'highest paid', rather than just that open-ended question that's really a matter of opinion. Chevymontecarlo 22:03, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

You can check out who recently won awards for best voice acting: For example: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, the Annie Award (2007 winners here, scroll down a bit). or the Voicey Award. There is also a Tokyo Anime Award for voice acting and there are the Seiyu Awards. I'm sure there are more. ---Sluzzelin talk 00:33, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Ausom! thanks! 204.112.104.172 (talk) 13:38, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

clairification on my previous question

i do not mean an oppinion thing, i just mean who are the most tallented male and female voice actors livving today. Not a forem, just a curiosity. PS: I've had enough of people telling me about not a forem, it's getting redundant now. 204.112.104.172 (talk) 20:35, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

But you don't seem to get it. There is no absolute truth about who is the most talented voice actor. It's all a matter of opinion. A forum is a place where such opinions can be traded and expressed, but the Reference Desk is not such a place. We deal in factual things that can be looked up in a reference book, like how many people died in the New Orleans hurricane, or what is the capital of Nigeria, or how many Prime Ministers of Iceland have there been. Not things like, who is the hottest catwalk model. See the difference? -- Jack of Oz ... speak! ... 21:11, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Try asking on this yahoo group [1] about voice actors. 213.122.42.9 (talk) 22:54, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Jack FM Regional Playlists

I am a big fan of the radio franchise Jack FM (despite how they "play what they want"). I have skimmed the article but have not figured out: Is the playlist varied in size depending on which station it is? EG, does one in California have more/different songs than one in Massachusetts? If anybody knows (or cares) please give feedback, or at least a neutral response. Thanx. 2Ð ℳǣ$₮ℝʘ ^{talk, sign} 20:59, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I don't personally listen, but I probably wouldn't think the playlist would be dramatically different between two places - music trends/styles tend to be the same or at least similar everywhere. Chevymontecarlo 22:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

The ones in Canada presumably follow Canadian content regulations. Adam Bishop (talk) 05:59, 8 August 2010 (UTC)