interview

In this episode I interview Rob Paulsen about working on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.  Rob was the original voice of Raphael, and stayed with the cartoon from 1987 to 1995.  His skills were later realized on other series such as Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, the Mask and The Tick.  A wonderful voice actor who can do so much with just a microphone and a script.  Rob is now Donatello on the Nickelodeon TMNT Series.

In this episode I interview voice actor, Tom Wayland.  Tom was the voice of Jammerhead in 4Kids Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward.  I first met Tom at Katsucon in 1996, when Michael Sinterniklaas informed me that Tom was working on Ninja Turtles.  These days Tom is best known for directing the new series of Pokemon.

In September 2012 I had the chance to interview Pat and Chris from Playmate Toys about the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toy line based on the Nickelodeon TMNT series that started later that month.  We talk about the steps they go through in making the toys, how long they’ve been involved with Playmates and about toys that have not made it to the market.